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    ICE Arrests of Illegal Aliens Up 627% Under Trump

    Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s monthly arrests have increased 627% under President Donald Trump compared with the last year of the Biden administration, according to the Department of Homeland Security.   In the first month of Trump’s presidency, more than 20,000 illegal aliens were arrested, according to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. During the last full year of…
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    Senate Democrats Seek to Hamstring Trump on Energy Policies

    Senate Democrats on Wednesday will attempt to limit President Donald Trump’s ability to combat the energy affordability crisis in the United States by forcing a vote on a resolution that, if it were to become law, would revoke his declaration of an energy emergency.  The joint resolution will be forced to a roll-call vote by…
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    Trump Dismantles Legacy Media Monopoly at White House

    White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Tuesday that more reporters would have more access to President Donald Trump, who is already one of the most accessible world leaders in recent history. Yet in the bizarro world of Washington, D.C., the elitist White House press corps reacted with scorn, calling the move a threat to…
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    Trump White House Shakes Up Press Briefing Room With New Blow to Legacy Media

    Press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced that henceforth the White House press team—not the White House Correspondents’ Association—will determine which journalists are in the press pool. “As you all know, for decades, a group of the D.C.-based journalists, the White House Correspondents’ Association, has long dictated which journalists get to ask questions of the president of…
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    ‘It’s Called Having a Boss’: Scott Jennings Reminds Panelists Federal Workers Work for Trump

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Republican strategist Scott Jennings gave CNN panelists upset over an email asking government workers to outline their accomplishments a reality check Monday night, reminding them that all federal employees have President Donald Trump as their boss. White House senior adviser Elon Musk posted on X Saturday that federal employees needed to tell the Office…
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    Government Watchdog’s Waste List Buttresses Trump Complaints About FEMA, Telework

    Improper payments, empty federal buildings, and fragmented disaster response are among the key drivers of waste and inefficiency in the federal government, according to the Government Accountability Office.  The GAO’s 2025 High-Risk List, “Heightened Attention Could Save Billions and Improve Government Efficiency and Effectiveness,” was released Tuesday, and, among other things, it details the Federal…
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    K-12 DEI Program Faces Federal Scrutiny Amid Trump Crackdown

    THE CENTER SQUARE—A parental rights education group has filed a federal complaint against a California school for allegedly offering training sessions to some teachers and not to others based on the teachers’ race. Parents Defending Education is filing a complaint with the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Monday pointing to Kingmakers of Oakland,…
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    Trump Admin’s War on Federal Bureaucracy Threatens Nancy Pelosi’s ‘Local Legacy’ in San Francisco

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Trump administration’s effort to rein in federal bureaucracy and spending has a new target in its crosshairs: one of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s favorite projects in the San Francisco area. President Donald Trump announced in a Wednesday executive order that his administration will look to cut the Presidio Trust to the fullest…
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    Gov. Mike Dunleavy: Trump Has ‘Rescued Alaska’

    “Everything has changed” for Alaska’s energy and natural resources production under the Trump administration, Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy says.   On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order unlocking the “bounty of natural wealth” in Alaska, from oil and gas to minerals and even timber.   “Whatever Alaska has is…
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    ‘We Will Kill You’: Senior Trump Official Lays Out New Counterterrorism Strategy

    Sebastian Gorka, senior director for counterterrorism for President Donald Trump, is “recalibrating” the whole intelligence community toward one message, he said. “The No. 1 thing the president and [National Security Advisor Mike] Waltz cares about, whichever region of the world you’re talking about,” he told The Daily Signal, “is whether it [that region] is being…
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    Trump Vows to Deport Illegal Aliens at Unprecedented Scale in Speech to Conservatives

    OXON HILL, Md.—President Donald Trump slammed left-wing politicians for sending the American military abroad instead of protecting the southern border. “After years of politicians using our military to defend foreign borders while leaving our country defenseless, helpless, we deployed a group of people, active duty troops, to defend our border and repel the invasion of…
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    Trump Is ‘Reclaiming Control’: Senior White House Official Issues Warning to Defiant Bureaucrats

    OXON HILL, Md.—White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said President Donald Trump is “reclaiming control” of the federal government after four “painful” years. “Every single day, the entire White House staff, the entire administration, the entire Cabinet on behalf of President Trump and his extraordinary leadership is getting the lies out of our…
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    Trump’s UN Ambassador Elise Stefanik Calls for a Global DOGE

    Editor’s note: Following are the lightly edited remarks of Rep. Elise Stefanik at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on Feb. 22. Hello America First Patriots!!! It is great to be back at CPAC with a Republican trifecta! A Republican House, a Republican Senate, and of course, President Donald J. Trump in…
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    Trump ‘Dictates the Message’ of the White House, Spokeswoman Leavitt Says

    President Donald Trump is involved in every aspect of the White House’s communications strategy, press secretary Karoline Leavitt says. “He’s the president of United States. He’s also the communications director of the White House, because he dictates the message. He executes the agenda,” she said Friday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. “One of…
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    Rick Scott Faced Lawfare as Florida Governor. Here’s His Advice to Trump Today.

    OXON HILL, Md.—Rick Scott served as governor of Florida for eight years, cutting regulations as the Sunshine State became an economic powerhouse. He faced lawsuits from leftist groups then, and he gave advice for President Donald Trump—who faces lawsuits seeking to block his policies—today. “That’s what happens,” Scott, now a U.S. senator from Florida, told…
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    ‘WE’RE WINNING’: AG Bondi Responds to the Left’s Lawfare Against Trump

    OXON HILL, Md.—Attorney General Pam Bondi told Sen. Ted Cruz that the Trump administration is winning against the legal challenges of the Left, and on the cases the administration doesn’t win, they will appeal them to the Supreme Court. Bondi riled up the crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday by declaring, “We’re…
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    EXCLUSIVE: Washington State School District Defies Trump With Race-Based Hiring Plan

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—As the Trump administration threatens to pull funding from schools with race-based hiring, a Washington state school district is standing by its discriminatory practices. Bellingham Public Schools in Bellingham, Washington, has a five-year diversity, equity, and inclusion “action plan” to prioritize the retention of “staff of color,” according to documents obtained…
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    Nigel Farage Draws Inspiration From Trump to ‘Make Britain Great Again’ in UK Elections

    Nigel Farage, leader of the Brexit effort and a member of the United Kingdom Parliament, predicted his country would follow the trend of the U.S. electorate and “make Britain great again.” Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on Thursday, Farage, the leader of the Reform UK Party, noted that the…
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    Trump: Federal Government ‘Should Govern District of Columbia’

    THE CENTER SQUARE—President Donald Trump voiced his support for repealing the District of Columbia’s Home Rule Act, citing crime, homelessness, and “graffiti.” Trump relayed his stance Wednesday to reporters aboard Air Force One. The president was blunt in his assessment of the district, saying the federal government would run it more effectively. “I think that…
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    Senate GOP Not Backing Down From Budget Proposal Fearing Funds for Trump’s Border Security Agenda Could Run Dry

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Senate Republicans are plowing ahead with their budget proposal despite President Donald Trump throwing his weight behind the House version, arguing their plan will allow federal immigration authorities to execute the president’s border security agenda with full force. As Trump moves to secure the border following his predecessor’s failure to stem the…
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