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    In ‘Scary’ Episode, This Employer Is Hoisted in Effigy by Anti-Trump Agitators
    Anthony J. Saliba is no shrinking violet. As a prominent Chicago financier as well as a trustee of the nation’s leading conservative think tank, he has seen his share of rough-and-tumble battles. "It was just scary that my picture was bigger than life on a big doll they were carrying around,” Tony Saliba says. But…
    Ken McIntyre
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    Leading Conservative Groups Stand With Freedom Caucus After Trump Attacks
    A group of conservative leaders defended the House Freedom Caucus for sticking to its principles in the debate over the House health care bill on Friday. “I urge the president to rethink these attacks on the Freedom Caucus,” said L. Brent Bozell III, a Republican advocacy leader, during a conference call filled with top conservatives…
    Caleb Ecarma
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    Ohio Conservatives to Trump: Work With Freedom Caucus Members, Not Against Them
    Hours after President Donald Trump attacked the Freedom Caucus and several of its members on Twitter, several prominent Ohio conservatives are speaking out in defense of the GOP lawmakers. Ohio tea party members, state representatives, and other conservative leaders responded to Trump’s tweets with a letter to the White House asking the president to “work…
    James Rogers
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    After Trump Threatens to ‘Fight’ Freedom Caucus, Conservatives Vow to ‘Keep Promises’
    After Republicans pulled a bill to repeal and replace Obamacare last week, conservative members of the House Freedom Caucus are shrugging off criticism leveled at them by Republican colleagues—including from President Donald Trump himself. In a Thursday morning tweet, Trump said the Freedom Caucus “will hurt the entire Republican agenda if they don’t get on…
    Josh Siegel
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    In Shift From Obama, Trump Leans on Military in Fight Against Terrorism
    In a break from his predecessor, President Donald Trump is giving more power to the military in carrying out the campaign against the Islamic State, and counterterrorism more broadly. Military and national security experts say Trump seems to be largely following President Barack Obama’s strategy to defeat the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or…
    Josh Siegel
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    GOP Senators Ask Trump Administration to End ‘Too Big to Fail’ Policies
    A group of Republican senators is leading an effort to end government-backed “too big to fail” bailout policies. In an effort to end the practice of taxpayer bailouts of private companies, 10 Republican senators from the Senate Banking Committee penned a letter to the Trump administration requesting that he terminate these policies for nonbanks, claiming they…
    Caleb Ecarma
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    Debt Limit Calls for Congress, Trump to Fix the Budget
    The new debt limit in place since March 16 stands at $19.9 trillion. It’s time for lawmakers to take the fiscal doctor’s diagnosis seriously. Like a patient struggling with unhealthy habits, the government needs to take a long look into the mirror because its fiscal future is in jeopardy. Since the debt limit suspension expired…
    Romina Boccia | Jonathan Iwaskiw
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    Trump Signals Change in Tone for Police From Obama
    President Donald Trump told the nation’s largest police union his administration will “always have your back,” a departure from what many police organizations say they felt about the previous administration. “Sadly, our police are often prevented from doing their jobs,” @POTUS says. The Fraternal Order of Police visited the White House Tuesday. Many police organizations…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Looks to Rebound With Tax Reform
    The White House sees the possibility of broad support for tax reform, and an opportunity for President Donald Trump to take up an issue that hasn’t advanced in three decades—fresh off a legislative defeat Friday on replacing Obamacare. “Our tax code is outdated,” @PressSec says. “It’s been 30 years. We have an economy that has…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Readies ‘Energy Independence’ Order to Repeal Obama Climate Policies
    President Donald Trump will issue a sweeping “energy independence” executive order Tuesday to dismantle signature global warming policies put in place by President Barack Obama's administration. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt told ABC News Trump will issue the order Tuesday to make “sure that we have a pro-growth and pro-environment approach to how we…
    Michael Bastasch
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    Trump-Backed Health Care Bill Stalls. Here’s How Other Presidents Responded to Early Setbacks
    President Donald Trump’s next moves might be some of the most important of his presidency. “So now we are going to go for tax reform,” @POTUS says. On Friday, he suffered a legislative defeat on the House bill to replace Obamacare, delivered in part by members of his own party in Congress. Presidential historians say…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Calls House Freedom Caucus ‘Friends,’ Predicts ‘What’s Going to Come … Is a Better Bill’
    Following House Speaker Paul Ryan’s decision to withdraw a bill repealing and replacing Obamacare, President Donald Trump attempted to mend the factions of the Republican conference and reiterated his support for the House Freedom Caucus. “This is a hard time for them,” Trump said of the Freedom Caucus. “This is a hard vote.” Republicans were…
    Melissa Quinn
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    He Was a Democrat for 30 Years. Why This Former Steelworker Now Backs Trump.
