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Biden Responsible for Single Greatest Disaster in Foreign Policy in a Century
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. Joe Biden is on his way out of office and as a farewell to all of us, he reviewed the state of affairs abroad to… -
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‘Restore Law and Order’: Cotton Responds to Additional Biden Commutations
In the twilight of his tenure in office, President Joe Biden declared on Friday that he was commuting the sentences of 2,500 inmates incarcerated on drug offenses. This is in addition to the 1,500 commutations he gave out last month. The president noted that his most recent use of the pardon powers given to him by… -
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Biden’s Bizarro World of Foreign Policy ‘Achievements’
Departing President Joe Biden offered a farewell brag this week to his State Department about how his tenure had improved America’s stature abroad. In his now accustomed weird mix of whispering and fiery shouting, Biden apparently felt he had to lie or mislead about almost every one of his “achievements.” Yet to the extent that… -
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‘I’ve Never Seen an Outgoing President [Show] Such Contempt for the Voters,’ Ted Cruz Says of Joe Biden
This is a lightly edited transcript of Tony Kinnett’s interview with Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. Tony Kinnett: Welcome back to “The Tony Kinnett Cast” here on The Daily Signal, nationally syndicated first on 93 WYBC. It’s a pleasure to be joined again by Sen. Ted Cruz, this time, not on the phone dashing from one… -
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Fact-Checking 3 Claims in Biden’s Farewell Address
President Joe Biden delivered his farewell address to the nation on Wednesday night. In his speech, Biden touted his record on the economy and his support for “democracy.” “The Statue of Liberty, a gift from France after our Civil War, like the very idea of America, it was built not by one person, but by… -
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The Buck Never Stopped With Joe Biden
When Donald Trump is sworn in next week, America will have a president for the first time in four years. The Joe Biden era hasn’t been a presidency but an interregnum, with seemingly no one in charge in Washington. The sign on Harry Truman’s desk used to say, “The buck stops here.” Where did it… -
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Special Counsel: ‘Well-Educated’ Hunter Biden Aware of Crimes
Hunter Biden knew exactly what he was doing when he committed felonies related to gun possession and not paying his taxes, special counsel David Weiss argued in his final report of outgoing President Joe Biden’s son. After a sweeping pardon in December, the president sought to cast his son in a sympathetic light. Weiss—who led… -
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POLITICAL RECKLESSNESS: How Biden Is Burning Down the Democratic Party on His Way Out
President Joe Biden seems not to care about how his words and actions will impact his own party as he leaves the Oval Office. As Jan. 20 approaches, Biden has taken drastic actions that will likely harm the Democrats long-term. He has suggested that he was wrong to drop out of the 2024 presidential race,… -
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GOP Pushes to Hold Migrant Criminals Accountable After Biden Vetoes Bill to Add Judges
An overburdened judicial system was denied relief on Jan. 3 when outgoing President Joe Biden vetoed the JUDGES Act of 2024, which would have expanded the number of permanent federal district judges across three presidential administrations. The bipartisan bill would have created 66 new judgeships. Their creation would have been staggered such that President-elect Donald… -
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‘HUGE WIN’: District Court Blocks Biden’s Title IX Rule
A federal district court in Kentucky issued a decision Thursday blocking the Biden administration’s attempt to change the meaning of “sex” in Title IX to include “gender identity.” The Department of Education under the Biden-Harris administration issued new rules reinterpreting Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, a law that bars discrimination on the… -
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US Steel Sale and Future in Limbo After Biden Block
BRADDOCK, Pennsylvania—The fate of the Edgar Thomson Works, a massive steel plant that has hugged the same spot along the Monongahela River since 1875, became even more uncertain Friday morning when President Joe Biden announced he would block the sale of United States Steel to Nippon Steel as one of his last acts as president…. -
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Biden Enacts Last-Minute Offshore Drilling Ban Across Vast Swaths of US Waters
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Biden administration announced Monday that it is banning future offshore oil and gas activity across 625 million acres of the Outer Continental Shelf—an area larger than the amount of land included in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803—in its waning days. The action will shut down future drilling along the East Coast, the eastern… -
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Here’s Why Joe Biden Gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to George Soros
President Joe Biden rewarded one of the Left’s most influential and notorious donors Saturday, giving the Presidential Medal of Freedom to George Soros. The White House announced the honor in a list of 19 recipients, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and LGBTQ megadonor Tim Gill. Biden framed Soros’ funding as philanthropy in service… -
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Forget Biden and Big Tech. We’re Supposed to Fear ‘Trump’s Media Censorship Arsenal’
Point and laugh at The Hollywood Reporter. After four years of Team Biden pressuring Big Tech to crush dissent on social media, not to mention Team Biden pressuring the news media to crush any word of President Joe Biden's mental decline, they're going to warn the world about Donald Trump and censorship. The silly headline… -
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Biden’s Partisan US Attorney in DC Was Never ‘Newsworthy’
He held an important position—U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia—but Matthew Graves has been nearly invisible in the national media over the last four years as a Joe Biden appointee. They didn’t seriously cover what he’s done, and what he’s failed to do. What he’s done is hyperactively prosecute Jan. 6 protesters—whether violent or… -
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Biden Boasts of ‘Most Demographically Diverse’ Judges in History
With just 18 days left in his presidency, Joe Biden did a victory lap during a White House ceremony Thursday after appointing one more federal judge than his predecessor, Donald Trump. Biden will be leaving office on Jan. 20 with the Senate having confirmed 235 of his judicial nominees. That’s compared to the 234 that… -
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Biden Says New Orleans Suspect Posted on Social Media That He Was ‘Inspired’ by ISIS Hours Before Attack
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the suspect in a deadly attack in New Orleans made social media posts declaring that he was “inspired” by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria just hours before ramming his truck through a crowd in the French Quarter. Authorities say 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar drove a Ford… -
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Obama Took Away Your Light Bulbs. Now, Biden Wants Your Appliances.
It’s a typical morning over the holidays, the kids have been up since dawn, and you’re making a few pancakes on your gas stove. When they’ve finished eating, you want to pop those dirty dishes in the dishwasher. Sounds simple, and now it is. But thanks to President Joe Biden, your gas stove and your… -
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Unpardonable: Biden Grants Mass Clemency to Death Row Inmates in Last Gasp of Failed Presidency
In the waning days of a crumbling presidency that never really was, President Joe Biden—or whatever Biden-like facsimile is signing official documents these days—decided to finish out his term with one final blast of outrageous, yet cynical, wokery. Biden wasn’t content just to pardon his deadbeat son, Hunter, or hand out executive clemencies to more… -
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Which Biden Could Be Pardoned Next? Here’s What Victor Davis Hanson Thinks
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Victor Davis Hanson, historian, commentator, and Hoover Institution senior fellow, said Thursday on his podcast that he believes all of President Joe Biden’s family members will be next in line to receive pardons. Since the president’s announcement Dec. 1 that he would pardon his son Hunter Biden of criminal charges, he has faced pushback…