The Daily Caller

The Daily Caller
Caroline May
Political Reporter

Heritage amnesty report co-author resigns from think tank

5:14 PM 05/10/2013

The co-author of the Heritage Foundation’s report on the cost of mass legalization has resigned from the conservative think tank.

Former President Bush gives elderly couple wedding surprise

10:47 AM 05/10/2013

Former President George W. Bush gave a pair of elderly newlyweds quite a surprise when they returned home from their honeymoon this week.

House GOP pushes more abortion-clinic regulations

4:01 PM 05/09/2013

Tennessee Rep. Stephen Fincher introduced a resolution in reaction to the crimes Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell is charged with, calling on the House to review abortion policies Wednesday night.

After Gosnell, GOP lawmakers demand answers from states on abortion regulations

12:54 PM 05/09/2013

Republican lawmakers have dispatched letters to all fifty states demanding to know more about the regulation of abortion clinics and enforcement of abortion laws.

Cruz on Obama’s Texas visit: ‘Perhaps he will learn how to create’ jobs ‘from the folks who know how’

11:31 AM 05/09/2013

Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz welcomed President Obama to Texas Thursday, where Obama is scheduled to begin his "Middle Class Jobs and Opportunity Tour," by highlighting Texas' job record in comparison with the administration's.

Law enforcement officials: Senate bill ‘significant barrier’ to ‘a safe and lawful system of immigration’

8:14 AM 05/09/2013

A group of current and former law enforcement officers is warning lawmakers that the Gang of Eight's immigration-reform bill would be a “significant barrier” to a safe, legal immigration system.

Senate Democrats object to GOP Gosnell resolution, introduce separate resolution condemning all health-care abuses

7:27 PM 05/08/2013

Democratic senators offered objections to Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee's Gosnell resolution Wednesday, responding with their own resolution to condemn illegal activities in all health-care settings.

GOP lawmakers: Obama admin planned years in advance to weaken welfare reform

4:18 PM 05/08/2013

The Obama administration was planning to weaken the welfare work requirements as far back as 2009, GOP lawmakers charge.

Gallup: Americans not very concerned about gun violence, immigration reform

11:42 AM 05/08/2013

In a list of 12 priorities for leaders in Washington, Americans ranked gun violence and immigration reform at the very bottom, as the 11th and 12th priorities, respectively.

Late-term abortionist compares fetus to ‘meat in a Crock-Pot’

10:49 AM 05/08/2013

The pro-life organization Live Action released the most recent installment Wednesday in their undercover video series attempting to expose the late-term abortion industry.

Gosnell resolution blocked

7:49 PM 05/07/2013

A Senate resolution aimed at investigating and correcting the policies which led to the illegal abortion practices of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell was blocked Monday evening.

Listen to Amanda Berry’s 911 tape

6:44 PM 05/07/2013

After escaping from her abductor, Amanda Berry, who was held captive for 10 years, can be heard asking police for help and naming one of her alleged captors, Ariel Castro, in a newly released 911 tape.

Air Force officer arrests stokes sexual assault outrage

9:41 AM 05/07/2013

The lieutenant colonel in charge of the Air Force's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office was arrested for sexual battery in Arlington, Va. over the weekend. The case comes as the Defense Department is already under fire over its handling of sexual harassment and assault.

Rector: $6.3 trillion net cost of legalizing illegal immigrants ‘a very, very low estimate’

5:17 PM 05/06/2013

WASHINGTON --- Heritage Foundation scholar Robert Rector said Monday that his $6.3 trillion estimate of the cost of legalizing the illegal immigrations in America today is likely an underestimate.

Heritage addresses critics: ‘It is incumbent upon those people that do not like this study to try to prove’ the assumptions wrong

3:01 PM 05/06/2013

WASHINGTON --- Heritage Foundation president Jim DeMint, scholar Robert Rector and vice president of domestic and economic policy Derrick Morgan went on offense at a Monday press conference about the think tank's recently released report on the cost of legalizing the illegal immigrant population.

Report: Legalized immigrants would receive $592,000 more in benefits than they pay in taxes

1:08 PM 05/06/2013

On Monday, The Heritage Foundation released its highly anticipated report on the cost to taxpayers of legalizing the 11 million illegal immigrants, as proposed in the "Gang of Eight's" immigration reform bill.

Utah Sen. Mike Lee takes on abortion crimes in Gosnell resolution

2:19 AM 05/06/2013
'[N]o woman should ever be abandoned, by policy or practice, to the depredations of an unlicensed, unregulated, or uninspected clinic'

Protesters boo body of Boston bomber [VIDEO]

2:22 PM 05/03/2013

Protesters booed the hearse carrying the body of Boston bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev Thursday night at a funeral home in North Attleborough, Mass.

Sessions: ‘Gang of 8′ would give legal status to 57 million, including non-immigra​nt visas

1:06 PM 05/03/2013

An analysis of future immigration flow released Friday by Alabama Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions shows that more than 32 million immigrants would receive legal status over the next decade and an additional 25 million would be granted non-immigrant work visas under the Gang of Eight’s immigration bill.

Tupac Shakur’s godmother first female ‘Most Wanted Terrorist’

6:07 PM 05/02/2013

The FBI has added the first woman ever to its list of Most Wanted Terrorists: Joanne Chesimard --  a fugitive convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper, and the godmother of murdered rapper Tupac Shakur.