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Biden Undermines Law by Invoking This to Create National Monuments
Since 2022, President Joe Biden has used the Antiquities Act to create five national monuments, collectively spanning more than 1.5 million acres of federal land. While these proclamations are ostensibly aimed at preserving areas of historic or archaeological importance, they often come at the expense of established laws and local economies. The American Forest Resource Council has…Diana Furchtgott-Roth -
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‘Let Voters Decide’ vs. Impeachment: House GOP’s Biden Probe Hits Rocks of Uncertainty
The future of the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden ultimately may be no more than a fact-finding investigation because some House Republicans don’t anticipate charges to result from the probe of Biden family influence peddling. The GOP’s thin House majority and the timing of a presidential election year when voters can decide whether Biden remains…Fred Lucas -
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Hunter Biden Won’t Appear Before House Oversight Committee Next Week, Attorney Says
Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, will not appear before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee for a March 20 hearing, “Influence Peddling: Examining Joe Biden’s Abuse of Public Office,” according to a letter from his attorney. “Your blatant planned-for-media event is not a proper proceeding, but an obvious attempt to throw a…Samantha Aschieris -
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8 Takeaways From Special Counsel’s Testimony on Biden Docs, Memory
Special counsel Robert Hur took fire Tuesday from both Republicans and Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee while testifying about his report on President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents from his eight years as vice president and 36 years in the Senate. Hur released his final report last month, concluding that Biden “willfully retained…Fred Lucas -
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6 Takeaways From Biden’s Testimony on Classified Documents
Special counsel Robert Hur released a report last month recommending against charging President Joe Biden for the mishandling of classified documents from his years as vice president and senator, in part because a jury would find Biden sympathetic as an “elderly man with a poor memory” and because his “diminished faculties” make it less likely…Tyler O’Neil -
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Biden Gave ‘Not Credible’ Response in Classified Documents Probe, Hur Testifies
President Joe Biden provided information deemed “not credible” to federal prosecutors during an investigation that determined he knowingly retained and shared classified documents, special counsel Robert Hur told the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Hur released his report in February, concluding that Biden “willfully retained and disclosed classified materials” after his vice presidency ended in…Fred Lucas -
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GOP Leaders Slam Biden for Saying He Shouldn’t Have Called Laken Riley Murder Suspect ‘Illegal’
President Joe Biden said Saturday that he shouldn’t have referred to Laken Riley’s suspected murderer as an “illegal” in his State of the Union speech less than 48 hours earlier. Now, Republicans are criticizing the president for “cowering” to the Left while backtracking on his words. “The president is cowering to his base and…Virginia Allen -
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Ted Cruz Slams Biden Justice Department’s Collusion With Southern Poverty Law Center
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Conservative U.S. senators condemned President Joe Biden’s Justice Department for receiving a briefing on “hate” from the Southern Poverty Law Center, a far-left group notorious for comparing conservative organizations with the Ku Klux Klan. “It is sadly predictable that the Biden administration is echoing the anti-conservative activists at the Southern Poverty…Tyler O’Neil -
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Catch What You Missed From Biden’s State of the Union Address
President Joe Biden discussed some of the biggest issues on the minds of Americans, from border security to abortion and the economy, in his State of the Union address Thursday night. But what issues did Biden ignore that he should have talked about? Were there any unifying moments? And how did members of Congress in…Virginia Allen -
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Republican Response to Biden State of the Union Highlights Border, Economy, and Foreign Policy Failures
In the official Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Thursday night, Sen. Katie Britt highlighted several of the Biden administration’s failings—most notably, its handling of the southern border, which she called “a disgrace.” The Alabama senator declared, “Biden didn’t just create this border crisis, he invited it with 94 executive…Noah Slayter -
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SMOKING GUN: Biden DOJ Took Advice From Group Demonizing Concerned Parents, Docs Show
The Justice Department arm focused on prosecuting “hate crimes” welcomed input from a far-left organization known for demonizing conservatives and Christians right after that organization put parental rights groups, including Moms for Liberty, on a “hate map” alongside the Ku Klux Klan, documents obtained by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project reveal. (The Daily Signal is…Tyler O’Neil -
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Biden Appears to Contradict His Homeland Secretary on Border Security
There seems to be at least one impenetrable barrier connected to this country’s southwest border. It’s the one that stands between Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and an accurate assessment of what’s actually happening there. In September 2020, the last month of that fiscal year, the U.S. Border Patrol encountered 54,771 aliens trying to illegally…Terence Jeffrey -
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Congressman to Bring Abortion Survivor to State of Union Address in Response to Pro-Abortion Biden Guest
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Bob Good is bringing an abortion survivor and pro-life activist to the president’s State of the Union address as his guest on Thursday night. The Virginia Republican’s choice of guest is a response to President Joe Biden’s guest, Kate Cox, the woman at the center of pro-abortion uproar in recent…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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White House Silent After Former Border Patrol Chief Says Biden, Harris ‘Never Had 1 Conversation’ With Him
The White House has remained quiet since Raul Ortiz’s comment that he didn’t talk with either President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris while serving as chief of the U.S. Border Patrol. “I’ve never had one conversation with the president, or the vice president for that matter,” Ortiz said during an interview on…Virginia Allen -
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Venezuela Is Exporting Its Violent Crime Problem to US, Thanks to Biden
Violent crime is going down in Venezuela just as the United States has been hit with a rash of high-profile violent crimes by illegal immigrants. It’s not hard to figure out why. The killing of Laken Riley, a 22-year-old nursing student in Athens, Georgia, has become the latest and most prominent case of an American…Jarrett Stepman -
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Here’s What Happens When Matt Gaetz Interrogates Presidential Brother James Biden
James Biden told congressional investigators that his older brother, President Joe Biden, made loans to him of $200,000 and $40,000 without charging interest, but that he has no documentation of the transactions. “There weren’t any,” the president’s younger brother testified, according to a just-released transcript of his Feb. 21 deposition. Jim Biden, who at one…Fred Lucas -
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What Biden Plans to Do Thursday at Southern Border
President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet Thursday with U.S. Border Patrol officials and local leaders in Brownsville, Texas, as part of his second trip to the southern border amid what the top House Republican calls the “catastrophe” that has occurred there on Biden’s watch. Biden’s trip comes as House Republicans push the president…Fred Lucas -
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Why Won’t Legacy Media Investigate James Biden?
Politico is a member in good standing of the “establishment media.” Its journalists rotate in and out, to and from other pro-Biden outlets. But when Politico has a reporter who delves into the Biden family influence-peddling business, you can expect that work to be ignored routinely. Ben Schreckinger authored a book in the fall of…Tim Graham -
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EXCLUSIVE: Biden Rule Would Deprive Pregnancy Resource Centers of Funds and Favor Abortion Groups, Conservatives Warn
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Former Vice President Mike Pence’s organization, Advancing American Freedom, is leading conservative groups in calling on Republicans in Congress to defund a pro-abortion rule backed by President Joe Biden’s administration that would punish pro-life centers. “We, as leaders of the pro-life movement, request that you defund the rulemaking process for the…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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How Many More Female Athletes Will Be Injured by Trans Players Before Biden Gives Up Trying to Rewrite Title IX?
An injury on a high school girls basketball team is another reminder of why Title IX exists and why the definition of “sex” is not up for interpretation. A high school girls basketball team decided to forfeit a game earlier this month after a male athlete playing for the other team injured one of the…Virginia Allen