Did Hunter Biden Violate Law in Buying Handgun? 3 Big Questions

Plus: Biased Judge Hides Behind 'Moot' in Tossing Schoolgirls' Lawsuit Against Trans Athletes

April 28 2021   Good morning from Washington, where more House Republicans question how the president's son, a confessed drug addict, passed a background check to buy a handgun. Fred Lucas reports. A federal judge takes the easy way out of a legal challenge to biological males in girls sports, Sarah Parshall Perry writes. On the podcast, Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., describes how a porous border harms his state. Plus: Congress' budget agency needs to be more transparent; Florida election reforms move forward; and media friends protect a top Georgia Democrat. On this date in 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat, sends over 22,000 U.S. troops to the Dominican Republic to head off a "communist dictatorship" there.     NEWS Did Hunter Biden Violate Law in Buying Handgun? 3 Big Questions By Fred Lucas Twenty-two House Republicans ask President Biden's nominee to run the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to investigate Hunter Biden. More COMMENTARY Biased Judge Hides Behind 'Moot' in Tossing Schoolgirls' Lawsuit Against Trans Athletes By Sarah Parshall Perry A federal district court judge dismisses a lawsuit filed by four female high school track athletes to keep biological boys from competing in girls sports. More ANALYSIS 'We're Being Overrun,' Arizona Lawmaker Says of Border Crisis By Rachel del Guidice "One 'coyote' ... brought in two young boys, [ages] 7 and 10, and five girls, 11 to 17," Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., says. "None of them were related." More COMMENTARY CBO Has Made Important Progress in Transparency, but Additional Steps Needed By Matthew Dickerson Among the most important products of the CBO are cost estimates for legislation, which allow Congress and the public to understand the impact of proposed policy changes. More NEWS Florida Senate Advances Voter ID, Other Election Reforms By Fred Lucas The proposal, which awaits action in the Florida House of Representatives, is similar to a measure that passed as part of Georgia's new election law. More COMMENTARY The Stealth Edits Helping Stacey Abrams By Tim Graham When Democrats get caught in a political pickle, they can count on the borrowed authority of "journalists" and "fact-checkers" to bail them out. More COMMENTARY ICYMI: Woke but Broke: How US Colleges Are Pricing Students, Themselves Out of Business By Allen Mendenhall An undergraduate degree has become prohibitively expensive for many Americans, who now turn to the federal government to subsidize their education, a National Association of Scholars report finds. 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.