Under Obamacare, Small Business Owner Forced to Get Rid of Health Care Benefits or Face Fine Up to $500K

May 31, 2016
Good morning from Washington, D.C., where a letter from five conservative senators puts the Justice Department on the hot seat for the treatment of climate change skeptics. Hans von Spakovsky has details. In a compelling new video, Nolan Peterson reports from the front lines in Iraq. Melissa Quinn talks to a small business owner hurt by Obamacare, Leah Jessen reports on a Republican governor who cares about religious liberty, and Andrew Kloster and Nathan Howe look at dissent on one college campus.
News Under Obamacare, Small Business Owner Forced to Get Rid of Health Care Benefits or Face Fine Up to $500K The Treasury Department said that businesses' Health Reimbursement Agreements failed to satisfy specific provisions of Obamacare, such as the prohibition on annual limits for health benefits and the requirement that plans must include preventive care. Read More
Commentary Senators to AG: Stop Targeting Opponents of Obama's Energy Policies Five U.S. senators have sent a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch demanding that she stop using Justice Department "law enforcement resources to stifle private debate on one of the most controversial public issues of our time—climate change." Read More
News A Look at Life on the Front Lines in the War Against Islamic State The Daily Signal's foreign correspondent Nolan Peterson recently visited the Kurdish peshmerga's front line positions surrounding the Islamic State stronghold of Mosul—Iraq's second biggest city. Watch the Video
Commentary How the Liberal Echo Chamber Sold the Lie of 'Moderate' Iranian Leaders The Ploughshares Fund, which boasted about its role in supporting the Iran nuclear deal, has received funding from the Open Society Institute founded by George Soros, the billionaire currency speculator who has funded many leftist and liberal organizations. Read More
News 'We Will Never Be Silent': Mississippi Governor Receives Religious Freedom Award "If we are going to stand, now is the time and this is the place," said Gov. Phil Bryant. Read More
Commentary Outrageous Tactics Used by DePaul University to Shut Down Conservative Speech Selectively charging outrageous security fees in order to make student leaders "voluntarily" shut down events that college administrations don't like is a routine tactic for silencing dissent on campus. Read More
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