SMOKING GUN? House Panel Subpoenas FBI to Reveal Evidence of Biden 'Bribery Scheme'

Plus: EXCLUSIVE: 16 Attorneys General Back Florida Rule Blocking Medicaid Funds for 'Experimental' Transgender Interventions

May 4 2023   Greetings from  Washington on  this National Day of Prayer. Our Virginia Allen lines up some appropriate prayers from pastors and other faith leaders. Fred Lucas covers Republican lawmakers' bombshell subpoena seeking FBI information on a bribery allegation against President Biden. Tyler O'Neil reports that top law enforcers in 16 other states support Florida's ban on using Medicaid for transgender treatments.  On the podcast, Heritage Foundation scholar Adam Kissel exposes the real reasons for students' lack of proficiency in history and civics. Plus: a dubious New York Times series on Jewish day schools; Biden's "kids in cages" don't interest the media; details of that troubling leak of top-secret documents; and "Problematic Women" ponders the new unemployment numbers.     NEWS SMOKING GUN? House Panel Subpoenas FBI to Reveal Evidence of Biden 'Bribery Scheme' With Foreign National By Fred Lucas House Republicans subpoena the FBI for a document they say potentially implicates President Biden in a bribery scheme while he served as vice president. More NEWS EXCLUSIVE: 16 Attorneys General Back Florida Rule Blocking Medicaid Funds for 'Experimental' Transgender Interventions By Tyler O'Neil The state attorneys general defend Florida's rule blocking Medicaid funds from transgender medical interventions on the grounds that they are experimental. More COMMENTARY Faith Leaders Share Words of Hope, Challenge on National Day of Prayer By Virginia Allen Faith leaders offer prayers for the nation and wisdom on how to pray at this moment in America's history. More COMMENTARY Dishonest New York Times Series Does Not Deserve a Pulitzer By Tony Kinnett Hasidic leaders have complained that Times reporters, now under consideration for a Pulitzer Prize, presented a profoundly biased and inaccurate portrait of their schools. More COMMENTARY Chevron Deference, Long Abused by Federal Agencies, on Supreme Court's Chopping Block? By GianCarlo Canaparo, Jack Fitzhenry Who makes the law in America? If you answered "Congress," you'd be partly right. Who interprets the law in America? Again, if you answered "the courts," you'd only be partly right. More ANALYSIS 'He's Wrong,' Expert Says After Education Secretary Implies Book Banning Responsible for Falling Civics, History Scores By Virginia Allen Just 13% of eighth graders are proficient in U.S. history and only 22% in civics. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona blames "book bans," but Heritage Foundation scholar Adam Kissel calls that wrong. More COMMENTARY Are Labor Markets Really Improving? Pulling Back Curtain on 'Magic of Government Statistics' By Kristen Eichamer, Virginia Allen Heritage Foundation economist Peter St. Onge explains how "the magic of government statistics" has led to "fake job numbers" and a misleading narrative. More NEWS Mark Morgan Calls Out Hypocrisy of Corporate Media's Silence Over New Photos of 'Kids in Cages' By Virginia Allen The Biden administration is holding migrant children in cages and the leftist media is silent. More ANALYSIS Everything You Need to Know About New Leaker Case By Cully Stimson, John G. Malcolm A young airman is accused of leaking scores of classified documents—the largest disclosure of classified U.S. secrets in a decade. More NEWS ICYMI: Heritage Scholar Gives a Master Class in Responding to Sheldon Whitehouse's Attacks By Fred Lucas Diana Furchtgott-Roth takes the Democratic senator to task over his family's fossil fuel wealth and his membership in a whites-only club. 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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