Experts call for investigation into $86 billion in Medicare Advantage ‘ghost benefits’ As Congress debates how to rein in federal spending, some experts say aspects of Medicare Advantage should be on the chopping block, starting with $86 billion a year in taxpayer-funded supplemental benefits that often go unused or unverified. The federal government pays Medicare […]
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Trump announces EU trade deal with 15% tariff on imports (Brett Rowland at The Center Square) – President Donald Trump announced a trade deal with the European Union on Sunday that will require imports from the 27-nation bloc to face a 15% tariff. Trump had previously threatened tariffs of 30% on European goods. Trump announced […]
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…Blocks Congressional Defunding of Planned Parenthood! Wild judicial activism has become the norm in the age of Trump, but the latest decision from a federal court on Monday to block Congress’ defunding of Planned Parenthood is the most egregious example yet. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani appears to be on a crusade to ensure that Planned […]
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Report: Feds allowed 1,000s of juvenile gang members, criminals to become citizens Congress has created several programs to allow illegal border crossers claiming to be minors to remain in the U.S. Despite years of documented abuse of the programs, Congress continues to fund them to the tune of billions of dollars. One is the failed […]
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Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I would like to talk a little bit about the strange, bizarre, endless, run-on, crazy interview […]
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Scandals heat up Washington as Congress begins to simmer As Congress heads into August, conflicts and scandals are poised to derail a seemingly quiet end to the summer in Washington, with the investigations into and debates about former President Joe Biden’s mental decline, Jeffrey Epstein and Russiagate just heating up. The investigation into Biden’s mental […]
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Harry Reid, the former Democrat leader of the U.S. Senate, left the Senate in 2017 and died in 2021, but his ghost must still be haunting the chamber. How else can one explain why the Republican majority is continuing the blockade Reid initiated back in 2007 to prevent a Republican president (George W. Bush) from using recess […]
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Democrat leaders’ attempt to devise “sanctuary cities” that restrict Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from performing their jobs and deporting illegal criminals is backfiring after a tragic incident in New York City left an off-duty border patrol agent in the hospital with gunshot wounds. A 42-year-old border patrol agent who was off-duty was shot June 19 […]
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We are all living in a bubble, a pressurized ball that gets inundated with messages, “news”, opinion-manipulation and unending social engineering. The results are more evident every day. It is, in a word, insane. Trying to avoid the onslaught of communication is not an effective response. Those who do bath in it then impact those […]
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Alright, patriots, let’s cut through the swamp fog and lay bare the economic carnage Joe Biden unleashed compared to the prosperity Donald Trump delivered in his first term (January 20, 2017–January 20, 2021). From grocery bills gut-punching your wallet to gas prices draining your bank account, Biden’s term (January 20, 2021–January 20, 2025) was a […]