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As the United States debates how to properly vet 10,000 Syrian refugees expected to resettle here, employees with Samaritan’s Purse are stationed on the frontlines in Greece, working to be a “face of compassion” for refugees fleeing war and terror. Ken Isaacs, vice president of programs and government relations for Samaritan’s Purse, spent a week…
House Speaker Paul Ryan’s honeymoon with many conservatives continues despite his decision to block amendments to legislation tightening screening standards for Syrian refugees. Instead, members told The Daily Signal, they credit Ryan for keeping the process relatively open when time was short—and for setting the stage for future reforms to address concerns that terrorists could slip through…
A sign posted outside an Ohio bakery eschewing political correctness has gone viral. Schuler’s Bakery posted signs outside of its four Ohio locations that read: Notice: This store is politically incorrect, we say Merry Christmas, God Bless America, we salute our flag and give thanks to our troops, police officers and fire fighters. If this…
Recovering addict Leann Lecik says her problems all began when she had surgery in the mid-2000s. The former pharmaceutical representative and national sales consultant was prescribed a pain medication during her recovery, and an ugly addiction soon kicked in. Lecik says she began abusing the pills, then drinking heavily. The Michigan native eventually was charged…
A spokeswoman for Reuters told The Daily Signal that the news agency will issue a correction after distributing a misleading statistic on self-induced abortion in Texas. Reuters’ original report suggested that the rate of self-induced abortions has increased in Texas since the state passed a ban on abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. “We are issuing a correction on…
Watching student protests spread like wildfire across college campuses nationwide, a former Harvard Law School professor of 50 years is speaking out, warning that students are “moving to the absurd,” and faculty and administrators are doing nothing to stop it. “It’s gotten to the point where it is so abused and so hypocritical, and yet…
Fans responded with emotion as Eagles of Death Metal, an American hard rock band, posted the first lengthy statement since the terrorist attack during its Nov. 13 concert at the Bataclan theater in Paris. Mark Backwell, a fan who said he traveled from London to hear the band and escaped with nine friends, some injured, expressed gratitude on…
Some witnesses questioned the president’s climate initiative, the Clean Power Plan, during a House Committee on Science, Space and Technology hearing on Wednesday. Anne Smith, the senior vice president and environmental practice co-chair at NERA Economic Consulting, cautioned that on the CPP, the “EPA’s cost estimate is an underestimate.” Smith said the CPP’s “net costs…
Mary Mayhew, commissioner of Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services, knows her politics aren’t always popular. “I can’t stress enough what an attack campaign it has been from the media for four and a half years,” Mayhew said Thursday at an anti-poverty forum in Washington, D.C., hosted by The Heritage Foundation. Then there are the…
Wanting to show assertiveness in the aftermath of the Paris terrorist attacks, the House overwhelmingly passed a bill to block Syrian and Iraqi refugees from entering the U.S. unless they pass strict background checks. In a rush before Thanksgiving to comfort nervous constituents back home, Republicans were boosted by the support of 47 Democrats, who…
After discovering “alarming” instances of billing inconsistencies, Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin ordered health care officials to block all state funding for the two Planned Parenthood clinics located in Oklahoma. “More than one in every seven bills submitted for payment [by Planned Parenthood] … are inaccurately coded or insufficiently documented,” Fallin wrote Wednesday in a letter…
House Speaker Paul Ryan called out President Barack Obama for his threat to veto a bill that would put a pause on Syrian refugees coming to the United States. Speaking to Sean Hannity on Fox News Wednesday, Ryan called it “remarkably unpresidential” to threaten to veto the bill. “I think the president is playing politics with…
UnitedHealth Group, the nation’s largest health insurer, announced Thursday that it has reduced its earnings expectations for 2015 and projected a similar initial outlook for 2016. The company also indicated it is considering leaving Obamacare’s public exchange markets in 2017. The company expects a $0.26-per-share—or $425-million—reduction in its fourth-quarter earnings for 2015. UnitedHealth Group added that it…
Officials overseeing the government refugee program Syrian refugees would be part of to come to the United States sought Thursday to quell the American people’s fears about the program, calling it “rigorous” and “robust.” During a hearing held by the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, Obama administration officials who oversee the U.S….
If a House plan fails in the Senate, lawmakers seeking to defund Planned Parenthood see another opportunity in the upcoming budget battle. But it’s not clear whether a pro-life coalition would regroup to back such a second effort. A total of 33 state and national pro-life groups pledged their support for halting taxpayer funding of…
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has introduced legislation to bar refugees from any country “substantially controlled” by a terrorist group from entering the United States. “After watching the horrific scenes play out in Paris, we have to take basic steps to protect ourselves from the growing threat of radical Islamic terrorism,” Cruz said in a…
Sen. Mike Lee on Thursday introduced a resolution “expressing the sense of Congress” that President Barack Obama should submit an international climate deal expected to be struck in Paris next month to the Senate for its approval. The measure was filed as a “concurrent resolution,” meaning it represents the views of both chambers of Congress,…
A House bill that some lawmakers insist would repeal Obamacare doesn’t touch the lion’s share of the tax burden imposed by the Affordable Care Act, according to a congressional report obtained by The Daily Signal. The report from the Congressional Research Service, dated Nov. 17, shows that 82 percent of the economic burden caused by Obamacare…
Students at Occidental College in Los Angeles have staked out tents and sleeping bags as they stage a week-long protest to support diversity on campus, and call for the removal of the college president. Over 400 students, encouraged to wear all black, occupied the Arthur G. Coons Administrative Center at the Eagle Rock campus on…
In a symbolic attempt to challenge statements issued by Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner that Syrian refugees are not welcome in his state, lawmakers in Chicago voted Wednesday in favor of a measure that establishes the windy city as a sanctuary city open to accepting Syrian refugees. “Many of us on the City Council have expressed…