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    Trump Officials Assured Skeptical Senator Dr. Oz’s Views on Transgenderism Have Changed
    The Trump administration has assured a conservative senator who raised concerns about Dr. Mehmet Oz’s positions on transgenderism that the nominee to head the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services have changed, The Daily Signal has learned. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., wrote Oz a series of questions on March 18 about Oz’s past statements expressing…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Will Trump Turn Nationalism Against America?
    President Donald Trump is nothing if not strong-willed, and he’s the leader of the mightiest nation on Earth—but there’s one power even Trump can’t afford to discount. It’s the power of nationalism and national pride, which Trump himself harnessed to win two terms in the White House. But the same force that helped make Trump…
    Daniel McCarthy
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    Despite Trump Order, Another Bureaucrat Stubbornly Clings to Power
    If you miss the flurry of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus now that the animals are gone, you might catch the next meeting of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. The kind of circus one sees all too often in the nation’s capital is alive and kicking at this federal body….
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Trump Issues Executive Order Prioritizing Fair, Honest Elections
    President Donald Trump issued an executive order Tuesday that calls on federal government resources to help states ensure fair and honest elections. “Free, fair, and honest elections, unmarred by fraud, errors, or suspicion, are fundamental to maintaining our constitutional Republic,” the order states. “The right of American citizens to have their votes properly counted and tabulated,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump May Freeze Millions in Funding for Planned Parenthood, Report Says
    The Trump administration will freeze approximately $20 million in funding for Planned Parenthood, The Wall Street Journal reported. According to the Journal, the administration will put on hold about $120 million in grant funding for “family planning” as it reviews whether recipients are in violation of President Donald Trump’s executive order banning diversity, equity, and…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Abraham Lincoln Charted a Course for Trump on Judicial Overreach, Josh Hammer Says
    President Donald Trump faces a bevy of district court judges issuing restraining orders and injunctions blocking his executive actions, and Josh Hammer suggests the president take a leaf out of Abraham Lincoln’s book on the issue. Trump has responded to the orders with calls for Congress to impeach lower court judges or restrain them in…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    ‘Waste of Money’: Trump Calls for Defunding NPR, PBS Ahead of House DOGE Hearing
    President Donald Trump said National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service are a “waste of money” and that he would “be honored” to defund the taxpayer-funded networks. Trump made the comments in response to a reporter’s question Tuesday, one day before the CEOs of the two networks are set to take questions from a…
    Fred Lucas
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    Vance Clocks Kamala as Trump Plays Grandfather-in-Chief
    Somebody in the White House leveled Kamala Harris Thursday with a line that would have made Don Rickles blush. The real shocker? It wasn’t President Donald Trump, notorious “Insulter-in-Chief.”  In fact, Trump was off spending his day hosting a bunch of cute school kids, relishing again in his newfound role as “grandfather-in-chief.” No, the mic-dropping,…
    Al Perrotta
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    ‘BLATANTLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL’: Mike Lee Takes Action to Restrain ‘Whims’ of Judges Blocking Trump Orders
    Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, filed a new bill Monday aiming to restrain the district court judges that have been issuing restraining orders blocking President Donald Trump's agenda. "America's government cannot function if the legitimate orders of our commander-in-chief can be overridden at the whim of a single district court judge," Lee said in a statement…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Keep the Trump Tax Cuts So American Families Can Thrive
    Hide your wallets, taxes could be going up after Christmas! One of President Donald Trump’s greatest economic accomplishments of his first term, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, expires at the end of this year. Only 6% of Americans are aware that these tax cuts could be stripped away, and if they disappear, that’s a…
    Sandra Asuncion
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    Supreme Court Rejects Trump Donor’s Defamation Lawsuit Against the Associated Press
    The Supreme Court doomed a lawsuit from Trump donor Steve Wynn Monday, declining to revisit the defamation case New York Times v. Sullivan (1964). Wynn, a casino developer, resigned as CEO and chairman of the board of his company Wynn Resorts amid sexual assault allegations in 2018—allegations he denied. He had previously served as vice…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Left-Wing Judges Try to Stymie Trump
    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. Ostensibly, President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance won an overwhelming victory, and you can…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    House Republicans Mull Ways to Counteract Anti-Trump Judges
    Republican congressmen are gearing up for a fight against federal judges appointed by Democrat presidents overruling President Donald Trump’s actions.  So far, Republican Reps. Brandon Gill of Texas, Eli Crane of Arizona, and Andy Ogles of Tennessee have all filed articles of impeachment against judges who have overruled Trump’s orders, claiming they have overstepped their…
    George Caldwell
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    Obama-Appointed Judge to Trump Team: ‘Nazis Got Better Treatment’
    An Obama-appointed judge on a Washington, D.C., appeals court Monday brought up the U.S. government’s treatment of Nazis amid World War II under the Alien Enemies Act in a hearing about President Donald Trump’s deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members. Judge Patricia Millett, in noting the Trump administration’s process for removing alleged members of the…
    Fred Lucas | Tyler O’Neil
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    ‘Tremendous Change’: Trump Says ‘Won’t Be Long’ Until States Run Department of Education
    President Donald Trump said it “won’t be long” until states are “really running” the Department of Education. The Daily Signal asked Trump at his March 24 Cabinet meeting how red states can implement his Thursday executive order ordering Secretary Linda McMahon to start facilitating the closure of the Department of Education. Trump said federal information…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Racking Up Important Legal Victories as Left’s Lawfare Ramps Up
    The Left couldn’t defeat President Donald Trump at the ballot box. Now, their only hope seems to be defeating him at the courthouse. More than 130 cases have been filed against the Trump administration since Trump’s return to office just two months ago. With the help of activist federal judges, the Left’s large-scale lawfare operation…
    Bradley Devlin
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    Bank of America CEO Faces Shareholder After Trump Denunciation of Debanking Conservatives
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump called out Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan over reports of “debanking” conservatives—and now a conservative watchdog group is calling on its fellow bank shareholders to boot Moynihan from the board. The National Legal and Policy Center made a filing this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission,…
    Fred Lucas
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    The Lengths Democrats Are Willing to Go to Stop Trump
    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. I want to apologize to you. I have been writing columns and have suggested to you…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    How Red States Plan to Carry Out Trump’s Executive Order Eliminating the Department of Education
    Red state officials awaiting guidance on how to respond to the executive order dismantling the Department of Education say they are eager to centralize authority locally. Trump signed an order Thursday afternoon authorizing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to begin closing the Department of Education, while continuing to ensure Americans receive the education services, programs,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    House Panel Likely to Hold Hearings on Judges’ Rulings Thwarting Trump Admin Actions
    Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said he would be holding hearings as early as next week on recent judicial rulings against actions undertaken by the Trump administration. The announcement comes as several members of Congress are filing articles of impeachment against the federal judges who have stepped in to prevent…
    Jacob Adams
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