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Janet Yellen Says More Bank Bailouts Could Be on the Horizon
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in remarks Tuesday that regulators may ensure all deposits at more banks following the Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank depositor bailouts. Yellen said the bailouts were essential to safeguard the U.S. banking system in prepared remarks at the American Bankers Association Tuesday, referencing the Federal Reserve’s actions in insuring… -
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Biden Signs Bill Declassifying Intel on COVID-19’s Origin
President Joe Biden signed into law on Monday a Republican-led bill that declassifies intelligence about the COVID-19 origins. “Today, I am pleased to sign into law S. 619, the ‘COVID-19 Origin Act of 2023.’ I share the Congress’s goal of releasing as much information as possible about the origin of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19),” Biden said… -
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US, West Should Be Concerned Over Xi’s Visit to Moscow, Experts Say
Foreign policy experts say the U.S. and the West should be concerned over Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit with Russian President Vladimir Putin as the two leaders kicked off their meeting on Monday. “Any close alliance between Russia and China will increase challenges to U.S. interests,” Dakota Wood, senior research fellow in defense programs in The… -
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COVID-19 Origins: Why State Department’s Testimony to Congress Is Crucial to Finding Answers
Expect more details—and more controversy—coming soon on the Chinese origins of COVID-19 as a House select committee continues its investigation. While many in government in early 2020 immediately began pushing the narrative that the coronavirus came from nature, several scientists and the U.S. State Department had serious doubts and pointed to the large amount of… -
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More Caught Illegally Crossing Southern Border in 1 Year of Biden Than Entire Trump Presidency
“Our top priority is to keep terrorists and their weapons from entering the United States.” So says the website of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The same webpage that makes this declaration includes a table that provides some relevant data for the fiscal years from 2017 to 2023. It lists how many individuals on the… -
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Will Trump Be Arrested? Legal Expert Weighs In
Former President Donald Trump said over the weekend that he expects to be arrested by New York authorities in the Stormy Daniels case. “WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK,” Trump wrote Saturday morning on his social media platform Truth Social, adding: “PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!” Trump’s comments come as Manhattan District Attorney… -
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McCarthy Torches Biden’s Veto of Bipartisan Bill Opposing ‘ESG’ Investments
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Monday criticized President Joe Biden’s decision to veto a bipartisan bill that would block a Labor Department rule promoting climate and other environmental, social, and governance factors in investing retirees’ money. “President Biden’s first veto is against a bipartisan bill that protects retirement savings from political interference,” McCarthy, R-Calif., said… -
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Federal Judge Delivers Major Blow to Biden Administration in Pivotal Censorship Case
A federal judge ruled against the Biden administration’s efforts to dismiss a case involving online censorship Monday, saying that the states of Missouri and Louisiana had “plausibly alleged” First Amendment violations. United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty of the Western District of Louisiana denied the Biden administration’s motion to dismiss a suit brought on… -
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School Choice Primarily Benefits Students Who Weren’t Already in Private Schools
As school choice sweeps across the country, opponents are getting more desperate in their attempts to stem the tide. Like those who spring October surprises in presidential campaigns, aiming to derail candidates with false but confidently expressed last-minute accusations, opponents of school choice seek to undermine it with a falsehood just as state legislatures gather… -
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Sanders Adheres to Proletariat the New Left Long Ago Abandoned
Lt. Hiroo Onoda hid in a Philippine jungle for three decades after World War II, devotedly carrying out his soldierly duties until 1974, when he returned to an unrecognizable Tokyo. Likewise, Bernie Sanders carries a torch for the proletariat, long after the rest of the Left has dumped the worker for race and sexual categories…. -
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Democrats Deserve Plenty of Blame for Bank Crisis
The United States recently suffered the second-largest bank failure in the country’s history. The consensus view is that Silicon Valley Bank made a huge mistake by borrowing short term and then parking money in long-term bonds. When interest rates rose, assets lost value, and Silicon Valley Bank was put in a perilous position. President Joe… -
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EXCLUSIVE: FBI Devoted at Least 16,000 More Hours to Jan. 6 Riot Than to BLM Riots in DC
FBI agents worked about 16,000 more hours during the pay period of the Capitol riot of Jan. 6, 2021, than they did during the pay period of the 2020 riots that hit Washington, D.C. That’s according to documents obtained by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project through the Freedom of Information Act. (The Daily Signal is… -
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‘It’s Happening Everywhere’: Lawmakers Push to Ban Secret Student Pronoun Changes, Keep Parents Involved
A U.S. lawmaker introduced legislation to Congress on Wednesday that would require schools to receive parental permission before a student changes their pronouns, a response to a lawsuit by a parent whose daughter allegedly began to secretly transition genders at a California school. The Prohibiting Parental Secrecy Policies in Schools Act, sponsored by Rep. Doug… -
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Liberal Media’s Cold, Calculating Language on Abortion
One way reporters are constantly telling us what they believe is inscribed in the words they use to describe matters of life and death, like abortion. Take this Associated Press introduction, for example, from Amarillo, Texas: A federal judge in Texas raised questions Wednesday about a Christian group’s effort to overturn the decades-old U.S. approval… -
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This Fits the Definition of ‘Domestic Terror,’ Pregnancy Care Center CEO Says After 2nd Attack
The leaders of the pregnancy help center CompassCare in Buffalo, New York, were concerned they might face another attack amid court proceedings over access to abortion pills. The Rev. Jim Harden, CompassCare CEO, contacted the FBI in February raising those concerns. He says the FBI failed to answer him. “I asked the FBI,” Harden said,… -
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Democrat Turns Basic Nature of Parenting Upside Down to Cater to Gender Ideology
Gender ideology is so pernicious, it turns the basic nature of parenting upside down. This week, Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, a Democrat, said it is a grown-up’s job to “listen” to a child’s self-declared identity and “believe” it. “When our children tell us who they are, it is our job as grown-ups to listen… -
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Trump Says He ‘WILL BE ARRESTED’ Next Week
Former President Donald Trump predicted Saturday morning that on Tuesday, authorities will arrest him in connection to the Manhattan district attorney's investigation. "NOW ILLEGAL LEAKS FROM A CORRUPT & HIGHLY POLITICAL MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEYS OFFICE, WHICH HAS ALLOWED NEW RECORDS TO BE SET IN VIOLENT CRIME & WHOSE LEADER IS FUNDED BY GEORGE SOROS, INDICATE… -
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Lawmakers Aim to Purge ‘Zuckerbucks’ From Electoral Landscape
As the Georgia General Assembly advances a bill to further restrict private money from bankrolling elections—as occurred with Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg’s grants in the 2020 elections—congressional Republicans are reintroducing a similar measure. Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed a measure on March 8 to strengthen an existing ban on private dollars funding election administration in… -
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State Legislatures Crucial to Rescuing America, Heritage Foundation President Says
Americans need to get involved to rescue public education, strengthen families, and revive a culture of life, Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts says in an interview featured in the new episode of his podcast. It’s not too late to achieve a “golden era” in America rather than witness its “final chapter,” Roberts says. “The work of… -
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Why ‘Climate Alarmism’ Is Seen by Many in Developing World as Economic Threat
OXON HILL, Md.—The Earth is warming, and while many worry about the potential consequences of the change, it is not unprecedented or dangerous, and will be a net benefit for humanity, Vijay Jayaraj said. Numerous figures in the mainstream media have pushed “climate alarmism,” but Jayaraj, a research associate at the nonpartisan, nonprofit CO2 Coalition,…