Joe Biden News
The Daily Signal reports on Joe Biden’s current political role, public statements, and party influence, with updates on investigations, policy advocacy, and his standing among Democrats.
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Lack of ‘Affirmation’ Is Child Abuse: New Biden Rule Applies Transgender Standard to Foster Care
Editor’s note: This rule, finalized on April 30, 2024, will go into effect on July 1, 2024. Transgender orthodoxy may soon become a litmus test for parenthood, according to the logic of a new policy working its way through the Department of Health and Human Services under President Joe Biden. A new rule in HHS’…Tyler O’Neil -
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Biden Sets Record on US Taxpayer Funding for an Unappreciative UN
Since the founding of the United Nations nearly eight decades ago, the United States has been the largest financier of the organization. Yet few grasp exactly how much U.S. contributions outstrip those of other nations, and fewer still seem to appreciate America’s generosity, least of all the U.N. and the other member states. Last year…Brett Schaefer -
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Media Aren’t Quite Hackish Enough for Biden White House
When will The New York Times finally stop pulling punches and go after Donald Trump? That’s the question President Joe Biden’s campaign asked the media this week. “For the political press corps—especially our friends at the Gray Lady,” pleaded the White House, “it’s time to meet the moment and responsibly inform the electorate of what…David Harsanyi -
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The BorderLine: Will Biden Going Soft on Venezuelan Dictator Lead to Increase in Immigrants to US?
The BorderLine is a weekly Daily Signal feature examining everything from the unprecedented illegal immigration crisis at the border to immigration’s impact on cities and states throughout the land. We will also shed light on other critical border-related issues like human trafficking, drug smuggling, terrorism, and more. ——————————————————— The Biden administration announced a deal to ease economic sanctions…Simon Hankinson -
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‘No Evidence’ of Joe Biden’s Corruption? That’s Willful Blindness
"No evidence." "No evidence." "No evidence." That's what they keep saying about corruption investigations into President Joe Biden. But we've been fed this line before. So, what evidence is there? It turns out, there's a lot. Bank records, IRS whistleblowers, text messages, emails, confidential human source reports, and more. It's a lot. So, let's focus…Ellen Wittman -
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Secret Service Agent Protecting Biden Granddaughter Fires at Car Thieves as DC Crime Wave Surges
A Secret Service agent protecting one of President Joe Biden’s five granddaughters shot at three unidentified individuals who were trying to break into a government-owned car in Washington, D.C., just before midnight. The Secret Service agent was part of a detail assigned to Naomi Biden Neal, 29, who is presidential son Hunter Biden’s oldest daughter…Tony Kinnett -
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‘Evidence Is Concrete’ in Biden Probe, Rep. Andrew Clyde Says
The Left's evolving defense of President Joe Biden and his family’s business activities speaks volumes about where the congressional investigation that is now an impeachment inquiry is going, says Rep. Andrew Clyde, R-Ga. “If the evidence wasn’t legitimate evidence, they would still be at their very first position,” Clyde, a member of the House Freedom…Fred Lucas -
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Mark Houck, Family Sue Biden DOJ for ‘Malicious and Retaliatory Prosecution’
Pro-life activist Mark Houck and his wife, Ryan-Marie Houck, are suing the federal Department of Justice over the DOJ’s treatment of their family, accusing the DOJ of a “faulty” investigation that led to an excessively forceful arrest and a “malicious and retaliatory prosecution” that has severely impacted their entire family. Houck is a Catholic father…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Biden’s Plan for Internet Infrastructure: Sweeping FCC Regulatory Command and Control
Democrats have been in charge of the Federal Communications Commission and administrative agencies in Washington for nearly 12 of the past 16 years. They have had the opportunity, over that time, to put in place nearly any federal telecommunications policy of their choosing. In fact, the federal government has allocated hundreds of billions of taxpayer…Brendan Carr -
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Biden Focuses on ‘Deploying a Climate Army,’ Republicans Warn
A new House Republican bill targets President Joe Biden’s $30 billion taxpayer-funded plan for a Climate Corps. If Biden’s initiative succeeds, the Climate Corps will train 20,000 young people “for jobs in the clean energy economy” focused on “advancing environmental justice, deploying clean energy, implementing energy-efficient technologies, and tackling climate change,” according to the White House. However,…Lucy Gilbert -
