Dec. 21, 2016
Good morning from Washington, where lawmakers are trying to figure out how to look into the extent of Russia's interference with the election. Josh Siegel has the latest. What do financially strapped Americans think of the Obama administration's crackdown on short-term lenders? Watch our video report from Kelsey Harkness. Plus: Ted Goodman on Obama's record-breaking pardons, Peter Brookes on the assassination of a Russian ambassador, Robin Simcox on the terror attack in Berlin, and Rob Bluey on what your support means to The Daily Signal.
Lenders argue President Obama's rules are burdensome and will cut access to credit to millions of Americans who genuinely are strapped for cash, leaving them with no options.
"The Daily Signal was created by The Heritage Foundation to tell the stories that go unreported by the liberal media," writes Daily Signal Editor-in-Chief Rob Bluey, explaining how that mindset led him off the beaten path one day to give voice to those Americans too often ignored by the media.
There is much to reflect on for Chancellor Angela Merkel. This is the fourth terrorist attack that has taken place in Germany this year, and a host of other attempted attacks have been thwarted. Several of these plots have been planned by refugees recently settled into the country.
Russia is looking for opportunities to weaken the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, of which Turkey is a key member.
A bipartisan group of senators is pressing for the creation of a special panel—known as a select committee—to investigate and provide the definitive account of Russian cyberattacks on the U.S. political system.
The president has now commuted the sentences of 1,176 individuals, including 395 life sentences, and he has pardoned 148 individuals.
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