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State-sponsored Chinese hackers breached U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s computer, accessing thousands of unclassified documents in December, anonymous sources told Bloomberg on Thursday. The hackers also infiltrated computers belonging to two of Yellen’s lieutenants, Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo and Acting Under Secretary Brad Smith, the report said. The breach is the latest in a series of Chinese-linked hacking incidents targeting federal officials and agencies throughout President Joe Biden’s term. The Treasury wrote that Yellen “expressed serious concern about malicious cyber activity by [People’s Republic of China] state-sponsored actors and its impact on the bilateral relationship” in a Jan. 6 statement after the secretary met virtually with…

President Joe Biden released a statement Friday declaring that the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) “has become part of our Constitution.” Biden asserted that as of 2020, 38 states have ratified the amendment and stated it should now be recognized as “the law of the land,” according to a White House press release. The amendment is meant to ensure equal rights for men and women in the U.S., but some interpretations of the text have implied it would erase gender distinctions and grant abortion protections. “The American Bar Association (ABA) has recognized that the Equal Rights Amendment has cleared all necessary hurdles to be formally added to…

President Joe Biden’s tone was familiar during his final address to the country, as he used his brief speech to paint a  depressing picture of the future of America. The 82-year-old sat behind the Resolute desk one more time to address the nation on Wednesday, spending his 16 minutes less focused on his administration’s accomplishments and more focused on what he thought a second Trump administration could bring to America. Surrounded by the vice president, second gentleman, first lady, his son Hunter Biden and other top aides, the president warned Americans of an “oligarchy” taking place and the “real dangers”…

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Wednesday it will ban Red No. 3, a common artificial food dye linked to cancer. The dye, which the FDA banned for cosmetics and topical drugs in 1990 after it was found to promote tumor growth in rats, is widely used in hundreds of products ranging from candies to ADHD medications. The move precedes the Senate’s decision on confirming Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an opponent of food dyes, as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). “Red No. 3 is a synthetic food dye that gives foods and drinks a bright, cherry-red color ……

The Department of Defense (DOD) under President Joe Biden spent more in September than in any previous month since 2008, with some funds being used for multi-million dollar splurges on luxury items, according to an Open The Books report published Tuesday. The DOD spent a grand total of $79.1 billion in September 2024, with $33.1 billion of the amount spent within the last five working days of the fiscal year, according to the report. The sudden increase in spending at the end of the fiscal year in September often serves to keep their funding levels steady, as spending less may lead to…

A blowtorch-wielding man subdued by Los Angeles residents in a viral online video is living in the United States unlawfully despite multiple arrests and an assault conviction, federal immigration authorities confirmed. Juan Manuel Sierra, a 33-year-old Mexican national, is an illegal migrant “gotaway” who carries an extensive rap sheet with local law enforcement, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesperson stated to the Daily Caller News Foundation. Sierra is currently being held by Los Angeles police on suspicion of contributing to the wildfires that have devastated Southern California in the past several days. (RELATED: Nine Suspected Tren De Aragua Gangbangers Charged…

The Biden administration announced on Friday it will provide protections to hundreds of thousands of El Salvadoran nationals living in the United States, citing stormy weather and heavy rain that took place in the country. The roughly 234,000 El Salvadoran beneficiaries of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) will be allowed to register for an 18-month extension, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced on Friday. The move marks the latest last-minute push to extend deportation protections to illegal migrants and other foreign nationals living in the U.S before President-elect Donald Trump resumes office and gets to work on his sweeping immigration enforcement…

Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn introduced a bill Thursday to allow concealed carry license holders to carry their guns in any state. The bill, titled the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, will compel states to recognize concealed carry permits from all states as a valid certification to carry a concealed firearm, according to the bill text. A similar bill was proposed in the House in 2023 by Republican North Carolina Rep. Richard Hudson with widespread Republican support, with a Republican majority in both chambers only bolstering the law’s likelihood to pass. President-elect Donald Trump has also voiced support for the law on the campaign trail. “The…

President Joe Biden confirmed in an interview with USA Today that he is considering preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney. Following Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter (after months of insisting he would not do so), Politico reported that the president was considering pardoning those he thinks President-elect Donald Trump may target, including Fauci, Cheney and Democratic California Sen. Adam Schiff. Biden told USA Today that he has not made a decision on whether or not he will pardon them in his last 12 days in office and that it depends on who Trump appoints to his…

King Frederik X of Denmark tweaked his country’s royal coat of arms to enlarge symbols of Greenland and the Faroe Islands in December amid President-elect Donald Trump’s overtures to acquire the Danish territory. The king revised the coat of arms, which for 500 years featured three crowns representing an historic union between Denmark, Sweden and Norway, to remove the crowns entirely, according to a statement from Denmark’s Royal House. The new design enlarges two symbols — a ram for the Faroe Islands and a polar bear for Greenland — to occupy their own quadrants. The design update follows Frederik X’s insistence during…

President-elect Donald Trump announced a $20 billion foreign investment in new data centers Tuesday. The pronouncement came during Trump’s pre-inauguration press conference at Mar-A-Lago, his second since his November victory. The $20 billion investment will come from Billionaire Hussain Sajwani, a Trump associate and founder of the property development company DAMAC Properties. (RELATED: ‘Amazing Idea’: Scott Jennings Says Buying Greenland Would Be ‘A Great Legacy Piece’ For Donald Trump) “The Trump Data Center announcement today is his agenda coming to life before he even takes office,” former Republican Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz wrote on X Tuesday. “Data centers use lots of energy. They go where energy is…

McDonald’s announced Monday it is abandoning some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, joining a growing list of major companies to cast the policies aside amid intense public scrutiny. The fast food chain’s announcement stated it is “retiring” “aspirational representation goals,” rebranding the company’s diversity team as the “Global Inclusion Team,” and nixing diversity pledges for its suppliers. The company noted that it will remain “steadfast” in upholding “inclusion” across its business. “As we start the New Year and set our ambitions for McDonald’s, we want to also update you on our accomplishments embedding inclusion throughout our system and highlight…

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his plans to resign from office Monday in the wake of a public dispute with President-elect Donald Trump and plummeting popularity among even those in his own party. The decision comes in the wake of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s resignation, which was prompted in part by Trudeau’s spat with Trump over tariff policy. He ends his nine-year tenure as PM with a 33% approval rating, with citizens citing cost of living and immigration anxieties as top issues, according to an Ipsos poll taken in September. The liberal prime minister clarified that he will remain in the top post until another leader…

