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‘December Was the Only Month in Biden’s Presidency When Prices Fell,’ Economist Says
An economist says "consumers are still being crushed" despite the December inflation report released Thursday showing a "slight reduction" in prices. The consumer price index, a key inflation measure, decreased 0.1% in December, up 6.5% from December 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported. "The slight reduction in the overall prices for December was… -
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Rep. Jim Banks on Politicization of DOJ: Bidens, Top Dems Play by ‘Different Set of Rules’
Classified documents from Joe Biden’s time as vice president were found Nov. 2, six days before the midterm elections, in Biden’s private office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington. The Biden administration didn’t announce the discovery, which was reported first Monday by CBS News. Biden commented briefly Tuesday, saying he was “surprised to learn… -
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Why the Biden Administration Is So Interested in Your Gas Stove
Your stove might become illegal. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is considering creating regulations, and even a ban, on natural gas stoves over concerns that research links harmful air pollutants with such stoves. Gas stoves have been linked to respiratory issues such as asthma, commission member Richard Trumka Jr. says. The agency is still… -
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Hillsdale College Professor Appointed to Florida College Sets the Record Straight Amid Liberal Media Attacks
Left-leaning media outlets have villainized Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, painting his recent moves in the Sunshine State’s education system as a hostile takeover from the Right. So Matthew Spalding, a professor at Hillsdale College whom DeSantis recently appointed to the New College of Florida’s board of trustees, decided to set the record straight. “DeSantis… -
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Pentagon Appears to Have No Plan to Reinstate Troops Discharged for Refusing Vaccine Mandate
The Department of Defense has rescinded the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for service members. But the Pentagon doesn't appear to have a plan to reinstate military personnel who lost their jobs for refusing the vaccine. The Daily Signal asked the Defense Department whether there would be an effort to bring military personnel who had been discharged… -
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Biden Education Department’s Latest Plan for Socializing Higher Education
The U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday released new rules for income-based repayment of student loans, in what amounts to nothing less than a new socialism of higher education. The scheme will cause a massive inflow of loans into the new system and cost taxpayers hundreds of billions of dollars. Income-based repayment is affordable by… -
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House Panel Probes Biden Family’s ‘Suspicious’ Finances, Twitter’s Suppression of Scandal
The House Oversight and Reform Committee has asked three former Twitter executives to answer questions about suppressing negative news of Hunter Biden before the 2020 election. The committee, now under Republican control, also seeks more information about financial transactions by President Joe Biden’s son as well as the president’s brother, Jim Biden. Oversight Chairman James… -
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Over 200 Democrats Vote Against Condemning Attacks on Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers
Over 200 House Democrats voted Wednesday against condemning the slew of attacks on pro-life pregnancy centers that have occurred since the leak of the draft opinion indicating that the Supreme Court would overturn Roe v. Wade. H. Con. Res. 3 (expressing the sense of Congress condemning the recent attacks on pro-life facilities, groups, and churches)… -
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House Passes Bill Protecting Babies Born Alive in Botched Abortions
House Democrats almost unanimously voted Wednesday against a bill to protect babies who are born alive though botched abortions. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act passed 220 to 210. The legislation would amend Title 18 of the United States Code to “prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care… -
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Be It Resolved: Recommended Reading for 2023
Albeit a bit late, what with 2023 now well under way, we’ve compiled a list of some of The Heritage Foundation’s staff members’ favorite books (in no particular order) for you to consider for you and/or your family and friends to read in the new year. “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer” by Patrick Suskind… -
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Iowa Governor Leads on Ambitious School Choice Initiative
Iowa came very close to enacting an expansive education choice policy last year. This year, after supporting school choice advocates who successfully primaried incumbents from her own party opposed to reform, Gov. Kimberly Reynolds is determined to see her ambitious education agenda over the finish line. Her proposal is a package of reforms that includes… -
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Biden’s Bungled Border Promises
President Joe Biden’s trip Sunday to El Paso, Texas, was a sanitized, cheap photo-op designed to make him appear competent. What the three-hour visit actually showed was a man too small to meet a moment of national crisis. Perhaps that’s because the president is the one who caused it. However, Biden’s visit to the border… -
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Sarah Huckabee Sanders Moves to Cut Size of Government, Ban Critical Race Theory in Schools, Discard ‘Latinx’
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a Republican, signed seven executive orders to decrease the size of her state's government, combat "indoctrination" and critical race theory in schools, and remove the term "Latinx" from government documents. During her inaugural address Tuesday, Sanders pledged to sign an executive order "preventing the political indoctrination of Arkansas' schoolchildren." "As… -
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Fact Check: Rep. Ayanna Pressley Claims Abortion Is ‘Out of Reach’ for US Minorities
Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., a member of the far-left “Squad,” celebrated the Biden administration’s unilateral decision to let retail pharmacies carry abortion pills—on the grounds that abortion has historically been “pushed out of reach” for minorities and the disabled. Pressley’s comments stand as a living testament that every fact can be inverted when touched by woke… -
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Social Media Gave Me the Idea ‘I Could Be a Boy.’ Chloe Cole’s Journey Into and Out of Transgenderism.
“Social media introduced this idea that I could be a boy,” Chloe Cole says. Cole began telling her friends and family that she was a boy when she was 12 years old after she was introduced to gender-identity ideology through social media. She started taking testosterone and puberty blockers at 13 and had a double… -
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South Dakota Has Never Placed a Male in a Women’s Prison, Gov. Noem Says in Response to Criticism of Trans Policy
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican, is considering changes to her Department of Corrections policy following criticism from conservatives, particularly National Review writer Nate Hochman. Earlier this month, Hochman claimed that "the Noem-appointed prisons director recently signed off on allowing inmates to transfer to prisons that match their 'gender identity' rather than biological sex—and… -
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‘Twitter Files’ Exposes How Pfizer Official Colluded With Big Tech to Censor Speech on COVID-19
The latest installment of the “Twitter Files” reveals a disturbing connection between Twitter and Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a Pfizer board member who used to head the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Gottlieb, FDA commissioner from May 2017 to April 2019, was a media darling during the COVID-19 pandemic, much like Dr. Anthony Fauci. Pfizer Inc…. -
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US Should Press Tokyo to Free Jailed Navy Lieutenant
U.S. and Japanese diplomatic and military leaders on Wednesday will meet for the annual “2+2” dialogue. Formally known as the U.S.-Japan Security Consultative Committee, the meeting brings together defense and diplomatic ministers and secretaries of the two countries. This year’s discussion is intended to focus on modernizing the alliance to meet 21st-century challenges, but the talks… -
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House Overwhelmingly Adopts Resolution to Establish China Select Committee
Across party lines, lawmakers overwhelmingly voted Tuesday in favor of creating a new select committee that will focus on investigating and countering the threat of the Chinese Communist Party. The resolution aimed at creating the Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party—also known as the Select Committee… -
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DeSantis Wants to ‘Further Advance Protections for Innocent Life’
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who signed a 15-week abortion ban into law last year, wants more protections for Florida's unborn babies. "The upcoming 2023 Florida legislative session starts in March, and we look forward to working with the Florida Legislature to further advance protections for innocent life," press secretary Bryan Griffin shared with…