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Before Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker became an official candidate for president, he told reporters that he would give detailed plans on entitlement reform once he started his official run. While we wait for that speech, Walker did provide a solid hint during an interview with The Daily Signal conducted in Iowa back in April. “I…
Six world powers led by the United States secured a historic diplomatic deal with Iran Tuesday, concluding 20 months of arduous negotiations to limit Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. President Obama long pursued the accord as a defining piece of his foreign policy legacy, calling the agreement a “comprehensive long-term deal with…
A new undercover video shows a Planned Parenthood executive describing the sale of fetal body parts at the organization’s affiliates. The Center for Medical Progress released the video on Tuesday, calling it the first in its “Human Capital” series, “a nearly 3-year-long investigative journalism study of Planned Parenthood’s illegal trafficking of aborted fetal parts.” In…
Within hours of President Obama’s announcement of an agreement with Iran that he said would “stop” the Islamic regime’s march toward a nuclear bomb, most of the Democrats and Republicans who hope to succeed him had offered a response. “This is a very important moment,” Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton told reporters this morning on Capitol…
After Iran and a group of six nations led by the United States agreed to a deal to contain Tehran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, people around the world took to Twitter to express their opinions. Ambassadors, government officials and members of Congress disagree widely on whether the deal will be good or…
AMES, Iowa—Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush wants America to “aspire to greatness again” by growing the economy 4 percent per year. Bush, a Republican candidate for president in 2016, told this to Iowans Monday evening as he made a keynote address at the Prairie Moon Winery. By growing the economy at this rate, Bush said…
“Last Week Tonight” host John Oliver is advocating that sports teams stop using public funding to build extravagant stadiums. Oliver cited the Miami Marlins, whose publicly-financed stadium includes an aquarium behind home plate. Detroit spent $444 million to construct a new hockey arena in 2013—two-thirds of which was funded by taxpayers. Oliver noted that six…
HAMPTON, Iowa—Campaigning here Monday afternoon, former Texas Gov. Rick Perry said that all federal funding must be cut off to sanctuary cities that refuse to assist in helping the federal government enforce immigration laws. Sanctuary cities have been a controversial topic in the news after San Francisco officials released from custody an illegal immigrant who…
BARRINGTON, N.H.—Ohio Gov. John Kasich defended his record on education at a town hall Monday night in New Hampshire. “Now, on this whole business of Common Core, it’s like it’s radioactive, you mention that and everybody all the sudden doesn’t listen anymore,” said Kasich, who is expected to run for president in 2016. Kasich said…
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker rolled out his official campaign today, becoming the 15th Republican running for the presidential nominee. Here are 18 facts about the latest presidential candidate: Scott Walker’s father was a Baptist preacher at First Baptist Church in Iowa, while his mother ran Sunday school. His first endeavor in politics was at the…
A few cases of public employees who cite their faith in declining to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples have grabbed media attention, but similar concerns exist in scores of courthouses across America, a lawyer for a prominent Christian legal organization says. “In most instances the government can accommodate the religious beliefs of the objecting person,”…
A South Carolina family was surprised and overjoyed when their soldier son, who they believed to be overseas, unexpectedly jumped into a family photo. The Johns were posing on Liberty Bridge at Falls Park in Greenville, S.C., when Jared Johns, a member of the U.S. Army who had been stationed in Germany, came up behind…
Pentagon officials are in the final stages of preparing to lift the ban on transgender individuals serving in the United States Military, the Associated Press reported Monday. Senior U.S. officials told AP that when the ban is lifted, they will be formally ending one of the last gender- or sexuality-based barriers to military service. A…
A Tennessee police officer was indicted by a grand jury on charges of theft after he pocketed $6,000 from property owners who had their cars taken through civil asset forfeiture. An investigation from the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury’s office released last week found that Sgt. Michael Hurt, a 15-year veteran of the Morristown, Tenn.,…
President Obama today commuted the sentences of 46 prisoners forced behind bars for nonviolent drug crimes, marking the latest move in a bipartisan push to relax harsh sentencing laws. Obama said the inmates granted clemency were serving punishments that “didn’t fit the crime” in a video announcement posted to the White House Facebook page Monday…
Over the course of eight months in 2014, sanctuary jurisdictions released more than 8,000 criminal illegal immigrant offenders the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was seeking to deport, according to a new report released by The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). Out of the 8,000 released, approximately 1,900 were arrested for a successive crime during…
The New York Times has refused to include a book written by Sen. Ted Cruz on its bestseller list. Cruz, R-Texas, who is a 2016 presidential candidate, published his book, “A Time for Truth,” on June 30. On Thursday, Politico reported that the book “sold 11,854 copies in its first week:” That’s more than 18…
It’s been only two years since the Islamic State began to claim territory in the Middle East, and the organization, also known as ISIS, already has become more successful and much more dangerous than al-Qaeda ever was in its 20 years of operations. It controls more territory, has acquired more money and has recruited more…
As Senate Republicans continue to discuss using reconciliation to roll back provisions of Obamacare, House Conservatives are encouraging their colleagues to follow through on their campaign promises and move forward with repealing the health care law. Republicans passed a budget resolution in May that included broad reconciliation instructions, which many members believed would be used…
RICHMOND — It’s just after noon on a sunny, sweltering Tuesday in June. Roughly 15 inmates at the Richmond City Justice Center stand or sit on small, plastic chairs in a bright, sterile room on the fifth floor of the jail, waiting. For most of the men in this over-50 group, waiting is a near-constant part…