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What has Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt achieved during his tenure? The Heritage Foundation’s Nick Loris joins us to break down what Pruitt’s been doing to roll back Obama-era regulations that threatened to raise car prices and violate property rights, among other issues. Plus: Why are liberals giving Jimmy Kimmel a free pass over…
It’s a scene as American as apple pie. Neighborhood children are playing together at a park. Then, as the sun starts to fade and their stomachs start to rumble, the children scatter and begin the journey back to their various homes for dinner and an evening of homework before bed. But in the age of…
How would we react upon discovering the actual number of women and girls who are used for sex, abused, and discarded like trash through prostitution, pornography, and sex trafficking? What if we could quantify the pain that sexual abuse inflicts on the women, men, and children who suffer it? What if we could calculate—and truly…
Facebook is once again under heavy fire for its seemingly insatiable appetite for slurping up and analyzing endless streams of user data. The social media giant is again playing defense over its powerful role in controlling the news that each of us sees on our Facebook feeds. Like so many other modern sites, Facebook takes…
Over the Easter weekend, news broke about a caravan of Central American migrants heading for the U.S. Led by Pueblo Sin Fronteras, the group of over 1,000 migrants was planning to enter the U.S. illegally. Some were also planning to illegally stay in Mexico. Before the problem even reached our borders, the Mexican government resolved…
I’m a military brat, along with my five siblings. My dad was a pilot in the Air Force, and being part of a shared community while living on base made for a wonderful childhood. But if there’s anything you learn from being in a big military family, it’s that educating your kids while being in…
You know why they are going after Environmental Protection Agency secretary Scott Pruitt? I can give you at least three reasons. No. 1: He has led the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle President Barack Obama’s expensive and ineffective climate legacy piece by piece. From the Clean Power Plan, which was all about Obama’s climate agenda…
The Daily Signal’s Jamie Jackson joins us today to discuss the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.—and the conversations Americans still need to have. Plus: “Fixer Upper” airs its last episode.
In the midst of Congress’ ongoing division over immigration reform, the White House confirmed Tuesday that it is developing another immigration package to be sent to Capitol Hill. One key component of this package involves closing a loophole included in the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act. Passed in 2008 and named after the…
Hidden among the budget-busting provisions of the last omnibus spending bill is an example of the swamp at its worst. It’s a renewal of a failed tax credit program that purports to subsidize low-income renters while mostly benefiting wealthy investors. The low-income housing tax credit is one of those federal programs that sounds on its…
What do rural women and girls need in order to rise above poverty? According to UN Women, the United Nations entity in charge of women’s issues, and the powerful countries that support its agenda, the answer is that they need abortion, “comprehensive sexuality education,” and reduced parental rights. These issues formed the crux of the…
I don’t mind saying that this column represents a grossly understated review of “Discrimination and Disparities,” just published by my longtime friend and colleague Thomas Sowell. In less than 200 pages, Sowell lays waste to myth after myth not only in the United States but around the globe. One of those myths is that but…
A new study into the genes of those who identify as transgender has picked up decent amount of media attention. The Times in the United Kingdom hailed what it called a genetic “discovery” with the headline “Science pinpoints DNA behind gender identity.” LGBTQ Nation ran a more inconclusive headline: “Scientists discover DNA that could be…
The following is adapted from a speech Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, delivered on April 3 at the National Border Patrol Council in Edinburg, Texas, and has been edited for length. Growing up, my dad would tell me stories about the legends of Texas history. I’d dream of fighting alongside Col. William Travis, Jim Bowie, and…
Arizona lawmakers and cosmetologists argue that an acceptable cost for a new-age hairstyle is imprisonment. And you can chalk that up to old-school protectionism. But fortunately, state Rep. Michelle Ugenti-Rita is trying to cut costs for consumers. Ask yourself, would you pay someone just to wash, dry, and style your hair for you? Many people…
Over a thousand migrants from Central America are currently making their way toward the United States southern border. Their goal? By all accounts it is to enter the U.S. illegally and seek asylum. Let’s be clear, while we are certainly sympathetic to the security crisis plaguing many in Honduras, El Salvador, and other parts of…
A dictator leaving office is always cause for celebration. So when a November 2017 coup unseated Robert Mugabe as president of Zimbabwe after he had spent 37 years blighting that country, it was impossible not to cheer. However, as I wrote last year after the coup, that elation should not tempt the U.S. into prematurely…
In a victory for American families and consumer choice, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has announced the agency will be revising aggressive fuel economy standards set in place by the Obama administration. Working with the Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the EPA will revise efficiency standards for cars and light-duty trucks…
“There is division in the American house,” President Lyndon B. Johnson told the nation on March 31 of that year, just before announcing that he would neither seek nor accept his party’s nomination for another term as president. Americans were deeply and angrily divided both over U.S. military involvement in Vietnam and over domestic race…
What should be done about the migrants heading to the U.S.? The Heritage Foundation’s David Inserra joins us to discuss refugees, immigration policy, and border security. Plus: Generation Z is finding out smartphones aren’t a cure-all.