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EXCLUSIVE: Will the Biden Admin Punish States for Protecting Kids From Trans Procedures? Banks Demands Answers
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., is demanding President Joe Biden's administration explain whether it will punish states banning transgender surgeries and procedures for children. During a June 13 House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing, Banks pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra to address whether he supports the "restriction…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Biden Administration Fails to Share Intel on COVID-19 Origins, but Independent Evidence Is Piling Up
The Biden administration has missed the June 18 statutory deadline for delivering U.S. intelligence information on the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic to Congress. Despite the missed deadline, the information about its origins is becoming clearer. This is due, in large part, to vigorous congressional oversight and the outstanding work of independent journalists in search…Robert Moffit -
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Barack Obama, Ever the Racial Arsonist
One way to describe the philosophical and ideological divide between former President Barack Obama and Sen. Tim Scott is that the optimistic Scott views the glass that is America today as much more than half-full, while the ungrateful Obama still sees it as half-empty—or worse. Nearly six-and-a-half years after leaving the White House, Obama—appallingly, but…Peter Parisi -
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‘God Save the Queen, Man’: With Biden, Talk of 25th Amendment Is Muted
Who decides a president’s fitness for office? We, the people, do. Or, at least that’s how our republican system of government is supposed to work. In the past few years, however, that idea has been seriously challenged. President Joe Biden delivered a speech at the National Safer Communities Summit at the University of Hartford in…Jarrett Stepman -
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Lessons From Swedish Border Ignored by Biden, Mayorkas
It wasn’t exactly profundity on display when Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson declared earlier this month that “massive immigration and poor integration simply do not work.” To the contrary, it was a keen grasp of the obvious, but one that’s been lost to willful blindness on the part of President Joe Biden and his hapless…Peter Parisi -
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Why Hunter Biden Plea Deal Could Advance Congressional Probe of Biden Family Influence Peddling
The Hunter Biden plea agreement reached Tuesday “enhances” the congressional probe digging into the Biden family’s alleged influence peddling, in closing the Justice Department’s argument of an ongoing investigation, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Tuesday. The plea agreement filed in federal court in Wilmington, Delaware, on Tuesday came as the House Oversight and Accountability Committee,…Fred Lucas -
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‘Really Bad Science’: Biden Admin Admits LGBT Lifestyle Produces Worse Mental Health, Addiction
Americans who identify as gay, lesbian, or bisexual are far more likely to suffer from major depression and abuse illegal drugs, and are up to six times as likely to attempt suicide, according to a new report from the Biden administration. Although the report admits it cannot “explain the reasons” for these differences, it opens…Ben Johnson -
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No Jail Time for Hunter Biden in ‘Sweetheart’ Plea Deal
After an investigation of nearly five years, Hunter Biden has reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors on two tax matters and one gun crime—but President Joe Biden’s son would avoid any jail time under the deal. Under the proposal, which still has to be approved by a federal judge, the younger Biden would reportedly get…Fred Lucas -
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How James Comer Emerged as the De Facto Special Counsel Probing Biden Bribery Scandal
Farm policy was once a bigger focus for U.S. House Oversight Chairman James Comer than was holding the government accountable. But after the former Kentucky state president of the Future Farmers of America was elected as the Bluegrass State’s agricultural commissioner, his first move in that position risked putting him on the wrong side of…Fred Lucas -
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If ‘Banned’ Books Are Harmless, Joe Biden Should Read Them to Kids
Editor’s note: The following material contains explicit references and may be offensive to some. Joe Biden recently hosted a Pride Month event for families with LGBTQ kids on the White House South Lawn. Ahead of the event, he announced that he’ll appoint a “banned book” czar whose job it will be to try to compel…David Harsanyi -
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Biden, Austin Making ‘No Effort’ to End Tuberville’s Blockade of Pentagon Promotions
President Joe Biden and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin are making “no effort” to reach a resolution with Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who is blocking the promotions of approximately 250 military generals and flag officers until the Pentagon changes its abortion policy. Current policy uses taxpayer funds to pay for certain expenses associated with service members’ abortions….Rob Bluey -
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CRICKETS: Biden White House Silent When Asked if it Conspired With Leftist Group to Target Parents Again
The Justice Department backtracked on its 2021 memo urging the investigation of concerned parents, but the Left and the Biden administration seem to be gearing up for another round. President Joe Biden’s White House did not respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment about the ties between the administration and the Southern Poverty Law…Tyler O’Neil -
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CNN Can’t Find a Biden Scandal? It’s Not Looking
The networks that have obsessed 24/7 for years about how to “close the walls in” on Donald Trump and ruin him profess some fatigue with conservatives who ask about the Biden scandals. On “CNN This Morning” on Monday, guest host Phil Mattingly complained about the cover of the New York Post. He said: “It will…Tim Graham -
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Archdiocese of Washington Tiptoes Around ‘Pride Mass’ at Biden’s Parish
An LGBTQ+ "Pride Mass" scheduled to take place Wednesday evening at President Joe Biden's preferred parish appears to have the support of the Archdiocese of Washington. Asked if the archdiocese supports the Mass, Paula Gwynn Grant, secretary of communications for the Archdiocese of Washington, pointed The Daily Signal to "our Holy Trinity parish website." She…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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Biden Health Secretary Defends Forcing 2-Year-Olds to Be Masked During COVID-19 Pandemic
The Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra defended a policy overseen by his department that required 2-year-olds to wear masks through the COVID-19 pandemic during a Tuesday House Committee on Education and the Workforce hearing. Republican California Rep. Kevin Kiley asked Becerra what the benefits were of a mask mandate on 2-year-olds put in…Reagan Reese -
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CNN’s Mostly False Take on Biden’s Stance on Abortion
As CNN looks for a new leader, then-CNN host Brian Stelter proposed this as the most important question: “What should an anchor do when a guest says something untrue?” The public could turn this question around: “What should a politician do when a CNN host says something untrue?” The Stelters of this world cannot imagine…Tim Graham -
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Fact Check: Biden Admin Says Encounters With Illegal Aliens Are Way Down at Border. Is It True?
The Biden administration is celebrating a dramatic decrease of 70% in the official number of encounters with illegal aliens in the past month at the nation's southwest border. “As a result of planning and execution—which combined stiffer consequences for unlawful entry with a historic expansion of lawful pathways and processes—unlawful entries between ports of…Virginia Allen -
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GOP Lawmakers Rip Biden for Giving LGBTQ Banner Treatment Equal to That of US Flag
People visiting Washington, D.C., this weekend probably expected to see a white house on Pennsylvania Avenue. Instead, the president’s residence was plastered in rainbow and transgender colors, an over-the-top display of the current resident’s LGBTQ fixation. It was a stark contrast to the mood in the rest of America, where the fury over “Pride” displays has…Suzanne Bowdey -
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In UK Relations, Biden Administration Substitutes ‘Declarations’ for Action
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak—the U.K.’s third prime minister in the past year—visited the White House on Thursday in his first official trip to the U.S. This is the fourth time that Sunak and President Joe Biden have seen each other in the past four months. But familiarity isn’t breeding much in this relationship. The…Ted Bromund -
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This One Tool Helped Delay Biden’s Attack on Women’s Sports, and You Can Use It to Fight His War on Gas Cars
Cars are already more expensive than they were three years ago, but if the Environmental Protection Agency under President Joe Biden has its way, we’ll be pining for the good old days of 2023. Imagine selective abortion meets “Grand Theft Auto,” as a Heritage Foundation scholar recently dubbed it. The kind of cars most Americans…Tyler O’Neil