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Time for Biden and Schumer to Stop Demagoguing and Take Debt, Spending Talks Seriously
As Americans deal with an economic hangover of high inflation and rising interest rates caused in large part by Washington’s irresponsible spending spree, House Republicans have delivered a legislative package to address these problems. Troublingly, leading Democrats are making patently false claims that will make it more difficult for the two sides to find common…David Ditch -
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Bracing for Post-Title 42 Surge: Biden Sends 1,500 Troops to Border, Texas Cities Issue Emergency Declarations
Republicans and Democrats agree on one thing at least: Encounters with illegal aliens at the southern border will increase when Title 42 expires on May 11. President Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security “expects that encounters at the southwest border will increase as smugglers spread disinformation, which will place a strain on our immigration system,…Virginia Allen -
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Takes on Biden Executive Election Takeover
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Republicans in Congress are moving to rein in President Joe Biden’s executive order putting federal agencies in the business of getting out the vote. Their proposed legislation would defund any federally backed voter mobilization drives and prohibit the government from entering election-related agreements with private, nonprofit organizations to mobilize voters. Rep….Fred Lucas -
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Biden’s Election ‘Big Lie’ Is of Little Interest to Mainstream Media
Democrats whine on and on about “The Big Lie.” In their minds, this phrase summarizes President Donald Trump’s argument that vote fraud, ballot irregularities, and ninth-inning rules changes sank his 2020 reelection bid. However, Democrats are mum about the Big Lie that slimed Joe Biden into the White House. Former acting CIA Director Michael Morell recently sang like a sparrow to the House Intelligence and Judiciary committees. He explained how he,…Deroy Murdock -
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‘Disaster’: State Financial Officers Slam Biden Admin’s ‘Upside Down’ Mortgage Policy
A new Federal Housing Finance Agency policy that took effect Monday "will have the net effect of making it significantly more expensive for people with good credit to buy houses," according to almost three dozen state financial officers. Thirty-four state financial officers shared their "deep concern with the new Federal Housing Finance Agency policy" in…Samantha Aschieris -
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Here’s How You Can Fight Biden’s Crusade to Put ‘Transgender’ Males in Women’s Sports, From the Comfort of Your Own Home
Your teenage daughter is training seven days a week, going for that college scholarship. She’s worked her whole life to excel, only to come up short thanks to a biological male who claims to identify as a girl. This nightmare could be yours, courtesy of President Joe Biden. Every day, it seems the federal government…Tyler O’Neil -
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Biden-Garland Lawsuit Against Tennessee Ban on Transgender Procedures for Kids Is Baseless, Legal Scholars Say
The Justice Department filed suit on Wednesday against a new Tennessee law prohibiting doctors from performing irreversible transgender procedures on minors. The federal lawsuit asserts the law violates the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause by denying what it calls “medically necessary care” to minors. The complaint asks the court to issue an immediate stay to prevent the law…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Job Creators Network CEO Issues Dire Recession Warning After ‘Anemic’ Growth Report Under Biden
The president and chief executive officer of the Job Creators Network says “the economy is stagnating” following the release of the gross domestic product report on Thursday. “Today’s GDP report confirms what ordinary Americans and small businesses already know: The economy is stagnating,” Alfredo Ortiz said in a statement. “The continuation of the slow- or no-growth economy…Samantha Aschieris -
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Rep. Dan Bishop Sounds Off on Latest Hunter Biden Laptop Cover-Up Revelations
Michael Morell, former deputy director of the CIA, testified that Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who at the time was a senior adviser to the Biden campaign, “played a role in the inception” of the Oct. 19, 2020, letter from 51 former intelligence officials suggesting that “the Hunter Biden laptop was part of a Russian…Samantha Aschieris -
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Biden, Harris Meet With ‘Tennessee 3’ to Push Gun Control
President Joe Biden met Monday with three Tennessee state legislators at the White House, two of whom were temporarily expelled from the Tennessee House of Representatives after staging a raucous protest in the chamber. Their colleagues expelled state Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson after they interrupted a legislative session by shouting through a bullhorn….Fred Lucas -
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‘Unprecedented’: Biden Evacuates Sudan, Marking Third US Embassy Withdrawal. 16,000 Americans Left Behind.
