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TOP NEWS | Biden Skips Dinner, Inflation Persists, FBI Director Dodges Questions About Mark Houck | July 12

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On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down:

  • The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the inflation numbers for last month and President Biden is claiming victory for “Bidenomics,” even as economists note that inflation remains higher than when the president took office.
  • FBI Director Christopher Wray testified before the House Judiciary Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government today, answering and dodging important questions about the FBI’s record in recent years.
  • President Biden is in Vilnius, Lithuania, for the NATO summit this week. Yet the president is making news with where he is not going. Biden opted out of a dinner with his NATO counterparts Tuesday, the Washington Examiner reported.
  • A student paper at a Roman Catholic college is raising money for its legal defense after a professor sued the paper for defamation.
  • Dylan Mulvaney, the male “influencer” who claims to identify as a transgender “girl” and whose promotion with Bud Light kicked off a firestorm of controversy for the beer giant, said he has gone to Peru to “feel safe.”

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