Speaker Mike Johnson is attempting to stave off a mutiny after less than six months on the job, and his hold on the top leadership spot could hinge on a package of foreign aid bills the House planned to vote on this week. Mr. Johnson, Louisiana Republican, is facing pushback from Republicans over a broad […]
WASHINGTON — The United States on Sunday highlighted its role in helping Israel thwart Iran‘s aerial attack as President Joe Biden convened leaders of the Group of Seven countries in an effort to prevent a wider regional escalation and coordinate a global rebuke of Tehran. The U.S. assisted Israel in shooting down dozens of drones […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson told lawmakers in a “dear colleague” letter that he would bring a bill to the floor that reauthorizes the government’s most powerful spying tool, pushing them to get behind the bill that overhauls the law but does not rein in warrantless surveillance of electronic communication abroad that sometimes snares Americans. He […]
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—To comply with an executive order from President Joe Biden, the Peace Corps pushed to make its headquarters a voter registration center, upped efforts to register U.S. citizens abroad, and moved to supply multilingual voter registration forms. The Peace Corps, a federal agency, assigns volunteers to provide services and meet needs […]
Like a true socialist, Bernie Sanders is in favor of paying people people more to do less. In this case, he’s introducing a new bill that would move the United States to a 32-hour workweek but without cutting anyone’s salary in the process. The bill, titled the “Thirty-Two Hour Work Week Act,” would reduce the […]
BEIJING — China on Tuesday announced a 7.2% increase in its defense budget, which is already the world’s second-highest behind the United States at 1.6 trillion yuan ($222 billion), roughly mirroring the rise of the last year. Tensions with the U.S., Taiwan, Japan and neighbors who share claims to the crucial South China Sea are […]
Even seemingly obscure federal agencies are working to turn out more voters under President Joe Biden’s executive order on elections. The Railroad Retirement Board’s strategic plan includes calls for distributing flyers and posters; keeping metrics on directing individuals to the federal voter registration website Vote.gov; and working with an “equity team” to boost voting among […]
The push for banning all gas-powered appliances in favor of an electric hegemony is getting more ludicrous than it already was. Now, not only are elites wanting to take away our gas stoves and gas-powered cars, they’re deciding that gas-powered lawn mowers are their next victim. A recent memo by the Center for Progressive Reform […]
Almost no one who objects to electric vehicles does so because he or she has an attachment to fossil fuels. The problem with EVs is that the most affluent segment of the population has developed an obsession with them. And this, like all obsessions, had made rational thinking impossible. Fortunately, a market economy eventually forces […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops have pulled out of a village in the east of the country, an army spokesman said Monday, as Russian forces make their advantages in manpower and ammunition tell on the battlefield at the start of the war ’s third year. The latest setback for Kyiv’s soldiers was in the […]
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