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    Trump Has Made Conservatism ‘Hot’ Again—I Found Out for Myself at the Latest DC MAGA Social
    Welcome to the Golden Age, where being conservative is trending, and for more reasons than their commonsense politics. I attended the latest “cool kids” social at Butterworth’s, MAGA’s well-known hangout spot in Washington, D.C. On Thursday night, The Conservateur brought its famous “Make America Hot Again” social to the district—this time calling it “America Is…
    Emma Dayton
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    Only Trump Is Brave Enough for This Job
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Aside from congressional Democrats, there’s widespread agreement among the American people that the failed status quo in Washington must be confronted immediately. There’s also agreement that navigating our country around the economic iceberg that is rapidly approaching after decades of bad policy decisions is not a task for the faint of heart….
    David Bossie
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    Trump State Department Axes $25M Pro-LGBTQ ‘Global Equality Fund’
    A $25 million program that offered taxpayer funds to promote LGBTQ ideology abroad has been removed from the State Department website by the Trump administration. The Biden administration State Department’s Global Equality Fund posted its final grant application solicitation on Jan. 6, offering $2.1 million to help LGBTQ people “mitigate and recover from violence and restrictions…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Michigan Governor Draws Flak From Fellow Democrats for Meeting With Trump
    Democrat Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is taking heat from within her own party for her cordial meeting Wednesday with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office.  Whitmer was present as Trump signed an executive order stripping the security clearances of two former administration officials and launching investigations into their conduct. Now, other Democrats and Democrat-aligned…
    George Caldwell
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    Trump’s So-Called Trade War
    1. President Donald Trump’s so-called trade war. Many call the American effort to obtain either tariff parity or a reduction in the roughly $1 trillion trade deficit and 50 years of consecutive trade deficits a “trade war.” But then what do they call the policies of the past half-century by Europe, Asia, China, and others…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Trump’s Tariffs Are Only the Start. Congress Must Now Cut Taxes and Regulations.
    President Donald Trump announced historic tariffs on April 2—“Liberation Day”—to ensure that America is no longer “looted, pillaged, raped, and plundered” by other nations. On Wednesday, the president announced a 90-day pause on the tariffs and lowered the tariff rate on most nations to 10%. He also raised tariffs on China to 125%. His bold leadership, which quickly brought 75…
    Kevin Roberts | Richard Stern
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    House Narrowly Passes Trump-Backed Budget Plan on Party-Line Vote
    House Republicans pushed through a Trump-backed budget framework on a 216-214 vote Thursday, providing a boost to the president’s legislative agenda. Democrats voted against it unanimously, while Reps. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., were the only Republicans in opposition. The resolution’s passage came amid some protests from hard-line fiscal conservatives within the GOP,…
    George Caldwell
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    Trump Takes Aim at the Heart of the Climate Industrial Complex
    The White House has begun to cut funding for a federal program that drives climate alarmism and bolsters the narrative that burning fossil fuels will doom the environment. The Trump administration is cutting funding for the U.S. Global Change Research Program, which produces a National Climate Assessment. Agencies across the government use the assessment to…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Trump Cracks Down on Obama-Era 13,000-Word Regulation on Shower Heads
    The Trump administration has been waging war against unnecessary regulations enacted by previous Democrat presidents, and shower heads are the latest target. Former President Barack Obama’s administration issued a 13,000-word regulation defining “shower head.” President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday directing that regulation’s repeal. “Overregulation chokes the American economy and stifles personal freedom,”…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Order Would Force the ACLU to Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is on Lawfare
    What if I told you that when federal district judges issue injunctions blocking President Donald Trump’s policies in a judicial insurrection, they were the ones breaking the law? No, it’s not just because these judges are effectively usurping the authority of the president over the executive branch. It’s more clear-cut than that. When Chief Judge…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Stock Market Reacts to Trump Pausing Tariffs
    Mere minutes after President Donald Trump announced a 90-day pause on tariffs for more than 75 trading partners that did not retaliate, the stock market is booming. The S&P 500 was up 8.3% with less than an hour remaining in trading, approaching one of its best days in decades. The Dow surged 2,600 points, its biggest rally in…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump DHS to Fine Illegal Aliens Ordered Deported $998 for Each Day Overstayed
    Illegal immigrants overstaying their deportation day will have to pay a fine of $998 per day after their official removal date.  The Trump administration is enforcing a 1996 Clinton administration-era law. Though on the books, the law was enforced for the first time in 2018 during President Donald Trump’s first term, Reuters reported.  The Department…
    Fred Lucas
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    Who Benefits Most From Trump Tax Cuts? You Might be Surprised
    President Donald Trump’s tax cuts from his first term helped low- and medium-income earners more than high earners, a new study from The Heartland Institute found.  The conservative think tank based in Illinois examined Internal Revenue Service data from 2017, the year Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law, through 2022, the…
    Fred Lucas
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    Dem Senator Blocks Hundreds of Trump Nominees
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democrat Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz is blocking more than 300 of President Donald Trump’s nominees from swift confirmation votes despite previously criticizing efforts to stall nominations during the Biden administration. Schatz’s blockade on hundreds of Trump nominees and at least nine bipartisan foreign relations bills comes as Senate Democrats are escalating opposition tactics against…
    Adam Pack
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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 | Thomas Jipping
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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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