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Watch Hillary Clinton Talk to Reporters About Her Emails
Hillary Clinton spoke to the media about her use of a personal email address while secretary of state. -
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Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders Makes an Outside Pitch for President
Sen. Bernie Sanders laid out his outside pitch for president in a speech today at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. Sanders, an independent from Vermont, said that he is “thinking” about running for president, presenting himself as a possible challenger to presumed Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. “The reason I have been thinking about… -
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Benghazi Investigator Trey Gowdy: ‘Huge Gaps’ in Hillary Clinton’s Emails
During an appearance on CBS News’ “Face the Nation” today, Rep. Trey Gowdy said there are “huge gaps” in the emails he has received from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton related to the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, on Sept. 11, 2012. “There are gaps of months and months and months,”… -
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Obama’s Plan Will Kill Jobs, Hike Heating Costs
Any Wisconsinites starting to wonder whether they are living through “The Long Winter,” as described by Laura Ingalls Wilder, will find no comfort in President Obama’s plans to cut the use of our most affordable and reliable sources of energy. Though we may not be relegated to heating our homes by burning twisted bundles of… -
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Cartoon: Obama on King v. Burwell
Earlier this week, we ran a Q&A with Heritage experts Ed Haislmaier and Andrew Kloster about the King v. Burwell case, which was heard by the Supreme Court Wednesday: What is the King v. Burwell case about? The question before the Supreme Court is whether the Obama administration overstepped its authority in issuing an IRS… -
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What This Cybersecurity Expert Thinks We Should Know About Hillary Clinton’s ‘Private’ Email System
Americans deserve specific answers from the Obama administration about Hillary Rodham Clinton’s exclusive use of private email during her four years as the nation’s top diplomat to foreign governments, a leading cybersecurity expert says. In an interview yesterday with The Daily Signal, Paul Rosenzweig said the U.S. government needs to get to the bottom of… -
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Senate Fails to Override Obama’s Keystone XL Veto. See How Your Senators Voted.
On Wednesday, the Senate failed to override President Obama’s veto of legislation authorizing construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Sixty-two senators voted to authorize construction of the pipeline, five short of the 67 votes needed to override a presidential veto. Thirty-seven voted to sustain the veto. President Obama's ridiculous veto of #Keystone prevented a great… -
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Can Obama Raise Your Taxes Without Congressional Approval?
The U.S. Constitution requires that tax bills originate in the House of Representatives. So could President Obama really impose a tax hike on Americans through executive action? White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said Monday that Obama is “very interested” in raising taxes without congressional approval, according to a report by Townhall. Recently, Sen. Bernie… -
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3 Reasons Why Carly Fiorina Thinks Hillary Clinton Is Beatable
No other potential 2016 contender was tougher on Hillary Clinton than Carly Fiorina at CPAC. The former Hewlett-Packard chief executive attacked Clinton during her CPAC speech, then continued the critique during an interview with The Daily Signal. Fiorina explained, in three reasons, why the former secretary of state is beatable. -
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What Rick Perry Calls Obama’s Greatest Indictment
Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry visited The Daily Signal’s studio at CPAC to critique President Obama’s actions on immigration. The likely 2016 candidate criticized Obama’s disregard for the rule of law and said as president he would work with Congress to craft a solution. So why doesn’t Obama do it? Perry said the president’s greatest… -
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Hillary Clinton’s Foundation Accepted Donations From Foreign Governments. One GOP Leader Says That Disqualifies Her From Being President.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus today criticized likely 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and her global foundation for accepting donations from foreign governments and questioned if she can serve as president. During a private briefing with reporters at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, outside of Washington, D.C., Priebus said Clinton should… -
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Obama Administration: Leaving Fracking to States?
Although the White House Council of Economic Advisers’ annual report to Congress largely restates the President’s State of the Union address on “middle-class economics,” it includes a welcome suggestion. This glimmer of hope is a lone, but surprising sentence in the report’s energy chapter: “The regulatory structure for addressing local environmental concerns, especially around land… -
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How Obama’s Veto of the Keystone XL Pipeline Unfolded in Real Time
After its passage in both the House and the Senate, legislation authorizing construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline reached President Obama’s desk today. But, in his first rejection of major legislation as president, Obama didn’t sign it. Twitter users tracked the entire veto process throughout the day. The proposed pipeline would stretch 1,179 miles,… -
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Six Years in, Obama Finally Focuses on ‘Countering Violent Extremism’
Last week, leaders of 60 nations, including some Muslim countries, participated in President Obama’s “Summit on Countering Violent Extremism” in Washington. Unfortunately, regardless of the content of Obama’s speech and the purpose of the conference, the administration's lack of effective action over the last six years undercuts his credibility as a global leader on these… -
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Cartoon: Obama’s Handouts
From Heritage Action CEO Mike Needham's column earlier this week: Allow funding for the Department of Homeland Security to lapse or engage in the legislative process. Those are the only two options Senate Democrats have at this point. Everything else transcribed in the press or recited by television pundits is nothing more than a distraction…. -
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Conservative Group Brands Jeb Bush ‘Unelectable’ for Giving Medal to Hillary Clinton
A conservative group’s new online ad portrays Jeb Bush as “unelectable” to the presidency because the Republican presented a public service award to the Democratic favorite, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Clinton received the award, the video emphasizes, on Sept. 10, 2013 – one day short of the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks on U.S. facilities… -
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Study: Obama’s Carbon Rules Could Cost Thousands of Manufacturing Jobs in Your State
A new study predicts that more than a half million manufacturing jobs will be eliminated from the U.S. economy as a result of the Obama administration’s proposed regulations to curb carbon dioxide emissions. “Every state would experience overwhelming negative impacts as a result of these regulations, but especially those with higher-than-average employment in manufacturing and… -
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Why a Federal Judge Temporarily Halted Obama’s Amnesty Plan
The 26 states that sued President Obama over his unilateral amnesty plan for illegal aliens won a major battle on Monday when a federal judge issued a temporary injunction against the plan’s implementation. In a fitting bit of irony, the order was issued on President’s Day, a day when we remember the great men who… -
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Meet the Lawmaker Picked to Produce a Conservative Alternative to Obama’s Budget
Conservatives are gearing up to draft their alternative to President Obama’s budget, and Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind., is the lawmaker behind the push. Republican Study Committee Chairman Bill Flores, R-Texas, tapped Stutzman to lead the group’s Budget and Spending Task Force, which will release a conservative alternative to the president’s budget toward the end of… -
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Obama Routinely Breaches Bipartisan Deals
Among so many of President Obama’s flaws, near the top of the list is that he has never understood the art of the deal. Every successful president has cut deals with the other party to strategically advance his own agenda. Give a little, get a little. Washington, Lincoln, FDR, Reagan and Clinton were masters at…