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Will Republicans in Congress hand Democrats a massive health care concession to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the month? That’s a question that has Capitol Hill abuzz. As Congress faces an end-of-September deadline to fund the government and avert a shutdown, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is demanding that Republicans make…
After defending former President Joe Biden’s mental fitness for office for more than two years, his White House press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, told a House panel Friday that talking points for her press briefing binder were created by various White House advisers. However, she said, points relating to the 46th president’s mental acuity were handled…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The New York Times issued a correction on Thursday after falsely accusing Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk of making an antisemitic claim on his podcast. The New York Times falsely accused Kirk of stating on his podcast in 2023 that Jewish communities are “pushing the exact kind of hatred against whites” that they…
A Louisiana nonprofit filed “friend of the court” briefs Thursday in two cases concerning what it calls “major distortions of the U.S. legal system to wage war on American energy production.” The Pelican Institute petitioned the Supreme Court to hear two cases its general counsel described as “politically motivated lawsuits … weaponized to rewrite history…
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said this week that he’s ready to force a federal government shutdown at the end of the month if Democrats don’t get the spending that they want. That would be a reversal in rhetoric after some Democrat senators, including Schumer, warned in March about the dire consequences of a…
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox confirmed that police had arrested the man suspected in the assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk. “We got him,” Cox said at the start of the Friday morning press conference. Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, was assassinated at 12:23 p.m. Wednesday at a rally at Utah Valley University….
Conservative youth organizer Charlie Kirk laid the groundwork for President Donald Trump’s historic presidential victories, supporters recalled in the wake of his tragic assassination on Wednesday. “There is no question that Charlie’s work and his voice helped my father win the presidency,” Donald Trump Jr. wrote on the social media platform X of the 31-year-old…
After months of a Democrat blockade of President Donald Trump’s nominees, Republicans in the Senate have gone nuclear. By a vote to 53-to-45 on Thursday afternoon, the Senate voted in favor of what is commonly referred to as the “nuclear option,” the creation of a new Senate rule by a simple majority vote, rather than…
Democrats have joined in denouncing the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University on Wednesday, but many have also used it as an opportunity to promote gun control, even while pushing back on attempts to honor him. “I believe that if we want to stop the scourge of violence in…
As the investigation continues into the fatal shooting Wednesday of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, some congressmen say they think the killing might have been a “professional hit.” The investigation of the killing and the manhunt for the perpetrator are ongoing. The FBI recently released an image of a “person…
The Trump administration scored a victory over diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and a win in favor of the Department of Government Efficiency’s push to slash $1 billion in spending. The win came from an unlikely source, a Joe Biden-appointed federal judge. U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb of the District of Columbia denied the request…
Republican members of Congress on Thursday applauded President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would be posthumously awarding Charlie Kirk the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The medal is the highest award a civilian can receive from the U.S. president. Prominent Americans who have received the honor include Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, Olympic gold-medal gymnast Simone Biles, Walt…
In the wake of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, introduced a Senate resolution Thursday honoring the conservative activist’s memory. “I look forward to my colleagues of both parties uniting to condemn this vile murder, and to offer a tribute to the amazing legacy of Charlie Kirk,” Lee told The…
Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, will meet with Charlie Kirk’s family and a number of his close friends in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Thursday, a source familiar with the matter told The Daily Signal. Air Force Two will then fly Kirk’s casket, along with his family and friends, to Phoenix,…
The Federal Bureau of Investigation released a photo of a new person of interest in the Charlie Kirk assassination, asking the public for help identifying him. FBI Salt Lake City posted on X Thursday, “We are asking for the public’s help identifying this person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk…
In the wake of the assassination Wednesday of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, some in Congress are again calling for increased security protection for lawmakers. “There’s been a deluge of that,” Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., told CNN of calls for heightened security. “I mean, from the moment…
The Supreme Court moved Wednesday to allow a female identifying as male to use a male restroom while her case is heard. The one-page unsigned order keeps South Carolina from enforcing a law requiring public school students to use restrooms aligning with their sex. The law, enacted as part of South Carolina’s 2024-2025 budget bill…
The former chief White House spokeswoman repeatedly told the press President Joe Biden was mentally fit to be president. On Friday, she’ll answer some of those same questions before a House panel. The question is whether Karine Jean-Pierre, who was White House press secretary from May 2022 to the end of Biden’s single term in…
President Donald Trump will posthumously award Charlie Kirk with the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The president made the announcement Thursday, one day after Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, pundit, and conservative political activist, was shot and killed on the campus of Utah Valley University. Trump made the announcement when speaking at the Pentagon, commemorating…
First lady Melania Trump paid tribute to Charlie Kirk in a statement following the Turning Point USA founder’s assassination. Kirk, a husband and father of two young children, was shot and killed Wednesday while speaking at an event at Utah Valley University in Orem. “Charlie’s children will be raised with stories instead of…