Biden Weaponized Health Care on Abortion, Transgenderism, COVID-19. Here’s How a Conservative President Can Reverse That.

Plus: Memo to Bud Light Defenders: Choosing Woke Donors Over Americans Is Woefully Foolish April 19 2023 Good morning from Washington, where the nation’s next conservative president will have the opportunity to undo the weaponization of health care policy. Our Tyler O’Neil reports. House Republicans advance legislation to secure the southern border, and Virginia Allen has that story as well as the highlights of a hearing on abandoned migrant children. On the podcast, get the lowdown on China’s “secret police” in New York City. Plus: the Senate is expected to vote on taxpayer-funded abortions for former service members; a House select panel defies China by probing how the pandemic began; and one state sides with parents amid the trans craze. NEWS [EXCLUSIVE: Biden Weaponized Health Care on Abortion, Transgenderism, COVID-19. Here’s How a Conservative President Can Reverse That.]() [EXCLUSIVE: Biden Weaponized Health Care on Abortion, Transgenderism, COVID-19. Here’s How a Conservative President Can Reverse That.]() By Tyler O'Neil From the COVID-19 pandemic to abortion funding and transgender mandates, HHS has twisted federal law and the pursuit of public health to marginalize people of faith and promote leftist activism. [More]() COMMENTARY [Memo to Bud Light Defenders: Choosing Woke Donors Over Americans Is Woefully Foolish]() [Memo to Bud Light Defenders: Choosing Woke Donors Over Americans Is Woefully Foolish]() By Tony Kinnett Bud Light defenders, take note: The moment we start selling our values to the highest bidder, especially on culture issues, we lose credibility entirely. [More]() NEWS [Biden Administration Official Unable to Give Clear Answer on Whereabouts of 85,000 Migrant Children]() [Biden Administration Official Unable to Give Clear Answer on Whereabouts of 85,000 Migrant Children]() By Virginia Allen "The Biden Administration has faux compassion for these kids," tweets Rep. Andy Biggs. [More]() ANALYSIS [What to Know About China’s ‘Illegal Overseas Police Station’ in NYC]() [What to Know About China’s ‘Illegal Overseas Police Station’ in NYC]() By Samantha Aschieris The Heritage Foundation’s Michael Cunningham discusses the significance of the FBI’s arrests, China’s dismissal of the allegations, and the leaked Pentagon documents relating to Taiwan. [More]() NEWS [GOP Lawmakers Move Forward on Bill to Secure Border]() [GOP Lawmakers Move Forward on Bill to Secure Border]() By Virginia Allen The legislation gives state attorneys general the right to sue the U.S. secretary of homeland security if he or she fails to adequately detain illegal aliens. [More]() NEWS [Senate to Vote on Blocking ‘Illegal,’ ‘Wrong,’ Veterans Affairs Abortions, Tuberville Says]() [Senate to Vote on Blocking ‘Illegal,’ ‘Wrong,’ Veterans Affairs Abortions, Tuberville Says]() By Elizabeth Troutman “Using our VA medical facilities to provide taxpayer-funded abortions is illegal and wrong,” says Sen. Tommy Tuberville. [More]() NEWS [After China ‘Firmly Opposes’ This Hearing on COVID-19 Origins, Here Are 4 Takeaways]() [After China ‘Firmly Opposes’ This Hearing on COVID-19 Origins, Here Are 4 Takeaways]() By Fred Lucas The head of U.S. intelligence agencies under President Trump tells a panel that a leak from a laboratory is the only reasonable explanation for the rapid spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. [More]() COMMENTARY [Arkansas Enacts Given Name Act. Here’s What Parents of Schoolchildren There—and Elsewhere—Need to Know.]() [Arkansas Enacts Given Name Act. Here’s What Parents of Schoolchildren There—and Elsewhere—Need to Know.]() By Jonathan Butcher The legislation says school officials cannot call a student by a name that does not match the name listed on the student’s birth certificate without a parent’s permission. [More]() NEWS [ICYMI: California Church Faces $1.2M Fine for Defying COVID-19 Mandates, Says Not 1 Case Traces Back to Worship Services]() [ICYMI: California Church Faces $1.2M Fine for Defying COVID-19 Mandates, Says Not 1 Case Traces Back to Worship Services]() By Tyler O'Neil A California Superior Court judge orders a church to pay more than $1 million in fines for refusing to comply with COVID-19 mask mandates during the pandemic. [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.]() -