A federal judge has granted preliminary injunctions to 11 more states against former President Barack Obama’s Waters of the United States rule. The wave of injunctions issued Friday by U.S. District Court Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of Georgia’s Southern District, symbolizes growing opposition to the rule, Politico reported. A federal judge in North Dakota had exempted 13 other…
The following is excerpted from Trump White House press secretary Sean Spicer’s new book “Radical Nation: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’s Dangerous Plan for America.“ It is available here and elsewhere. Founded in France in 1839, the Little Sisters of the Poor is a Catholic order of nuns who operate 29 care homes across the United…
An unknown number of gunmen killed as many as 50 worshipers Sunday during Mass at St. Francis Catholic Church in Ondo, a state in southwestern Nigeria. As of Wednesday morning, no group had claimed responsibility for the massacre, nor had President Joe Biden, himself a Catholic, made public remarks on it. The White House did…
Vice President JD Vance called out European leaders in a speech Friday at the Munich Security Conference, arguing that Europeans must commit to free speech and fair elections if they are to have societies worth fighting for. “The crisis this Continent is facing, the one I believe we all face together, is one of our…
Russian propaganda and influence operations have escalated over the past decade, and have especially intensified after the invasion of Ukraine. Plain and simple, the Kremlin has declared war on the concept of objective news reporting—on the airwaves as well as on the internet. Years in the making and with a modest budget of $10 million,…
For the first time since 1959, on Thursday someone with a last name other than Castro became president of the island nation. However, as Heritage Foundation expert Ana Quintana explains to The Daily Signal, that is about the only thing that will change in the communist regime. Because Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez is the hand-picked…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is under fire after announcing tentative plans to house illegal aliens in public schools over the summer. “Our schools and educational resources should be dedicated to our children, not diverted to support unvetted migrants who are entering our country illegally,” Rep. Claudia Tenney, R-N.Y., told The Daily Signal….
The U.N. Commission on the Status of Women is wrapping up this week amid historic disagreement between delegations over what it means to be a woman. You read that right. Diplomats at the annual international meeting focused on “women’s issues” are engaged in negotiations and backroom maneuvers to avoid clearly defining what they mean by…
Who has the lowest tariffs of them all? According to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross, “Mexico and others have had very big external tariffs on many, many goods. [The] U.S. is the least protectionist country.” Peter Navarro, who is set to head the Trump administration’s new Office of Trade and Manufacturing Policy, has said:…
Anyone who has been following singer Taylor Swift since 2020 should not be remotely surprised by her endorsing Kamala Harris for president on Tuesday night. As much as some conservatives want to view Swift’s endorsement as an earth-shattering betrayal, they would do well not to look for validation in celebrity endorsements to begin with. …
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Brianna Howard says she never thought she would run for public office, but when no one else was on the ballot for mayor in her hometown of Mount Jewett, Pennsylvania, she rose to the challenge. Howard ran as a write-in candidate, won, and will serve as mayor of the town for the next four years,…
A new study by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, “Gender and Trade,” considers the impact of trade on women and notes that effective trade policy “works in tandem with domestic policy to support women’s economic empowerment.” More specifically, the report highlights the importance of market structure and institutional quality in shaping the…
What do you call it when a Hispanic Democrat like Sen. Alex Padilla plays the victim after harassing federal law enforcement? We’ve seen two examples of this apparently orchestrated charade in the last week, and I suspect we haven’t seen the last of it. The Left has capitalized on both cases, accusing the feds of…
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will recommend that the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence open an internal investigation of its Republican staffers following a damning new report from Fox News, a Department of Justice official said Tuesday. Rosenstein will request that the House general counsel conduct an internal investigation of these congressional staffers’ conduct…
Newly released Justice Department documents provide details on former special counsel Jack Smith’s subpoenas for phone records of current administration officials and members of Congress. The documents were made public shortly before a hearing by the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, titled “Arctic Frost: A Modern Watergate.” They reveal…
The COVID-19 pandemic illustrates why a lack of knowledge about China’s problems can become the world’s problems, says Rep. Steve Chabot, regarding one of the world’s most powerful, yet also most secretive and oppressive regimes. “No one fully understands what is happening in China. On the one hand, China seems to be an unstoppable juggernaut…
Vice President JD Vance spoke at The Heritage Foundation Tuesday before the private premiere of a new docuseries from Angel Studios based on author Rod Dreher’s book “Live Not by Lies: A Manual for Christian Dissidents,” which tells the story of Soviet Union-era Christian dissidents. “I would not be standing here were it not for…
The United States and Switzerland on Dec. 8 launched a new, pragmatic partnership by signing a memorandum of understanding on apprenticeships. The notable signing ceremony was attended by Swiss Federal Councilor Johann Schneider-Ammann, who is in charge of economic affairs, education, and research; the U.S. secretaries of Education, Labor, and Commerce; and first daughter Ivanka…
Maintaining a safe and reliable food supply is one of the most important concerns during the coronavirus pandemic. This includes making sure there’s enough food for Americans and that the food can get to American households. The Food and Drug Administration explained that there are no nationwide food shortages in the United States. This may seem like…