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9 Books That Would Make Great Last-Minute Christmas Gifts
With Christmas fast approaching, no doubt you may have some last-minute shopping to do. With that in mind, we’ve compiled some of The Heritage Foundation staff’s favorite books for you to consider for family and friends. “Co-Ruling with Christ” by Hugh Daniel Smith “Co-Ruling with Christ” provides practical tools that can be employed in the… -
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Hunter Biden Scandal-Squashing Was Historic
After the final hearing of the Nancy Pelosi-picked House Jan. 6 panel, Time magazine sent out an email to its audience, under the headline “Trump should be prosecuted, Jan. 6 Committee declares in historic criminal referral.” To our leftist media elite, everything the Democrats do to promote themselves is “historic.” Is it surprising to anyone… -
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Incoming House Oversight Chairman: ‘Imperative’ to Stop Omnibus Spending Bill
Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., the incoming chairman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, is urging his Senate counterparts to reject the $1.85 trillion omnibus spending bill in order to strengthen GOP’s oversight authority for the next Congress. Comer will ascend to chairman of the powerful House committee Jan. 3 with a range of investigations… -
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Omnibus Spending Bill Will Threaten America’s Public Health, on Purpose
Among the glut of pork and woke spending loaded into the lame-duck omnibus spending bill, you’ll find $1.5 billion in taxpayer funding for something called the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Health (ARPA-H). You’ve probably never heard of ARPA-H because it didn’t exist before March of this year. But this obscure agency cannot be ignored because… -
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Biden Administration ‘Intentionally Unsecured’ Border for ‘Perceived Political Benefit,’ Mark Morgan Says
The Biden administration “intentionally unsecured” the southern border because “they see a perceived political benefit from open borders,” according to Mark Morgan, former acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Morgan, now a visiting fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center, says President Joe Biden has what he needs to secure… -
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18 Absurdities of the McConnell-Schumer Omnibus Spending Bill
Congressional leaders have dropped 6,825 pages of text for their “omnibus” spending bill, plus explanatory materials that include a list of at least 4,000 earmarks, on the doorstep of every American family. When announcing the gargantuan spending bill, its authors put “the federal government” before “American families,” and that is exactly what this bill is… -
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FBI Paid Twitter More Than $3M Amid Pressure Campaigns, Gaslighting on Hunter Biden
Twitter's suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story may or may not have swung the 2020 election in Joe Biden's favor, but the new "Twitter Files" are shining a glaring light on the FBI's influence on Twitter and other Big Tech companies, which put its attempt to discredit the Hunter Biden laptop story in perspective…. -
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‘This Has Got to Stop’: GOP Lawmakers Slam Democrat-Led Efforts to Pass Massive Spending Bill
Conservative lawmakers are continuing to rally against Democrat-led efforts to pass funding for the government for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1. The omnibus spending package text was released in the early hours of Tuesday morning and is 4,155 pages long. "It's loaded up with earmarks again so it's the classic worst case of… -
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Why Many Conservatives Won’t Be With Their Children or Grandchildren This Christmas
There are probably hundreds of thousands of men and women who, because of political differences, maintain minimal or no contact with their parents and, even more cruelly, do not allow their parents to have any contact with their children—their parents’ grandchildren. Probably an unprecedented number of Americans with grown children will be alone this Christmas… -
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Remixed Defense Advisory Boards Reflect Partisan Shift
In early 2021, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin fired all the members of 42 separate defense advisory boards and suspended operation of the panels until the Pentagon could do a “zero-based” review. The Defense Department sponsors these advisory boards to provide the Pentagon advice on matters such as business operations, innovation, health care, retirement, and operation… -
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12 Woke Earmarks in Omnibus Spending Bill
Congressional leadership released a massive $1.85 trillion “omnibus” spending bill early Tuesday. This 4,155-page bill is filled with woke policies to advance the Left’s extreme agenda to remake America using your tax dollars. It is unprecedented for a lame-duck Congress to jam through an omnibus spending bill after the American people voted out the majority… -
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Court Rules Boys Can Continue Dominating Girls Sports in Connecticut
The United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit ruled in favor of two biological male athletes who competed in girls sports when it dismissed claims brought against the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference by four female track runners Friday. Soule v. Connecticut Association of Schools was first filed in 2019 after two biological male athletes, Andraya… -
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Inflation Takes a Bite Out of Christmas Cheer
Americans may want to light the fireplace more often this winter and cut back on the holiday festivities, according to new data from the Energy Information Administration and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Energy costs have remained consistently high for over a year, having risen over 13% since November 2021. So, American families can expect… -
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SPLC Targets Conservative Jewish Journalist, Suggesting He Supports White Nationalism
In the past two months, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Hatewatch project has turned its ire to Josh Hammer, the opinion editor at Newsweek, suggesting he supports white nationalism and should be a pariah in polite society. In three articles featuring Hammer, the leftist SPLC repeatedly mentions white nationalism but omits the fact that Hammer… -
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EXCLUSIVE: 11 Conservative Groups Urge Kristi Noem to Condemn Transgender Health Summit, Launch Investigations
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Conservative leaders at 11 different national and state organizations sent a letter to South Dakota Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, commending her for terminating a state Health Department contract with a transgender activist group but also urging her to forcefully condemn the gender ideology at the center of an upcoming summit in… -
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Omnibus ‘No’ Vote Explains How Democrats Are Trying to Circumvent the Incoming Republican House
As the clock ticks toward the new year, Congress is racing to pass funding for the government for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1 “Well, I was a no vote last week. I think we need to be doing our work. It’s amazing to me that the Democrats have been in control of the… -
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Warning Shot: House Conservatives Threaten Revenge If GOP Senators Vote for Pelosi-Schumer Spending Bill
UPDATE: 11:21 a.m., Dec. 20—House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy promised to enforce the conservatives’ demands if elected speaker in the 118th Congress. Details below. A group of House conservatives is promising to oppose and stymie the legislative priorities of any Republican senator who votes in favor of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill this week…. -
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No Surprise: Republicans Won’t Hold Biden Accountable
In just two weeks, Republicans will control the U.S. House of Representatives. They’ll be able to conduct oversight of the Biden administration that’s badly needed after two years of unified Democrat government. And yet, even before House Republicans get the gavel, they are about to lose their leverage to hold the Biden administration accountable. Why?… -
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Conservative Legal Group: Government Employees in 4 States Assisting Left By Providing Voter Information
Government employees in four states are violating federal laws and assisting the Left by providing voter information, a conservative legal group argues in suing those states. The Thomas More Society alleges in its lawsuits against Michigan, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin that the Electronic Registration Information Center, also known as ERIC, shares voter information with at… -
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Ode to Unknown Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery
On a brisk sunny day under the cerulean sky over our nation’s capital, we gathered Saturday to lay fresh Christmas wreaths on headstones at Arlington National Cemetery. I took my wife and four children, as I do each year, to honor and pay our respects to those who wore the uniform. But this year was…