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opinion
Biden’s Afghanistan Disaster: Predictable and Not Over
A Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday put a bright spotlight on President Joe Biden’s imprudent withdrawal from Afghanistan. At one point, Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, asked Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, some simple yes-or-no questions about its consequences. “Has the military’s task to defeat terror threats from Afghanistan… -
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Biden Struggles to Corral His Party Over Trillions in Spending
President Joe Biden expressed confidence Friday that Congress will pass both a $3.5 trillion spending bill and a $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, although the more expensive measure is backed only by his fellow Democrats. Biden is facing a divided party as more centrist Democrats from purple and red states express concern about the price tag… -
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Biden Talks Tough on Nicaragua, but Caves to Vicious Regime
In recent months, Nicaragua’s brutal and longtime dictator-president, Daniel Ortega, and his wife and vice president, Rosario Murillo, have plunged the Central American nation into an unprecedented human rights and political crisis—just hours south of the U.S. border. So far, the Biden administration’s response has been weak. Elected with just 38% of the vote in… -
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Twitter and the ‘Fact-Checkers’ Line Up for Biden
Twitter makes it easy to realize that the purpose of “fact-checkers” is most commonly rushing to defend President Joe Biden from misinterpretation … and mockery. On Sept. 20, Twitter warned, “A video of President Biden discussing hurricane preparedness has been edited out of context, according to fact-checkers.” Tweets aired this clip of Biden from Aug…. -
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Is Biden Bringing Terrorists From Afghanistan to America?
Is President Joe Biden bringing terrorists from Afghanistan to the United States? The answer: Even Biden himself cannot know for sure. The Biden administration is bringing two distinct types of evacuees into the U.S. from Afghanistan. Some hold Special Immigrant Visas. Others are so-called parolees. In June, the Congressional Research Service published a report explaining… -
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Cruz Urges Ocasio-Cortez, Democrats to Visit ‘Biden Cages’ for Kids at Border
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited portion of remarks Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, delivered in a Senate floor speech Wednesday. I’ll tell you, I’ve been to the border. I’ve been to the Biden cages. For four years, Democrats went on and on and on. The corrupt corporate media went on and on and on… -
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Biden ‘Incompetent,’ ‘Unfit’ to Serve, Republican Study Committee Chairman Says
President Joe Biden’s administration has been a “constant crisis” and has confirmed the suspicion of many Americans that he is “incompetent” and “unfit” for office, Republican Study Committee Chairman Jim Banks said Tuesday. The Indiana congressman cited the escalating crises at the southern border and in Afghanistan as needing oversight hearings in Congress, but he… -
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As Biden Continues to Foment Border Crisis, Governors Step Up
With President Joe Biden’s administration completely neglecting the crisis at the southern border, states have to step up to secure the nation and keep Americans safe. To nobody’s surprise, one state doing so is Texas. As the Biden administration wastes millions of taxpayer dollars each day by not continuing to build a border wall, Texas… -
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Atomic Ayatollahs Up the Ante on Biden Administration
A recently completed, confidential International Atomic Energy Agency report to the U.N. Security Council on Iran’s nuclear program claims Tehran continues to swiftly advance its atomic activities. No surprise there. In fact, the Institute for Science and International Security estimates the “breakout” time needed for Iran to produce enough fissile material for a single nuclear… -
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Biden Administration Whistles Past the Border as Crisis Worsens
The Biden administration wants you to pay no attention to that mess on the border. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, ordered a shutdown on Thursday of six points of entry on his state’s border due to an overwhelming surge in migrants. He then reversed the decision hours later, saying in a statement that President… -
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Putting a Spotlight on Biden’s Problematic Nominees for Government Posts
As debate rages in Congress over spending packages and election reform bills, Senate confirmations for President Joe Biden’s executive branch nominees continue to move forward. Some higher profile nominees—such as Neera Tanden as director of the Office of Management and Budget and David Chipman as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives—attracted… -
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After Biden Abandons Afghan Women, His ‘Women’s Rights’ Rhetoric Rings Hollow
In a bold act of defiance against the Taliban, hundreds of Afghan women took to the streets of Kabul last Tuesday morning, demanding that the Taliban respect their rights. In response, Taliban fighters beat them with sticks and rifles. Validating the fears of Afghan women’s rights activists, the Taliban is showing its true colors after initially reassuring… -
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Biden Risks Importing Potential Afghan Terrorists, Predators Into US
On Tuesday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken will testify before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, a committee on which I serve. The secretary has a lot of explaining to do. In the past month, we have seen a catastrophic failure of policy in Afghanistan by the Biden administration. Over and over and over again, President… -
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Hail, Biden!: The President’s Toothless Caesarism
President Joe Biden demonstrated his commitment to “norms” last week by delivering a speech threatening governors, and all who oppose his will, with a unilateral edict requiring COVID-19 vaccinations. As my colleague Fred Lucas reported, Biden “directed the Labor Department to develop an emergency regulation giving the Occupational Safety and Health Administration the authority to… -
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By Empowering Taliban, Biden Enables Next 9/11
President Joe Biden is doing the unthinkable. On the 20th anniversary of the dark day that terrorists struck New York City and Washington, D.C., he—more than any other world leader—is preparing the way for the next 9/11. Sept. 11, 2021, ought above all to be a day of remembrance, a reflection on loss, a homage to bravery,… -
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Catholic Charities Invites Biden to See Border Crisis in Person
Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley in southern Texas invited President Joe Biden to witness the migrant crisis for what would be his first trip to the southern border as president. Thousands of migrants resorted to staying in dangerous tent cities in Mexican border towns after the Trump administration implemented the Migrant Protection Protocols… -
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How Is the Biden Administration Vetting Afghan Refugees?
Afghan refugees are subject to security and health screening performed by Department of Homeland Security officials before they’re evacuated to the United States or a third country for additional processing, a Biden administration senior official said. Afghans must clear biometric and biographic vetting—including iris scans, palm and voice prints, and photographs—before they’re evacuated from the… -
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Biden Depends on Taliban for Safety of Americans Stranded in Afghanistan
The Biden administration is completely reliant on the Taliban to evacuate hundreds of Americans stranded in Afghanistan after the U.S. military pulled out, two experts on the long war there told The Daily Signal. At the same time, Senate Republicans are pressing President Joe Biden for precise figures on how many Americans remain in a country… -
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Terrorist Groups Are Still Operating in Afghanistan. Does Biden Have a Plan to Keep Us Safe?
“Last night in Kabul, the United States ended 20 years of war in Afghanistan, the longest war in American history,” President Joe Biden said in an address to the nation on Tuesday afternoon. But is that war over? Biden may have withdrawn the U.S. military from Afghanistan, but terrorist groups intent on attacking the United… -
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5 Ways Biden’s Leadership Failed in Afghanistan
President Joe Biden must have ignored sound military advice in abandoning Afghanistan. No person who graduated boot camp would have planned a military operation like this. There are old military adages that just can’t be ignored: “Plans are useless, but planning is everything.” “No plan survives contact with the enemy.” “They enemy gets a vote.”…