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Yesterday, I sat down with the chairman of the House Budget Committee, Rep. Paul Ryan, to ask the hard questions about the issues that matter most to millennials. A rising star on the right, Ryan appeals specifically to the younger demographic. So in an exclusive interview I asked the former vice presidential nominee about pot,…
A South Carolina mother was arrested for letting her 9-year-old daughter play in a local park while she worked at a nearby McDonalds. Debra Harrell brought her daughter to work for most of the summer. When her daughter asked if she could play outside instead, Harrell agreed and gave her a cellphone in case of…
Conservatives in the House view the looming fate of the Export-Import Bank as a major test for Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s future in leadership, two of the lawmakers told The Daily Signal. Reps. Raúl Labrador, R-Idaho, and Tim Huelskamp, R-Kansas, talked yesterday about the efforts of Democrats and “establishment” Republicans to save the 80-year-old federal…
McALLEN, Texas — Visitors staying at the Wingate by Wyndham hotel in this suddenly notorious border town were awakened by the chants and finger snaps of protesters outside. Across the avenue, at the local airport, the U.S. Border Patrol had arrested a man who is a symbol of their movement. So the protesters gathered in…
Today on Capitol Hill, conservative lawmakers were asked about Sarah Palin’s call to impeach President Obama. Though some of the six House members attending Conversations with Conservatives argued that Obama “deserves” to be impeached, even they rejected the idea, saying it would be practically impossible. Rep. Raúl Labrador, R-Idaho, jokingly noted: “And nobody wants a President Joe Biden.” Watch the…
In the debate over the border crisis, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., sees an opportunity to shore up a porous southern border and restore national sovereignty. “I think it’s an opportunity to get some border security measures in place that we probably otherwise wouldn’t have,” said the House Budget Committee chairman today of the developing border…
Conservative groups came together for a conference call Thursday, arguing against left-leaning media claims that Kansas’ steep income tax reductions have contributed to the downfall of the state’s economy. Kansas Governor Sam Brownback slashed the income tax in 2012 in an effort to reverse the state’s 15 year trend of trailing national economic averages. Some…
Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, spoke today of his support for ending the Export-Import Bank. “I want to get rid of it,” Paul said of the bank. The bank’s charter is set to expire Sept. 30, unless Congress votes to reauthorize the bank. The Wisconsin Republican labeled the institution a manifestation…
“Choking,” “whipping,” and “tying up” are a few of the sadistic sexual behaviors Planned Parenthood staffers in Denver were caught on camera promoting to underage girls as part of Obamacare-supported “sex education” inside their facilities. >>> This report and video contain graphic language about disturbing practices. Today, in two undercover videos released by the pro-life…
Is “Operation Choke Point” about to get choked by Congress? Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., sure hopes so. Issa, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, is calling for the dismantling of what he calls a secretive initiative launched by the Obama administration in early 2013. Critics say that Operation Choke Point, so dubbed by…
As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie prepares to travel to Iowa on Thursday to test the waters for a Republican presidential race, a conservative watchdog group is ready to call attention to his record of judicial appointments. Judicial Crisis Network, which promotes the rule of law and “a fair and impartial judiciary,” is beginning a…
On Sunday, the press pushed back. In an interview with the new White House press secretary Josh Earnest, CNN’s Brian Stelter questioned how an administration that prosecutes whistleblowers and curtails press access could still claim the self-awarded title of “most transparent in history.”
“We face a very, very brutal terrorist enemy.” As rockets fired by Hamas rained down yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu coolly and calmly described the situation — at one point comparing it to missile attacks on U.S. cities — in a satellite interview with Brit Hume on “Fox News Sunday.” With diplomatic understatement, Netanyahu…
Senator Rand Paul, R–Ky., today blasted Governor Rick Perry for his “fictionalized” and “mischaracterized” account of Paul’s foreign policy. Unleashing a withering barrage in a Politico op-ed, Paul signaled that he’s ready to go head to head with the Texas Republican. In Friday’s Washington Post, Perry offered a sharp critique of Paul’s foreign policy, labeling…
SANTA FE, N.M. — For 2012 Libertarian Party presidential candidate and former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, the ongoing controversy at the Internal Revenue Service is further proof the agency should be eliminated. “Imagine life without having to deal with the IRS,” Johnson told New Mexico Watchdog in an interview just two days after Americans…
“Send them home.” That’s author and pundit Ann Coulter’s bottom-line response to the surge of illegal immigrants from Central America across the southwest border. Coulter told The Daily Signal that she supports “nothing” in the president’s $3.7 billion emergency funding request, and that she wants “the same fence Israel has.” Watch the video for her entire colorful…
Americans have to pay more for electricity and compete for fewer jobs because of President Obama’s regulatory curbs on fossil fuels at home, even as their tax dollars support expansion of those same energy sources abroad. The Obama administration last month rolled out its most recent brake on fossil fuels, a 645-page proposed rule to…
President Obama’s request for emergency funding to respond to the crisis along the southwest border drew more heat today from two prominent Texans — Gov. Rick Perry and Rep. Mike McCaul, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. “It is a very large amount of money and as you analyze it, very little of it is…
Attorney General Eric Holder today said criticism of the Obama administration’s decision to try a Benghazi terror suspect in a civilian court is “purely political.” Holder, interviewed on ABC’s “This Week,” added: “I think it’s time for us to get beyond this point.” Earlier this month, the administration came under fire for plans to bypassing…
A school district in Washington state is determined to make school more healthy and less fun. Edmonds School District, in the suburbs south of Seattle, has approved a ban on cupcakes, candy and other sweet treats children typically bring to school to celebrate their birthdays. Instead, district officials say kids should distribute pencils to their…