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    Deportations Hit 100,000 Under Trump

    The Trump administration has carried out more than 100,000 deportations since Jan. 20, The New York Post first reported. In fulfillment of President Donald Trump’s pledge to arrest and remove illegal aliens, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has also made 113,000 arrests.   “He’s doing what he was voted in to do. Point blank!” an ICE…
    Virginia Allen
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    SATIRE: 10 Things Trump Will Rename This Week 

    After President Donald Trump’s great success renaming the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley, the president is preparing to declare he has the sole power to rename anything he wants.  The Daily Signal was added to a group chat called “Top Secret Renaming Small Group” by a Snapchat user, in which the Trump administration discussed…
    Moira Gleason
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    Memer-in-Chief: How Donald Trump Took the Digital Town Square by Storm

    President Donald Trump has made massive inroads with Gen Z voters through an alternative media strategy that took the president’s message directly to the digital town square. As a deputy assistant to the president and White House deputy communications director, Kaelan Dorr is a key player in executing Trump’s digital media strategy. He joined a…
    Bradley Devlin
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    Florida Special Elections for House Seen as Barometer on Trump Policies

    Two special elections Tuesday for House seats from Florida will be a test of the popularity of the first 70 days of President Donald Trump’s second term and will decide whether or not Republicans can maintain their already slender margin of control in the House of Representatives. The stakes are high. With four seats currently…
    George Caldwell
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    Left-Wing Groups Call on Federal Election Agency to Defy Trump Executive Order

    A coalition of left-leaning organizations is urging the U.S. Election Assistance Commission to defy President Donald Trump’s executive order on election integrity.  Trump on Tuesday issued the order that, among other things, requires federal voter registration forms require proof of citizenship and would cut federal funding to states that count mail-in ballots arriving after Election…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump’s America First Trade Revolution Is a Win for Working Families 

    President Donald Trump is ending outdated trade policies that harm hard-working Americans.   Naturally, globalist elites are spitting mad that the United States is finally putting the interests of American workers, families, and communities over the pocketbooks of self-anointed “citizens of the world.”  Here are four ways Trump’s trade policies are restoring respect for America:  1) Demanding…
    Kevin Roberts
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    ‘NOT JOKING’: Trump Outlines Potential Road to Third Term

    President Donald Trump is “not joking” about seeking a third term in the Oval Office, he told NBC News Sunday morning. “There are methods which you could do it,” Trump said in a phone interview from Mar-a-Lago. One of those methods, he said, is having Vice President JD Vance run for president with Trump as…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    How Trump Is Decimating the Left’s Patronage Networks

    President Donald Trump has launched a political counterrevolution in the early days of his second presidency. One of the most profound ways he’s doing this is by effectively cutting off the Left’s massive, government-funded patronage networks.  What’s making Trump’s moves so effective is that many of these networks are based on government functions that long…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Inside President Trump’s Ambitious Policy Strategy

    President Donald Trump’s pace since returning to the White House has surprised the president’s friends, perhaps even more than his enemies. On the 66th day of his administration, Trump signed the 100th executive order of his second term, breaking FDR’s record of 99 executive orders in the first 100 days. While Trump plows ahead, the…
    Bradley Devlin
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    Deep State Union Gears Up to Sue After Trump Weakens Its Ability to Undermine National Security

    The American Federation of Government Employees is the tip of the deep state spear, taking President Trump to court as he tries to rein in the federal bureaucracy. AFGE promised yet another lawsuit Thursday, shortly after Trump signed an executive order removing the privilege of collective bargaining from a host of federal employees. “AFGE is…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump Administration Halts ‘COVID-19’ Education Spending Spree, Sends Savings to Treasury

    On Friday, the Trump administration took another step toward reining in wasteful government spending and narrowing Washington’s role in K-12 education. The Department of Education announced that it would be modifying the liquidation period for states to spend remaining COVID-19 “relief” dollars, giving them until close of business on March 28 to obligate any remaining…
    Lindsey Burke
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    How Donald Trump Is Reshaping America in Just 7 Weeks

    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. How should we characterize the first seven weeks of the Trump administration because we get so…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    ‘Empire of Gender Secrecy Policies Is Going to Crumble’ After Trump Education Probe in California, Lawyer Says

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Education under President Donald Trump launched an investigation into the California Department of Education Thursday in a move that could prevent the Golden State bureaucracy from weaseling its way out of a key parental notification lawsuit. The lawsuit focuses on California school policies preventing teachers from notifying parents…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump Going on Offense to Stop Left’s War on History 

    In the darkest doldrums of one of the feeblest, yet imperious presidencies it very much appeared that literally every positive symbol of America’s past would be stripped from public places.  The little that stayed was slapped with “warning labels” by so-called experts, kept in a carefully gatekept bubble to ensure that Americans were fed a…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Trump’s Reversing Biden’s Appliance Energy Regs Will Lower Housing Costs, Experts Say

    President Donald Trump’s plan to reverse his predecessor’s energy regulations could lower the costs of housing, which reached record highs last summer.  The administration of President Joe Biden issued strict climate standards for household appliances, including gas stoves, washing machines, and dishwashers. While the regulations allowed Americans to keep their current appliances, the standards raised…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Reportedly Shuts Off Flow of Taxpayer Dollars Into World Trade Organization

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Trump administration has reportedly suspended financial contributions to the World Trade Organization as of Thursday. The decision comes as part of a broader shift by President Donald Trump to distance the U.S. from international institutions perceived to undermine American sovereignty or misallocate taxpayer dollars. U.S. funding for both 2024 and 2025…
    Thomas English
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    Republican Stronghold Flips Blue as Democrat Credits Trump for Surprise Victory in Pennsylvania

    Democrats flipped a state Senate seat in heavily Republican Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, during a special election Tuesday, and the Democrat senator-elect is crediting President Donald Trump for the victory.  Democrat James Andrew Malone, the mayor of East Petersburg, won the seat for the 36th District by less than 500 votes, receiving 50% of the total…
    Moira Gleason
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    Trump Appeals Deportation Case to Supreme Court

    The Trump administration made an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court to hear its case for using the Alien Enemies Act to deport members of a Venezuelan gang. The alleged members were sent to an El Salvador prison.  The administration is asking the high court to reverse an order from U.S. District Judge James Boasberg, of…
    Fred Lucas
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    Karoline Leavitt: What It’s Really Like Working for President Trump

    Karoline Leavitt made history when she became the youngest person ever to hold the title White House press secretary. In a special episode of “The Signal Sitdown” filmed at the White House, Leavitt opens up about her relationship with President Donald Trump, her political upbringing, and how the president is garnering record support with young…
    Bradley Devlin
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    Trump Acts to Protect American Voters

    On Tuesday, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing federal agencies to take numerous actions intended “to protect the integrity of our election process.” His order is a well-designed, comprehensive plan that will ensure that the federal government assists the states in conducting “free, fair, and honest elections unmarred by fraud, errors, or suspicion.” …
    Hans von Spakovsky
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