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Fetterman Breaks Ranks: Dems ‘Need to Own the Shutdown’
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., openly criticized his own party‘s refusal to reopen the government on CNN’s “State of the Union,” stating that Democrats “really need to own the shutdown.“ “Fundamentally, I’m deeply distressing that 42 million Americans are going to lose their SNAP benefits. And now that’s one of the big reasons why I refuse…Lorenzo Prieto -
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Fetterman Criticizes Kamala Harris for Calling Trump a Fascist
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., made headlines this week by chastising his party’s 2024 presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, over her campaign rhetoric. “When Vice President Harris referred to President [Donald] Trump as a ‘fascist,’ and I knew, absolutely, we lost the plot at that point,” Fetterman told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday. The senator,…Jacob Adams -
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Fetterman: Here’s Why the Shutdown Is ‘Fundamentally Wrong’
Although his party on Friday once again denied Republicans the votes necessary to reopen the government, Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania has been slamming his fellow Democrats for their shutdown gambit from the beginning. “We shouldn’t be having this conversation. You shouldn’t be shutting our government down,” Fetterman told The Daily Signal on Friday. “When…George Caldwell -
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Fetterman Distances Himself From Democrat Rhetoric
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., is distancing himself from the name-calling rhetoric associated with America’s enemies during World War II. “If you want a Democrat that’s going to call people Nazis or fascists or all these kinds of thing, well, I’m not going to be that guy,” the Pennsylvania senator told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo…Jacob Adams -
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Fetterman Warns Against Shutdown as Storms Threaten East Coast
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., warned his Democrat colleagues to not let the government shut down as two storms potentially threaten the East Coast. Fetterman said he’s concerned that pausing government funding could harm response efforts to Hurricane Humberto and Tropical Storm Imelda, according to the New York Post. “If you have a Cat 5 storm…Olivia Pero -
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Bernie Sanders’ War on Free Speech Could Make Patients Sicker
Calling pharmaceutical ads an “embarrassment,” Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ and Maine Sen. Angus King’s self-righteousness is on full display. More importantly, the two demonstrate a fundamental misunderstanding of the benefits enabled by the drug advertisements we have all become accustomed to seeing. If implemented, their bill to ban such ads in print and on TV,…Wayne Winegarden -
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Sanders Slams Harris Over Failed Campaign
In a CNN interview that aired on Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized 2024 Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris for what he said was her prioritizing the interests of the wealthy over the working class during her campaign last year. Sanders, a Vermont independent who caucuses with Democrats, lambasted the former vice president for being out…Jacob Adams -
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Netanyahu, Fetterman Respond to Horrific Hamas Video Showing Starving Hostage Digging Grave
Hamas released on Friday a horrifying propaganda video depicting a starving Israeli hostage digging his own grave. The images have sparking outrage around the world. In the five-minute video, the emaciated Evyatar David is seen inside a narrow, claustrophobic tunnel, digging his own grave while crossing off the days on a calendar. “I haven’t eaten…Lorenzo Prieto -
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Fetterman, Ricketts Join Forces to Counter China’s Threat to US Farming
Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts and Democrat Sen. John Fetterman are joining forces to introduce bipartisan legislation to combat Communist China’s threat to American farming. “It’s not just about the number of acres that they [the Chinese] own, but the fact that they own it around Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota or Fort…Quinn Delamater -
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Fetterman Opposes Bill to Curb Trump’s War Powers Relating to Iran
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said Tuesday he thinks Israel’s conduct in Iran is a pathway to peace, and that he isn’t interested in supporting attempts to restrain President Donald Trump’s war powers. Asked by The Daily Signal if he feared an escalation of the Israel-Iran conflict into a full-blown war, he rejected the premise of…George Caldwell -
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Schumer Inadvertently Makes Pro-Life Case for Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., unintentionally explained why pro-lifers should support President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” budget bill. “Under the Republican bill, 200 Planned Parenthood centers would close,” Schumer, the Senate’s top Democrat, said at a pro-abortion press conference on Tuesday. “More than 90% of these closures would be in states where abortion is…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Lurking in the Shadows of the Leaderless Biden White House
On June 18, the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the concealment of former President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline. This hearing will start to shed a congressional light on the apparent misuse of the presidential autopen. According to President Donald Trump’s June 4, memorandum, “This conspiracy marks one of the most dangerous…Joseph E. Schmitz -
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Biden Autopen Signatures by Staffers Could Be ‘Criminal Offense,’ Leavitt Says
Former President Joe Biden’s use of an autopen to sign orders and pardons could be a criminal offense, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told The Daily Signal. President Donald Trump has indicated that aides to Biden who used the autopen to sign major orders and pardons should be investigated for potential crimes. When asked…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Former Top White House Aides to Field Questions on Biden’s Cognitive Decline
Four former staffers in the Joe Biden White House will voluntarily take questions from congressional investigators regarding the apparent cognitive decline of the 46th president. The two most prominent White House staffers will be former deputy chief of staff Annie Tomasini and Neera Tanden, the former director of the Domestic Policy Council under Biden. Tanden…Fred Lucas -
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Biden Dismantled Basic Immigration Law. Now, Americans Are Suffering.
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. Immigration is not just back in the news, it’s in the news every single day. Almost…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Biden’s Border Nihilism Will Live Long After He Is Gone
The spiteful open-borders legacy of Joe Biden will plague America for generations to come, long after the former president is a fading bad memory. Somewhere between 10-12 million foreign nationals are believed to have entered the U.S. illegally under his watch, to add to the existing 12-20 million illegal aliens. Almost all were unaudited. They…Victor Davis Hanson -
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There’s Nothing Conspiratorial About Uncovering Who Ran Country During Biden Presidency
In a welcome move, President Donald Trump signaled he’s going after the truth about what was happening—and who was running the show—during Joe Biden’s presidency. Trump signed an executive order Wednesday mandating an investigation into “whether certain individuals conspired to deceive the public about Biden’s mental state and unconstitutionally exercise the authorities and responsibilities of…Katrina Trinko -
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Biden White House Had Third Autopen Signature, Oversight Project Finds
The Oversight Project has discovered a third autopen signature used to sign presidential proclamations for former President Joe Biden, the watchdog group’s president, Mike Howell, said Thursday. “We previously disclosed there were two autopen signatures,” Howell said in an interview with “The Sean Hannity Show” on talk radio. “So, think about it as two versions…Fred Lucas -
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WATCH: Biden Judge Blocks Deportation of Family of Egyptian Held in Colorado Terrorism Case
U.S. District Court Judge Gordon Gallagher on Wednesday issued a temporary block on the planned deportation of the family of the illegal immigrant charged in the terrorist attack on pro-Israel demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, on Sunday. Gallagher is an appointee of former President Joe Biden. Daily Signal White House correspondent Elizabeth Mitchell joins us for…Tony Kinnett -
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Biden Policies Opened the Door to Terrorists
President Joe Biden’s lax immigration enforcement and open borders policies made this country highly vulnerable to acts of terrorism. One of the big lessons of this weekend’s antisemitic Molotov cocktail and flamethrower attack in Boulder, Colorado, by Egyptian national Mohamed Soliman is how vulnerable we’ve made ourselves to infiltration by foreigners looking to do violence or acts of…Jarrett Stepman