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“The radical Left thinks” that viewing immigration from a pro-American standpoint is “selfish, as if we owe the world welfare.” In reality, if America doesn’t protect and secure her borders, “you really don’t have a nation,” former Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli told Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts during Roberts’ weekly podcast show. Cuccinelli,…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not directly answer if its newly approved over-the-counter contraceptive could be safely used by males who identify as “transgender women.” The FDA announced Thursday that it has approved the first ever over-the-counter contraceptive pill, Opill (norgestrel). “Availability of nonprescription Opill may help reduce the number of unintended pregnancies…
The U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Kalpana Kotagal, President Joe Biden’s pick to serve on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, in a move critics warn will force transgender ideology on employers across America. “I’m incredibly concerned about Kalpana Kotagal’s record of support for radical transgender ideology,” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told The Daily Signal in a statement Wednesday…
Calling him the “wrong man for the job,” a group of conservative leaders strongly opposes the president’s nomination of Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown to be the nation’s highest-ranking military officer as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In an open letter to senators, the 30 leaders of conservative groups urge the lawmakers…
FBI Director Christopher Wray, testifying Wednesday before the House Judiciary Committee, sought to address a wide range of scandals that have engulfed his agency in recent years and months. Much of the hearing proved partisan, with Democrats praising Wray, who was appointed by then-President Donald Trump after he fired James Comey as FBI director in…
Multiple congressional Republicans have called for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, some introducing articles of impeachment against and calling for defunding his salary. But GOP lawmakers haven’t actually launched impeachment proceedings against Mayorkas, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, and Rep. Mark Green says there is a reason. Impeachment must…
The drug cartels in Mexico are operating on an “industrial scale,” according to an official at the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security. “Mexican cartels have taken over fentanyl production,” Steven Cagen, an assistant director for countering transnational organized crime at Homeland Security Investigations, told a House subcommittee hearing Wednesday. The Homeland Security…
If America doesn’t solve its “economic crisis,” self-described billionaire John Catsimatidis warned a Capitol Hill audience, the American dream is in grave danger. Catsimatidis, a businessman descended from Greek immigrants who says he achieved that dream, spoke about the state of the nation while promoting his new book Tuesday at The Heritage Foundation. Catsimatidis is…
Speaking for the first time publicly since a federal court blocked U.S. government agencies from colluding with social media companies to censor disfavored content, FBI Director Christopher Wray denied to a House panel that the bureau engages in censorship. “We are going to comply with the court’s order, the court’s preliminary injunction,” Wray said Wednesday…
Investors throughout the U.S. “are being held hostage by those who … don’t want to maximize retirement profits, but rather seek to push a far left social and political agenda,” according to Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich. “Forcing lower returns on Americans who are trying to build a securer financial future is wrong,” Huizenga said on…
The FBI responded on Friday to a lawsuit filed by an advocacy group and claimed that the group is “not entitled” to records regarding the agency’s targeting of Catholics in a memo from January, according to documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Catholic Vote filed a lawsuit in April against the agency after it failed…
The Senate will vote Wednesday on Kalpana Kotagal, whom President Joe Biden appointed to serve on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a move critics claim will force transgender ideology on employers across America. "I'm incredibly concerned about Kalpana Kotagal's record of support for radical transgender ideology," Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told The Daily Signal…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts of Nebraska is calling on President Joe Biden and his federal agencies to show inclusivity toward pro-life Americans by flying pro-life flags during October, which is Respect Life Month. The Nebraska senator sent 20 letters to Biden administration agencies with this request, first obtained by The…
An economist says "American families are having to eat the rotten fruit from the tree of government overspending" after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Wednesday that the consumer price index, a key measure of inflation, rose 0.2% in June. "It's great news for the consumer that inflation has slowed dramatically from 40-year highs,…
A pro-abortion Notre Dame professor is suing the student newspaper that reported on her inflammatory abortion remarks, claiming that the reporting subjected her to harassment. The student newspaper says her claims are "entirely false." Notre Dame professor Tamara Kay takes issue with two stories from The Irish Rover, a conservative-leaning newspaper run by students at…
As the United States and South Korea mark the 70th anniversary of their alliance in the Indo-Pacific, The Heritage Foundation on Tuesday hosted a panel discussion on the alliance’s future. The panelists emphasized the importance of the trilateral alliance among the United States, South Korea, and Japan in the face of threats from North Korea…
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Pew Charitable Trusts appears to have backed away from touting affordable small loans and attacking "payday loans"—often the only form of banking available to many Americans—after a conservative group released two reports undermining Pew's central claims. "A consumer credit crisis is looming: inflation is up, there are no more savings,…
An 18-year-old woman in the South Dakota National Guard was required to shower with biological men during basic training, but was afraid to complain about the situation, Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., said Tuesday at a Senate hearing. The hearing held by the Senate Armed Services Committee was to consider President Joe Biden’s nomination of Air…
She is beauty, she is grace, and “she” is actually a “he.” This variation of William Shatner’s song in the movie “Miss Congeniality” may have come to mind Saturday, when transgender model Rikkie Valerie Kollé, a biological man, was crowned Miss Universe Netherlands Kollé, 22, is the first transgender woman to win in the 94-year…
An American cycling competition created a third division for “transgender” cyclists on Friday after a male recently won a cycling event in the women’s division. In June, Austin Killips, a man who identifies as a transgender woman, competed in the nearly 140-mile Monuments of Cycling’s “Belgian Waffle Ride,” a grueling one-day cycling event that mirrors…