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    Trump Cuts Millions From Alma Mater of Trans Swimmer Thomas

    President Donald Trump has paused $175 million in federal funding to the University of Pennsylvania for violating his executive order banning biological men from women’s sports. Pennsylvania is the alma mater of William “Lia” Thomas, the biological male swimmer who competed against and tied with Riley Gaines in the NCAA Division I Women’s Championships three years…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Why Trump Should Ignore the Stock Market

    President Donald Trump’s economic priority shouldn’t be preventing a recession. Stock prices are always a bit of a roller coaster. Over the last month, it’s mostly been a downhill ride. In mid-February, the S&P 500 hit 6,144. It’s now dipped below 5,525. That’s around a 10% drop, which means the market is in correction territory….
    Victor Joecks
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    What Trump Memo on Taxpayer-Funded Union Time Means for Federal Employee Unions

    Part of the Trump administration’s efforts to improve efficiency, accountability, and transparency in the federal government include minimizing the amount of taxpayer-funded time that federal employees spend working for their unions instead of doing the jobs they were hired to perform. This “paid union leave” is otherwise known as “official time.” A Feb. 27 memo…
    Rachel Greszler
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    Less Pain at Pump: Trump Energy Policies Cited as Gas Prices Dip

    With gas prices plummeting across the United States, the Trump administration is taking credit for Americans’ savings at the pump. The White House’s “Rapid Response” team sent out a flurry of jubilant posts on X on Monday, celebrating the fourth consecutive week of falling gas prices. But can Trump take credit? Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas,…
    George Caldwell
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    How Many Tax Dollars Bankrolled Union Efforts to Block Trump?

    Your hard-earned tax dollars don't just fund the salaries of federal bureaucrats, they also support public-sector unions who negotiate sweetheart deals between the bureaucrats and management. Federal bureaucrats feverishly renegotiated those deals just before President Donald Trump entered office, attempting to block his reforms. Now, the Trump administration is demanding that each agency provide an…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Down to Earth: Trump, Musk Bringing Stranded Astronauts Home

    Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, two American astronauts who have been stranded on the International Space Station since June, are scheduled to touch down on the Gulf Coast near Tallahassee, Florida, at 5:57 p.m. Tuesday. Their successful rescue will be another example of a promise kept by President Donald Trump. The president has made returning…
    Jacob Adams
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    Trump Ready to Enforce the Death Penalty

    WASHINGTON—Luigi Mangione, the Ivy League graduate charged with fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan sidewalk in December, has pleaded not guilty in connection with the killing. Like all defendants, Mangione enters the courtroom with the presumption of innocence. But if a jury finds him guilty of the capital murder of which he…
    Debra Saunders
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    The Trump Counterrevolution’s Next Moves Abroad

    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. President Donald Trump caused a stir, again, when he suggested that the recent independence vote in…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Ignoring All the President’s Women, Vanity Fair Ludicrously Accuses Trump of Nazi-Style Sexism 

    For a fresh look at how infantile, indolent, and insane the “Hate Trump” media have become, look no further than Olivia Campbell’s latest finger painting in Vanity Fair. This masterpiece of anti-MAGA madness is headlined “Trump’s New Administration Is Anti-Woman—a Playbook from Nazi-Era Germany.”  First things first: This headline writer should don a dunce cap and stand in…
    Deroy Murdock
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    Biden-Era App Was Like ‘Fast Pass at Disneyland’ for Illegal Aliens, Trump Press Secretary Says

    The Biden administration’s CBP One app facilitated the “mass illegal entry” of illegal immigrants, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday. “It was like a fast pass at Disneyland,” Leavitt told The Daily Signal at a White House press briefing. The Trump administration, however, repurposed the app to make it easier for illegal immigrants…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Assails Clinton-Appointed Judge’s Rehiring Order as ‘Absolutely Ridiculous’

    President Donald Trump said it’s “ridiculous” that a federal judge ruled that the government must rehire fired government employees.   “I don’t think that’s going to be happening, but we’ll have to see,” he told The Daily Signal aboard Air Force One on Sunday. A judge appointed by President Bill Clinton ruled Thursday that the Trump…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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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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