The U.S. military evacuated official personnel from the embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, Saturday as civil unrest, crime, terrorism, and armed conflict plague the country. However, State Department officials indicate that because of the violence, the U.S. government might not help to evacuate as many as 16,000 Americans who remain. “That the U.S. was unprepared and…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Biden Has Made Mexican Cartels ‘Very Wealthy,’ Border State AG Says
Biden administration officials “want the cartels to maximize profits,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton contends. President Joe Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas have created “opportunities for the cartels to expand their network, not just in Mexico or Central America, but across our country,” Paxton, a Republican, says. Since Biden took office, more than…Virginia Allen -
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Can Biden Not Tell a Boy From a Girl?
“She is the first woman in history to win the 100 and 200 meters in back-to-back Olympics.” That is how USA Today summarized the performance of Elaine Thompson-Herah, the Jamaican sprinter who dominated women’s track events in the COVID-delayed 2021 Olympics. Thompson-Herah won a third gold medal in Tokyo that year as the first runner…Terence Jeffrey -
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Here’s the Problem With Biden’s Wanting to Ban Cars That Don’t Run on Batteries
President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency has announced an aggressive new auto tailpipe emissions rule that would ban most new cars and trucks that don’t run on batteries. In exchange for reductions in CO2 and other tailpipe emissions, the EPA plans to take away Americans’ freedom to choose our cars. It also touts the benefits…Travis Fisher -
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Soros Lieutenant Leaving Foundation Post, Claims Credit for Advancing Biden Agenda
The chief of the George Soros-backed Open Society Foundations, viewed as key to advancing the Biden administration agenda, is leaving his post in July. Tom Perriello, a former Democratic U.S. House member from Virginia, has been executive director of the foundations for five years. He is leaving the job and turning it over to the…Fred Lucas -
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Biden Plan for Health Care for ‘Dreamers’ Called ‘Back-Door Way to Give Taxpayer Subsidies to Illegal Aliens’
President Joe Biden is proposing a plan for recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to receive subsidized health care through Obamacare and Medicaid. If the plan is finalized, illegal aliens who were brought to America as children will be eligible for the health care programs. “[M]y administration is announcing our plan to…Virginia Allen -
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GOP Lawmakers Press Biden Administration Official on Whereabouts of 85,000 Migrant Children
“Please do better,” Rep. Katie Porter, D-Calif., told a Biden administration official responsible for caring for children who cross unaccompanied and unlawfully into the United States. “I have always promised to hold the powerful to account, regardless of political party,” Porter said during a Tuesday hearing, speaking to Robin Dunn Marcos, director of the…Virginia Allen -
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Biden’s Fascistic EV Edict
President Joe Biden is set to “transform” and “remake” the entire auto industry—“first with carrots, now with sticks”—notes The Washington Post, as if dictating the output of a major industry is within the governing purview of the executive branch. The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing draconian emissions limits for vehicles, ensuring that 67% of all…David Harsanyi -
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Biden ‘Missing in Action’ on Debt Ceiling, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Says
President Joe Biden “has been missing in action and misleading the public,” House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Monday in New York as the debt ceiling debate continued in Washington. “I met with President Biden at the White House on Feb. 1—75 days ago,” McCarthy said in a speech at the New York Stock Exchange…Samantha Aschieris -
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EXCLUSIVE: Smith Blasts Biden Admin for Barring Priests From Ministering at Military Center
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Republican New Jersey Rep. Chris Smith tore into President Joe Biden's administration for barring Catholic priests from ministering to service members at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, warning that the move calls into question "the Federal Government’s respect for, and protection of, the innate religious rights of Catholics in…Mary Margaret Olohan