Pope Francis on Monday appointed a new cardinal with a liberal track record to head the archdiocese of Washington, D.C. Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego, who was selected to lead the archdiocese, has previously criticized President-elect Donald Trump’s stance on immigration, advocating for the country to admit more migrants and has expressed support for several left-wing policies within the Church. Cardinal McElroy will replace the outgoing cardinal in the diocese and will remain in the position throughout Trump’s presidency. The Pope announced that he accepted the resignation of Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, the current cardinal in D.C. who is now 77,…

First lady Jill Biden collected tens of thousands of dollars in gifts from foreign leaders throughout 2023, according to documents released by the State Department. Throughout 2023, the president and his wife were presented with thousands of dollars of gifts from foreign leaders, with the first lady receiving the most expensive gift of the year, a $20,000 diamond, according to annual accounting documents released by the State Department. The 7.5 carat diamond was a gift from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Other pricey gifts the first lady received include a $2,000 Eye of Horus necklace, an Egyptian Wood Inlaid Shell Purse, as well as a…

A costly dockworkers’ strike could ignite just days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, presenting the Republican’s administration with a major domestic challenge on day one. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), which represents 47,000 workers, is planning to strike on Jan. 15 after a short three-day strike in October, where the union secured a 62% pay raise over six years from United States Maritime Alliance (USMX). However, negotiations concerning port automation with shipping companies continue to stall, and industry giant Maersk said there have been no new developments, according to Bloomberg Tuesday. “The conditional agreement on wages is set to expire on January…

New York is poised to fine energy companies billions of dollars in the name of fighting climate change under a new law that will likely make life more costly for ordinary consumers. Democratic New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill S2129B on Thursday, enacting a law that will require energy companies to cough up $75 billion to the state over 25 years to atone for their supposed roles in causing climate change. Aside from standing on questionable legal footing, the new law essentially amounts to a state revenue grab that will ultimately increase costs for consumers if fully implemented, according to energy and legal experts.…

After taking heavy losses from Israeli forces, Hamas is now picking fights with the Palestinian Authority (PA) as its manpower continues to dwindle, according to The Wall Street Journal. Gaza-based Islamic terrorist organization Hamas and the PA, which governs much of the West Bank, have been ramping up fighting over the course of December, according to the WSJ Wednesday. The renewed fighting between Hamas and the PA comes during a period of high losses and bloodshed, with Israeli authorities claiming to have killed over half of the terrorist group’s total fighters since the start of the war, along with pressures to negotiate peace by an incoming Trump…

A little-known environmental provision in the fiscal year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) has no impact on military operations, but will instead serve to “protect the native vegetation,” a Navy spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation in a statement Tuesday. The nearly $884 billion defense bill passed by the U.S. Senate Wednesday includes an initiative to “manage, control and interdict the coconut rhinoceros beetle” — an invasive species of insect that bore holes into the canopies of palm trees — “on military installations in Hawaii.” By the Navy’s own admission, the initiative’s purpose is to preserve vegetation, and thus is effectively unrelated…

The U.S. launched a probe into China’s semiconductor industry on Monday with just weeks remaining in President Joe Biden’s term. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)’s office announced it was launching an investigation into China’s “acts, policies, and practices related to targeting of the semiconductor industry for dominance.” China largely dominates the semiconductor market, with Chinese semiconductors being used in various applications such as industrial machinery and military equipment. China uses “extensive anti-competitive and non-market means, including setting and pursuing market share targets, to achieve indigenization and self-sufficiency,” the U.S. alleges. The announcement also accused China of certain policies and practices “undermining the competitiveness of American industry and…

President-elect Donald Trump threatened in a Truth Social post Friday to impose tariffs on the European Union (EU) unless the bloc increases the purchases of U.S. oil and gas. “I told the European Union that they must make up their tremendous deficit with the United States by the large scale purchase of our oil and gas. Otherwise, it is TARIFFS all the way!!!” Trump posted around 1 a.m. Friday morning. https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/113683654440040843/embed The EU did not directly address the threat, but a European Commission spokesperson noted the bloc was ready to discuss its trade relationship with the United States. “The EU…

Despite having one more month left in office, President Joe Biden has been radio silent as Congress scrambles to put a government funding deal together. Negotiations over government funding stalled earlier in the week after President-elect Donald Trump came out in opposition to House Speaker Mike Johnson’s first bill. Yet, the second plan, this time endorsed by the president-elect, failed Thursday with 38 Republicans voting against it. While Trump governs outside the Oval Office, the current president has not given public remarks, issued a statement or spoke with reporters about the situation as of Friday morning. (RELATED: The Craziest Things Congress Snuck Into Its Pork-Packed…

Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa introduced legislation Thursday that would send nearly a third of the federal employees out of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The bill, known as the ‘Decentralizing and Reorganizing Agency Infrastructure Nation-wide To Harness Efficient Services, Workforce Administration, and Management Practices (DRAIN THE SWAMP) Act, is far more sweeping than the “Returning SBA to Main Street Act,” legislation introduced by Ernst Dec. 12 that focused on the Small Business Administration (SBA). Ernst told the Daily Caller News Foundation that the move would improve services for Americans while saving billions of taxpayer dollars. (RELATED: Joni Ernst Introduces Bill To Ship…

Retailer T.J. Maxx and automaker Kia are listed as co-sponsors of a program that distributes LGBTQ-themed books to K-12 schools across the U.S., according to a Wednesday report from conservative nonprofit Consumers’ Research obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The initiative, titled the Rainbow Library, is run by national LGBTQ+ activist organization the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), and sends participating teachers books that push transgenderism and homosexuality onto kids as young as five, Consumers’ Research found. Over 8,100 schools in 33 states nationwide participate in the program. (RELATED: GLSEN: An Instrumental Organization Responsible For Infiltrating Schools With LGBT Ideology)…

Then-national climate adviser Gina McCarthy appears to have met directly with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in 2021 to urge him to ease up on a Chinese solar company linked to slave labor, according to documents obtained by Protect the Public’s Trust, a government watchdog group. A pre-meeting primer prepared for Mayorkas by staff to get him ready to meet with McCarthy in June 2021 states that McCarthy would “likely discuss the concerns the solar industry has regarding the Department’s enforcement posture on solar products, particularly with regard to Hoshine Silicon Products Company.” The meeting, which McCarthy requested, was…

