May 18, 2016
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Good morning from Washington, where congressional Republicans tell Philip Wegmann they're dismayed with President Obama's ultimatum on transgender policy in public schools. A state legislator goes on camera with Kelsey Harkness to say the left's related rhetoric is dangerous. In another state, lawmakers resist Obama's bathroom mandate. On the front against ISIS, Nolan Peterson visits Kurdish soldiers who welcome U.S. airstrikes. Plus: Justin Johnson on six reasons we need to rebuild the military and Sen. Mike Lee on why Big Brother shouldn't pick your neighbors. |
News3 Ways Conservative Lawmakers Could Respond to Obama's Bathroom DirectiveRep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., advised states and local school districts "to just disregard the president's directive." Read More |
NewsNorth Carolina Lawmaker Blames Media, Activist Groups for Bathroom Bill 'Falsehoods'Republicans are falsely being accused of instigating the transgender bathroom debate, state Rep. Dan Bishop from Charlotte, North Carolina, told The Daily Signal. Read More |
News'The Sound of God': In Iraq, US Airpower Bolsters the Peshmerga's Fight Against ISISFor the Kurds, the U.S. fighter jets symbolize the support of a foreign power, which they consider to be an essential ally in the war against ISIS. Read More |
NewsMississippi Lawmakers Demand State Education Department Oppose Obama's Transgender Guidelines"If [state Superintendent of Education] Carey Wright doesn't reverse her decision to follow Obama, this could be the end of public education in Mississippi," wrote one state lawmaker. Read More |
Commentary6 Facts Highlight Why We Need to Rebuild Our MilitaryThe Air Force's B-52 bombers are an average of 53 years old. Most Americans would not want to drive across the country in a 53-year-old car, let alone go to combat in a 53-year-old airplane. Read More |
CommentaryWe Don't Need a National Zoning BoardThis new regulation is designed to give unelected, anonymous bureaucrats in Washington the power to pick and choose who your new next-door neighbor will be, writes Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah. Read More |
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Daily on Defense: Jeffries plots end run for Ukraine aid, Austin back working from home, Ukraine donor group meets, Russian warship sunk, Putin’s poor memory
Follow us on Twitter View this as website BY JAMIE MCINTYRE ADVERTISEMENT JEFFRIES: ALL LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS ARE ON THE TABLE: The pressure is on House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) to find a way to bypass House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring the $95 billion foreign aid bill that sailed through the Senate 70-29 to a vote on the House floor, where it would surely also pass with a wide bipartisan majority. "There are clearly more than 300 members of the House of Representatives, the overwhelming amount of Democrats and a significant number of Republicans, who would support the national security legislation, were it to receive an up-or-down vote on the floor of the House," Jeffries said on CNN yesterday. Jeffries’s best bet is a long shot, a rarely successful legislative maneuver known as a "discharge petition," which would require at least four Republicans