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    Trump Set to Lay Out Plan for Reopening America

    President Donald Trump intends to announce guidelines Thursday for states to “reopen” as the nation makes progress against the coronavirus pandemic. “The data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new [COVID-19] cases. Hopefully, that will continue,” Trump said Wednesday evening in the Rose Garden at the White House. “These encouraging developments have…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Derangement Syndrome Becomes a Threat to Public Health

    Trump derangement syndrome—a well-documented illness that predominantly afflicts coastal elites and congressional Democrats—has turned into a political pandemic. It is the reflexive refusal to agree with any position that President Donald Trump takes, regardless of merit. In a time of national emergency, this contagion is particularly dangerous. Take hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, two drugs that doctors…
    Rep. Ted Budd
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    Conservatives Call on Trump to Establish Free Trade Agreement With Taiwan

    Conservative leaders are asking President Donald Trump to establish a free trade agreement with Taiwan that they say would bolster America’s interests.  Calling Taiwan “a model trade partner,” the conservative leaders write in a letter addressed to the president, “The idea of a U.S.-Taiwan free trade agreement has been blocked for decades by Washington’s concern…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Trump Critical of IG Report on Hospitals

    Hospitals have lacked testing for the coronavirus, and were running low on supplies such as face masks, food, and toilet paper, according to a government audit issued Monday.  The report by Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Inspector General Ann Maxwell surveyed 323 hospital staffs across the United States during the week of March…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump’s Defense Budget Request Leans Toward the Far Future

    Back on Feb. 15, when the Department of Defense released its budget request, the world and the United States looked a lot different. The NBA was coming out of its All-Star game, college basketball was gearing up for March Madness, and offices and highways were packed. The World Health Organization would not declare the coronavirus…
    Frederico Bartels
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    Trump Should Heed Senate’s Call for Talks With Taiwan on Free Trade Pact

    The Senate on Wednesday night again passed the Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act. Sponsored by Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., in the Senate, and Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, in the House, this timely and bipartisan initiative to support Taiwan in the face of Chinese coercion is now on its way to President…
    Walter Lohman
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    Trump Taps Mark Meadows, Conservative Stalwart, to Be Next Chief of Staff

    A conservative congressman known for his anti-establishment approach will be President Donald Trump’s new chief of staff. Trump announced Friday he had picked Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., tweeting, “I have long known and worked with Mark, and the relationship is a very good one.” Meadows will replace Mick Mulvaney, who has been acting chief of…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Judge Declines to Declassify More of FBI’s Request to Spy on Trump Campaign Volunteer

    A federal judge sided with the Trump Justice Department by ruling against the release of classified portions of the FBI’s applications for warrants under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to surveil a Trump campaign aide in 2016. At issue in the lawsuit was whether President Donald Trump had ordered 21 pages from four of the…
    Chuck Ross
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    Conservatives Cheer as Trump Celebrates Achievements Under Fire

    Speaking before a celebratory crowd of conservative activists Saturday, President Donald Trump gave thanks to God for being able to accomplish so much in three years despite incoming fire from the left.  Trump referred to both the lengthy Russia investigation and House Democrats’ hasty impeachment move during remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference just…
    Fred Lucas
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    US, Taliban Sign Peace Deal for Afghanistan

    A U.S. special envoy and a senior Taliban representative signed an agreement Saturday in Doha, Qatar, that aims to be the first step to bring peace to Afghanistan and allow U.S. troops to come home. In the seven days leading up to the signing ceremony, violence by all sides in Afghanistan had dropped. While there…
    Luke Coffey
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    Trump a Pragmatist and Washington Had to ‘Adapt,’ Kushner Says

    President Donald Trump has “grown and grown” in popularity over the course of three years in office because he has taken on Washington, son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner told conservative activists Friday. “He didn’t adapt to Washington. Washington adapted to him,” Kushner told the annual Conservative Political Action Conference just outside Washington, prompting a huge…
    Fred Lucas
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    Pompeo: On World Stage, Trump Has Achieved What Critics Said He Never Could

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touted the Trump administration’s strong defense of religious liberty around the world Friday, while saying the president defies critics with achievements over “foreign policy built on fantasy.”  Pompeo, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, said religious freedom is among American values promoted abroad by President Donald Trump.  “Some people…
    Fred Lucas
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    The Left Will Keep Trying to Oust Trump, House Conservatives Predict

    Even with President Donald Trump’s acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial, the left will continue to go after him, several House Republicans predicted Thursday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.  “They’re never going to stop,” Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told the CPAC crowd. “They tried to overturn the will of 63 million Americans, all…
    Fred Lucas
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    3 Big Takeaways From Trump’s Trip to India

    It may look as if President Donald Trump’s trip to India boiled down to little more than media optics and Taj Mahal photo shoots. But there is much more significance to it than that. Over 100,000 people packed a cricket stadium to hear Trump and India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, reprise the “Howdy, Modi” event in Houston, Texas,…
    James Carafano
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    The Left Is Thwarting Trump’s Efforts to Secure Border

    Tremendous progress has been made in slowing the number of illegal border crossers, but there is still a long way to go to fully secure our border. The Trump administration is successfully building a wall on the border, negotiating with international partners who are helping slow the flow of illegal border crossings, and putting resources…
    Rep. Andy Biggs
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    Trump Wishes Christians and Catholics a ‘Peaceful and Prayerful’ Ash Wednesday

    President Donald Trump wished Christians and Catholics a “peaceful and prayerful” start to the Christian Lenten season Wednesday. The president issued a Wednesday statement in which he wished “everyone observing Ash Wednesday a peaceful and prayerful day.” “For Catholics and many other Christians, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season that concludes with the joyful…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Trump, Top Republicans Praise Barr Amid Calls for Resignation

    President Donald Trump vouched for Attorney General William Barr as top Republicans came to his defense after nine senators from the Democrat caucus demanded his resignation.  Trump said, “I have total confidence in my attorney general.”  “He’s a man with great integrity. The attorney general is a man with incredible integrity,” Trump said.  Trump took…
    Fred Lucas
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    ‘Endangers the Public’: Trump Tears Into LA Mayor Over Sanctuary Status

    President Donald Trump accused Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti of endangering his community after the Democrat announced the city’s police department will not cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Garcetti released a video Friday announcing that city police would not be helping federal immigration authorities, and also instructed illegal aliens on what to do…
    Jason Hopkins
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    Former SF Giants Player Claims He Was Banned From Reunion Over Trump Support

    The San Francisco Giants will be celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their winning the 2010 World Series with a reunion this summer, but one of the key players from the championship team won’t be there. Former Giants first baseman Aubrey Huff was disinvited because of some tweets that the team’s management decided were offensive and, he…
    Allison Schuster
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    House Democrats Ponder Impeaching Trump Again

    On the day the Senate acquitted President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial, a headline in The Atlantic stated that a second impeachment could be America’s only hope. Less than a month later, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is denouncing Trump again, saying that “it would be a blatant abuse of power if President Trump has…
    Fred Lucas
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