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson’s record slim majority could face greater division following a GOP lawmaker’s announcement that she will not be caucusing with House Republicans for the foreseeable future. Republican Indiana Rep. Victoria Spartz, who won reelection in November after initially deciding to not seek a third term, announced her exit from the House Republican Caucus in a post on X on Monday evening, citing her discontent with House Republican leadership. “I will stay as a registered Republican but will not sit on committees or participate in the caucus until I see that Republican leadership in Congress is governing,” Spartz wrote on…

President Joe Biden will sign a proclamation Monday establishing a national monument in honor of former Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins — a registered socialist and key architect of the New Deal. A March 2024 executive order claimed “women’s history is vastly underrepresented in our National Park System” and mandated action to “strengthen the Federal Government’s recognition of women’s history and the achievements of women and girls from all backgrounds.” As part of this effort, the Biden-Harris administration will now establish a monument to Perkins at the site of her childhood summer home in Maine that will honor her 12 years as…

A notable critic of President-elect Donald Trump appears to be gearing up to oppose key parts of the incoming administration’s foreign policy agenda despite America First’s electoral mandate. Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell is going on offense against the president-elect’s foreign policy worldview, calling on Trump to reject America First’s right’s so-called “flirtation with isolation and decline” in an essay published in Foreign Affairs on Monday. The former Senate Republican leader is also urging the administration to embrace many foreign policy positions that Trump notably rejected during the campaign, including issuing support for additional foreign aid and free trade agreements, solidarity with…

San Diego County doubled down on its existing sanctuary policy by voting to further restrict local cooperation with federal immigration authorities, even in cases where migrants have been charged with “heinous crimes.” In a 3-1 vote on Tuesday, members of the Democrat-controlled San Diego County Board of Supervisors voted to further restrict local law enforcement’s ability to assist or communicate with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents operating in the jurisdiction, which could include instances where a migrant has been charged with rape, assault, child abuse or other serious crimes. (RELATED: Trump Could Finally Put To Rest One Of Immigration’s Thorniest Issues)…

The U.S. Army fired a four-star general for abusing his authority by giving an under-qualified female subordinate promotions and special treatment, according to a report from the Army Inspector General obtained by Military.com Tuesday. Gen. Charles Hamilton gave a subordinate officer, who had been found unfit for command, a leadership role with the help of Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George and Lieutenant General Walter Piatt, according to the report. Hamilton is the first four-star general to be fired in 20 years. “This was an abuse of authority, from Hamilton [to] the chief,” one general officer who was involved in the command…

A Michigan group received federal funds for a “family therapy” program that instructs parents to affirm their child’s gender confusion — and enlists public school districts in the effort. A nearly $1.3 million federal grant awarded in early 2024 to Arbor Circle, a resource center that offers counseling and support for youth 10-18 who identify as LGBTQ, states that Kent County and Ottawa County school districts will partner with the organization to promote its Supportive Assistance for Families and LGBTQI+ Youth (SAFLY) program. Arbor Circle’s SAFLY program provides LGBTQ-identifying youth and their families with “counseling and support programs that aim to reduce rejection and…

Reporters bombarded White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre at a Friday briefing about the pardoning of Hunter Biden despite herself and President Joe Biden promising his son would not receive one from his father. The president formally issued a “full and unconditional” pardon for his son on Sunday that relieved him of any conviction, potential crime or pending case from Jan. 1, 2014 to Dec. 1, 2024. Several reporters asked whether Biden or Jean-Pierre owe the press or the American people an apology, how the president can ever be trusted again and how this decision came about. The Associated Press White House…

A judge on Friday ruled that the U.S. Naval Academy is allowed to continue to use race as a factor in its admissions process. U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett determined that the Naval Academy does not fall afoul of the Supreme Court’s June 2023 ruling to strike down affirmative action in college admissions because the Naval Academy is not a civilian university, but instead a part of the military and generally under the purview of the executive branch. Bennett opined that “military and civilian leaders have determined that a racially diverse officer corps is a national security interest” in his ruling. Students…

Police arrested a Florida teacher after he was allegedly found naked in an elementary school classroom on Thanksgiving Day. Port St. Lucie Police Department (PSLPD) officers responded Nov. 28 to a call at Windmill Point Elementary School after an alarm was triggered, indicating a burglary, according to WPBF 25 News. Responders left the scene after finding no signs of a break-in but were later called back to the scene after the sheriff’s deputy, who lives on campus, called for help. Joe Urias, a teacher at Somerset College Preparatory Academy, was allegedly found naked inside the school, the outlet reported. Police said they discovered multiple items in the…

Several cryptocurrency stocks gained, while bitcoin surged ahead, following President-elect Donald Trump’s Wednesday announcement nominating Paul Atkins as chair to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), according to multiple reports. The premarket trading session on Thursday revealed “substantial gains” for multiple companies with exposure to cryptocurrency, according to Investing.com. Riot Platforms saw a 6% uptick in its shares, Bit Digital’s shares increased by 5%, MARA Holdings’ stock climbed by 5% and MicroStrategy saw a 8% increase in shares, according to data collected by Investing.com. Bitcoin, the first and most widely traded cryptocurrency, topped $100,000 for the first time ever late Wednesday following Atkins’ SEC…

Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson compared child sex change bans to interracial marriage prohibitions on Wednesday. Jackson made the remarks during a hearing for United States v. Skrmetti, a case considering whether Tennessee’s law banning medical procedures intended to enable “minor[s] to identify with, or live as, a purported identity inconsistent with the minor’s sex,” violates the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. She likened the current issue to the 1967 Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court case that reversed Virginia’s rule barring interracial marriage. (RELATED: Private Footage Reveals Leading Medical Org’s Efforts To ‘Normalize’ Gender Ideology) LISTEN: https://rumble.com/embed/v5tr7c5/?pub=4 “What was most interesting about the potential comparison to Loving is that…

The Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario (HRTO) fined the mayor of the small Canadian town of Emo, Ontario, $5,000 after he refused to proclaim June as Pride Month and fly the pride flag. HRTO fined the township itself $10,000 after its refusal to participate in the rite and declining to fly a “LGBTQ2 rainbow flag” outside their municipal building, according to their decision. The town, which is situated near the border with Minnesota, is home to 1,300 souls. https://twitter.com/FoxNews/status/1863373123166368246?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1863373123166368246%7Ctwgr%5E10d24601acaed4f22408fdf61f28730d3c20af51%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2024%2F12%2F02%2Fcanada-emo-mayor-fine-pride-month-flag-human-rights-tribunal-ontario%2F HRTO ordered officials from the township to undergo “human rights” training for their alleged violation of the Ontario Human Rights Code, the decision reads.…

President-elect Donald Trump released a statement Monday on social media warning Middle East leaders and terrorists about the consequences they could face if hostages from the Israel-Hamas war are not released before Inauguration Day. While some hostages taken over a year ago by the terrorist group have been released, 101 people are still in Gaza, with seven reportedly being U.S. citizens, according to Fox News. In a post on Truth Social, Trump warned there will be “hell to pay” for those perpetrating “atrocities against humanity.” (RELATED: Millions In Taxpayer Funds Went Towards Programs Taught By Professors Who Fan Flames Of Anti-Israel Protests) “Everybody is talking…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he agreed to a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah on Tuesday. Israel and Hezbollah have been locked in conflict since October 2023, and hostilities between the two have only risen in recent months. Netanyahu announced on Tuesday he would press his security cabinet to agree to the current ceasefire deal on the table, noting that Israel’s priorities in the ongoing Middle East conflict have shifted. (RELATED: Ukraine And Russia Scramble To Make Territorial Gains In Anticipation That Trump Will Push For Peace Deal) “I have said many times that a good agreement is an agreement that can be enforced,…

Criminal illegal migrants continue to be apprehended in Massachusetts as the state’s Democratic leaders make clear their opposition to President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda. In the span of less than a week, deportation officers arrested three different illegal migrants in Massachusetts either accused of raping a child or convicted of raping a child, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced in a slate of press releases on Wednesday. The arrests took place across a state that limits local law enforcement’s ability to cooperate with ICE agents. (RELATED: Judge Hands Illegal Migrant Convicted Of Killing Laken Riley Life Sentence Without Parole) Deportation…

A handful of pediatricians who perform sex-change procedures on children led a successful pressure campaign to push a major transgender medical organization to remove age minimums for life-altering sex-change surgeries from its clinical guidance, according to emails exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Emails reveal the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) asked just four doctors — all of whom are considered leaders in the field of pediatric sex changes and have performed various transgender procedures — to review and provide feedback on an embargoed copy of the World Professional Association of Transgender Health’s (WPATH) clinical guidance, called the Standards…

Thousands of American kids are being sent to camps run by a Chinese influence and intelligence agency that promote Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda and even train some children to act like “Little Overseas Chinese Police,” a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered. The Chinese government advertises the “Root-Seeking Summer Camp In China” as an opportunity for ethnically Chinese children living in the U.S. and other countries to immerse themselves in Chinese language and culture. However, a DCNF review of Chinese government announcements and the program’s website discovered the camps are overseen by a Chinese influence and intelligence service. The program not only exposes participants as young as 10…

Dozens of investment advisors warned America’s biggest corporations Friday that their diversity programs will be a liability under the incoming Trump administration. Americans “overwhelmingly rejected the ideological takeover of political and civic life by narrow-minded identity politics” in the Nov. 5 election, a coalition of 38 financial officers wrote in letters warning companies that the new administration will “hasten the demise of DEI.” “You stand at an important crossroads,” the letter states. “Either you can heed the voice of the American people—your shareholders, customers, and employees—or you can bow to fringe activists who demand that you double down on a failing ideology.” Companies scored…

Sanctuary jurisdictions have freed tens of thousands of criminal migrants during President Joe Biden’s time in the White House, federal law enforcement data show. Sanctuary cities and other localities across the U.S. have freed more than 22,000 criminal migrants wanted by federal immigration authorities since January 2021, according to data from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) obtained by the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). The numbers pertain to ICE detainer requests ignored by local law enforcement agencies, instances when the enforcement agency provided insufficient notice to ICE or early releases of migrants subjected to detainer requests. (RELATED: Rand Paul Says He’ll Bring Back…

Republican South Dakota Sen. John Thune won a three-way race to lead Senate Republicans’ 53-seat majority for the first two years of President-elect Donald Trump’s second term. Thune defeated Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn in the second round of voting, with 29 senators supporting Thune and 24 voting for Cornyn. The vote was conducted by secret ballot and required the winning candidate to surpass a 27-vote threshold. Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida received 13 votes in the first round — the least amount among the three hopefuls — and was eliminated before the second round of voting. (RELATED: ‘Kind Of A Longshot’: Brit Hume…

The Guardian announced Wednesday that they will no longer post from their editorial accounts on X, formerly known as Twitter, because tech mogul Elon Musk allegedly made it a “toxic media platform.” The outlet claimed in a Wednesday editorial that the platform contains “disturbing content” that includes so-called “conspiracy theories” and “racism.” The editorial team has decided to promote their content elsewhere to avoid Musk’s alleged ability to “shape political discourse.” “We wanted to let readers know that we will no longer post on any official Guardian editorial accounts on the social media site X (formerly Twitter),” the editorial reads. “We think…

President Joe Biden skipped the candy and went straight for the baby Wednesday night when he appeared to bite multiple infants dressed up for the annual Halloween celebration at the White House. Viral video shows the president appear to chomp on a child wearing a chicken costume at the Biden family’s last trick-or-treat event at the White House. Theme music from the movie “Jaws” was heard playing as the baby, held by a woman wearing a long red dress, squirmed after Biden bowed his head and made contact. https://twitter.com/EndWokeness/status/1851773525100761184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1851773525100761184%7Ctwgr%5E5ff806d87e9b92294701507ec1bac38df7c41868%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2024%2F10%2F31%2Fsocial-media-biden-bites-multiple-babies-dressed-in-costumes-white-house-halloween%2F “President Trump is mingling with garbage men at his rally in Wisconsin. Meanwhile,…

Lobbyists working on behalf of foreign nations are cutting large checks to help Democrats win two competitive Senate seats, records show. Maryland, a traditionally blue state made competitive by the candidacy of popular Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan, and Arizona, a core swing state, have both seen an influx of cash from registered foreign agents ahead of election day, disclosures show. Democrats are taking home the majority of these foreign agent contributions, with Rep. Ruben Gallego, the Democratic nominee in Arizona, bringing in well over ten times more cash from foreign agents than Republican nominee Kari Lake. In Maryland, Democratic Senate…

