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    Israel Approves Plan to Assume Control of Gaza After Trump’s Middle East Trip
    Hamas has “a window of opportunity” to agree to a hostage deal with Israel before the end of President Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East next week, according to a top Israeli defense official. If no deal is reached, Israel will launch an aggressive campaign inside Gaza aimed at the elimination of Hamas, according…
    Virginia Allen
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    ‘A Lot of People Want the Job’: Trump Says He’ll Choose Waltz’s NSA Replacement in Next 6 Months
    President Donald Trump will pick Mike Waltz’s replacement as national security adviser in the next six months, he told The Daily Signal. “We have a lot of people that want the job, I can tell you,” Trump said aboard Air Force One. “I mean, a lot of people say it really works in with what…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Plans to Reopen Alcatraz, Irking Pelosi
    President Donald Trump’s Sunday announcement of plans to reopen San Francisco’s Alcatraz Island as a prison has irked San Francisco Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” said Trump on Truth Social. “Today, I am directing the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department of Justice, FBI, and Homeland Security, to reopen a substantially…
    George Caldwell
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    Trump Will Start Nominating Federal Judges ‘Rapidly,’ He Says
    President Donald Trump will nominate federal judges “rapidly,” he told The Daily Signal on Sunday night. “We’re putting them in rapidly and trying to get very good ones, but we need judges that are not going to be demanding trials for every single illegal immigrant,” Trump said on Air Force One. “We have millions of…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Judges Wage War Against Trump
    During his first 100 days in office, President Donald Trump acted with unprecedented speed to make major changes in government policies and root out the pervasive waste, fraud, and diversity, equity, and inclusion poisoning our government and its programs. Still, he was hampered by a handful of biased judges who abused their authority to keep…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Federal Judges Ruling Against Deportations is ‘Big’ Emergency, Trump Tells ‘Meet the Press’
    President Donald Trump said he doesn’t plan to lift the state of emergency he declared at the southern border on his first day in office because “we have a massive emergency overall.” “It’s an overall emergency on immigration,” the president said in an interview with “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker” on NBC News. “If…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    ‘Defender of Girls and Women’s Sports’: Meet the First Federal Judge Nominated in Trump Second Term
    President Donald Trump nominated the first federal judge of his second administration. Whitney Hermandorfer is Trump’s choice to serve on the 6th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio. She currently leads Tennessee’s Strategic Litigation Unit in the Office of the Tennessee Attorney General. Trump praised her as as a staunch defender of girls…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Scores These 4 Wins Against Voter Fraud in One Week
    The Trump administration Justice Department made significant moves to combat voter fraud during the final days of April and opening days of May—in some cases with the help of the Department of Government Efficiency, better known as DOGE. That includes a conviction, three arrests, and the creation of a new task force. These actions are…
    Fred Lucas
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    The Trump Counterrevolution and the Moral Ledger
    Despite the media hysteria, President Donald Trump’s counterrevolution remains on course. Its ultimate fate will probably rest with the state of the economy by the November 2026 midterm elections. But its success also hinges on accomplishing what is right and long overdue—and then making such reforms quietly, compassionately, and methodically. No country can long endure…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Trump Rightly Defunded PBS and NPR’s Long History of Anti-Conservative, Pro-Leftist Content
    It was a day that couldn’t come soon enough. Thursday night, President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending taxpayer subsidies for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service—media outlets receiving tens of millions of dollars in taxpayer funds each year to spread biased propaganda falsely labeled as “news.” I made the case for…
    Carrie Sheffield
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    Trump Administration Begins Dismantling Department of Education With $10.8B Budget Cuts
    President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget proposal would increase border security funding by 65%, marking the largest investment in homeland security in history, a senior White House official said. The White House unveiled its $1.7 trillion budget for the 2026 fiscal year, proposing about $163 billion in cuts to domestic programs, as well as a 13%…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    ‘Waste of Money’: Trump Axes Taxpayer Funding for NPR, PBS
    President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday night axing taxpayer funding for “biased” news outlets NPR and PBS. “National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service receive taxpayer funds through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting,” the order says. “Unlike in 1967, when the CPB was established, today, the media landscape is filled with abundant,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Escalates Fight Against Harvard
    President Donald Trump made a new announcement about how the federal government would treat Harvard University in a post Friday. “We are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!” the president posted on Truth Social. In April, Trump had floated the idea of Harvard losing its tax-exempt status. “Perhaps…
    Katrina Trinko
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    With Trump Back in Office, More Countries Are Expected to Join Abraham Accords
    TEL AVIV, Israel—After Oct. 7, 2023, and amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, the Abraham Accords remain in place and may soon be expanded, according to a Heritage Foundation visiting fellow based in Israel.   “To be honest, President [Joe] Biden was not able to add any additional countries to the Abraham Accords….
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump Executive Order Creates Religious Liberty Commission
    President Donald Trump on Thursday established by executive order a Religious Liberty Commission, a panel to be led by members of the clergy and government officials to advise the White House on religious liberty issues. “Americans need to be reacquainted with our nation’s superb experiment in religious freedom in order to preserve it against emerging…
    George Caldwell
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    Schumer, Jeffries Short on Specifics on Resisting Trump Agenda
    In remarks about President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and his House counterpart, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, predictably excoriated the president’s agenda, but didn’t provide a clear strategy by which they would resist him. The two New York Democrats accused Republican congressmen of going along with Trump’s agenda…
    George Caldwell
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    EXCLUSIVE: Legislation Would Codify Trump Order Barring Decertifying Colleges Over DEI
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A Republican senator wants to codify President Donald Trump’s executive order prohibiting unlawful diversity, equity, and inclusion discrimination in higher education accreditation. Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., was set to introduce a bill Wednesday barring accreditors from requiring colleges to adopt race- or sex-based standards for admissions, hiring, leadership, or special commendations….
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Blurring Trump’s Posters Displaying Illegal Immigrant Mug Shots
    At the 100-day mark, it’s an obvious fact that the border is now secure. Illegal immigration is now a trickle. The network “news” folks hate to mention it. But they are eager to cite polls that find President Donald Trump’s immigration approval number is declining. Forget the successes, and drive the notion that he’s losing…
    Tim Graham
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    HILARIOUS: Trump Trolls Fake News With 100 Days of Media ‘Hoaxes’ List
    It’s 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second term, and his administration has continued to move at “Trump speed.”  The president has signed a record-breaking 142 executive orders, taking actions such as ending the “catch and release” policy on illegal immigration, declaring a national energy emergency, cutting DEI-related funding and policies, and downsizing the federal…
    Bradley Devlin
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    ‘We Are Just Getting Started’: Trump Hails His First 100 Days
    President Donald Trump declared it the “most successful 100 days” in American history. “They all want to come back to Michigan and build cars again. You know why, because of our tax and tariff policy,” Trump said in his remarks at the Macomb County Community College Sports and Expo Center in Warren, Michigan, to mark his…
    Fred Lucas
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