Plus: How to Make Sure Biden’s Africa Summit Isn’t Just a Photo-Op
December 16 2022
Happy Friday from Washington, where conservatives cheer a rare victory in President Biden’s deepening border mess. Gillian Richards reports. In Texas, a VA nurse takes the government to court over being forced to help perform abortions. Tyler O’Neil has the story. On the podcast, a Mississippi congressman expects bipartisan backing to stem the fentanyl crisis. Plus: Anthony Kim on how Biden can encourage freedom in Africa; Cal Thomas on “shutdown” politics; Virginia Allen on the FBI’s lax response to attacks on pro-life organizations; and The Heritage Foundation’s Ed Feulner and Kevin Roberts talk conservatism’s future. On this date in 1950, President Harry Truman warns against “communist imperialism” and declares a state of emergency as China intervenes in the Korean War.
“The EAGLE Act ignores the humanitarian crisis at our border and puts Big Tech ahead of American workers," Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., tells The Daily Signal.
“This is just a commonsense piece of legislation,” the Mississippi Republican says, adding that it should “gain bipartisan support” in the new Congress.
House Democrats apparently have decided to leave their majority with a spending spree, and they’ll threaten a “shutdown” if Republicans don’t go along.