Ford Motor Company lost another $1.2 billion on electric vehicles (EV) in the third quarter, according to a Monday press release. The company’s net income also fell to $0.9 billion, down $0.3 billion from the third quarter of 2023, according to the press release. The loss was largely due to a $1 billion charge related to EVs, according to the release. Ford’s earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) for the full year is expected to be around $9 billion for Ford Pro, while Model e, the company’s EV division, is expected to have a loss of about $5 billion for the whole…

After spending nearly $2 billion on air defense systems in the Middle East alone, the U.S. is reportedly running low on its stockpiles for the weaponry, U.S. officials told The Wall Street Journal. Ukraine and Israel — along with a host of other U.S. allies — have been in urgent need of American weapons systems amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and Israel’s war with Hamas and other terrorist groups in the Middle East. But the U.S. is reportedly struggling to keep up with demand and is starting to run out of air defense missile variants, a problem that could become even worse should…

Espionage, illegal immigration and other illicit activities linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have increased dramatically under the Biden-Harris administration, according to a House report exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. A “China Threat Snapshot” released Thursday by the House Committee On Homeland Security’s Subcommittee On Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, And Intelligence, details 59 “CCP-related” criminal cases that occurred in 20 U.S. states between February 2021 and August 2024. The cases listed within the committee’s report involve a variety of alleged criminal activities including bribery, hacking and theft of trade secrets. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Tim Walz Appointed Member Of Political…

John was out shopping for his youngest son’s birthday in July 2021 when he received a panicked call from his wife. A state child welfare worker and police officers were at their home, trying to take away their autistic son. The social worker claimed the Christian family’s refusal to affirm his apparently newfound sexual orientation was child abuse. John raced home in time to record a video of the harrowing encounter. “I’m going to take the child with me,” Edwina Nimley, a casework specialist for the Maryland Department of Human Services, can be heard saying in a video of the incident reviewed by…

Vice President Kamala Harris’ senior campaign advisor David Plouffe said Sunday the Democratic Party’s panic over the close race with former President Donald Trump is a result of polling that showed a false lead. Pollsters and pundits have warned about the tightening polls as November approaches, with reports claiming people within the party are growing “nervous,” according to CNN. Co-host Dan Pfeiffer asked Plouffe on “Pod Save America” if he was concerned about the race and whether it had “changed” in recent weeks, to which Plouffe responded that Harris has consistently been tied with Trump in the polls. “So I know for all of us that want to…

An anti-sex trafficking activist claims that the trafficking of migrant girls has exploded since the beginning of the Biden-Harris administration, according to a Monday report from the Free Press. A woman who identified herself as “Lisa” and runs a non-profit organization dedicated to dismantling sex trafficking rings said that the number of girls being trafficked has drastically changed in just the past few years as open border policies have made it easier for criminals to operate in the U.S., according to a report by the Free Press. The claims follow hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) from Latin America entering…

A massive influx in non-English speaking students in Pennsylvania is overwhelming school districts across the state, and the logistical strain on administrators could be leaving other students behind. The number of English Language Learners (ELL) in school districts in Pennsylvania has surged nearly 40% since 2021, forcing public schools to shell out more cash to try and meet the needs of these students, according to documents obtained via records requests and open-source information reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The surge for many schools began in the 2021-2022 academic school year, coinciding with the onset of the Biden-Harris administration…

The infamous Russian “Merchant of Death” who was released from custody by the Biden administration in a 2022 prisoner swap is back in the arms trade game and selling to a Middle East-based terrorist group, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. The arms dealer, Viktor Bout, was given back to Russia as part of a deal with Moscow for the release of American WNBA star Brittney Griner. Bout has since joined a Russian political party and won a seat in a local assembly in 2023, but has also been involved in at least one round of negotiations in August with the…

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in September that it would be reducing certain Medicare prescription drug premiums in what experts who spoke to the Daily Caller News Foundation called a ploy to buy votes before the November election. Enrollees in the Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit are slated to have lower average monthly premiums for their pharmaceutical drugs next year due to the Biden-Harris administration pouring billions into subsidies for insurers, with premiums set to fall $7.45 from $53.95 in 2024 to $46.50 in 2025, according to a CMS press release. The move by the Biden-Harris administration is a…

An organization under investigation by the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation received financial backing from a group of Democratic donors, according to The Associated Press. Patriots Run Project, a group that an AP investigation found is backed by Democratic firms, has recruited conservatives to run against Republicans in competitive House and Senate races. The AP concluded that the recruits, most of whom were retired or disabled, are likely intended to serve as spoiler candidates to worsen the GOP’s odds of retaining the House and flipping the Senate in November. “Whether it’s congressional or presidential races, this kind of activity is a real problem and it undermines the functioning of…

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) lax information requirements for recipients of the Biden-Harris administration’s home energy rebates have left the initiative prone to fraud and abuse, according to a report released Monday. President Joe Biden’s 2022 Inflation Reduction Act appropriated roughly $4.3 billion in grants for states to implement tax rebate programs with the aim of encouraging consumers to buy electric appliances. Now, a report by the DOE’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has found the department’s State and Community Energy Program (SCEP) Office responsible for distributing the grants to U.S. states and territories failed to require states to independently confirm applicant income…

Democratic Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz’s Department of Education and Department of Veterans Affairs held programs segregated by race and sexuality during his tenure as Minnesota governor. Under Walz, Minnesota’s Department of Veterans Affairs between 2022 and 2023 advertised a series of training sessions to racial minority veterans on how to address homelessness among those who had served in the armed forces, specifically focusing on veterans who identified as “BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ and/or [a] woman,” according to materials first reported by the Washington Free Beacon. Walz’s Department of Education, meanwhile, held “restorative justice” trainings in 2022, with one session explicitly barring white people…

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump accused Vice President Kamala Harris of copying his philosophy because she had no policy proposals during Tuesday night’s debate. Trump said during the ABC News debate that Harris is “a Marxist” who will govern far to the left despite campaigning to the political center and even adopting some of the same policies he holds. He warned the vice president will destroy the U.S. if she is elected president. “She has no policy. Everything that she believed three years ago and four years ago is out the window. She’s going to my philosophy now, in fact,…

