Rep. Kevin McCarthy Elected Speaker of the House

Plus: Fact-Checking 4 Claims in Biden's Jan. 6 Anniversary Speech

January 7 2023   Good morning from Washington, where the nation finally has a House speaker. Samantha Aschieris has the latest on Republicans' leadership fight. President Biden mangles history while roughing up facts in his speech on the Capitol riot, Fred Lucas reports. Plus: Bob Moffit on a new scheme to socialize medicine; Amy Swearer on false gun control claims; EJ Antoni on why welfare is becoming more attractive than work; and Victor Davis Hanson on what's happened to America. Seventy years ago,  in his final State of the Union address, President Harry  Truman  tells the world that the U.S. has developed a hydrogen bomb.  Enjoy the weekend.     NEWS Rep. Kevin McCarthy Elected Speaker of the House By Samantha Aschieris, Tyler O'Neil McCarthy won the speakership after the fifteenth vote early this morning. More ANALYSIS Fact-Checking 4 Claims in Biden's Jan. 6 Anniversary Speech By Fred Lucas President Biden strays from the facts on a few occasions during his speech on the second anniversary of the Capitol riot. More COMMENTARY A Country We No Longer Recognize, a Coup We Never Knew By Victor Davis Hanson How did a virus cancel the Constitution? Did the lockdowns rob us of our sanity? Or was it the woke hysteria that ignited our collective madness? More COMMENTARY The Left's Latest 'Public Option' Scheme to Rig Health Care Markets By Robert Moffit Although the campaign to create a health care "public option" may have waned in Washington, D.C., this left-wing project is very much alive in some states. More COMMENTARY Bold-Faced Lie: Gun Control Groups Twist Heritage Foundation Data Out of Recognition in Court Documents By Amy Swearer At best, the legal brief's characterization of my monthly Daily Signal articles on defensive gun use is lazy to the point of recklessness. More COMMENTARY How Expansive Welfare Benefits Can Make Being on Dole More Lucrative Than Working By EJ Antoni During the pandemic, idled workers received unemployment "bonuses" so high that many were pocketing more than twice what they had been making on the job. More NEWS ICYMI: 15 Republicans Switch Votes in Favor of Rep. Kevin McCarthy By Samantha Aschieris Most of the 20 Republicans who voted against McCarthy suddenly switched their votes this afternoon. More           Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at letters@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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