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‘No Use Responding’ to Vets About Afghanistan Withdrawal Debacle, Biden-Harris National Security Spokesman Says
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby wrote Wednesday that there is “no use responding” to a “handful of vets” involved in the Afghanistan withdrawal debacle. Fox News obtained an email sent with that message by Kirby on the anniversary of 9/11 as a “reply all” likely meant for his staffers. “Clearly, I didn’t…Jarrett Stepman -
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Biden DOJ Dropped Nearly Half of Pending Obstruction Charges for Jan. 6 Defendants After Supreme Court Ruling
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Biden Department of Justice dropped nearly half of pending obstruction charges against Jan. 6 defendants since the Supreme Court issued a major ruling in June, according to recent data. The Supreme Court ruled in June that in charging Jan. 6 defendants, the DOJ had interpreted too broadly a statute that carries up to 20 years…Katelynn Richardson -
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‘Optics Over Security’: House Committee Faults Biden-Harris Admin for Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal in New Report
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The House Foreign Affairs Committee released a report on Sunday detailing the Biden-Harris administration’s failures that led to the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal in August 2021. The Biden-Harris administration failed to properly coordinate and adhere to recommendations from NATO and senior military officials regarding the withdrawal, endangering American troops and resulting in the Abbey…Rebeka Zeljko -
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In Surprise, Hunter Biden Pleads Guilty to 9 Tax Charges
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Hunter Biden pleaded guilty Thursday to federal tax charges in California, according to multiple reports. President Joe Biden’s son pleaded guilty to each of six misdemeanor and three felony counts he faced for allegedly failing to pay at least $1.4 million in taxes and filing falsified tax paperwork, according to CNN. Judge Mark Scarsi…Nick Pope -
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Biden Celebrates Offshore Wind ‘Progress’ Despite Industry’s Major Struggles, Cancellations
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Joe Biden touted offshore wind’s “progress” on his watch on Thursday despite the fact that the industry has struggled considerably with elevated inflation and interest rates. Biden released an official statement Thursday celebrating his administration’s 10th approval of an offshore wind development and touting signature policies that have incentivized developers to build new projects….Nick Pope -
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Potato-Famine Economics, Courtesy of Biden-Harris
If you’ve had to change your buying habits at the supermarket lately to save money, you’re not alone. The stratospheric rise in food prices in the past three years has forced many families to forgo groceries they used to enjoy in exchange for cheaper alternatives. This change in consumer behavior is emblematic of the painful…EJ Antoni -
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Fraud Permeates Biden-Harris’ Illegal Alien ‘Sponsorship’ Program: The BorderLine
In the run-up to November’s election, Vice President Kamala Harris is attempting to rewrite history and absolve herself of her administration’s policy of facilitating mass illegal migration into the U.S. through reckless releases of aliens caught at the border and bogus alien “parole” programs. Against much existing evidence, a new ad her campaign is running…Simon Hankinson -
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Would Harris Secure the Border That Biden Did Not?
