Joe Biden News
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Latest Book on Biden Tells Americans What They Already Knew—Except Maybe Jake Tapper
WASHINGTON—Penguin Press touts its new book, “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again,” by Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson, as “an explosive account of one of the most hubristic mistakes in American history: Joe Biden’s decision to run for reelection despite mounting evidence of his decline, and his…Debra Saunders -
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The Man Who Helped Prove Biden Wasn’t Actually Running the Country
No other organization was a bigger thorn in the side of former President Joe Biden’s administration than the Oversight Project. The group sued the Biden administration about 100 times on issues ranging from lawfare to illegal immigration during the former president’s tenure. Biden may be gone, but the Oversight Project continues to push for answers…Bradley Devlin -
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How Many Biden Appointees ‘Burrowed in’ to the Permanent Bureaucracy?
Left-leaning federal bureaucrats aim to oppose President Donald Trump from within the administrative state, and some Biden administration appointees have attempted to "burrow in" to the federal bureaucracy by switching from "political" to more permanent "career" positions. While presidents appoint more than 3,000 people for political positions, the federal government directly employs roughly 2.3 million…Tyler O’Neil -
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‘We Will Not Be Bullied’: EPA Head Lee Zeldin Calls Out Media Bias Denying Biden Waste
SAVANNAH, GEORGIA—Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin says he will not be bullied into allowing the waste and abuse of the previous administration to continue, even as the legacy media continues to insist he has no evidence of it. “We will not be bullied and intimidated into wasting taxpayer dollars,” Zeldin told The Daily Signal in…Tyler O’Neil -
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‘Biden DNA’: Ashley Biden’s Nonprofit Failed to Report Donations to IRS, Watchdog Says
Financial questions continue to hover over the Biden family, even with former President Joe Biden three and a half months out of office. The 46th president’s daughter, Ashley Biden, founded the Women’s Wellness Spa(ce) in 2023. The nonprofit tax-exempt organization says it serves women who have experienced trauma. It failed to report a total of…Fred Lucas -
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SEE YOU IN COURT: Christian Groups Harmed by Trans Mandate Sue to Block Rehiring of Biden Staffer
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Two Christian organizations are intervening in a lawsuit brought against the Trump administration by a fired independent agency employee who claims her removal was unlawful. President Donald Trump fired two Democrat commissioners who controlled the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission under the Biden administration. On Thursday, the Christian Employers Alliance and Choices…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Democrats Try to Rewrite History of Biden’s Presidency
The infirmity of President Joe Biden during his time in office is one of the biggest scandals in American political history. Yet, despite the scale of the coverup, the biggest fiasco of the Biden presidency was not his poor health and mental state. It was how his administration fully leaned into the “great awokening” despite his campaign…Jarrett Stepman -
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Secretary McMahon Restores Accountability on Defaulted Student Loans Biden Ignored
As part of her efforts to overhaul the federal education system, Education Secretary Linda McMahon is restoring accountability to the federal student loan system. Beginning May 5, the Department of Education will resume involuntary collections on defaulted federal student loans, ensuring that borrowers honor their commitments and taxpayers aren’t left footing the bill. Since…Madison Marino Doan -
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The Mainstream Media’s Everlasting Love Affair With Joe Biden
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hansen, for the Daily Signal. I’d like to look at Joe Biden’s speech, if I could, for a moment. It was…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Fact-Checking 3 Biden Claims From First Post-Presidential Speech
In his return to the spotlight, former President Joe Biden made unusual claims about both Social Security and race when speaking Tuesday in Chicago. Biden’s speech to the Advocates, Counselors, and Representatives for the Disabled Conference was his first major address since leaving office in January. Here are three unusual points the 46th president made…Fred Lucas -
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DOGE Shocker: Biden Gave Terrorists Social Security Numbers and Welfare Benefits
The Center Square—The Biden administration not only released a record number of known or suspected terrorists into the U.S. but also gave them Social Security numbers and taxpayer-funded welfare benefits, according to a new analysis by the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE posted its latest findings of alleged government waste, fraud, and abuse, fully funded…Bethany Blankley -
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‘Not a Joke,’ as Biden Might Say: Harris Reportedly Urged to Start a Think Tank
A New York Times article on Thursday presented a surprising possible next move for former Vice President Kamala Harris—establishing a think tank for “policy and ideas.” According to the report, “Brian Nelson, an adviser to Ms. Harris since she was California’s attorney general,” has proposed the idea of Harris “establishing an institute for policy and…George Caldwell -
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Former Hunter Biden Business Partner Says President’s Son Leveraged Family Name
Devon Archer, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, said in a new interview what he told Congress last year: Hunter’s business role when they worked together was to be a “lobbyist” who “leveraged a very powerful name.” Hunter’s “role was to, you know, pave a path for success of Burisma by having kind of…Jacob Adams -
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Biden State Dept. DEI Chief Asked: How Did It Advance US Interests Abroad?
The former head of diversity and inclusion at former President Joe Biden's State Department was asked point blank at a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee hearing Tuesday to justify diversity, equity, and inclusion in American foreign policy. Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley, who was chief diversity and inclusion officer at the State Department under Biden, testified before the Oversight…George Caldwell -
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House Set to Vote on Bill to Revoke Biden-Era Overdraft Regulation
A Senate bill that would rescind a Biden-era Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule on overdraft protection is headed for a vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday afternoon. House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., told The Daily Signal that the regulation issued by the Biden administration would have led to few financial options for…Jacob Adams -
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EXCLUSIVE: Biden Department of Education Met With Far-Left Groups While Discussing Pro-Trans Title IX Rewrite
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights under President Joe Biden held multiple stakeholder meetings with leftist groups—including the Human Rights Campaign—while attempting to finalize its pro-transgender Title IX rules, new documents show. Between April 2023, when the civil rights office released its first draft of rules, and April 2024,…Tyler O’Neil -
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Did President Biden Make Fires Worse at the Beck and Call of an Environmentalist Group?
As fires ravage the Carolinas and South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster declares a state of emergency, I remember how my brother and I spent long, hot summers in rural Colorado, cleaning up dry brush and dead wood to protect our mountain home from fires. My father, a volunteer fireman, taught us the importance of forest…Tyler O’Neil -
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Biden Autopen Actions ‘Non-Delegable’ and ‘Invalid,’ Legal Analysis Finds
The pardon authority is the president’s alone and cannot be delegated, according to a legal analysis by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project. The watchdog group—which first conducted an analysis of former President Joe Biden’s White House use of autopen—released a memo late Monday night on the matter, bringing the numerous acts of clemency into question. …Fred Lucas -
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The Joe Biden ‘Now They Tell Us’ Phenomenon
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I want to talk today about this sudden phenomenon of “Now they tell us.” I don’t…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Biden-Pardoned Jan. 6 Committee Members Can’t Likely Invoke Fifth Amendment
After a congressional report alleged that Jan. 6 Committee members deleted documents and tampered with a witness, outgoing President Joe Biden pardoned every member. But that pardon could help the House GOP get closer to the truth. Legal experts point to Supreme Court precedent dating back to 1896 that would likely mean the Constitution’s Fifth…Fred Lucas