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With government funds running out Dec. 8, House conservatives argue that lawmakers should boost military spending in a new funding bill. “We are breaking the caps on defense,” Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, said Thursday at Conversations with Conservatives, a monthly Q&A with reporters hosted by House conservatives and The Heritage Foundation. Jordan, along with other…
As Christians in the Middle East continue to suffer persecution, this week was observed as “A Week of Awareness and Education for Persecuted Christians.” In June 2014, the terrorist army Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, took over northern Iraq and drove out hundreds of thousands of Christians. Mosul alone lost 500,000 residents, who…
Any legislation that provides legal status to so-called “Dreamers,” or young illegal immigrants brought to the country by their parents, must end the process of allowing prior immigrants to determine who future immigrants are based strictly on family ties, Sen. David Perdue said. The Georgia Republican’s demand to end the process known as “chain migration”…
The New York Times featured an editorial comment in a Thursday tweet preceding news that Egypt will allow the Russian military access to its bases. This is embarrassing: Egypt, a longtime US ally, is giving Russian military use of its air bases and airspace https://t.co/jnQTq0mXoO — New York Times World (@nytimesworld) November 30, 2017 The comment “this…
The New York Times told readers to contact their senators and lobby against the Republican tax bill in a series of tweets from its opinion account Wednesday. “This morning, the Times editorial board is tweeting here to urge the Senate to reject a tax bill that hurts the middle class & the nation’s fiscal health. #thetaxbillhurts,”…
Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., joined The Daily Signal’s Genevieve Wood to discuss the American Civil Liberties Union’s attack on religious adoption centers and explain the Child Welfare Provider Inclusion Act, a bill he is sponsoring. Below is an edited transcript of the interview. Wood: November is National Adoption Awareness Month and you have legislation you’ve…
As the Senate prepares to vote on a tax reform package, President Donald Trump called the vote a “moment of truth.” “In the coming days, the American people will learn which politicians are part of the swamp and which politicians want to drain the swamp,” Trump said to a supportive crowd Wednesday in St. Charles,…
LAKEWOOD, Colorado—”How did we end up at the Supreme Court? It’s a long story,” Jack Phillips, owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop, told The Daily Signal. The story began in 2012, when two men walked into his family-run bakery, and asked Jack to create a custom cake for their same-sex wedding ceremony. Because of his Christian faith,…
With no Democrat senators signalling support for the tax reform bill and 51 votes needed to pass the measure, every Republican senator’s vote matters. With the tax vote expected this week, it’s still unclear how many Republican senators support the legislation. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., has not taken an official position on the Senate tax…
Staffers who are the targets of unwanted sexual advances on Capitol Hill should not have to endure a lengthy mediation process and pay the legal bills as lawmakers secretly draw on a mysterious slush fund to settle the accusations against them, an advocate for taxpayers argues. In the event of a monetary settlement of sexual…
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, in defending his proposal to do away with his predecessor’s 2015 net neutrality policy, made a not-so-subtle reference to the personal threats against him and his family. “Hysteria brings us to unpleasant and dangerous places,” @AjitPaiFCC says. Going back to May, he said, many public comments about the FCC…
SPRINGFIELD, Missouri— Noah Alldredge, a small business owner in America’s heartland, is speaking out about how he and his employees could benefit from tax reform.
Former President Barack Obama’s Environmental Protection Agency used a social media platform to secretly promote the agency’s policies in violation of federal law, according to a conservative watchdog group in Washington, D.C. Judicial Watch obtained 900 pages of documents Monday showing the EPA used social media to lobby support for the Waters of the United…
Recently appointed acting Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Mick Mulvaney instituted a temporary hiring freeze at the Obama-era regulatory body Monday but denied charges that he plans to dismantle the agency. The hiring freeze as well as a freeze on any new regulations or guidance will last for 30 days. Mulvaney’s first day…
A new director, short or long term, won’t be enough to address accountability problems at the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, critics said as a legal fight broke out over who will run the agency with the departure of its first leader. “The agency should be professional, not political,” @ronaldLrubin says. The consumer agency’s legal…
First lady Melania Trump shows how the White House is decorated this Christmas.
Public schools in Portland, Maine, may adopt new transgender policies requiring teachers to support the wishes of a transgender student if they are at odds with those of their parents. The Portland school board was scheduled to vote Tuesday to determine whether to adopt a comprehensive policy, called the “transgender and gender expansive student policy,"…
Tom Steyer, a billionaire hedge fund manager and liberal mega-donor, told CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday that President Donald Trump should be impeached as soon as possible. The San Francisco-based mega-donor financed a nationwide ad campaign urging Trump’s removal from office by Congress for a variety of alleged offenses, including collusion with Russia during the…
French President Emmanuel Macron announced a number of measures to combat violence against women Saturday, including a fine on “gender-based insults.” Macron marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women by promising “to fight for the non-negotiable equality of both sexes” during his first term in office. “Let’s seal a pact of equality…
Many of the states refusing to cooperate with President Donald Trump’s election commission aren’t in compliance with federal law on maintaining voter registration lists, according to government watchdog groups. So far, 18 states and the District of Columbia have declined or are still considering whether to provide election data to the Presidential Advisory Commission on…