Two Members of House Freedom Caucus Explain Why Majority of Group Supports Paul Ryan for Speaker

On Sunday, two members of the House Freedom Caucus explained the group’s majority support for Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., to become the next House speaker. The Daily Signal previously reported that the Freedom Caucus lacked the number of votes required to formally endorse Ryan for speaker, but a supermajority of its members have granted him their […]

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Russia and Iran to strengthen cooperation in Middle East

Russia and Iran have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in order to bring stability and security to the Middle East, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, according to Reuters. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif held a telephone conversation on Saturday at Moscow’s request, the ministry added. The […]

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House Approves Bill That Dismantles Parts of Obamacare, Defunds Planned Parenthood

The House approved a budget reconciliation bill Friday that would repeal portions of Obamacare and cut federal funds to Planned Parenthood for one year. The legislation, called the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, was passed in a 240-189 vote. One Democrat, Rep. Collin Peterson of Minnesota, voted in favor of the bill, and seven Republicans voted against it. […]

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Export-Import Bank Once Again Takes Center Stage in Congress

Congress is gearing up for another battle over the Export-Import Bank nearly four months after the agency’s charter expired. The House of Representatives is preparing to vote Monday on a bill that would revive the bank. As opponents of Ex-Im prepare a counteroffensive to keep it shuttered, the bank’s supporters had their say in a hearing on Capitol Hill […]

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6 Key Exchanges From Hillary Clinton’s Benghazi Testimony

In much-anticipated hearing, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared Thursday before a panel of lawmakers tasked with investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya. Clinton, who was secretary of state at the time of the attacks and resigned five months after, testified before the House Select Committee on Benghazi in an 11-hour hearing […]

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6 Out of 10 Americans Oppose Partial Obamacare Repeal That Leaves Taxes In Place

Republicans have voted to repeal Obamacare dozens of times. This week the House will try again using a budgetary tactic called reconciliation to repeal parts of the law. Reconciliation is the filibuster-proof tool Democrats used to pass the President Barack Obama’s signature health care law in March of 2010. Earlier this year, Republicans signaled they […]

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Things Are Getting Scary: Global Police, Precrime and the War on Domestic ‘Extremists’

john w. whitehead Are you afraid that the government is plotting to confiscate your firearms? Do you believe the economy is about to collapse and the government will soon declare martial law? Do you display an unusual number of political and/or ideological bumper stickers on your car? If you answered yes to any of the […]

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Students demand Thomas Jefferson statue removed from university, call him ‘racist rapist’

Some students at the University of Missouri have called on administrators to remove a statue of founding father Thomas Jefferson, suggesting in a petition and during a recent protest that the campus sculpture is offensive, oppressive, and celebrates a “racist rapist.” “Thomas Jefferson’s statue sends a clear nonverbal message that his values and beliefs are […]

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Media Attempts to Shame Netanyahu over Binoculars

Yediot Aharonot, a newspaper franchise that vigorously opposes Binyamin Netanyahu, mocked him Tuesday when it featured a photo of him peering through binoculars while the binoculars’ lenses were still covered. The photo was snapped during Netanyahu’s visit to the Gaza Division in southern Israel. However, video from the event shows that while Netanyahu initially raised the […]

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