Sep 04, 2018
Good morning from Washington, where Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh today begins four days of hearings before a sharply divided Senate Judiciary Committee. Thomas Jipping provides a guide to the action while Fred Lucas fact-checks four big attacks on Trump’s choice. Lucas also covers White House pushback on a Washington Post story about denied passports for Hispanics. At a county fair in presidential battleground Ohio, Rachel del Guidice finds out what folks think about Trump and how he is being treated. Plus: a farmer on land seizures in South Africa, and goodbyes to an American original.
This Ohio County Swung From Obama to Trump. Here’s What 8 Fair Attendees Think, 2 Years Later.
“My parents were strict Democrats. But now I'm Republican,” says 86-year-old Ruth French.
What to Expect in Kavanaugh’s Senate Hearings
Expect Kavanaugh, who is already a judge on a lower federal court, to defend his impartiality by declining to discuss issues that could come before him on the Supreme Court. Expect senators to push him to do otherwise.
South African Farmer Reports on What Is Really Happening in His Country Regarding Land Seizure
The Daily Signal spoke with a white South African farmer on the current political climate in his country as it relates to the safety of white farmers and their land.
Fact Check: Trump Administration Challenges Washington Post Hispanic Passport Story
The Trump administration is pushing back against the accuracy of a Washington Post story that suggests Hispanics who apply for passports face discrimination from the federal government.
The Daily Signal Podcast: Tuesday, Sept. 4
Saul Anuzis and Jim Martin, the president and the founder, respectively, of the 60 Plus Association, talk to us about how their organization is the conservative alternative to AARP.
Fact-Checking 4 of Critics’ Claims About Brett Kavanaugh
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., accused Kavanaugh of believing that, as president, Nixon should not have had to surrender secretly recorded tapes during the Watergate scandal.
Why These People Lined Up to Pay Respects to Sen. John McCain
We speak to people who were lined up outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., to pay their final respects to Sen. John McCain.
We Hear You: Illegal Immigration, Gun Rights, Lower Taxes, and Free Speech
“Once strict enforcement is the norm, illegal immigrants will stop trying to come here because they will find that America’s door is no longer open,” writes Marion E. Daniels-Price.
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