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Here’s What House Members Told The Daily Signal Before Speaker Vote
The first big decision the new House of Representatives has to make: Whether or not Speaker Mike Johnson will retain his speakership. Johnson can only afford to lose one Republican vote to secure the speakership, and crucial members of the Republican House spoke to The Daily Signal as they entered the chamber Friday afternoon. Rep….Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Forget Biden and Big Tech. We’re Supposed to Fear ‘Trump’s Media Censorship Arsenal’
Point and laugh at The Hollywood Reporter. After four years of Team Biden pressuring Big Tech to crush dissent on social media, not to mention Team Biden pressuring the news media to crush any word of President Joe Biden's mental decline, they're going to warn the world about Donald Trump and censorship. The silly headline…Tim Graham -
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Here Are Mike Johnson’s Potential Holdouts
President-elect Donald Trump’s legislative agenda will meet its first hurdles Friday afternoon, as Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., vies to stay on as House speaker with a narrow Republican majority. The Louisiana representative, who emerged from obscurity after the overthrow of Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker, has warned that if he is not reelected, Trump’s legislative…George Caldwell -
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UK Labour Party Blocks Inquiry Into Prime Minister’s Conduct as Prosecutor in Pakistani Sex-Groomer Gang Cases
The United Kingdom’s Labour Party blocked an inquiry into Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s conduct as the head of the Crown Prosecution Service, which was charged with investigating a massive child-sex grooming operation in Oldham more than a decade ago. That’s according to The Telegraph of London and other news outlets. The story has been in the news as of…Jarrett Stepman -
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Germany’s New Morgenthau Plan
Less than a year before the end of World War II, then-U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau drew up a nightmarish plan to punish postwar Germany. After the serial 1870-1871 Franco-Prussian War, World War I, and World War II—along with the failed Versailles peace treaty of 1919—the Allies in World War II wanted to…Victor Davis Hanson -
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Biden’s Partisan US Attorney in DC Was Never ‘Newsworthy’
He held an important position—U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia—but Matthew Graves has been nearly invisible in the national media over the last four years as a Joe Biden appointee. They didn’t seriously cover what he’s done, and what he’s failed to do. What he’s done is hyperactively prosecute Jan. 6 protesters—whether violent or…Tim Graham -
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How FBI Is Conducting Investigation Into NOLA Terrorist Attack
Authorities are slowly learning more about what motivated 42-year-old Shamsud-Din Jabbar to turn a truck into a weapon on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early Wednesday morning. The act of terror left 15 people dead and another 35 injured. The FBI says Jabbar acted alone and, despite being a military veteran, was inspired by ISIS….Virginia Allen -
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The Wages of the Media’s Big Lie of 2024
In a year filled with media misses, the biggest collective lie of all not only cost Democrats the election but may have permanently reshaped the landscape of journalism in America. The Wall Street Journal has recently released a series of reports about how President Joe Biden was essentially incapable of carrying out the duties of…Jarrett Stepman -
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Biden Boasts of ‘Most Demographically Diverse’ Judges in History
With just 18 days left in his presidency, Joe Biden did a victory lap during a White House ceremony Thursday after appointing one more federal judge than his predecessor, Donald Trump. Biden will be leaving office on Jan. 20 with the Senate having confirmed 235 of his judicial nominees. That’s compared to the 234 that…Fred Lucas -
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Pro-Life Christian Detained for Preaching Gospel, Offering to Adopt Babies at Abortion Clinic
Police detained a pro-life father and husband outside an Ohio abortion clinic for sharing the Gospel and offering to adopt abortion-minded women’s babies. Still, he plans to return to the clinic this weekend. Zack and Lindsay Knotts have spent the past three Saturdays outside Northeast Ohio Women’s Center in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, an hour drive…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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How McCormick Won Pennsylvania’s Senate Race
It is just after 9 p.m. on election night in an oversized suite on the 24th floor of downtown Pittsburgh’s Fairmont Hotel. All the couches and cushioned chairs have been placed along the wall and replaced by around a half dozen campaign staffers working at desks, or makeshift desks, watching data start to pour in…Salena Zito -
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How to Fix the FBI
As a retired FBI special agent, I worked to protect my family and the American people in a fair and apolitical way. I understood that the public perception of the agency directly impacted the success of our mission. Moreso, I took to heart the core of that public perception: trust in us by our fellow…Richard Stout -
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What Will Jan. 6 Committee Democrats Do When It’s Time to Certify Trump’s Win?
House Democrats on the select committee that accused President-elect Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, are not saying whether they will vote to certify Trump’s victory next Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. A week after two prominent Democratic lawyers penned an op-ed urging House Democrats to overturn the 2024 presidential election, Democrats…Fred Lucas -
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China Celebrates as Biden Casts Doubt on US Steel
Even though the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States continues to review Nippon Steel’s $14.1 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel, President Joe Biden is reportedly planning to block the deal even if CFIUS approves it. Reading between the lines of state media, no one is happier than the Chinese Communist Party. Earlier this…Steven Bucci -
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The Economic Mess the Biden-Harris Admin Is Leaving for Trump
Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of the accompanying video from professor Peter St. Onge. Just what kind of economy are they handing to President-elect Donald Trump? Now that the election’s over, President Joe Biden’s minions are letting the terrifying economic data out of Biden’s statistical gimp box. Last week, the Philadelphia Fed…Peter St. Onge -
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What ‘America First Abroad’ Should Look Like
What is an America First foreign policy? Though President Donald Trump’s first term provided noteworthy clues, no one on his team ever articulated clear, overarching themes. The question continues to reverberate even among his supporters, pitting neo-isolationists against those who argue that a fundamental reassertion of America’s national interests requires rethinking and reworking—but not necessarily…Bruce Abramson -
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Biden Says New Orleans Suspect Posted on Social Media That He Was ‘Inspired’ by ISIS Hours Before Attack
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the suspect in a deadly attack in New Orleans made social media posts declaring that he was “inspired” by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria just hours before ramming his truck through a crowd in the French Quarter. Authorities say 42-year-old Shamsud Din Jabbar drove a Ford…Harold Hutchison -
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Tesla Cybertruck Explosion in Las Vegas Investigated as Possible Terrorism
THE CENTER SQUARE—A Tesla Cybertruck exploded outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas, resulting in the death of the driver and injuries to seven bystanders. Authorities are investigating the possibility it was terrorism-related. The explosion, which occurred just before 9 a.m. on New Year’s Day near the hotel’s main entrance, sent debris flying, damaging the…Shirleen Guerra -
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Pardoning Fauci Would Be Disservice to Him and Americans
It seems President Joe Biden won’t stop at letting his convicted son Hunter off the hook. The White House staff is reportedly pondering an unprecedented, preemptive set of presidential pardons for numerous officials who haven’t been formally charged or convicted of federal crimes but may be liable for indictment or conviction under the incoming Trump administration. Prominent on that list is…Robert Moffit -
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FBI Identifies Texas Man as Bourbon Street Attacker
THE CENTER SQUARE—The FBI has identified the driver of a truck that plowed into a crowd of people celebrating New Year's on Bourbon Street early Wednesday, killing at least 15 people and injuring 35. Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a U.S. citizen and U.S. Army veteran from Houston, rented the F-150 Lightning truck, the FBI said. Alethea…Steve Wilson