Category: Republicans

Johnson, GOP Aim to Counter Dems’ Epstein Messaging

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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., is seeking to counter Democrats’ messaging on calling for the release of shielded files on the now-deceased convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—a surprise issue that is creating a messaging headache for Hill Republicans. “The House Republicans are for transparency, and they’re looking for a way to say that,” Johnson told reporters Thursday. Late Thursday afternoon, The Hill reported, based on anonymous sources, that Johnson’s team was preparing a House resolution to call for the release of more information on Epstein from the…

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Youngkin Slashes Government Red Tape, Saving Virginians $1.2 Billion Each Year

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With roughly just six months before he leaves office, Gov. Glenn Youngkin, R-Va., is blazing forward with no signs of stopping. Youngkin announced on July 8 his team had approved reforms that streamline nearly 27% of the regulatory requirements in the Code of Virginia. In other words, Youngkin cut more than a quarter of the state government’s red tape. This tape often makes life—from building a home to opening a business—worse rather than better. The governor’s team projects these reforms will save Virginia citizens more than $ 1.2 billion per…

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Trump is Considering a Takeover of the District of Columbia Here’s Why That’s a Good Idea.

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The crime and dysfunction in Washington, D.C., is an embarrassment to the country. President Donald Trump rightly called out the problem at a press conference on Tuesday and offered a solution. “We have tremendous power at the White House to run places when we have to. We could run D.C. I mean, we’re … looking at D.C.,” Trump said. “Susie Wiles is working very closely with [Mayor Muriel Bowser].” BREAKING: Trump considers a Federal take over of governance of Washington DC: “We have tremendous power at The White House to…

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RFK Jr. Cleans House: New Team to Reevaluate COVID-19 Vaccines, Conflict-of-Interest Rules

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Following the dismissal of 17 members from a federal vaccine advisory committee in early June, big changes are on the horizon at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Daily Signal spoke with a federal health policy expert about the impact of those changes. Robert Moffit, a senior research fellow at The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Health and Welfare Policy, discussed the removal of members from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and President Donald Trump’s health policy agenda. Moffit, editor of the book “Modernizing Medicare,” expects a reevaluation…

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UPenn Settlement With Trump Admin Over Trans Athletes Seen as Big Win for Women’s Sports

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The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it had reached an unprecedented settlement with the University of Pennsylvania over transgender-identifying males competing against females in women’s sports.  The federal Department of Education was able to get the university to agree to restore female athletes to all individual UPenn Division I swimming records, titles, or other recognitions that were taken by those males who had competed in the female categories.  Furthermore, the university agreed to issue a public statement to its community explaining that it henceforth will not allow males into…

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Inside the White House: ‘New Media’ Journalist Olohan on Power, the Press, and What You Don’t See

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Working weekends, flights on Air Force One, and jockeying for position to ask presidential press secretary Karoline Leavitt a question in the White House briefing room is all a part of life as a White House correspondent, according to Mary Margaret Olohan.   As a member of the “new media” in the White House, Olohan says the interactions between reporters for the legacy media and journalists like herself have “by and large been pretty polite,” but notes little differences between the two groups remain. For example, new media do not…

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