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Texas vs. Biden: Lone Star State’s Battle to Secure the Border
When it became increasingly clear that the federal government was not going to stop the flow of illegal aliens across the border, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began taking strategic action. “You look at the results, and they speak for themselves,” Brent Smith says of what Abbott has done to slow the flood of illegal crossings. …Virginia Allen -
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Comer: ‘30 Million Reasons’ Biden Impeachment Probe Will Continue Despite Indictment of Informant
President Joe Biden called Friday for the House to shut down its impeachment inquiry into alleged influence peddling after the indictment of an FBI informant who said Biden might have accepted $5 million in bribes while vice president. Special counsel David Weiss, appointed to investigate the financial activities of the president’s son, Hunter Biden, secured…Fred Lucas -
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Biden Admin Would Rather Align With Marxists Than Pro-Western Leaders in Latin America
Juan Gonzalez, who led the Biden administration’s curious policy of embracing anti-U.S. Marxist leaders in Latin America while making enemies of their pro-Western counterparts, has resigned his post as the National Security Council’s top hemispheric adviser. Gonzalez (no relation) will depart President Joe Biden’s National Security Council in March to spend more time with his children, an anonymous official told Bloomberg on…Mike Gonzalez -
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Internal Documents Shed Light on Biden Administration’s Plan to Impose DEI on Pentagon-Run Schools
The Department of Defense agency that runs schools for military children approved a contract worth up to nearly $2 million for extensive diversity, equity, and inclusion programming and consultations, according to a copy of the contract obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation from the Functional Government Initiative. The Department of Defense Education Activity…Micaela Burrow -
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3 Ways President Biden Worsened the Very Things He Promised to ‘Restore’ in 2020
Then-candidate Joe Biden promised to “restore the soul of America” in 2020, in part by focusing on the country’s standing in the world, fighting for “democracy,” and preserving America’s promise of prosperity. Yet President Biden arguably worsened America’s divisions and harmed each of the areas he promised to restore. Biden’s 2020 Promise What, exactly, did…Tyler O’Neil -
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The Left’s Double Standards on Display Over Biden’s Memory Lapses
Since the disastrous special counsel report on President Joe Biden and his subsequent impromptu press conference on Thursday, left-wing journalists have been floundering to find a leg to stand on in their defense of the president. For the past eight years, liberal journalists and pundits have taken every opportunity to criticize former President Donald Trump’s…Tony Kinnett -
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EXCLUSIVE: Cruz Introduces Bill to Block Biden Administration From Closing Ports of Entry
Sen. Ted Cruz introduced a bill Thursday intended to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from closing critical international land ports of entry at the southern border. “[President] Joe Biden is harming American farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, truckers and consumers by prioritizing welcoming illegal aliens over facilitating lawful commerce,” Cruz, R-Texas, told The Daily Signal…Virginia Allen -
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5 Ways Biden Did the Opposite of His Promise to ‘Restore the Soul of America’
Then-candidate Joe Biden sold America a bill of goods in 2020. He said he was running for president to “restore the soul of America,” and promised “unity over division,” but his administration has arguably been one of the most divisive in U.S. history. 1. Policy Whiplash While Biden wrongly suggested Donald Trump’s presidency represented an…Tyler O’Neil -
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Biden State Department Funds Program to Create Army of 2,500 ‘LGBTQI+ Allies’
President Joe Biden’s State Department paid a public university to train a cohort of “master trainers” in India who will then go on to train more than 2,000 people to become “LGBTQI+ allies,” according to a government spending database. Washington State University received $15,000 from the State Department in July 2023 to hold a three-day…Robert Schmad -
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Joe Biden Keeps Rewarding the Terrorists
Peace is for suckers. Even as Israelis were rooting out the barbaric child murderers and rapists of Hamas, President Joe Biden was trying to bully the Jewish state into repaying the Palestinians with a new state. Now, the State Department is reportedly fast-tracking recognition of an “independent” Arab state, which not only promises to envelop…David Harsanyi -
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Biden Needs a Spine, Not New Laws, to Shut Down Open Border
