Retraction of 13 ‘Glowing’ Disaster Reports Shows Dysfunction of Bureaucracy

Plus: The Border Crisis Is Getting Worse. Why Are Democrats AWOL?

Jun 25, 2019   Good morning from Washington. Our White House correspondent Fred Lucas reports on President Trump's new Iran sanctions and his health care executive order. Will the left ever acknowledge the border crisis—or provide the funding the government needs to shelter people? Heritage Action's Jessica Anderson says it's an emergency and Congress needs to do its job. And Rachel del Guidice talks to Brandon Judd, a Border Patrol agent, about what he's seeing on the border. One hundred and forty-three years ago today, the Battle of the Little Bighorn—or Custer's Last Stand—was fought.     Commentary Retraction of 13 'Glowing' Disaster Reports Throws Light on Dysfunction of Bureaucracy Another bureaucratic fiasco simply reinforces why the nine most terrifying words in the English language are still: "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." More Commentary The Border Crisis Is Getting Worse. Why Are Democrats AWOL? It seems lawmakers on the left don't feel an urgent need to help our hard-working law enforcement, keep our border secure, or provide humanitarian aid for immigrants caught in the morass at our border. More News Trump Ratchets Up Sanctions on Iran's Top Ayatollah, His Inner Circle "We have sanctions against bad behavior, and there is no question that locking this money up worked last time, and there is no question locking the money up works now," Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin tells The Daily Signal. More Analysis A Border Patrol Agent Shares What It's Really Like at the Border Brandon Judd, a Border Patrol agent and president of the National Border Patrol Council, says it amazed him "how bold these individuals are when they're crossing the border, giving themselves up knowing that they're going to get released [into the U.S.] … and that they're going to be able to disappear." More Commentary 5 Myths About the State and Local Tax Deduction's Cap Ever since the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed, liberals have decried how the law's $10,000 cap of the state and local tax deduction harms schools, local communities, home values, first responders, and middle-class families. Here are the facts. More News Trump Executive Order Aims for More Hospital Pricing Transparency President Trump signed an executive order that he said would "fundamentally" change the health care market by requiring hospitals to disclose in an easy-to-read format what patients actually pay out of pocket for services. More News After a Lawsuit, Los Angeles County Begins to Clean Up Its Voter Rolls Litigation by Judicial Watch asserted that 1 in 5 registered voters in Los Angeles County are ineligible and that the county took no action to remove them from voter lists or check their status. More           The Daily Signal is brought to you by more than half a million members of The Heritage Foundation. 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 comments@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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