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FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: House Speaker Mike Johnson criticized the FBI for targeting people of faith, promising to "hold those responsible accountable for these actions." In an interview Tuesday with The Daily Signal, Johnson specifically addressed the Justice Department's interest in pro-life Americans and people of faith in light of revelations that the FBI…
A key House committee on Wednesday released a copy of a $40,000 check it says was laundered through a China company to Joe Biden in 2017, about eight months after he left office as vice president. The check to Biden dated September 2017, a copy of which was released by the House Oversight and Accountability…
A presidential candidate faces an FBI probe surrounding alleged mishandling of classified information, amid questions about the independence of the Justice Department. Meanwhile, the candidate's supporters allege political interference and demand that the chief investigator be investigated. Such was the case in the closing days of the 2016 presidential election. Democrats and other supporters of…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: New House Speaker Mike Johnson sharply criticized experimental surgeries on children as he discussed the "destructive" effects that such experimentation, dubbed "gender-affirming care" by gender ideologists, has upon young people. "We had some hearings on the subject when I was in [the Judiciary Committee]," the Louisiana Republican said in a…
Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen fired a medium-range ballistic missile toward Israel Tuesday, requiring an Israeli air defense system to block it and signaling that the war Hamas started with a terrorist attack against the Jewish state may quickly expand into a regional conflict. Robert Greenway, who orchestrated former President Donald Trump’s sanctions against Iran,…
The new speaker of the House of Representatives opened up about his Christian faith and how it informs his politics in an interview with The Daily Signal, in which he stressed the importance of treating political opponents with dignity and respect while adhering to fundamental truths. Speaker Mike Johnson discussed the Christian principles of America's…
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray at times painted a scary picture during their Halloween testimony on Capitol Hill. The two Biden administration officials fielded questions Tuesday from members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Wray warned about possible terrorist attacks on U.S. soil by Hamas or other…
During a Senate committee hearing Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas couldn’t answer a question about how many illegal immigrants federal authorities have released into the U.S. interior under the Biden administration. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., pressed Mayorkas on the issue, but the DHS secretary couldn’t provide a number at Tuesday's Senate Homeland Security…
After remaining silent on the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack on Israel and the rising antisemitism in the U.S. for three weeks, the Southern Poverty Law Center finally commented on the issue, only to stealth-edit its statement days later. SPLC President Margaret Huang had suggested that Israel intentionally targeted Palestinian civilians, including children, for airstrikes….
An extremist group that believes black Americans and other people of color are the real descendants of the ancient Israelites clashed Saturday with pro-Palestine protesters in Chicago while police attempted to calm the two groups. The sometimes violent exchanges between pro-Palestine protesters and members or supporters of Black Hebrew Israelites followed a march around the Chicago…
Over the summer, when a Southern California school board opposed a new state-determined social studies curriculum that included a bio of slain gay rights activist Harvey Milk, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a threatening tweet calling out the school board president by name. “This isn’t Texas or Florida. In the Golden State, our kids have the…
Numerous Republican lawmakers have written to the newly elected speaker of the House asking him to repeal an emissions-reduction program from the Inflation Reduction Act, according to a copy of the letter obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, wrote the letter, which urges House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Minority Leader…
President Joe Biden’s administration unveiled a new plan Monday to combat the “alarming” rise in antisemitic rhetoric and violence on college campuses since the brutal Hamas attacks on Israel. Across the nation, pro-Palestinian students (often affiliated with Students for Justice in Palestine groups) have held protests that support the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel and call for the…
Italy is announcing a new initiative to raise the nation’s flagging birthrate. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government approved a new budget last week, setting aside 1 billion euros (nearly $1.1 billion) in funding to support mothers and families, in an effort to boost the national birthrate. Some of those measures include increased financial aid to working mothers with two…
The District of Columbia is freshening up its massive "Black Lives Matter" street mural even as the Black Lives Matter organization faces intense backlash for social media posts aligning with the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel earlier this month. BLM affiliates have expressed solidarity with the "resistance" against Israel, compared attacks on Israel to racial…
The National Republican Congressional Committee, the House GOP’s campaign arm, raised its largest amount in a single day since February 2022 on Friday after Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana won the speakership. The NRCC raised $175,000 two days after Johnson secured the gavel, and brought in more than $475,000 over the three-day weekend, the Daily Caller News…
A bailout package for the struggling offshore wind industry may be imminent if the industry’s struggles do not abate soon, energy industry and policy experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Biden administration has heavily subsidized the industry as part of its wider climate agenda, but inflation, supply chain backups, high interest rates, and logistical difficulties have severely…
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill on Oct. 8 requiring the governor’s office to report the ethnic breakdown of its appointees the same day he signed a bill requiring that venture capital firms report the racial and sexual diversity of companies they invest in, according to statements released by the governor. Newsom said that California…
A federal judge has blocked implementation of Colorado’s ban on abortion drug reversals, citing constitutional grounds. District Court Judge Daniel Domenico issued an order last Saturday halting Colorado’s ban on performing abortion drug reversal procedures, citing concerns about religious freedom. Domenico wrote: “The law at issue here runs afoul of these First Amendment principles. And because it…
An IRS agent showed up at the door of a Marion County, Ohio, woman and lied about his reason for being there. Once inside, the Internal Revnue Service agent, purporting to be named Bill Haus, began to harass and intimidate the taxpayer, according to a congressional report released Friday. The woman called a lawyer, who…