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20 House Republicans Demand ICE Data on Arrests, Deportations Withheld by Biden
House Republicans are demanding that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas produce key immigration enforcement data that they argue is being hidden from the public by the Biden administration, according to a letter exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The letter, sent Thursday, is led by Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, and co-signed by 19 other Republican… -
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How Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Rigged the 2020 Election to Defeat Trump
Mark Zuckerberg is best known for creating and leading Facebook, a company that’s made him one of the wealthiest men in the world. With an estimated worth of $80 billion, he poured hundreds of millions of his fortune into the 2020 election. Here’s the thing: You probably had no idea at the time Zuckerberg was… -
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How History Will View the Biden Years
When historians study the disaster that was the Biden administration, they will find many factors that contributed to the historic level of failure we are witnessing. At the top of the list is a president who is clearly just not up to the job. Whether due to age, cognitive decline, or general ineptitude, Joe Biden… -
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Add Kansas to the Growing List of States Banning Sanctuary Cities
Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly has signed a bill prohibiting cities and counties from enacting “sanctuary” policies or ordinances for illegal aliens. Considering the deadly and destructive outcomes we constantly see in sanctuary cities, now is the time for other states to join Kansas. And the fact that Kansas isn’t a border state shows how deeply… -
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FBI, Tech Giants Miss New York Subway Shooting Suspect’s Hateful Social Media Trail
The man charged with shooting commuters on a New York subway train Tuesday left a trail on social media in which he disparaged whites and complained about racism, homelessness, and violence. “What are you doing, brother?” Frank James, 62, of Milwaukee, said in one video, addressing New York Mayor Eric Adams. “What’s happening with this… -
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New Rule Would Force Climate Change Reporting Requirements on Most Companies in America
The Biden Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed requiring publicly traded companies to not only calculate and report their own greenhouse gas emissions but those of their suppliers, customers, and logistics operators. The proposal could conceivably cover almost every company in America—even those that aren’t publicly traded and don’t fall under the SEC’s purview—adding enormous… -
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Biden Fuels Soaring Inflation and Media Does Its Part to Gaslight Us About It
The United States is suffering through its highest level of inflation in 40 years and the White House and its media allies can’t stop peddling false narratives to help the president dodge blame. Numbers released April 12 by the Labor Department paint a grim picture of U.S. inflation that rose 8.5% in the past year…. -
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Heritage Foundation Launches ‘Transition’ Project to Set Conservative Policy Agenda
The Heritage Foundation on Thursday announced a 2025 Presidential Transition Project to prepare a governing agenda and conservative policy recommendations for the next administration that takes the White House. A former high-ranking Trump administration official, Paul Dans, will direct the initiative, the leading think tank said in a press release. Under President Donald Trump, Dans was… -
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In China, Public Health Takes Back Seat to Politics
The draconian nature of Shanghai’s lockdown over the past couple weeks has shocked observers worldwide and traumatized the city’s 26 million residents, most of whom remain forcibly confined to their homes. Many are hungry and unable to acquire basic food staples. Some with chronic conditions are unable to obtain critical treatment, and some have died… -
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Government’s Bar Tab Starts Long Before Tax Day
Among the earliest uses of the written language was the assessment and collection of taxes. Although we’ve moved on from the king taking grain directly from your field to the IRS, Tax Day remains as a reminder of this ancient—and favorite—pastime of government. However, focusing on when or how taxes are collected misses the point…. -
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In Ad Campaign, DC Police Union Slams Politicians Over Surge in Crime
The D.C. Police Union blames local government policies for soaring crime rates and a decline in public safety in an ad campaign launched Wednesday. “The police union sought one legislative goal: protect the rights of police officers to collectively bargain like all unions in the public and private sectors. Labor officials from local unions stood… -
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Cracks Form in Xi’s Armor Amid China’s COVID-19 Lockdown of Shanghai
Shanghai’s ongoing COVID-19 lockdown poses an existential threat to Chinese President Xi Jinping’s continued tenure, a leading expert on China says. “Because [Xi] is considered to be the author of the zero-COVID policy, he can’t deviate from it, even though it’s not working out,” Gordon G. Chang, author of “The Coming Collapse of China,” told… -
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Under Cartel Control: Life on This Stretch of Rio Grande
HIDALGO, Texas—This seemingly tranquil stretch of the Rio Grande is, in reality, controlled by drug cartels that exploit it for illicit activities. The Daily Signal visited a water treatment facility nestled on the river’s edge in Hidalgo to speak with local stakeholders as well as the Border Patrol. We asked how they’ve been affected by… -
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Biden Administration Extends Freeze on Student Loan Payments… Again
Student loan debt holders are getting another extension on their break from payments, but that doesn’t mean no one’s paying. American taxpayers are picking up the bill, amid news that inflation soared a shocking 8.5% compared to this time last year. The announcement from the U.S. Department of Education states that the pause on student… -
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How High Inflation Imperils Monetary, Economic Freedom
Economic freedom in the United States is on a perilous journey. The U.S. fell five places in The Heritage Foundation’s 2022 Index of Economic Freedom, to 25th-most economically free country in the world from 20th in last year’s rankings. (The Daily Signal is the news outlet of The Heritage Foundation.) The main culprit for the… -
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This Easter, Let’s Rediscover Our Purpose
The celebration of Easter provides us with the opportunity to take a step back and reassess our lives. It gives us the chance to contemplate who we are and what we aspire to be. Given that Easter commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, we should take advantage of this opportunity to reflect on ourselves and… -
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LA Sheriff Charges That Criminals Profit by Policies of Soros-Backed District Attorney
Crime is on the rise in Los Angeles, and the soft-on-criminals policies of District Attorney George Gascon are a major cause, Sheriff Alex Villanueva says. When Gascon took office in December 2020 as one of the successful candidates around the country supported by liberal financier George Soros, he issued a list of crimes that the… -
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What’s Really Happening at the Southern Border?
On his first day in office in January 2021, President Joe Biden ended many of his predecessor's policies to manage illegal immigration at America’s southern border. Biden brought a halt to former President Donald Trump's construction of the border wall, and tens of thousands of migrants began crossing the border illegally. Since October, more than… -
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In Name of ‘Consumer Protection,’ Government Forces Financial Institutions to Go Woke
The crises of recent years tend to erase from memory those that preceded them. One, as you may recall, was the financial collapse of 2008—a collapse deemed by many as the worst since the Great Depression. That collapse swept into power a government like the one we have now: the White House and both houses… -
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Watchdog Confirms Senator’s Unanswered Suspicions About VA Official’s Conflict of Interest
A watchdog report prompted by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, identifies a conflict of interest in the Department of Veterans Affairs office that runs the GI Bill program. The VA inspector general’s report faults Charmain Bogue, who resigned as executive director of the Veterans Benefits Administration’s Education Service amid the investigation, for working with her husband’s…