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Justice Alito Extends Pause on Texas Law Empowering Police to Arrest Illegal Immigrants
Justice Samuel Alito extended a temporary freeze on a decision that would have allowed Texas’ law enabling local police to arrest illegal migrants to take effect. The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court earlier this month to prevent the law, SB 4, from taking effect, claiming it would “create chaos in the United States’ efforts… -
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Legal Challenges Follow SEC Adoption of Costly, Burdensome Climate Rule
The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday adopted a final rule to require public companies to disclose climate-related information in financial statements and other reports provided to the commission. The adopting release is 886 pages long and contains 3,241 footnotes. This rule will not do anything to protect investors. It will not do anything material… -
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Gun Control Activists Admit They Overreacted to This Concealed Carry Case
Gun control advocates have spent the past two years losing their minds over the Supreme Court ruling in New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, a case that affirmed citizens’ right to publicly carry a firearm for self-defense. One of the commonly repeated criticisms of Bruen has been that the high court’s ruling… -
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Biden Gave ‘Not Credible’ Response in Classified Documents Probe, Hur Testifies
President Joe Biden provided information deemed “not credible” to federal prosecutors during an investigation that determined he knowingly retained and shared classified documents, special counsel Robert Hur told the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday. Hur released his report in February, concluding that Biden “willfully retained and disclosed classified materials” after his vice presidency ended in… -
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Call Them What They Are: Illegal Aliens
According to the embargoed version of Thursday’s State of the Union address, which journalists previewed, President Joe Biden planned to remain silent about the late Laken Riley, the 22-year old Georgia nursing student who was killed while jogging on Feb. 22, reportedly by Venezuelan illegal alien Jose Antonio Ibarra, 26. He broke into America in… -
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Treasury Department Sent ‘Hate Group’ List of Conservative Organizations to Banks
It came to light last week that the Treasury Department provided a listing of “hate groups,” which lumped together mainstream conservative organizations alongside avowed neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups, to major U.S. banks for the purpose of monitoring financial transactions in the wake of the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol. Experts say the pattern could… -
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Ireland Rejects Leftist Constitutional Amendments Targeting Family, Motherhood
Ireland has rejected leftist, anti-family proposals in a double referendum on amendments to the country’s Constitution. Irish voters on Saturday overwhelmingly opposed two proposed constitutional amendments that would have legally redefined marriage and motherhood. Over 1.5 million voters on the Emerald Isle showed up at the polls. The proposed Family Amendment would have changed the Irish Constitution’s definition of… -
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Government Gets Fatter as Americans Rack Up Record Credit Card Debt
While the White House lectures on the strength of the economy, Americans are drowning in credit card debt, which hit a record-high $1.13 trillion by the end of last year. Of course, Americans are sour on the economy: They’re having to put necessities on credit cards that charge $240 billion in interest annually. How we got here… -
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Todd Starnes Explains ‘Residual After-Effects of the Barack Obama Presidency’
In 2007, Todd Starnes was working at Fox News and covering then-Sen. Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. “I just felt like that was going to be the historic campaign, and it turned out to be,” says Starnes, a bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio host. The political climate facing America right now is in part due to… -
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Did Biden Just Hand Hamas a Big Gift in Its War Against Israel?
President Joe Biden on Saturday warned Israel against invading Hamas’ remaining stronghold in Gaza, but experts say this would only ensure the terrorist group’s survival and recovery. Biden told MSNBC during an interview that Israel would be crossing a “red line” if its counteroffensive extends into Rafah, the southernmost city in Gaza bordering Egypt and a refuge… -
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‘Totalitarian’ Bill Would Establish Maine as Sanctuary State for Abortions, Trans Surgeries
A Democrat-led bill seeks to establish a legal right to abortions, transgender surgeries, and hormonal treatments in Maine, and protect those traveling from outside of the state to get such procedures there. LD 227 would establish a legal right to “gender-affirming health care services” and “reproductive health care services” within Maine, according to a draft… -
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Former Trump White House Official Told to Report to Prison Next Week
Peter Navarro, a former Trump White House official specializing in trade policy, has been ordered to report to a Miami prison by March 19 to start his four-month sentence, according to a Sunday court filing. In February, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta denied Navarro’s request to stay his prison sentence while he appeals his conviction on… -
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GOP Leaders Slam Biden for Saying He Shouldn’t Have Called Laken Riley Murder Suspect ‘Illegal’
President Joe Biden said Saturday that he shouldn’t have referred to Laken Riley’s suspected murderer as an “illegal” in his State of the Union speech less than 48 hours earlier. Now, Republicans are criticizing the president for “cowering” to the Left while backtracking on his words. “The president is cowering to his base and… -
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TikTok Bill Has ‘a Real Chance of Becoming Law’
The House of Representatives is expected to vote Wednesday on bipartisan legislation relating to the Chinese-owned app TikTok. Reps. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., and Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., introduced the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act last Tuesday. Gallagher and Krishnamoorthi are the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the House Select Committee on the… -
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EXCLUSIVE: DOJ Hides Docs About Report Comparing Concerned Parents to KKK, America First Legal Sues
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—America First Legal filed a lawsuit Monday after the Justice Department refused to hand over its communications related to a report last June comparing parental rights organizations to the Ku Klux Klan. The Southern Poverty Law Center, a leftist group known for putting mainstream conservative and Christian organizations on a “hate… -
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The Real Obstacle to Immigration Reform
A Wall Street Journal headline Thursday stated: “Americans Want the Immigration Bill Congress Won’t Pass.” Citing the Journal’s own polling, the article suggested that “voters crave a blueprint for compromise that Congress has all but abandoned.” However, a more accurate description of the dynamic would be to say that reform efforts “repeatedly failed in recent years”… -
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Politico Reporter Backpedals on Definition of ‘Christian Nationalism,’ Further Exposes Her Bias
Politico reporter Heidi Przybyla said in a recent television appearance that so-called Christian nationalists believe our rights “come from God,” rather than “any earthly authority.” After getting eviscerated online, she backpedaled to nuance her position. After all, Thomas Jefferson would qualify under her definition, since he wrote in the Declaration of Independence that “we are endowed… -
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DOJ Keeps Plan Secret for Biden’s Election Executive Order
The Biden Justice Department continues to claim presidential privilege to block release of its strategic plan to turn out the vote, although at least two other federal agencies have made their plans public. In defending a lawsuit under the Freedom of Information Act, the Justice Department is keeping under wraps its plans to implement President… -
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In Win for Franchises, Judge Voids Biden Admin NLRB Joint Employer Rule
A federal district court announced that it will vacate the so-called joint employer rule that threatened to upend the franchise business model and to impose massive new responsibilities and legal liabilities onto businesses for supposed employees over whom they have no direct control. U.S. District Court Judge J. Campbell Barker’s decision Friday held that enforcement of… -
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SPLC Fought Reforms That Might Have Helped Prevent Laken Riley’s Death, Immigration Activist Says
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Southern Poverty Law Center has repeatedly opposed Georgia bills that would require local law enforcement to report illegal aliens to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement if they are charged with or convicted of other crimes. This activism has drawn renewed scrutiny in the wake of Laken Riley’s killing, allegedly at…