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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy authorized the House of Representatives to move forward on an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden based on what Republicans have characterized as “Biden family influence-peddling.” “I’m directing our House committee to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden,” McCarthy, R-Calif., said Tuesday. “This is the logical next step…
The Biden administration has awarded an anti-terrorism grant worth more than half-a-million dollars to an LGBTQ activist group, which distributes condoms and “sex education” material, to expand its “in-school support for LGBTQ+ youth” as young as age 6. The manifesto of its school-based group—which is based on the Black Panthers—calls for the “abolition” of the…
A sheriff said Monday that he won't enforce New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s emergency order suspending open and concealed gun carry for 30 days in Bernalillo County and Albuquerque. Grisham, a Democrat, issued the order Friday through the New Mexico Department of Health after several shootings this year in the state, including one in which an 11-year-old boy…
Emilia quickly said goodbye to her mom, eager to go inside and see her grandmother, but Elisa Tambunga called her 7-year-old daughter back to give her a big hug and kiss, and to say, “I love you.” Those would be the last words the mother would ever speak to her daughter. It was March 13…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Republican Congressmen Chip Roy of Texas and Mike Johnson of Louisiana are calling on a controversial abortion lawyer to explain whether she "violated the law by providing misleading information to Congress." Talcott Camp is the chief legal and strategy officer at the National Abortion Federation, where she oversees the organization's…
Vice President Kamala Harris would not identify a single restriction on abortion that she supports during a CBS News interview, even though she was given the opportunity several times. Harris discussed abortion with “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan in an interview that aired Sunday. “What is it that you believe? What week of pregnancy should…
The reason Coach Joe Kennedy decided to resign after his first game back at Bremerton High School following his Supreme Court victory is “pretty simple,” according to him. “It seemed like the right thing to do to retire on my own terms,” Kennedy told The Daily Signal. It was time to “retire” according…
After closing its investigation of a false allegation that Border Patrol agents whipped Haitian migrants in Texas in September 2021, Justice Department officials didn’t notify the targets of the probe—and opted to say little to the media about the once-hyped matter. But department officials did want to notify Al Sharpton. Emails obtained by The Heritage…
The California State Assembly passed a bill Friday that would require judges in child custody cases to consider whether a parent has affirmed a child’s “gender transition” by making “gender affirmation” an equal part of a child’s “health, safety, and welfare” under state law. Democratic lawmakers’ bill, AB 957, passed the Assembly by a vote…
A Washington, D.C., judge has refused to allow pro-life activists to show photos of aborted, preemie-sized babies as evidence in court, as well as a video wherein a D.C. abortionist allegedly describes how he would allow babies to die if they survived his abortions. Her refusal pertains to the case of Lauren Handy and four…
Schools and universities around the U.S. are bringing back mask mandates and shutdowns as COVID-19 numbers rise, according to public records reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Runge Independent School District in Texas, Magoffin County Schools in Kentucky, Lee County School District in Kentucky, and Rosemary Hills Elementary School in Maryland are all reimplementing some form of COVID-19…
The House Oversight and Accountability Committee is trying to find out if the Justice Department failed to protect women who might have been sexually exploited by Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden. House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., and committee member Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., wrote to Justice Department officials…
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom addressed rumors in an interview clip released Friday that he may run for president in 2024, emphasizing that Vice President Kamala Harris is President Joe Biden’s natural successor. Newsom also insisted that Biden will run again, telling NBC “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd in an interview released Friday: “We…
Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., called out Senate Democrats for continuing to block federal aid to American disaster victims by tying any such funds to $44 billion in proposed aid to Ukraine. “Your federal government ought to do its job. Part of its job is to help its citizens in a time of need,” Scott told…
The online job search company Indeed has announced it will now cover up to $10,000 in expenses for employees who want to relocate for “gender-affirming care,” a policy that went into effect in July of this year. The financial aid is for staff and their immediate family members who identify, according to Axios, as “gender nonconforming,…
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, gave a strong constitutional defense of his colleague, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, after Defense Department officials attacked the Alabama Republican’s move to block Biden administration military promotions. Tuberville is blocking around 300 military promotions until the Pentagon drops its policy of funding travel for women to get abortions. Democrats, the media, and…
The Thomas More Society has filed an emergency motion to appeal a lower court decision that denied pro-life activist Lauren Handy's release from jail ahead of her sentencing. Attorneys with the Thomas More Society filed their motion to appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Wednesday asking to…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: An internal email from the U.S. Marshals Service to staff members states that the agency was unaware of any "specific, targeted threat to a USMS-protected facility or person" one day before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. The Marshals Service email does not mention Nicholas Roske's alleged assassination attempt…
Senate Democrats on Thursday opposed a request from Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, for floor consideration of his bill banning federal COVID-19 mask mandates. The motion was blocked by Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., who claimed the legislation would "hamstring public health experts who guided our nation out of the pandemic." Markey has a history of supporting…
Parental rights triumphed over the transgender agenda in the shadow of California’s capital overnight, as the state’s fifth school district adopted a policy requiring teachers to notify parents if their children begin to identify as a member of another sex. Parents burst into cheers as the Rocklin Unified School District board of trustees adopted the policy by a…