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Kentucky’s Massie Backs Motion to Oust Speaker Johnson

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., announced on social media Tuesday that he’s co-sponsoring a motion to vacate the chair against House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La. In doing so, Massie joined the motion to vacate push against Johnson launched by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., in March. Massie is the first other Republican to back Greene in the effort. […]

House Overwhelmingly Passes Bipartisan TikTok Bill

The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to pass bipartisan legislation on the Chinese-owed app TikTok. Reps. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., and Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., introduced the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act on March 5. Gallagher and Krishnamoorthi are the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the […]

McConnell To Step Down As Senate Republican Leader

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will step down from his position in November, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. The eighty-two-year-old senator will announce the decision on Wednesday, the publication reported. He will have been the longest-serving Senate leader in United States history. “One of life’s most underappreciated talents is to know when it’s time to […]

House Votes to Impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas

The House on Tuesday voted for a second time to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after the first vote failed last week. This time, Republicans received the outcome they sought. “Tonight’s vote was a vote for law and order in our communities, and a vote to restore the rule of law at our southern […]

House Vote to Impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Fails

The House of Representatives voted Tuesday evening 214 to 216 against impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The vote on two articles of impeachment largely was along party lines, with Republicans holding 219 seats in the House and Democrats having 212 seats, plus four vacancies. (House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., was scheduled to be […]

Ohio Senate Overrides DeWine Veto to Ban Trans ‘Treatments’

The Ohio Senate voted to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s veto of House Bill 68, which will protect minors from experimental transgender treatments euphemistically referred to as “gender-affirming care” and safeguard fairness in women’s sports. The override passed the Senate 24-8 Wednesday, after passing the House of Representatives, 65-28, on Jan. 10. The clerk initially read […]

Trump Wins Overwhelming Iowa Victory

Former President Donald Trump is projected to have won a smashing victory in the Iowa Caucuses, the first in the nation contest for the 2024 presidential race. The Associated Press called the race for Trump at 8:32 p.m. ET, or Iowa’s time of 7:32 p.m. CT. Fox News reported Trump had 70.2% of the vote […]

Mike DeWine Signs Transgender Executive Order After Veto

Ohio’s Republican governor, Mike DeWine, signed an “emergency” executive order Friday banning transgender surgeries for minors, one week after he vetoed a bill that would have had a similar effect. The bill would also have banned cross-sex hormones and so-called puberty blockers for children, measures DeWine’s executive order apparently omits. The bill would also have […]

Catholic All-Girls College Reverses Trans Policy After Backlash

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL: Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, is backtracking on its decision to allow men who identify as transgender women to enroll in the formerly all-female, Catholic institution. The Daily Signal reported in November that Saint Mary’s College would allow men who identify as women to enroll at the college […]