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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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… -
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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,… -
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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… -
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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. … -
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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… -
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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… -
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We Need a Book on the Scandal of Biden’s Decline
CNN host Jake Tapper announced that he and Axios reporter (and CNN analyst) Alex Thompson have a book coming out in May titled “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.” They promise “an unflinching and explosive reckoning.” Conservative reaction was fierce. CNN was part of the cover-up. You… -
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Turns Out Top Execs of Org Picked for Billions by Biden EPA Are Big-Time Democrat Donors
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Top executives of a green organization that the Biden administration’s Environmental Protection Agency selected to receive billions in public funds have collectively made hundreds of thousands of dollars in personal political donations to Democratic candidates and organizations in recent years, a Daily Caller News Foundation review of Federal Election Commission data found…. -
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EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s Education Department Investigates Civil Rights Violations Ignored by Biden
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights has hit the ground running by initiating investigations into antisemitism, threats to women’s sports and private spaces, and other violations ignored by the Biden administration. The Office for Civil Rights is a subagency of the Department of Education dedicated to addressing discrimination complaints…. -
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Historic Plummet in Illegal Border Crossings Reveals the Root Cause of the Biden Border Crisis
The massive flood of illegal aliens across the southern border has become a trickle, disappearing almost as swiftly as it first emerged four years ago. The Daily Signal’s Fred Lucas reported on Tuesday that, according to the White House and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the number of border apprehensions in January fell to the lowest point…