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Thousands of political representatives, business lobbyists, and technical experts from around the world have congregated in London to discuss the future of the internet. At issue is international regulation of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and the internet access it channels. In conjunction with the U.S. government, ICANN has long-served as the non-profit…
The recent fallout in Iraq has hit President Barack Obama’s foreign policy ratings, knocking them to a steep low in the past month. A striking 58 percent of Americans, including nearly a third of Democrats, are dissatisfied with the president’s foreign policy decisions, an all-time high for the New York Times/CBS News Poll since Obama…
Megyn Kelly went on offense last night. On “The Kelly File,” she aggressively questioned a State Department spokeswoman, Marie Harf, on what the Fox News anchor said was President Obama’s inconsistent stance on Iraq. At minute 7, Kelly backs Harf into a corner as the spokeswoman tries to defend Obama’s contradictory, on-the-record comments.
The House investigation of the IRS targeting scandal has reached a boiling point on Capitol Hill. Yesterday, Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., went head to head with IRS commissioner John Koskinen, challenging his claim that there has been no criminal conduct at the IRS.
Two years after activists for same-sex marriage obtained the confidential tax return and donor list of a national group opposed to redefining marriage, the Internal Revenue Service has admitted wrongdoing and agreed to settle the resulting lawsuit. The Daily Signal has learned that, under a consent judgment today, the IRS agreed to pay $50,000 in damages…
Thousands of illegal immigrants, predominantly unaccompanied minors from Central America, have flooded across the Texas border, “creating a humanitarian and security crisis.” Genevieve Wood, senior contributor to The Daily Signal, discusses her recent trip to McAllen, Texas, where she witnessed the situation firsthand.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, along with Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott traveled to San Antonio on Monday to assess the growing “humanitarian crisis” that has overwhelmed the U.S.-Mexico border. Cruz described the massive increase of minors illegally crossing the border as “heartbreaking” after touring the Texan Air Force facility that is lodging nearly 1,200 illegal…
In April, President Obama told the nation that “marketplace” or “exchange” enrollment, at 8 million customers as of March 31, had exceeded expectations and costs were lower than expected. Many in the news media accepted the selectively released statistics, despite the Obama administration’s record of sometimes providing inaccurate or incomplete information on HealthCare.gov. Even today, the…
Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, the 27-year-old mother of two condemned to death for her Christian faith, was freed after a court in Sudan ordered her release — only to be re-arrested hours later. Ishag was re-arrested at an airport in Khartoum as she, her husband, U.S. citizen Daniel Wani, and their children, Martin and Maya, were trying to…
On last night’s C-SPAN Q&A interview series, Sharyl Attkisson said the Obama administration has created “the worst atmosphere” journalists have ever faced, and called the Freedom of Information Act “a joke.” Attkisson is an award-winning investigative reporter who earlier this year made headlines for resigning from CBS News after a 20-year career at the TV network….
Today was supposed to be the day supporters of the Export-Import Bank struck back. After weeks of disappointing news and dimming prospects for the bank’s reauthorization, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and National Association of Manufacturers picked Monday to roll out an “all-hands-on-deck” public-relations campaign in favor of the government agency. The leaders of both…
Despite losing a friend in House leadership and now his successor’s avowed lack of interest, the Export-Import Bank — which has been criticized for promoting corporate welfare — remains well-positioned to secure reauthorization this fall. That’s the conclusion of the Sunlight Foundation, which analyzed the lobbying efforts of the bank’s corporate beneficiaries. In fact, it’s…
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.—Glance at a map showing the percentage of state land owned by the federal government and you’ll see a remarkable difference between the East and the West. East of the Rocky Mountains, the feds own no more than 13 percent of the land in any state. West of the Rockies, in the continental United States, the federal…
A voter initiative aims to attract bipartisan support for relieving prison overcrowding by reducing sentences for non-violent crimes and putting the savings into community programs. The question inching closer to the ballot seeks to downgrade low-level felonies — petty theft, receiving stolen property, forging and writing bad checks, minor drug possession — to misdemeanors. Those already…
North Dakota has drilled its way into the record books, producing more than a million barrels of oil a day. Fueled by the energy revolution in the Bakken Oil Fields, North Dakota now supplies 12 percent of the nation’s total oil production. According to the state’s Department of Mineral Resources, in the month of April,…
Yet another business is moving abroad to escape America’s high tax rates. Medtronic, one of the world’s largest medical device companies, recently acquired Covidien for $42.9 billion in a move that will relocate headquarters from Minneapolis to Ireland. The draw? Medtronic’s corporate tax rate will drop from America’s 35 percent rate to Ireland’s 12.5 percent…
MADISON, Wis.—Smacked by two judges in their legal effort to take down Gov. Scott Walker, prosecutors in Wisconsin’s secret John Doe investigation have taken their case to the friendlier court of mainstream media. Citing 268 pages of documents released last week, news organizations laid out the prosecution’s argument that conservative organizations and others illegally coordinated…
Officials in Cambridge, Mass., are going to war with ride-on-demand services in the name of protecting the public. The new rules being considered by the Cambridge Licensing Commission would prohibit users from requesting a ride-on-demand service from anything other than a taxi company and would set a limit of $50 as the minimum price for…
The Export-Import Bank’s path to reauthorization just got more complicated. Kevin McCarthy, the California Republican who will soon become House majority leader, said on “Fox News Sunday” that he opposes renewing the bank’s charter. Watch the part at 22 seconds where McCarthy explains one of the biggest problems with government.
A recent Gallup poll finds that Americans’ confidence in each of the three major media platforms—television news, newspapers and Internet news—has plummeted to record lows. When asked to identify from a list of 17 vital American institutes which they had a “great deal” or “quite a-lot” of confidence in, more than a thousand participants ranked…