East Blake Lane Park in Oakton, Virginia, sits about 16 miles down the road from the White House, where President Joe Biden lives, and about 17-and-a-half miles from the Naval Observatory, where Vice President Kamala Harris resides. Shortly after 3 p.m. on July 20, according to a statement published on July 22 by the Fairfax…Terence Jeffrey -
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Federal Court to Biden on Student Loan Bailout: It’s (Still) Illegal
When the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the Biden-Harris administration’s latest student loan bailout scheme, it potentially saved American taxpayers nearly half a trillion dollars. Now, the Supreme Court has spoken. By unanimously rejecting the administration’s request to lift the lower court’s injunction, it effectively blocked this loan-cancellation gambit while underlying litigation proceeds—and prevented Americans from…EJ Antoni -
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Biden-Harris Admin’s EV Mandates Destroy Car Choice
This Labor Day weekend, the AAA expects tens of millions of drivers on the road—10% more than last year—most of them in safe, affordable cars and pickup trucks. Consumers have choice, based on their own preferences and needs, not the dictates of government. Now you can travel in your choice of electric vehicle, hybrid, or…Diana Furchtgott-Roth -
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Despite Tough Talk, Biden-Harris Admin Rolls Out Red Carpet for Illegal Alien Gangs: The BorderLine
Nothing illustrates the grave price of the Biden-Harris administration’s immigration policy like the preventable crimes that occur with dismaying frequency across the country. At the border, Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has for nearly four years been catching, then almost immediately releasing into the U.S. interior, thousands of young illegal alien men weekly. It…Simon Hankinson -
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High Prices Brought to Us by Biden-Harris Admin’s Economic Policies
Watching Vice President Kamala Harris propose her “federal ban on corporate price gouging” in the food and grocery industry reminded me of an arsonist who stands next to a burning inferno, ignoring her own role in the conflagration. In an apparent effort by Harris to run on reform as a semi-incumbent, her proposal is more…Robert Henneke -
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Biden-Harris Admin Spends $250K Looking for LGBT Landmarks as National Parks Fall Into Disrepair
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The National Park Service has doled out about $250,000 in grants to add LGBTQ+ landmarks to the National Register of Historic Places even as it faces a multibillion-dollar backlog maintaining the public land it oversees. Through the National Park Service’s so-called Underrepresented Communities Grant Program, which was designed to diversify America’s historical landmarks to…Robert Schmad -
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Biden Executive Order Enables Illegal Aliens to Vote, Election Expert Says
A 2021 Biden administration executive order constitutes unlawful and potentially partisan interference in the election process, according to a new report from Hans von Spakovsky, a senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation. President Joe Biden’s 2021 Executive Order 14019 directs executive branch departments and federal employees to use federal resources to get out the…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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WATCH: Escaping Joe Biden
On the latest episode of “The Tony Kinnett Cast,” we examine the bizarre goal of Vice President Kamala Harris to distance herself from her role in the Biden-Harris administration while claiming responsibility for what she considers to be its successes. How can a vice president be both the insider and the outsider in the race…Tony Kinnett -
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Biden-Harris Admin Uses Loopholes to Expand Welfare Benefits, Again
It seems reasonable that a program designed to assist those with low incomes should go only to low-income households. But the Biden-Harris administration is using a dubious mechanism to get around that expectation in a program designed to help low-income families pay for broadband internet service. Congress created the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program in 2020,…Rachel Sheffield -
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Zuckerberg Says Biden-Harris Admin Pressured Facebook to Censor Content
The Biden-Harris administration pressured Facebook to censor content on its platform relating to COVID-19 and other major stories, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed in a Monday letter to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. “In 2021, senior officials from the Biden Administration, including the White House, repeatedly pressured our teams for months to censor…Bradley Devlin -
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The Facts Behind Biden-Harris Admin’s Loss of 300K Migrant Kids
In 2014, Vice President Joe Biden was dispatched to Guatemala by President Barack Obama to implore Latin American countries and their citizens to stop smuggling unaccompanied children into the United States. “These smugglers routinely engage in physical and sexual abuse and extortion of these innocent, young women and men, by and large,” Biden said in…Bradley Devlin -
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Biden Administration’s Latest Illegal Immigration Scam: The BorderLine
In June, I wrote about “parole in place” for alien spouses when the Biden administration first announced this latest in its series of gimmicks that I call Parole-a-Palooza. Now, it’s here. First, a little background. Prevented by pesky laws from admitting all the legal and illegal immigrants he wants, since 2021, President Joe Biden…Simon Hankinson -
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Why Kamala Doesn’t Want to Talk About the Real Biden-Harris Record
Kamala Harris personifies a heavenly slice of classic soul. As the late, great Teddy Pendergrass sang in 1977: “You can’t hide from yourself. Everywhere you go, there you are.” Harris is trying to run, run, run from Joe Biden and his clogged landfill of policy failures. Her campaign slogan might as well be “Joe who?”…Deroy Murdock