Congress

GOP Warns of Biden, Garland Push to Meddle in 2024 Election

The Biden administration appears poised to put the government’s thumb on the scale in the 2024 election, House Republicans say.  The administration’s lack of transparency about implementing President Joe Biden’s executive order for federal agencies to help get out the vote—combined with a warning from Attorney General Merrick Garland—has sparked some concern among lawmakers.  “You […]

I Want to Make TikTok American Again – HotAir

This sounds like a script out of Hollywood — one that Steve Mnuchin himself might have produced. Here’s the pitch: A multi-billionaire with too much time on his hands decides to buy out a social-media platform to save free expression and civil rights in America. Along the way, he meets zany characters like, er, Chinese […]

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 […]

Initial Report on Jan. 6 Riot ‘Just the Beginning,’ Chair Says

The chairman of a House Administration subcommittee on oversight says an “Initial Findings Report” on the Capitol riot over three years ago, released Monday, “is just the beginning.” Since early 2023, Rep. Barry Loudermilk‘s subcommittee “has been investigating the failures at the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, which House Democrats failed to do […]

Ted Cruz Slams Biden DOJ’s Collusion With SPLC

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Conservative U.S. senators condemned President Joe Biden’s Justice Department for receiving a briefing on “hate” from the Southern Poverty Law Center, a far-left group notorious for comparing conservative organizations with the Ku Klux Klan. “It is sadly predictable that the Biden administration is echoing the anti-conservative activists at the Southern Poverty […]

Our Families Are Hurting. Our Country Can Do Better.

What follows is a lightly edited transcript of the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address, as delivered Thursday night by Sen. Katie Britt, R-Ala. Good evening, America. My name is Katie Britt, and I have the honor of serving the people of the great state of Alabama in the United States […]

Biggest Moments From Biden’s State of the Union Address

President Joe Biden discussed some of the biggest issues on the minds of Americans, from border security to abortion and the economy, in his State of the Union address Thursday night.  But what issues did Biden ignore that he should have talked about? Were there any unifying moments? And how did members of Congress in […]