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Despite the fact that the House Freedom Caucus is on board for Paul Ryan’s expected ascension to speaker, many members of the conservative group will vote against him in a private conference vote Wednesday. In an attempt to be loyal to the first man who won them over, many Freedom Caucus members will vote for…

A military chaplain who was fired from his job after being accused of misconduct was cleared of any wrongdoing, reinstated to the Navy, and now accepted to serve at the San Diego naval base. “I’m glad the Navy had my back,” Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Modder told The Daily Signal in an interview Monday. Modder is…

The House of Representatives moved one step closer to bringing the Export-Import Bank back from the dead Monday after 62 Republicans teamed up with 184 House Democrats to force a vote to reauthorize the embattled agency. Despite opposition from the vast majority of Republicans, the House passed a motion to discharge a bill reauthorizing Ex-Im…

Oct. 5 heralded victory for a growing Anglican church in Jacksonville Beach, Fla., as it settled a lawsuit with the Jacksonville Beach City Council. After nearly two years of litigation, the case of Church of Our Savior v. The City of Jacksonville Beach was settled and allows Church of Our Savior to begin constructing a…

The chairmen of two House committees are calling on their fellow Republicans to vote against a rarely successful tool that would force a vote on the Export-Import Bank’s reauthorization. Republican Reps. Jeb Hensarling of Texas, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, and Pete Sessions of Texas, chairman of the Rules Committee, sent a letter to…

On Sunday, two members of the House Freedom Caucus explained the group’s majority support for Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to become the next House speaker. The Daily Signal previously reported that the Freedom Caucus lacked the number of votes required to formally endorse Ryan for speaker, but a supermajority of its members have granted him their…