President Joe Biden touted offshore wind’s “progress” on his watch on Thursday despite the fact that the industry has struggled considerably with elevated inflation and interest rates. Biden released an official statement Thursday celebrating his administration’s tenth approval of an offshore wind development and touting signature policies that have incentivized developers to build new projects. However, Biden neglected to mention that the industry writ large has been plagued by high inflation, elevated interest rates, logistical snares and supply chain snags, all of which have combined to help force developers to postpone or cancel projects, or attempt to renegotiate key contracts. “When I came into office, the United States had zero approved offshore…

A man arrested for obstruction of justice and acting as an unregistered foreign agent in New York City has been photographed attending events with a Democratic congresswoman as far back as 2014, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation found. Lu Jianwang was charged in April 2023 with conspiring to act as an agent of China and other crimes related to operating an illegal police station out of a New York City-based nonprofit called the America Changle Association. Yet, before he was charged, Lu Jianwang had a long history of rubbing elbows with New York Democratic Rep. Grace Meng at events in Washington,…

A Florida woman woke up early Saturday morning to an illegal migrant sexually assaulting her while she was sleeping in a vehicle, according to authorities. The unidentified woman was sleeping in a friend’s car with her boyfriend in Deerfield Beach, Florida, when she awoke to a man penetrating her vagina with two fingers, according to Broward County court documents.  She was laying down on the passenger seat when she observed him moving his fingers in and out of her vagina under her black skirt. Upon realizing what was happening, she yelled at the man and proceeded to hit him with a stick…

Ford Motors announced Wednesday that it is walking back several of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies, making it the latest of a number of U.S. corporations to revoke similar measures. Ford vowed to stop participating in “external culture surveys,” such as the Human Rights Campaign’s [HRC] Corporate Equality Index, promised it does not “use hiring quotas or tie compensation to the achievement of specific diversity goals” and said it would not use quotas regarding “minority dealerships or suppliers,” according to an internal memo sent to employees and obtained by conservative activist Robby Starbuck. The company is “mindful that…

Vice President Kamala Harris proposed raising the child tax credit (CTC) for families with newborns Friday, despite voting against a bill that doubled the credit in 2017 under then-President Donald Trump. In addition to a variety of reductions in corporate and personal income tax rates, the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) raised the child tax credit from $1,000 to $2,000, and increased the maximum qualifying income from $75,000 to $200,000 for single filers and from $110,000 to $400,000 for married couples. Less than 7 years after voting against the TCJA, Harris has made boosting the credit one of her core economic policy proposals, proposing to raise the benefit…

Federal immigration authorities in Massachusetts, a state that has spent millions to house migrants, are on track to process a record number of deportation cases, Boston 25 reported. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has filed over 44,000 new deportation cases in Massachusetts courts during the first nine months of fiscal year 2024, according to Boston 25. Should this pace continue, the total number of filings in the state could reach nearly 59,000 by the end of the fiscal year — surpassing the 54,000 deportation cases seen the previous fiscal year, which was the biggest number of new filings in the state…

The Biden administration locked in a gas stove rule on Monday after insisting that it is not trying to ban gas stoves, rejecting efforts by opposed organizations to nix the rule. The Department of Energy’s (DOE) efficiency rule for gas stoves, announced in January, will come into effect as expected in January 2028, according to a Monday entry in the Federal Register. The finalized rule is less stringent than a 2023 proposal that was subsequently abandoned, and nuance in the rulemaking process allowed for the agency to walk back parts of the regulation if it received a significant volume of negative public comments on the docket, according to…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – By Philip Lenczycki on June 17, 2024 A private social network run by a self-identified Chinese government agent provides illegal immigrants with resources to get into the U.S. and evade border authorities, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation discovered. The American Self-Guided Tour Channel is a Chinese-language group with over 8,000 members on the encrypted instant messaging platform Telegram that serves as both a forum for discussing Chinese illegal immigration and a hub for documents detailing specific routes to the U.S., a DCNF review of the channel found. Documents in the Telegram channel translated by the DCNF identify U.S. border wall gaps, instruct Chinese…

President Joe Biden has pledged to install 500,000 public electric vehicle (EV) chargers around the U.S. by 2030, but logistical hurdles may be too much to overcome. The Biden administration landed $7.5 billion to build out a network of public EV charging stations around the country in the bipartisan infrastructure package of 2021, but those funds have only led to a handful of operational charging stations to date. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg reaffirmed the administration’s goal to build 500,000 chargers with the money by 2030 during a May television appearance on CBS News, but challenges like adding transmission lines, navigating the permitting process and coordinating with…

