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]() [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]() [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]() [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]() [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]() [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]() [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]() [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]() [LOGO-CHARCOAL_75percent.jpg] [Donate to The Daily Signal]() [Find us on Facebook]() [Find us on Facebook]() [Follow us on Twitter]() [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 {EMAIL}. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, [please click here to update your subscription.]() -