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    To Team Trump, Tariffs Are a National Security Issue

    WASHINGTON—“Don’t be a PANICAN,” President Donald Trump cautioned on social media. Critics have questioned the universal tariffs he unleashed last week, and Americans have had to steel themselves before checking the balance of their 401(k)s. The Trump tariffs came fast and larger than expected. The markets responded. Now Republicans and Wall Street big shots find…
    Debra Saunders
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    Justices Hand Trump National Security Win That Protects Public From Illegal Alien Criminals

    On Monday night, a 5-to-4 majority of the Supreme Court not only dissolved the controversial temporary restraining orders issued by Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, but the high court, in essence, took the case away from him. So much for any pending action by Boasberg to hold…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    WATCH: What’s Changed at the Southern Border Under Trump

    Since President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office on Jan. 20, the number of illegal aliens crossing the southern border has plummeted. Not only did Border Patrol’s March southern border encounters fall to an all-time low of just over 7,000, the number of unaccompanied children arriving at the border is lower now than it…
    Virginia Allen
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    Arizona’s Biggs Introduces Resolution to Support Trump on Deportation of Alien Gangbangers

    A border state congressman has introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives to recognize and declare members and affiliates of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua as “alien enemies” under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 and the criminal organization itself as a “terrorist organization perpetrating an invasion of the United States directly and…
    Jacob Adams
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    Trump to Sign Executive Order Reinvigorating Coal Industry

    President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Tuesday to “reinvigorate affordable, reliable, and clean coal,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on X. “Coal is critical to achieving American energy and [artificial intelligence] dominance,” Leavitt said. The order directs the chair of the National Energy Dominance Council to designate coal as a “mineral”…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Bill Prohibiting Union Time on Taxpayers’ Dime Would Extend Trump EO to Entire Federal Workforce

    Senator Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., introduced companion versions of the No Union Time on the Taxpayers’ Dime Act on April 7. This bill, which calls for eliminating taxpayer funding of federal employees working for their unions, is more relevant now than when first introduced in 2024.    That’s because the Trump…
    Rachel Greszler
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    BREAKING: Supreme Court Blocks Order Forcing Trump to Rehire 16,000 Bureaucrats

    The Supreme Court stayed a lower court judge's order forcing the Trump administration to reinstate more than 16,000 probationary federal employees. The Supreme Court move will keep the employees off the payroll while lower courts resolve the underlying question of the firings' legality. In the case, the American Federation of Government Employees—the largest public sector…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Use of Alien Enemies Act to Deport Venezuelan Illegal Aliens

    The Supreme Court has ruled that the Trump administration can, for now, resume deportations of Venezuelan criminal illegal aliens under the Alien Enemies Act.   “The Supreme Court has upheld the rule of law in our nation by allowing a president, whoever that may be, to be able to secure our borders, and protect our…
    Virginia Allen
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    ‘Constitutional Zombies’: Lawsuit Alleges Bureaucrats Operating Outside Law to Target Trump-Appointed Investigators

    A panel of inspectors general has been “wielding power” outside supervision of the president or Congress in targeting officials appointed during the first Trump administration that investigated waste, fraud, and abuse in government, according to a court filing. Inspectors general have become a contentious issue after President Donald Trump fired 17 in January. However, inspectors…
    Fred Lucas
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    New York Schools Defy Trump on DEI Programs

    THE CENTER SQUARE—In a forceful pushback, New York education officials are defying the Trump administration’s directive to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in public schools.  In a letter to the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights, New York Schools Counsel and Deputy Commissioner Daniel Morton-Bentley said the state will not comply with…
    Chris Wade
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    ‘HANG TOUGH’: Trump Administration Placates Americans as Stock Market Continues to Drop

    As the stock market continues to drop, Trump administration officials are assuring Americans that tariffs will save an economy that appears healthy from the outside but is rotting from within. In a Truth Social post Saturday, President Donald Trump urged Americans to “HANG TOUGH.” “HANG TOUGH, it won’t be easy, but the end result will be…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    What Trump’s Tariffs Mean for YOU

    Tony Kinnett interviews expert public finance economist EJ Antoni to understand the different uses and impacts from tariff policy as the Trump administration targets trade deficits with this economic tool. Antoni is a research fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation. Watch the segment from The…
    Tony Kinnett
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    Arizona Rancher Praises Trump as Illegal Border Crossers on His Land Plunge From 50 or More to 3 Daily

    Border rancher John Ladd says President Donald Trump is “doing everything right.”   Ladd’s Arizona ranch shares 10.5 miles with the border of Mexico, and during the four years of the Biden administration, about 50 illegal aliens crossed through Ladd’s property daily, and sometimes that number rose to as many as 200, he told The…
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump and Our Return to the ‘American System’

    Few economic philosophies have shaped America’s prosperity as profoundly as Henry Clay’s American System—a blueprint for national strength and self-sufficiency. Developed in the early 19th century, Clay’s vision centered on protective tariffs, a strong national banking system, infrastructure development, and the responsible use of natural resources. These pillars propelled the United States into economic dominance. However,…
    Tim Overton
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    Trump-Backed Budget Resolution Clears Senate Hurdle on Party-Line Vote

    Republicans in the Senate succeeded in passing a Trump-endorsed budget resolution on a straight party-line vote of 51 to 48 at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday. Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, were the only Republicans to vote against it. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., did not vote. The resolution’s passage is an important step in…
    George Caldwell
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    Former Obama DOJ Official Leads Hundreds of Law Firms to Oppose Trump Order Against Firm That Repped Clinton Campaign

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—More than 500 law firms led by former Barack Obama solicitor general Donald Beaton Verrilli Jr. came out on Friday against an executive order targeting the firm that represented Hilary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2016. President Donald Trump issued an order targeting Perkins Coie’s access to government contracts, buildings and security clearances in early…
    Katelynn Richardson
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    This One Quality Makes Trump a Dire Threat to the Deep State, Reagan Veteran Says

    Don Devine is proud that The Washington Post once attacked him as President Ronald Reagan’s “terrible swift sword of the civil service,” but even he is blown away by the muscular reforms of the Trump administration. That doesn’t stop him from giving advice on how to slay the deep state leviathan, however. Devine, who served…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Virginia’s Democrat Senators Recommend 4 US Attorney Options to Trump

    While Virginia’s current governor is facing more partisan pushback from the Democrat leadership in the General Assembly over his nominees to serve on state boards and commissions in the waning months of his administration (more regarding that issue coming soon to this space), two former Democrat governors have reached across the aisle to make suggestions…
    Joe Thomas
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    Trump Nemesis Judge Muses: Who to Hold in Contempt in Deportation Case?

    “How should I determine who the contemner or contemners are?” federal District Court Judge James Boasberg asked Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Immigration Litigation Drew Ensign. A contemner is someone said to be in contempt of court. In an at-times contentious hearing on Thursday, the chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of…
    Jacob Adams
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    EXCLUSIVE: Number of Unaccompanied Alien Children Arriving at Border Hits Record Low Under Trump

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The number of migrant children arriving alone at the southern border reached an all-time low in March.   Border Patrol encountered 631 unaccompanied alien children at the southwest border last month, down 97% from the record high of 18,716 under the administration of then-President Joe Biden in March 2021, according to…
    Virginia Allen
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