President Joe Biden tells a lot of tall tales about the border crisis, but his claim that he needs the reckless bipartisan immigration bill being negotiated in the Senate to give him the authority to “shut down the border” and he “would use it the day” he signs the bill into law to end the crisis is one of his tallest tales yet. In truth, this deal is a political ploy that would support his open-border policy and fund his unlimited illegal immigration plan. Why is Biden’s claim a tall…Hans von Spakovsky -
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Biden EPA Has Acted Like ‘Gestapo,’ Mistreated Ohio Residents in East Palestine Cleanup, House Candidate Says
A Republican candidate for the House of Representatives ripped the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, saying it was “mistreating residents” of East Palestine, Ohio. President Joe Biden announced Wednesday he would visit the city where the Feb. 3, 2023, train derailment occurred, fulfilling a promise to visit East Palestine made in March 2023. The derailment caused people to evacuate after chemicals…Harold Hutchison -
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Biden v. Texas: What the Border Crisis Looks Like on the Ground in Eagle Pass
EAGLE PASS, Texas—The clothing strewn across the riverbank gives away that Shelby Park on the Rio Grande was a major crossing point for illegal aliens not long ago. But since Texas National Guard assumed control of the park, the crossings have nearly stopped entirely, according to authorities. The Daily Signal visited Shelby Park in Eagle Pass,…Virginia Allen -
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64 Million Americans Risk Losing Work Under Biden Admin
Whether working full time for themselves or part time as contractors, picking up occasional gig work or having a side hustle, an estimated 64 million Americans performed some sort of independent work in 2023. These aren’t just accountants or Uber drivers. They’re IT consultants, makeup artists, musicians, interpreters, fitness instructors, copy editors, and truck drivers….Rachel Greszler -
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Cruz: Biden ‘Deployed Attack Dogs’ Against Parental Rights Groups
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Conservatives in Congress condemned the Biden administration in the wake of the revelation that a high-ranking Department of Education official met with the Southern Poverty Law Center one year before the SPLC added parental rights groups, including Moms for Liberty, to its “hate map” that includes conservatives along with KKK groups….Tyler O’Neil -
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Pro-Lifers Targeted by Biden DOJ Found Guilty
A Nashville jury found six pro-life activists guilty Tuesday of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act and conspiracy against rights based on charges brought by President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice. Pro-life activists Chet Gallagher, Coleman Boyd, Heather Idoni, Cal Zastrow, Dennis Green, and Paul Vaughn face up to 11 years…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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EXCLUSIVE: How Biden Pushes Inmate Voting With Help From Interest Groups
A federal agency is working with left-of-center nonprofits to increase voting among prisoners and former prison inmates under an executive order from President Joe Biden designed to increase election turnout. The Federal Bureau of Prisons has partnered with and regularly consults on voting issues with the League of Women Voters, the American Civil Liberties Union,…Fred Lucas -
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BREAKING: Biden Education Department Met With SPLC Before Center Put Parental Rights Groups on Its ‘Hate Map’
A high-ranking official at the Department of Education under President Joe Biden met with representatives of the Southern Poverty Law Center a year before the center put parental rights groups, including Moms for Liberty, on its “hate map” alongside chapters of the Ku Klux Klan, according to documents obtained by The Oversight Project. The department…Tyler O’Neil -
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EXCLUSIVE: Illinois, Chicago Leaders Say What Biden Won’t on Illegal Immigration, Emails Show
President Joe Biden has said he wouldn’t call the situation at the southern border a crisis, but officials in Chicago—host to this summer’s Democratic National Convention—appear to differ. Chicago city officials, as well as Cabinet secretaries and senior staffers for Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, routinely refer to a “crisis” in emails and other…Fred Lucas -
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Biden Doesn’t Have Any Legal Authority to Seize Control of Texas National Guard
Texas Democratic politicians, such as Rep. Joaquin Castro and failed gubernatorial and Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke, are urging President Joe Biden to seize control of the Texas National Guard, which Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has mobilized to help secure the Texas border. Abbott did so in the face of the deliberate and intentional inaction by…Hans von Spakovsky