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Editor's note: Republicans' failure to repeal Obamacare after assuming control of the White House as well as Congress registered strongly with our audience in recent days. The day after President Trump's 100th day in office, today's mailbag leads off with two related letters, one signed by 17 GOP and grassroots activists in Pennsylvania.—Ken McIntyre  Dear Daily Signal: Since…

The narrative dominating the media this week has been the success or failure of President Donald Trump’s first 100 days. But at the Federal Communications Commission, there is no question that change is afoot. On Wednesday, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai revealed his most important change yet: eliminating the spectacularly nonsensical “net neutrality” rules imposed by…

Editor's note:  This weekend we reach deeper into the mailbag for a smattering of your views on a bunch of different issues. Let's lead off with observations on the state of our union by Anthony Cosenza, a Defense Department veteran who teaches at Philadelphia University these days. Enjoy.—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: This is regarding your reporting on Obamacare…

There are only 10 days left to comment on one of the most important early challenges in the young Trump administration: proposals to further balkanize America through the 2020 census. This poison pill was left behind by the Obama administration in its last few days in office. On Sept. 30, an interagency group proposed to…

Editor's note: Our news coverage and commentary on Republicans' efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare have been much on our audience's minds. It's topic No. 1 by a wide margin even as lawmakers went home on recess. Here's a sample of what you had to say in our mail.—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Regarding the House Freedom…

As House Republicans try to negotiate an agreement on the design of Obamacare repeal and replace legislation, specific elements are often referenced using shorthand terminology. While understandable, this can result in confusion if the same (or similar) term is applied to different concepts. An example is the term “high-risk pool,” which has recently been used…

The Kaiser Family Foundation runs a monthly tracking poll on health care topics, including Obamacare, that provides those involved in the raging U.S. health care debate some helpful regular check-ins with public sentiment. The April edition has gotten some increased attention in light of the recent repeal attempts in the U.S. House of Representatives. CNBC…

President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued an “energy independence” executive order on energy and climate policy. One provision of this order pertains to the social cost of greenhouse gasses—in particular, the “social costs” of carbon, methane, and nitrous oxide. The previous administration had used these social costs to justify its extensive regulatory agenda across the…

Nationally, black junior high and high school students are suspended at a rate more than three times as often as their white peers, twice as often as their Latino peers, and more than 10 times as often as their Asian peers. According to former Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, the “huge disparity is not…

This afternoon, the House canceled a scheduled vote on the American Health Care Act—the House leadership bill to partially repeal Obamacare—once it became clear that there were not the votes for passage. While the bill contained a number of provisions that were good conservative policies, a major reason it fell short was that too many…

Until recently, the House was scheduled to vote on the American Health Care Act, the GOP leadership’s proposal to repeal and replace parts of Obamacare. That vote has been called off. While the American Health Care Act would have repealed some Obamacare regulations, the bill does not go far enough. Obamacare caused premiums to rise…