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The five criminal and civil prosecutions of former President Donald Trump all prompt heated denials from Democrats that President Joe Biden and Democrat operatives had a role in any of them. But Biden has long let it be known that he was frustrated with his own Department of Justice’s federal prosecutors for their tardiness in…
The day Merrick Garland was set to appear before Congress, The Wall Street Journal ran a piece exploring the attorney general’s “by-the-book, play-no-favorites approach.” This rendering of Garland conflicts with reality. Even now, Garland is refusing to hand over audio recordings of President Joe Biden’s interviews with then-special counsel Robert Hur over the president’s hoarding…
Does Time magazine really matter anymore? It still has a circulation of more than 1 million, but that is one-third of what it was in 2012. Does anything it reports still resonate, or is it like a tree that collapses unheard in the solitude of the woods? Time just secured an interview with President Joe…
I know what it’s like to be pregnant and homeless. It’s why I now devote my time to helping young women in similar situations. Shortly after graduating from high school in 2005, I learned that I was pregnant. Family members, driven by fear, pressured me to get an abortion, convinced that my having a child so…
A House panel held a hearing last month examining how the Biden White House colluded with Big Tech platforms to censor speech about COVID-19 and the 2020 presidential election. Exposing these past abuses was a good start for the House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. But now, the same forces are…
There’s been a lot of talk about the “rule of law” in the wake of the recent verdict in Manhattan against former President Donald Trump. President Joe Biden said that “the American principle that no one is above the law was reaffirmed.” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., tweeted: “The rule of law still matters.” The rule…
Some universities are repealing and replacing their diversity, equity, and inclusion policies. At the end of May, the University of North Carolina system voted to repeal and replace its DEI policy for a new policy that “aims to ensure efforts to support students on UNC System campuses do not infringe on academic freedom, equal opportunity,…
You may have heard that, early last year, the FBI issued a memo targeting Catholics—specifically “radical traditional Catholics”—that relied on the work of the far-left Southern Poverty Law Center. The FBI rushed to rescind the memo on Catholics after a whistleblower published it and The Daily Signal demanded answers. This week, the SPLC released its…
The head of Florida’s Education Department is urging parents to “be involved” in public schools for their children’s sake. “Parents are the most important teacher, and the child’s first teacher, and ultimately are responsible for these kids,” Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. told Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts. “These kids don’t belong to the…
In our modern political dumpster fire, there has never been an art so refined and illustrious as pointless pearl-clutching. In this, the ninth year of 2016, most everyone is fairly desensitized to the political drama emanating from the Left’s ardent claims that any conservative policy or protest is an appeal to fascism as their own…
Many things human come in pairs. Eyes, ears, hands, feet, and lungs appear in twos. Even a single nose features two nostrils. Similar examples should be easy to ponder. In this context, America’s new, two-track justice system might be perfectly natural: One for the Left—in which they suffer few consequences, if any, for their misdeeds—and one for the…
A Gallup poll of several months ago asked, “On the whole, would you say that you are satisfied or dissatisfied with the position of the United States in the world today?” Only one-third, 33%, said they were satisfied. This down from 53% in February 2020 at the conclusion of Donald Trump’s presidency. It’s a wonder…
In a move that’s good news for drivers nationwide, Virginia has declared its independence from California’s latest automotive standards. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares and Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Tuesday that, starting next year, their state will comply with federal standards. “[Electric vehicle] mandates like California’s are unworkable and out of touch with reality, and…
The truth is out there. Aliens are registering and voting in American elections. For anyone who cares to see it, the truth is available in public records in election offices across the nation. But unfortunately, those who expose the truth about voting by aliens—illegal immigrants or not—are subjected to ridicule and an onslaught from the…
Whether a flag on the moon or the Stars and Stripes at Iwo Jima, boldness in service of our values has been America’s calling card since the Revolutionary War. So, it’s fitting that, on June 6, we commemorate the American and Allied heroism of 80 years ago Thursday, as our troops set out to roll back…
It’s easy to see why the Americans who served and fought during World War II are called the Greatest Generation. Driven by a profound love for America, they offered their all, including their lives, in defense of this nation. The values they fought for back in 1944 are still worth defending today. As we commemorate…
Carrie Sheffield is known within conservative journalism circles as a talented columnist and broadcaster. She is a graduate of Harvard University and a senior policy analyst at the Independent Women’s Forum, but many who have followed Sheffield’s work were surprised to learn of her harrowing childhood, detailed in her new memoir. Growing up, Sheffield attended…
The mayor of Miami has an ambitious goal—to reach a “functional zero” homeless population within his bustling city. “We reached functional zero veteran homeless, and I realized … that we could, we should, take it a step further and get to a functional zero,” says Mayor Francis Suarez, a Republican who leads Florida’s second-biggest city….
The Southern Poverty Law Center released its annual list of “hate groups” and “antigovernment extremist groups” Tuesday, and many conservatives say they are disappointed to be left out. As I wrote in my book “Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center,” the SPLC has squandered its credibility on hate. It gained…
When the elected Democrat district attorney of Manhattan and his 12 (likely Democrat) Manhattan jurors convicted Donald Trump on artificially inflated felony counts of business accounting, you could count on leftist journalists to try to make it the Most Historic Event Ever. We’re not even sure it won’t all be reversed on appeal. But “historic”…