On the first day of the government shutdown, Republicans laid out a simple response to Democrats’ refusal to support a seven-week funding extension—not giving in to any of their demands. “The sad thing about it is that every single bit of this was entirely avoidable,” House Speaker Mike…
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Here’s Why American Industry Needs a Coast-to-Coast Rail Merger
Imagine if airlines couldn’t fly nonstop between the East and West coasts. Instead, all flights would have to stop in the middle of the country so customers could catch another airline’s plane for the last half of the trip. That would be a frustrating inconvenience, and it would…
‘Cracks Are Beginning to Show’: Senate GOP Leadership Outlines Post-Shutdown Strategy
On Tuesday night, forty-three Democrats in the Senate denied Republicans the votes necessary to avert a government shutdown. But tellingly, at least according to one Senate Republican leader, three senators in the Democrat caucus voted with Republicans. Democrat Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Catherine Cortez Masto of…
American Experts Go Toe-to-Toe With Scholars ‘Across the Pond’ on Israel-Hamas War
WARSAW, Poland—American experts hit back at European scholars on the war between Hamas and Israel and use of the term “genocide” when referring to Gaza during the Warsaw Security Forum. The U.S. is “the only government in the world able to influence Israel and actually stop some of its…
Hours Before Shutdown Deadline, There Is No Deal in Sight
With just hours left before a midnight government shutdown deadline, Republicans and Democrats are nowhere near an agreement in the Senate. “We are only hours away from a government shutdown, and the Democrats have a very clear, binary choice,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., told reporters at…
Records Indicate Illegal Migrant Arrested by ICE Was Registered Democrat Voter
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Records indicate that an illegal migrant with a criminal rap sheet was a registered Democrat voter before being apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Ian Andre Roberts, a Guyanese national living unlawfully in the U.S., was caught with a loaded handgun and thousands of…
The Democrat Senators to Watch in the Shutdown Fight
Before midnight, Senate Democrats must make a decision—allow the Republican-backed short-term spending bill to come to the floor or let the federal government run out of money and enter a shutdown. Republicans are attempting to prevent a partial shutdown of the federal government by passing a continuing resolution,…
Freedom Caucus Chief Urges GOP to Reject Dem Shutdown Deal
House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Harris, who leads a faction of fiscally conservative Republicans in the House of Representatives, is urging Republican leadership to reject Democrats’ budget demands. Republicans are attempting to prevent a partial shutdown of the federal government by passing a continuing resolution, which would roughly…
Virginia Republican Who Faced Death Threat Responds to Spanberger’s Attempt to Contextualize Rage Comments
Virginia Democrat gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger claimed that her rallying cry for supporters to “let your rage fuel you” had nothing to do with the death threat against Virginia Republican Delegate Kim Taylor. Taylor, however, disagrees. “Abigail Spanberger has a habit of trying to pit Virginians against each…
Whip Emmer: Keep the Government Open to Serve Our Cattlemen
As the government funding deadline and the threat of a shutdown approaches, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer is urging his colleagues to keep the government open for the sake of American cattlemen, while allying himself with prominent industry advocates. “America’s cattlemen need a government that is open and…