The Daily Caller News Foundation Kate Anderson on September 26, 2023 Almost half of parents turning to homeschooling today say they are concerned about their children being “influenced by liberal viewpoints,” according to a Washington Post and George Mason University poll released Tuesday. The number of American families that are homeschooling saw a significant spike following the COVID-19 pandemic, with one study finding that the number had risen by 30% during the 2021-2022 school year, according to the Urban Institute. A new poll found that, when asked why they decided to homeschool, 46% of families replied that they were worried that “local public schools” are…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Frank Lasee on September 26, 2023 National Lobster Day is a good time to look at what Bidenomics is going to do to lobsters and the $400 million lobster industry. And it isn’t good. It isn’t good for electric users’ budgets either. Biden’s 30 GWs of offshore wind is catering to the left’s rush to “end fossil fuels” (which provide 80% of our energy) is wrongheaded. It is part of a costly, unnecessary, not well-thought-out transition to part-time, weather dependent, middle ages technology. Only a fool ends their primary energy or food source before…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Mary Lou Masters on September 12, 2023 House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is planning to tell House Republicans that there is enough evidence to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden over his involvement in his son Hunter’s foreign business dealings. McCarthy is expected to inform House Republicans in a private session on Thursday that the “logical next step” in the House GOP’s investigation into the Bidens is to bring an impeachment inquiry against the president, Punchbowl News first reported. In the meeting, Republican House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan of Ohio and Republican House…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jennie Taer on September 12, 2023 The U.S.-Mexico border is the deadliest land route for migrants worldwide, according to a United Nations International Organization Of Migration (IOM) report released Tuesday. There were 686 deaths and disappearances of migrants on the US-Mexico border in 2022, according to the report. That year also saw the highest level of illegal immigration across the southern border, when federal authorities recorded roughly 2.2 million encounters, according to the Congressional Research Service. “These alarming figures are a stark reminder of the need for decisive action by States,” Michele Klein Solomon,…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Nick Pope on August 30, 2023 A Danish offshore wind company with major projects in the U.S. has taken huge losses Wednesday after warning about its so-far unsuccessful effort to get more federal subsidies, according to Reuters. Orsted stated Tuesday that it anticipates that its three developments in U.S. waters may be $2.3 billion less valuable than anticipated, in part because the firm is having trouble receiving more tax credits from the Biden administration, according to Reuters. Other problems the firm’s projects face include supply chain backups and rising interest rates that make refinancing…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jennie Taer on August 30, 2023 Three illegal migrants from Mexico assaulted a Border Patrol agent along the northern border on Aug. 20, according to an Instagram post from Swanton sector Chief Robert Garcia. The three illegal migrants crossed the northern border from Canada illegally before assaulting the agent near Churubusco, New York, according to Garcia’s post. Border Patrol agents in the Swanton sector, which includes areas of New York, Vermont and New Hampshire have made more than 4,900 arrests of illegal migrants from 68 countries between October 2022 and July, amounting to more…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – By Jennie Taer on August 16, 202 https://twitter.com/JennieSTaer/status/1691972541257007194?s=20 The state of Maine has become a breeding ground for Chinese illegal marijuana grows worth billions of dollars, according to a federal memo obtained exclusively by the Daily Caller News Foundation. There are 270 suspected Chinese illegal marijuana grow operations in Maine worth an estimated $4.37 billion, according to the memo. “There are hundreds of these operations occurring throughout the state. It’s upsetting to those who live near these operations, and even those who are following Maine laws and procedures,” Penobscot County Sheriff Troy Morton told…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Brandon Poulter on August 14, 2023 Colleges and universities have started implementing questions about identity in admissions essays following the Supreme Court’s ban on race-based admissions, according to multiple admissions websites reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. Essays from more than two dozen schools are asking questions about identity and “lived experience” and asking students to discuss how their life was shaped by those things, according to The New York Times. Last year these essays asked questions such as what students like to read and what volunteering students have done, but after the Supreme Court’s ruling…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Mary Lou Masters on August 15, 2023 Republicans launched an organization Tuesday to advocate for continued financial support of Ukraine in the war against Russian aggression, according to a press release. GOP Strategist Sarah Longwell and commentator Bill Kristol will head Republicans for Ukraine, which unveiled its $2 million campaign to encourage party voters and politicians to stand with the nation, according to the press release. The organization will run digital ads of Republican voters’ testimony about why they believe the party should continue providing aid to Ukraine on cable, television and YouTube throughout the remainder of…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Kate Anderson on August 15, 2023 Texas is looking to regain millions of dollars in Medicaid payments from the abortion provider giant Planned Parenthood in a hearing that is set for Tuesday. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is currently suspended due to accusations of corruption while in office, filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood in 2022 to obtain at least $10 million in Medicaid reimbursements for the previous four years after Texas kicked the organization off of its state program, according to The Associated Press. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who ruled against the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Reagan Reese on August 13, 2023 In July, California’s Senate Bill 596, which would make it a misdemeanor for “any parent, guardian or other person” to cause “substantial disorder” at any public or charter school board meeting, continued to move through the committee. The bill aims to criminalize parents and will scare them into silence, California parental rights advocates told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Criminalizing contest and dissent in local school districts manufactures false accusations of disorderly conduct when concerned parents exercise their constitutional rights and speak up against woke indoctrination. This bill is…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jennie Taer on August 13, 2023 Even as southern border communities deal with an influx of thousands of migrants each day, Democrat-run cities and states have declared emergencies after a few hundred or thousand migrant arrivals, according to a review of their declarations. Democratic leaders in Denver, Massachusetts, New York City, Washington, D.C., Chicago and the state of Illinois have all declared emergencies over hundreds to a few thousand migrants arriving to their cities and in their shelters in recent months. Meanwhile, illegal migrant encounters at the southern border have remained high, according to federal…

