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Amid new information on the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein coming to light this week, one thing is certain: Much more is still to come. The only question is, how much more? Late Tuesday, the Justice Department, responding to pressure from the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, produced its first release of 33,295…
Virginia’s Loudoun County is once again at the center of a transgender scandal that may impact a key off-year governor’s race. In 2021, a male student at Stone Bridge High School in Ashburn sexually assaulted a girl in a girls’ locker room, sparking outrage about the Loudoun County Public Schools policy opening sex-segregated private spaces…
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday again decried those working within the government “who believe that they have the right to undermine the duly elected president of the United States because they disagree with his positions or his policies, and that they know better.” In a speech at the National Conservatism Conference in…
A bipartisan group of House members, including the chamber’s most conservative and most liberal members, said at a press conference Wednesday that it has a bill to end the problem of insider trading of stocks by members of Congress. Introducing the Restore Trust in Congress Act, Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, said it “takes the best…
Senior White House officials told House Republicans to break down the Republican megabill to young voters on new media platforms, like comedian Joe Rogan’s podcast, sources familiar with the meeting told The Daily Signal. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt, deputy chief of staff James Blair, and Trump campaign pollster Tony Fabrizio held two meetings Wednesday morning at…
Border czar Tom Homan says he wakes up “every day like a kid in a candy shop” because U.S. border and immigrations law are being enforced under the leadership of President Donald Trump. “We’re finally enforcing laws in this country, and we’re going to do it without apology,” Homan said in a speech Wednesday…
House lawmakers backing a petition to advance a vote on releasing additional files on now-deceased convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein gathered Wednesday at the Capitol—alongside several of his accusers. The petition’s support among Republican lawmakers has appeared to falter in recent days. “I hope my colleagues are watching this press conference. I want them to…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Hybrid positions for federal workers have plunged since President Donald Trump’s Day-One order to end most remote work arrangements for agency employees, according to a Gallup poll released Tuesday. Federal employees working fully on site now totals 46%, which is more than double the national average of 21%, according to Gallup. Since Trump’s executive…
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A federal appeals court declined Tuesday to allow President Donald Trump to fire a Federal Trade Commission member. In a 2-1 ruling, the panel left in place a decision by U.S. District Court Judge Loren AliKhan, a Biden appointee, reinstating Democrat FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter, who Trump fired along with the other Democratic commissioner in March. “The government…
The Department of Justice is taking Illinois to court over state laws it says unlawfully offer in-state tuition and scholarships to illegal aliens. The DOJ filed a complaint Tuesday asking a federal court to prevent Illinois from enforcing those laws, which it says are both unlawful and unconstitutional. “Under federal law, schools cannot provide benefits…
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Wednesday declared the need for an economy that “emphasizes a large middle class that makes and grows, rather than a small elite that extracts, reallocates, and squanders.” “Ultimately, to support a conservative society as conservatives, it’s been drilled into us to always lament that politics is downstream from culture,…
Fierce invective flew back and forth at a House Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday, with Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio; ranking member Jamie Raskin, D-Md.; and Nigel Farage putting on the gloves and removing the restraints. The hearing, titled “Europe’s Threat to American Speech and Innovation,” was held to discuss EU and U.K. censorship, including acts…
The House passed a bill Tuesday aimed at holding China accountable for its role in the fentanyl crisis. Fentanyl is the leading cause of death in America for people between the age of 18 and 45. “The Chinese Communist Party has played a key part in the deadly fentanyl crisis plaguing Kentucky and…
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the U.S. had carried out a strike against a speedboat said to be carrying narcotics in the southern Caribbean. “Earlier this morning, on my orders, U.S. Military Forces conducted a kinetic strike against positively identified Tren de Aragua Narcoterrorists in the SOUTHCOM area of responsibility,” Trump wrote on…
Returning to the Capitol after a monthlong recess, lawmakers face a tough question: whether or not to extend President Donald Trump’s 30-day control of Washington. Under the District of Columbia Home Rule Act of 1973, Trump’s authority to control D.C.’s law enforcement expires on Sept. 10, after which it will require approval from Congress to…
In a trend known as “reverse flow,” about 14,000 migrants, who had sought to reach the U.S. border, have turned around since the start of the Trump administration, according to an estimate in a recent report. A large percent of the migrants who have turned back are from Venezuela, according to the report from…
Left-leaning organizations launched a partnership to provide legal support and advice to “deep state” employees ousted during President Donald Trump’s second term. The new initiative, called the You Are Not Alone Project, is comprised of three organizations: Democracy Forward’s Civil Service Strong, the American Federation of Government Employees, and the Partnership for Public Service. …
“We cannot deter China in this state of industrial atrophy,” Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., declared on Tuesday at the fifth National Conservatism Conference in Washington. The West Virginia lawmaker, who some see as a rising star in the Republican Party, outlined how it would take U.S. reindustrialization to credibly deter China in an age of…
A federal appeals court sided with the Trump administration Tuesday, clearing the way for it to continue terminating $16 billion in “climate” grants to nonprofits to reportedly reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A split panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for D.C. ruled 2-1 to overturn U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan’s order that…
The Democrat mayor of Washington, D.C., will partner with the Trump administration to fight crime in the nation’s capital, she announced Tuesday. Mayor Muriel Bowser issued an order saying that the Safe and Beautiful Emergency Operations Center will continue to manage the city’s response to the presidential declaration of emergency and the Safe and Beautiful…