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Biden Pushes These 4 Woke Military Officers for Promotion as Sen. Tuberville Holds Firm
Generals who focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, lecture a “white colonel” about the need for more diverse officers, and proclaim climate change a national security threat seem to be finding rewards in the Biden administration. In February, Air Force Brig. Gen. Stacy Jo Huser and two other women were part of a panel at… -
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A Virginia School District Upheld Parental Rights on Trans Issues. Why Is the Biden DOJ Getting Involved?
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—America First Legal is demanding answers after the Justice Department under President Joe Biden intervened in a Virginia school district's adoption of Gov. Glenn Youngkin's policies that center parental rights in transgender issues. "The Department of Justice seems to suggest that protecting the constitutional rights of parents and students will lead… -
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Hawaiians React to Biden’s Response to Fires
MAUI COUNTY, Hawaii—President Joe Biden’s response to the disastrous wildfires that destroyed Lahaina, the westernmost city on the island of Maui, is receiving sharp criticism from locals. As The Daily Signal team traveled throughout Maui on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, citizens from all over Hawaii expressed anger, dismay, and exasperation at the lack of care… -
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Vivek Ramaswamy Says Biden Is ‘Not Really the Person Running the Country,’ and He’s Taking on the People Who Are
ATLANTA—Entrepreneur and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said that President Joe Biden is "not really the person running the country," and that he's running against the real culprits: the managerial class. "The deeper problem with Joe Biden is, he’s not really the person running the country," Ramaswamy, founder of the biotech company Roivant Sciences,… -
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Biden Admin’s Revolving Door Into Media Spins Heavily
No one among the media elites today is alarmed at a revolving door between the “objective media” and partisan politics. Politics seems more like a qualification than a disqualification. NBC News announced on air that legal correspondent Laura Jarrett was going to be a co-host of the “Today” news program on Saturdays. She is the… -
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House Oversight Chairman Seeks Shielded Biden VP Records From National Archives
A powerful House committee wants previously shielded information from the National Archives regarding Joe Biden’s communication with family business associates when he was vice president. In an letter Thursday to the head of the National Archives and Records Administration, the committee’s chairman asked for Biden’s vice presidential records that included pseudonyms and communications with his… -
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Special Counsel for Hunter Biden Doesn’t Meet DOJ Regulations. Now What?
Attorney General Merrick Garland’s appointment of a special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation appears to violate Justice Department rules. But legal recourse doesn’t look likely for those who argue that Garland’s appointee, David Weiss, isn’t qualified for the job under the agency’s regulations, which specify the naming of someone from “outside” the Justice Department…. -
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Did American Diplomacy Under Biden ‘Lose’ Niger?
Niger’s Presidential Guard, led by Gen. Abdourahmane “Omar” Tchiani, staged a coup July 26 that replaced President Mohamed Bazoum with a National Preservation Council. That body then named an interim leader: Tchiani. Although some civilians have been appointed to positions in the new government, it is clear where power resides. Niger is only the latest domino… -
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Obama Still Scolds Americans for Offering ‘Thoughts and Prayers’ During Maui Tragedy
After the horrific wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui last week that took the lives of at least 99 and left more than 1,000 unaccounted for, many Americans are donating money to help the victims. Many more are offering their thoughts and prayers, including former President Barack Obama, who grew up in Hawaii but… -
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HE’S BACK: Biden Returns to Court Over Exceeding Authority to Cancel Student Debt
The dead and resurrected schemes of the Education Department to cancel student debt are like horror films, only with Education Secretary Miguel Cardona in the role of Jason from the “Friday the 13th” series and President Joe Biden as Michael Myers from the “Halloween” franchise. The latest lawsuit to stop Cardona from implementing Biden’s student… -
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4 Takeaways From Former FBI Agent’s Testimony on Tipoff in Hunter Biden Case
A key House committee released a 65-page transcript Monday of testimony by a former FBI supervisory special agent who said he encountered obstacles in leading an investigation of Hunter Biden. Restifying to committee investigators behind closed doors July 17, the former FBI agent provided details about December 2020, a month after the last presidential election,… -
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Garland’s Special Counsel Charade Violates the Law and Undermines the Hunter Biden Probe
Just when you thought the Justice Department’s handling of the Hunter Biden case couldn’t appear more corrupt, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced Friday that he was appointing Delaware U.S. Attorney David Weiss as “special counsel” in the case. Not only is Weiss the same controversial federal prosecutor who has botched the investigation of President… -
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Court Stops Another Biden Attempt to Cancel Student Loans
A federal court has stopped yet another attempt by the U.S. Department of Education to cancel student loans—for now. On Aug. 7, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a nationwide injunction against key parts of a recently revised rule that would have let the department erase billions of dollars of student loans and… -
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DOJ Names ‘Sweetheart Plea Deal’ Prosecutor as Special Counsel in Hunter Biden Probe
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday named David Weiss—the same prosecutor who made a court-rejected plea agreement with first son Hunter Biden—as the special counsel in the tax probe. Garland said on Tuesday that Weiss, the U.S. attorney for the district of Delaware, asked him to be special counsel in the case. “Upon considering his… -
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The Barack Obama Cover-Up
This week, Tablet released a fascinating conversation with historian David Garrow, author of a massive unauthorized biography of former President Barack Obama in his early years titled “Rising Star.” By all rights, the book should have been a massive hit upon its release in 2017. Instead, it underperformed. The revelations contained therein never hit the… -
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‘Egregiously Obvious’ That Biden Admin Violated First Amendment Rights, Tech Policy Expert Says
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, recently tweeted a lengthy thread in hopes of exposing Americans to the so-called Facebook Files. Using all capital letters, Jordan wrote July 27: “THE FACEBOOK FILES, PART 1: SMOKING-GUN DOCS PROVE FACEBOOK CENSORED AMERICANS BECAUSE OF BIDEN WHITE HOUSE PRESSURE.” Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, also has tweeted about… -
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Biden Champions ‘Equal Pay’ While His Own White House Pays Women Less Than Men
The White House, on average, pays female employees less than male employees, even as President Joe Biden calls for equal pay in the wider American economy, according to data analyzed by Mark Perry, an economist and senior fellow emeritus at the American Enterprise Institute. The White House’s median salary for men in 2023 was $105,000,… -
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$20M and Counting: Tally on Foreign Money to Biden Family Rises With Release of New Bank Records
The tally of foreign money to the Biden family has hit at least $20 million, based on the third round of bank records the House Oversight and Accountability Committee released Wednesday—pointing to millions from oligarchs from Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine. Foreign sources sent the money to Biden family members and business associates while Joe Biden… -
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Barack Obama: The Man, the Myth, the Legend (to Be Continued)
The media deification of Barack Obama has really never ended. His election to the presidency in 2008 was treated as a milestone, like man landing on the moon. Allegedly objective journalists lined up in every studio and on every front page to do him homage. It wasn’t journalism. It was more like idolatry. It was… -
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Amid Biden Press Purge, DeSantis, GOP Candidates Step Into Enemy Territory on Interviews
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: At a time when President Joe Biden’s administration is yanking more than 440 White House press passes, Republican candidates who want to replace him are not shying away from journalists—even in hostile settings. Since announcing his reelection campaign on April 25, Biden has given just five interviews, all with friendly…