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    Bernie Sanders: Private Jets ‘Only Way’ to Travel to ‘Fight the Oligarchy’ Rallies

    Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., said private jet travel is the “only way you can get around, no apologies,” in response to a question about spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on chartered flights as part of his “Fight the Oligarchy” tour. During a Fox News interview Wednesday, the self-described democratic socialist asked rhetorically, “Think I’m…
    Fred Lucas
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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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    WATCH: Bernie Sanders’ Coachella Speech Proves the Democrats Are LOST

    Sen. Bernie Sanders showed up at the Coachella music festival in California this past weekend to talk about the evils of capitalism—at one of the most capitalist, elite, influencer-packed festivals on the planet. You truly cannot make this stuff up. The irony is strong with this one and further proves that President Donald Trump has…
    Elise McCue
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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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    Michelle Obama’s New Podcast With Her Bro Is Off to Less Than Stellar Start

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Former first lady Michelle Obama’s newly launched podcast “IMO” has faced declining viewership, with the latest episode failing to garner 100,000 views. The podcast has failed to keep viewers interested across digital platforms four weeks after Obama launched the venture with her brother, Craig Robinson. Since the first episode, which received 335,000…
    Nicole Silverio
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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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    ‘Should Have Recused Himself’: Legal Experts Sound Alarm on Obama-Appointed Judge Blocking Trump’s Deportations

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—As U.S. District Court Judge James Boasberg continues to be a thorn in the side of the Trump administration’s effort to deport gangbangers, legal experts have begun to raise questions about his handling of the case. The Barack Obama-appointed judge in March blocked President Donald Trump from using wartime authorities to send suspected Tren de…
    Jason Hopkins
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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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    Biden-Era HHS Chief Becerra Announces Bid for California Governor

    Former Biden administration Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra announced on Wednesday that he’s running for governor of California in 2026 to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom, a fellow Democrat. During his four years at HHS, Becerra drew criticism from within the Biden White House for his handling of both the COVID-19 pandemic response…
    Jacob Adams
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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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