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5 Democratic Mayors Plead With Biden for Help With ‘Asylum Seekers Being Brought to Our Cities’
Five Democratic mayors have asked President Joe Biden for a meeting to discuss the illegal alien crisis their cities are facing. The mayors of Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York City sent a letter to Biden on Saturday “requesting an urgent meeting with you to directly discuss ways we can work with your…Virginia Allen -
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Biden Sends Wrong Message on Genocide With a Handshake
After President Joe Biden met last week with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted a statement and a photo on its website. The photo showed Biden shaking hands with Wang. “Biden asked Wang Yi to extend his greetings to President Xi Jinping and expounded on the position that the U.S….Terence Jeffrey -
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Biden’s COVID-19 Vax Mandates Spawn Lingering Bad Results
President Joe Biden was unable to overcome the judicial and legislative roadblocks to his full set of COVID-19 vaccine mandates two years ago, but the damage of that policy lingers. If the Supreme Court and Congress had failed to block the mandates, the costly consequences of our COVID-19 crisis could have been worse. Now we…Robert Moffit -
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GOP Lawmakers Call for Repeal of Biden Natural Gas Tax
Numerous Republican lawmakers have written to the newly elected speaker of the House asking him to repeal an emissions-reduction program from the Inflation Reduction Act, according to a copy of the letter obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, wrote the letter, which urges House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Minority Leader…Nick Pope -
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Biden Poised to Bail Out Wind Energy Industry, Experts Predict
A bailout package for the struggling offshore wind industry may be imminent if the industry’s struggles do not abate soon, energy industry and policy experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Biden administration has heavily subsidized the industry as part of its wider climate agenda, but inflation, supply chain backups, high interest rates, and logistical difficulties have severely…Nick Pope -
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‘We Are Vulnerable to Global Terrorism,’ Because Biden ‘Has Thrown Open Border,’ Ted Cruz Says
Is President Joe Biden trying to get us killed? His Nagasaki-like destruction of the southern “border” is like a mating call that lures terrorists to have their way with us. Customs and Border Protection reports that 269,735 illegal aliens invaded America in September alone, a one-month record. Border Patrol agents apprehended 1,912,663 illegal aliens during President Donald…Deroy Murdock -
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7 Takeaways From Grassley’s Latest Findings on FBI Corruption in Biden Probe
Long before the House opened an impeachment inquiry targeting President Joe Biden, the FBI had been investigating potential influence peddling by the president and his family in China, Ukraine, and elsewhere, according to information released by Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. In the newest wrinkle of an unfolding legal drama for the president’s family, Grassley, co-founder…Fred Lucas -
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No More Excuses for Biden, Legacy Media: Illegal Border-Crossing Records Keep Getting Broken
This summer, when illegal southern border-crossing numbers briefly dipped, legacy media outlets rushed to proclaim that the issue of mass, uncontrolled immigration was going away. Don’t believe what you hear, President Joe Biden is solving the problem, they proclaimed. Well, that didn’t last long. The latest monthly and yearly numbers just came out, and it…Jarrett Stepman -
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House Republicans Urge Biden Not to Take in Palestinian Refugees
Republican lawmakers led by Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., are trying to discourage the Biden administration from taking in Palestinian refugees and resettling them in the U.S., according to a letter dated Monday and obtained first by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., had requested that the U.S. take in Palestinian refugees after Hamas terrorists…Jennie Taer -
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Why Biden’s Oval Office Address Was a Disaster
Strategic leadership is about action—and rhetoric. When they match, history is made. When they don’t, it’s just a speech that’s soon to be forgotten. No one would remember FDR’s “Day of Infamy” speech if America didn’t take the war to our enemies and deliver a humiliating defeat in World War II. No one would recall…James Carafano