    For 17 years of his life, Roger Ramsey worked 80 hours a week as a maintenance technician for the Bethlehem Steel Company. When the Sparrows Point, Maryland, steel mill closed, Ramsey was left wondering what the next step would be. “I had spent 17 years of my life at that steel mill, and that’s when…
    Morgan Walker
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    Alleged Surveillance of Trump Team Fuels Debate Over Government Spying
    The chairman of the House intelligence committee surprised colleagues by saying he has evidence suggesting intelligence agencies may have misused and spread information legally obtained through surveillance of President Donald Trump or those close to him as they communicated with foreigners after the election. The disclosure Wednesday fed a debate over the government’s surveillance powers…
    Josh Siegel
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    Despite Stern Warning From Trump, Conservatives Continue to Oppose Obamacare Replacement
    House conservatives are holding their ground in opposing the GOP’s health care bill, even after leaders made additional changes to the plan in an attempt to find middle ground and President Donald Trump delivered a stern warning to the conference Tuesday morning. Republicans released their changes to their health care bill Monday night, which were…
    Melissa Quinn
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    Before Trump Called for Cuts in This Government Program, Obama Did
    The president’s budget called for slashing funding for a block grant program primarily because it was difficult to determine whether it was getting the desired results. That was President Barack Obama’s budget proposal for fiscal year 2012. It justified the 7.5 percent reduction in the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Community Development Block Grant program…
    Fred Lucas
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    Transportation Reforms Take to the Fast Lane in Trump Budget
    Following on his pledge to eliminate wasteful and inappropriate federal programs, President Donald Trump’s budget blueprint delivers when it comes to the Department of Transportation. Trump’s budget blueprint shears the Department of Transportation’s discretionary budget by $2.4 billion—some 13 percent—by slashing some of its most egregious programs. Although most of the department’s funding is classified as…
    Michael Sargent
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    Trump Budget Plan Curbs Federal Intervention in Higher Education
    The Trump administration’s proposed budget blueprint for 2018 significantly cuts waste in federal higher education spending. For decades, the federal government has increased spending on higher education programs with not much to show for it—other than higher tuition prices. Today, American students and taxpayers are in bad shape when it comes to college costs. The…
    Mary Clare Amselem
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    Trump to Dismantle Obama Climate Legacy, Lawmaker Says
    President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order dismantling the previous administration’s climate legacy, according to Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla. Inhofe told The Daily Signal that Trump will eradicate the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan next week. “What you’re going to see next week is he’s going to take this power plan…
    Morgan Walker
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    Sharyl Attkisson on Trump Surveillance Claims: ‘I Don’t Think It’s Outside Realm of Possibility’
    Veteran investigative journalist Sharyl Attkisson said Thursday it’s possible President Donald Trump is right about government surveillance. “I don’t think it’s outside the realm of possibility, especially considering The New York Times and USA Today reported that there was wiretapping going on of some of his top people,” Attkisson told “Fox & Friends.” Attkisson, who…
    James Rogers
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