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    Trump Declares Biden’s Autopen-Signed Pardons, Executive Orders Invalid

    In a Truth Social Post on Monday, President Donald Trump said former President Joe Biden’s autopen-signed orders were invalid, contending that recent discoveries by The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project render Biden’s pardons void. “The ‘Pardons’ that Sleepy Joe Biden gave to the Unselect Committee of Political Thugs, and many others, are hereby declared VOID, VACANT,…
    George Caldwell
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    California Poised to Disbar Trump 2020 Lawyer John Eastman 

    The irony is striking for John Eastman, a constitutional attorney and one of President Donald Trump’s lawyers in the litigated post-2020 election.  One week before a California panel is set to hear an appeal regarding Eastman’s disbarment, a group of Democrat attorneys general claims a Trump executive order runs “roughshod over the First Amendment” and…
    Fred Lucas
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    America’s Energy Renaissance: Trump’s ‘All Gas, No Brakes’ Approach 

    Adapted from a speech at The Heritage Foundation’s Texas Summit on March 7, 2025.  It is great to be living in the golden era of America. It’s hard to keep up with President Donald Trump, though, in the House of Representatives.  We have a president who is all gas and no brakes when it comes…
    Rep. Keith Self
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    ‘Very Impressed’: Trump Thanks Schumer for Whipping Dems’ Support of Spending Bill

    President Donald Trump thanked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for getting Democrats on board with the Republican spending package to keep the federal government open. The Senate voted late Friday afternoon to advance the continuing resolution, a short-term spending bill. That cleared the way for a final vote to avert a government shutdown. “I…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump’s Overtures Toward Greenland Are Paying Off

    Acquiring Greenland remains a priority for the Trump administration, and there are signs that a deal may be inching closer to happening. You may have missed it, but President Donald Trump referred to Greenland in his joint address to Congress in early March. Trump said to the people of Greenland, “We strongly support your right to determine your…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    What Trump Said in Justice Department Speech

    President Donald Trump said the Justice Department is “turning the page on four long years of corruption and weaponization.”  Trump spoke Friday when delivering remarks at the Justice Department for an event focused on fighting fentanyl, a highly lethal drug that has become an escalating problem in the United States.  Trump said during the Biden…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Reacts to Biden Autopen Controversy: ‘Who Was Signing All This Stuff?’

    Former President Joe Biden’s consistent use of an autopen e-signature during his presidency has become the talk of Washington, after a Heritage Oversight Project report called into question the validity and legal standing of Biden’s actions. An autopen, or signing machine, is a device that reproduces a signature without the signatory having to be present….
    George Caldwell
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    The Meritless ACLU Lawsuit to Stop Trump From Sending Illegal Aliens to Gitmo

    Earlier this week, the Trump administration brought about 40 illegal aliens it had taken to the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to a detention facility in Louisiana. The reason behind the surprise move is unclear, but it likely has something to do with the lawsuit filed by the ACLU and others contesting the…
    Cully Stimson
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    Under Trump, FEMA Will No Longer Use These Terms in Official Documents

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Federal Emergency Management Agency is reportedly gearing up to remove mentions of climate change and diversity, equity, and inclusion from its official documents. The agency is considering axing phrases such as “water conservation,” “electric vehicles,” and “fossil fuels” from official documents that direct its response to natural disasters, Politico’s E&E News reported Thursday. The…
    Ireland Owens
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    Judge: Trump Must Reinstate Fired Federal Workers

    The Trump administration must reinstate some fired probationary government employees, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Six agencies must give jobs back to thousands of recently-hired employees whom President Donald Trump fired in an effort to eliminate “waste, fraud, and abuse” from the federal government by cutting the federal workforce. U.S. District Judge William Alsup said employees…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Is Right: ‘Everything’s Computer!’

    “Everything’s computer!” President Donald Trump said on Tuesday while checking out a Tesla. The president might be right about that, not only regarding the Tesla, but for the future of the American economy: The Trump administration is attempting to usher in the AI economy while bringing the tech giants working on this technology to heel….
    Bradley Devlin
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    EXCLUSIVE: Seattle Children’s Hospital Renamed DEI Programs to Sidestep Trump, Employee Says

    Seattle Children’s Hospital renamed its diversity, equity, and inclusion programs to circumvent President Donald Trump’s directives, a whistleblower tells The Daily Signal. On Day One of his presidency, Trump signed an executive order to terminate “diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) discrimination in the federal workforce and in federal contracting and spending.”  For Seattle Children’s Hospital…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Nippon Steel Could Be a Shining Legacy for Donald Trump

    Modern presidents have few opportunities for signature achievements to cement their legacies. But in the first 100 days of his second term, President Donald Trump has the opportunity to make one of the most important economic decisions of the decade by approving Nippon Steel’s purchase of U.S. Steel.  America’s steel industry directly employs over 140,000 Americans…
    Mike Feuz
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    EXCLUSIVE: Dem Governors Get Strategy for National Guard Deployment, Executive Orders to Resist Trump

    Democrat governors have a “resistance” playbook created for them that includes draft executive orders to defy the administration’s immigration policies as well as instructions on deploying the National Guard.  The Governors Action Alliance, a Democrat organization that founded the group Governors Safeguarding Democracy, provided such guidance to the staffs of Democrat governors across the country…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Makes Good on Threats to Pull Funding From Maine Due to Trans Sports Defiance

    President Donald Trump has halted funding for research and programs at the University of Maine System following the state’s governor’s defiance of his executive order slashing funding for states that allow men to compete in women’s sports. Maine Gov. Janet Mills publicly opposed the Feb. 5 executive order protecting women’s sports from transgender intrusion. Mills yelled “See you in…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Is the World’s Worst Dictator

    Dictators crave power. President Donald Trump is using his power to give Americans more freedom. That’s a massive difference. Desperate to find an effective attack against Trump, some Democrats are recycling an old one. They claim he’s an authoritarian. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., invited laid-off federal workers to attend Trump’s recent speech to Congress. She…
    Victor Joecks
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    Can Donald Trump Win a Trade War?

    President Donald Trump knows better than to treat the “honeymoon” a president gets in his first months of office as a time to relax. He’s fighting as hard now as he did at the height of last year’s campaign. He’s even started what critics call a trade war. Every week, the White House astonishes liberals—and…
    Daniel McCarthy
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    Trump Admin Claws Back $600K Grant for Menstrual Study of Transgender Men

    President Donald Trump’s secretary of agriculture, Brooke Rollins, has canceled a $600,000 grant to study menstrual cycles in biological females who identify as men. The American Principles Project first uncovered the grant to Southern University and Agricultural & Mechanical College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. “CANCELLED: $600,000 grant to study ‘menstrual cycles in transgender men,’” Rollins posted Friday on…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Why Does Trump Dislike the CHIPS Act?

    In his address to Congress last week, President Donald Trump suggested undoing one of the cornerstones of former President Joe Biden's legislative legacy—the CHIPS and Science Act. “Your CHIPS Act is a horrible, horrible thing,” said Trump. But why does Trump hate it so much? The CHIPS and Science Act was one of Biden’s main…
    George Caldwell
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    Trump Is Bringing About a Regime Change Not Seen Since 1933

    The second Trump administration is engaged in the first real transfer of power since 1933. What is taking place is an attempt at national transformation, and that is never quiet. “Buckle up, there’s more to come,” I tell friends—not only here but especially those overseas—who express anxiety with what they see as turmoil. Transfers of power produce…
    Mike Gonzalez
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