The Troubling Relationship Between Soros and US' Biggest Foreign Aid Agency

[The Daily Signal] April 11, 2017 Good morning from the nation's capital, where lawmakers care so much about fixing the budget process that they've left just four working days to pass a spending plan once they get back from recess. The government runs out of money on the fifth day. Rachel del Guidice sorts it out. Mitch McConnell is an unlikely hero to conservatives, but Genevieve Wood gives credit where due. Plus: Lindsey Burke on success for education savings accounts, Rep. Jim Banks on jump-starting Head Start, and Mike Gonzalez on a U.S. agency being coopted by George Soros. News [What's at Stake in the Coming 4-Day Spending Fight]( Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has threatened that Democrats would rather shut down the government than allow funding for President Trump's border wall. [Read More]( Commentary [Why We Have Mitch McConnell to Thank for Justice Neil Gorsuch]( When Justice Antonin Scalia died unexpectedly last February, the balance of the high court was perilously in danger. [Read More]( Commentary [The Troubling Relationship Between Soros and US' Biggest Foreign Aid Agency]( No core American values are served in Colombia when USAID funds a Soros-owned media portal that attacks President Donald Trump, capitalism, and "patriarchal society." [Read More]( News [Peggy Noonan, Who Explored Why Trump Appeals to Americans, Wins Pulitzer for Commentary]( Judges said Noonan earned the award for "rising to the moment with beautifully rendered columns that connected readers to the shared virtues of Americans during one of the nation’s most divisive political campaigns." [Read More]( Commentary [Arizona Scored a Big Win With School Choice. Here's How It Will Help Children.]( With education savings accounts, parents receive 90 percent of what the state would have spent on their child in their district school, with funds being deposited directly into a parent-controlled account. [Read More]( Commentary [How Federalism Can Give Head Start a New Start]( In 2015, Head Start received $8.6 billion in federal funding. Unfortunately, despite the best of intentions, this program has failed to improve academic achievement for far too many low-income students. [Read More]( News [College May Punish Students Who Disrupted Conservative's Speech]( A college official said that students could face a variety of repercussions, including "temporary or permanent separation from the college." [Read More]( [The Daily Signal] 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]( [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 [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 {EMAIL}. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, [please click here to update your subscription.]( -