Tag: Deficit

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    DHS Secretary Blasts Senator for Calling ICE Unconstitutional: ‘If You Don’t Like the Laws, YOU Can Change Them’

    Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin fired back at Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing over claims that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is lawless, dangerous, and unconstitutional. “We’re doing the job that Congress gave us the authority to do,” Mullin said. “If you don’t like the laws, you can change…
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    Will California’s Climate Goals Make Gas More Expensive? 

    The war between affordability and climate activism continues to rage on in California after a recent decision by the California Air Resources Board to update its cap-and-invest program left both environmental activists and the oil industry upset. The program was first authorized in 2006 as a way to limit greenhouse gas emissions and incentivize “major…
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    Senate Undergoes Vote-A-Rama to Pass Border Megabill

    The Senate has kicked off the long, arduous process of debating amendments on a party-line budget bill to provide $70 billion to cover immigration enforcement for the rest of President Donald Trump’s term without any Democrat support. On Wednesday afternoon, in a party-line vote, the Senate advanced what Republican leadership calls the “Secure America Act.”…
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  • opinion

    Explaining Britain’s ‘Sickly Reversed’ George Floyd Moment

    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for the Daily Signal.   There was a murder in Britain in the town of Hampshire that’s got worldwide news because it’s kind of…
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    DOJ FRAUD CHIEF: Fraudsters Should Fear a 6 A.M. Knock on the Door

    In an exclusive interview, Daily Signal legal analyst Mehek Cooke discussed with Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald why the Justice Department launched its inaugural state partnership roundtable in Ohio, how data sharing could help investigators identify fraudsters who target multiple government programs, and why other states should join the effort. This transcript has been slightly…
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  • opinion

    African Parliamentarians Gather to Defend Family and National Sovereignty

    The fourth African Regional Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family Values and Sovereignty is convening in Accra, Ghana, this week. There, parliamentarians and civil society leaders from across Africa will seek to respond to the many contemporary challenges affecting African families, cultural identity, and national sovereignty. Topping the agenda at the conference will be a discussion of…
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    Chip Roy Pushes for FACE Act Repeal

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Texas Rep. Chip Roy is pushing to repeal a law that has resulted in the imprisonment of pro-life protesters, arguing the legislation could be used to unfairly target Americans in the future. In a Tuesday letter to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., Roy called for a floor vote on…
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  • opinion

    California’s Slow Roll Vote-Counting Is an Outrage

    Americans should expect, at a minimum, to have elections that are free and fair, and results that are delivered promptly. But California is taking its laid-back reputation too far, failing to deliver its election results in a timely manner and creating the perception that they are neither free nor fair. Slothful election results have plagued California for…
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    Panic Meeting Over Platner Reveals Dems’ Need to Change the Narrative

    As the news cycle heats up with the U.S. Senate race in Maine and Democrat candidate Graham Platner, the party is searching for the right narrative. Over the weekend, The New York Times published an article detailing sexually explicit messages the candidate reportedly sent to women other than his wife while he was married. Also,…
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    Why Britain’s ‘DEI Police’ Watched a 19-Year-Old Boy Die in Front of Their Eyes

    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Victor Davis Hanson: That’s the first video I couldn’t finish. It was just sick.  To remind everybody what happened, we had…
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    What Trump Can Do to Combat Abortion ‘Tomorrow,’ According to Pro-Life Expert

    The second administration of President Donald Trump—once hailed as the most pro-life president ever—isn’t taking advantage of the opportunities presented by the Supreme Court opinion that overturned abortion precedent Roe v. Wade, a pro-life expert says. “The pro-life movement has been frustrated with the Trump administration—at least this time around—because they have so many [fewer]…
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    Florida Lawmakers Move to Block State Use of Media Rating Firms

    Florida lawmakers once again approved a provision in their budget to prohibit state agencies from contracting with advertising and marketing firms that track media outlets using rating systems. Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to sign the budget into law this month.   For the second year in a row, the Legislature opted to include the language in the state budget to combat the use of media blacklists, which often target conservative news outlets. Critics…
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    Ohio Becomes First State to Share Business Data With Feds to Hunt Fraudsters

    COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio will be the first state in the country to share its corporate registration records with the Justice Department’s new National Fraud Detection Center, as fraud scandals continue to drain taxpayer dollars nationwide. The first-of-its-kind partnership will give federal investigators immediate access to the state’s public business registration data, which could help expose shell…
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    John Bolton Expected to Plead Guilty in Classified Documents Case

    John Bolton, who served in high-ranking national security and diplomatic positions under both Presidents Donald Trump and George W. Bush, is expected to plead guilty on federal charges of retaining classified information, according to reports. CNN first reported that Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser, would plead guilty to one count of illegal retention of…
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    Top Pro-Life Group Will Give Lawmakers Failing Grade If They Don’t Extend Planned Parenthood Defund

    The pro-life advocacy group Students for Life Action says it will give lawmakers a failing grade if they let Planned Parenthood funding resume on July 4. President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” passed last summer, defunded Planned Parenthood for one year. However, the abortion giant will once again receive Medicaid reimbursements beginning on America’s…
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    Lawmakers Introduce Draft of Bill Preempting Some State AI Regulations for 3 Years

    Two House members introduced a discussion draft of a bill that develops a federal standard on artificial intelligence and preempts state limits on the development of artificial intelligence for a period of three years. Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., and Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., introduced the draft on Thursday, answering the White House’s call to develop…
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    ‘UNHINGED’: Green Screams for DHS Secretary to ‘Shut Up!’ After Labeling Him a Racist

    Rep. Al Green, best known for shaking a cane at President Donald Trump and filing several articles of impeachment, is being mocked for labeling Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin a racist, then screaming at him to “shut up” when he tried to respond. It happened Wednesday at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing, but the…
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    SCOTUS Delivers 8-1 Blow to AT&T, Verizon in $100M FCC Case

    The Supreme Court on Thursday sided 8-1 with the Federal Communications Commission against two telecom giants over a combined $100 million in fines. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority. The lone dissenter was Justice Clarence Thomas. Telecom companies AT&T and Verizon claimed the FCC violated their rights to a jury trial by issuing…
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    Dr. Oz Huddles With House Republicans Crafting Anti-Fraud Reconciliation Bill

    Dr. Mehmet Oz, who heads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, huddled with House Republicans on Wednesday to discuss anti-fraud measures, as House leadership seeks to pass a fraud-focused party-line budget bill. On Wednesday morning, House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., told reporters Oz was coming to meet with a group of House Republicans…
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  • opinion

    Louisiana Schools Wave Goodbye to Bureaucratic Red Tape

    Who would have thought education dollars were best used when actually directed toward the education of students? Attempting to follow every letter of federal regulation in education is a monumental task. School personnel spend tens of millions of hours (and dollars) each year on federal compliance. What they get in return for this investment is…
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