The Daily Caller News Foundation by Will Kessler on August 14, 2023 The Inflation Reduction Act did nothing to address the causes of inflation and was instead named as such due to the politics of the moment, according to economists who spoke to The Associated Press. Economists say that the $740 billion legislation, which was passed one year ago on Wednesday, does not deserve credit for bringing down inflation, and President Joe Biden has also come out to say that the legislation was not meant to address record-high inflation, according to the AP. Inflation reached 9.1% in June 2022 but has since come down to…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Reagan Reese on August 2, 2023 The American Civil Liberties Union sued a Missouri school district Monday after administrators allegedly refused to let a male high school student use the girls’ bathroom. Ahead of the 2021-2022 school year, the assistant principal of Platte County High School allegedly advised a male student, referred to as R.F., who had begun to transition genders, that R.F. could no longer use the girls’ bathroom and could either use the boys’ restroom or the single gender-neutral restroom at the high school, according to the lawsuit. The ACLU is suing…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Mary Lou Masters on August 2, 2023Donors made contributions to a dark money group associated with a super political action committee (PAC) supporting President Joe Biden’s reelection bid, according to The New York Times. Future Forward PAC told the NYT in mid July it raised $50 million in 2023, but its recent Federal Election Commission filing indicates it only raised $67,000 during the first half of the year, and ended the filing period with less than $118,000 cash on hand. Donors likely contributed to the nonprofit tied with the super PAC, Future Forward USA…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Katelynn Richardson on July 10, 2023 A federal judge denied the Biden administration’s attempt to pause an injunction that bars federal officials from communicating with social media companies for the purposes of censoring protected speech on Monday. The Biden administration appealed Western District of Louisiana Judge Terry A. Doughty’s July 4 injunction on Wednesday, also requesting an emergency order to pause the injunction while the appeal is pending on Thursday night. Doughty denied the administration’s emergency order Monday, finding that plaintiffs would likely succeed in proving the government colluded with social media companies “to engage in viewpoint-based suppression…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Philip Lenczycki on July 10, 2023 The Chinese military is training kindergarteners to handle firearms and fight like soldiers in boot camps across China this summer, according to dozens of school social media accounts reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation. The boot camps feature combat training for boys and girls with a wide variety of toy weapons including knives, grenades, rifles and shoulder-fired missiles, and require the children to adopt military behavior, such as saluting, the schools’ social media posts show. The rise in the militarization of China’s youth appears to follow a 2019 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee push for increased “National…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jason Cohen on July 7, 2023 The popular conservative social media account Libs of TikTok has already experienced censorship on tech giant Meta’s new text-based app Threads, according to a screenshot shared with the Daily Caller News Foundation. Libs of TikTok , which is run by Chaya Raichik, posted that “[n]on-binary isn’t real” on Threads Friday morning, and the newly launched app removed it the same day due to its “hate speech” guidelines, a screenshot shared with the DCNF and posted to Twitter shows. Raichik told the DCNF that the removal was unsurprising because…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Erinn Broadus on July 5, 2023 U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a migrant on the terrorist watchlist due to ineffective practices within the department, a new report found. On April 17, 2022, officials screened a migrant in Yuma, Arizona, and determined he was not a terrorist threat; additional screenings days later at Palm Springs International Airport indicated otherwise. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was only able to apprehend the migrant two weeks after the discovery due to internal complications with their removal operations branch, the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Katelynn Richardson on July 5, 2023 The Biden administration appealed a preliminary injunction Wednesday issued to prevent federal officials from communicating with social media platforms to censor content containing protected speech. Western District of Louisiana Judge Terry A. Doughty issued the injunction Tuesday after finding plaintiffs in the free speech lawsuit Missouri v. Biden, Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, had produced “evidence of a massive effort by Defendants, from the White House to federal agencies, to suppress speech based on its content.” The Biden administration appealed the injunction to the Fifth…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Harold Hutchison on July 5, 2023 Republican Attorney General Andrew Bailey of Missouri said that the COVID-19 pandemic was a “Trojan horse” for wider censorship efforts Wednesday after a federal judge issued an injunction against the Biden administration’s coordination with social media companies. United States District Judge Terry A. Doughty of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana issued an injunction Tuesday prohibiting Biden administration officials with multiple agencies, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Health and Human Services, from contacting social media companies to push for “the removal, deletion,…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Harold Hutchison on July 5, 2023 Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Wednesday that certain driver’s licenses from five states would not be recognized in Florida because they were issued to illegal immigrants. The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) published the list Wednesday, which notes that licenses issued to illegal immigrants from Delaware, Connecticut, Vermont, Hawaii and Rhode Island, which are not considered valid for federal identification purposes, are not valid in Florida. DeSantis signed SB 1718, which prohibited the recognition of those licenses, on May 10. “ID cards issued for…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jason Cohen on July 6, 2023 Republican Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt called on a top cybersecurity official to resign Wednesday following a preliminary injunction preventing government coordination with social media platforms to censor protected speech. Schmitt urged the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Jennifer Easterly to step down in an interview with journalist Michael Shellenberger on Wednesday. A federal judge had issued an injunction Tuesday preventing the Biden administration from coordinating with social media companies to censor content after finding that officials likely violated the…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Will Kessler on June 23, 2023 Siemens Energy announced Thursday that it will be undergoing a technical review after it was found that up to 30% of its wind turbines could have faulty components, according to statements made by the company. Siemens Energy, an international energy company that seeks to “decarbonize global energy systems,” announced that it is withdrawing its profit guidance for the year after subsidiary Siemens Gamesa found that there was a “substantial increase in failure rates of wind turbine components.” The company believes that between 15% and 30% of its installed fleets are suffering from…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jason Cohen on June 26, 2023 BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said Sunday that he will not use the term “ESG,” which stands for environment, social and governance, anymore, citing the term’s political connotation, Axios reported. “I’m ashamed of being part of this conversation,” Fink said in a discussion at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Sunday, according to Axios. ESG emphasizes green investing strategies to advance climate-focused efforts, such as net-zero emissions, according to a 2022 letter to CEOs by Fink. “I’m not going to use the word ESG because it’s been misused by the far left and the far…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Micaela Burrow on June 5, 2023 Former FBI agent Robert Hanssen, regarded by historians and the U.S. intelligence community as one of the most dangerous spies of the Cold War, has died in prison at the age of 79, CBS News confirmed. Hanssen was sentenced to life in prison at the federal supermax in Colorado after pleading guilty in 2001 to charges related to selling classified material to the Soviet Union and later Russia, according to an inspector general’s report released after his sentencing. Prison wardens found Hanssen unresponsive and sought to restore him, Bureau of Prisons Director of Communications Kristie Breshears told CBS News…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – John Hugh DeMastri on June 2, 2023 The Biden administration on Friday ordered a 20-year ban on new oil and gas drilling leases within 10 miles of the Chaco Culture National Historical Park in New Mexico, according to multiple reports. The moratorium — which the Department of Interior initially began considering in November 2021 — is a long-sought goal of several local politicians, conservation groups and Native American tribes that want to preserve the centuries-old Pueblo ruins located there, although some tribes have opposed the ban for limiting future economic opportunities, according to E&E News. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, herself…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Jennie Taer on June 4, 2023 The crisis at the southern border is overwhelming school systems in several metropolitan areas of the country, according to multiple reports. New York City, Miami-Dade County, Denver and Chicago school systems have all had to adapt to the influx of migrants, according to reports. Border Patrol recorded more than 632,000 encounters of migrant families and unaccompanied children in fiscal year 2022 at the southern border and more than 365,000 in the first seven months of fiscal year 2023, according to federal data. New York An estimated 16,000 migrant children have enrolled…

The Daily Caller News Foundation Laurel Duggan on June 5, 2023 “Conversion therapy,” a term widely understood to mean bans on clinical attempts to get patients to stop feeling same-sex attractions, has been redefined with the encouragement of transgender activists to include attempts to change a patient’s “gender identity.” Dozens of states have banned conversion therapy for minors under this new definition, leaving therapists concerned that they could be penalized if they don’t automatically affirm and encourage their underage patients’ transgender identities. “I hear from therapists all the time that simply will not work with minors, or will not work with…

The Daily Caller News Foundation – Laurel Duggan on June 1, 2023 MDA National, a major medical indemnity insurance provider in Australia, will no longer cover private practitioners for claims related to the administration of cross-sex medical interventions to minors due to concerns about future lawsuits, according to The Sydney Morning Herald. The closure of the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) in the U.K. inspired the decision from MDA National, according to SMH; the National Health Service shut down GIDS after an independent review found the clinic was unsafe for children and that doctors were rushing them through cross-sex medical procedures with inadequate mental health treatment.…