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    Schumer Poised to Oppose Trump Supreme Court Nominees

    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is reinforcing his opposition to any Supreme Court nominee President-elect Donald Trump will nominate. “The consequences are going to be down the road,” Schumer said. “We are not going to settle on a Supreme Court nominee. If they don’t appoint someone who is really good, we are going to…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Democrats Take Aim at Trump Nominees, Unlike Republicans’ Speedy OK of Obama Cabinet

    Senate Democrats are mounting an aggressive effort to reject or delay President-elect Donald Trump’s choices for major Cabinet positions, in a reversal of the deference Republicans showed in speedily confirming President Barack Obama’s nominees eight years ago. In January 2009, the Senate confirmed 10 of Obama’s Cabinet choices within his first week as president, nine of…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    I’m a Lifelong Democrat. Here Are 3 Reasons I Pulled the Lever for Trump.

    Asking with a terseness normally associated with changing religions or declaring a new nationality, many people that know me have politely cornered me and demanded: “How could you—a lifelong, left-leaning, Obama-believing, Indy-Dem voter—vote for Donald Trump?” My answer to them is simple: Our nation is in the middle of a crisis. We are stuck at…
    Michael Reeb
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    The Administrative State Has Changed Our Culture. Trump Can Help Reverse Course.

    The overreaction to President-elect Donald Trump’s election—from campus “cry-ins” to Brandon Victor Dixon’s “Hamilton” rant—is more than just a left-wing tantrum. It displays a more fundamental development in American political culture. In it, we behold the first fruits of the administrative state. Although it was not clearly articulated in his campaign, Trump did represent an inchoate rebellion against what scholars…
    Paul Moreno
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    How States Could Restrict Use of Food Stamps in Trump Era

    Officials in at least two states are preparing to ask the new Trump administration for approval to prohibit use of food stamps to buy junk food and candy—a restriction the Obama administration has opposed. At least 25 states already prohibit welfare recipients from using Electronic Benefit Transfer cards to pay for alcohol, tobacco, gambling, lottery…
    Melissa Quinn
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    What to Know About the Fiscal Hawk Trump Chose as Budget Director

    President-elect Donald Trump chose one of the most outspoken fiscal conservatives in Congress, Rep. Mick Mulvaney, to be director of the Office of Management and Budget. Mulvaney, a South Carolina Republican, is a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, the most conservative group in Congress. He has pushed to cut both domestic and defense…
    Josh Siegel
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    Trump Vows to Back Term Limits. So Do These 48 Lawmakers.

    Convincing lawmakers in Congress to limit their time in office has always been a tall order, but a presidential megaphone for the issue also has been rare. A dozen senators and 36 House members so far have signed on to a pledge to support term limits according to U.S. Term Limits, an advocacy group. Those…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Interior Pick Pledges to Follow Model of Teddy Roosevelt

    President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday he has selected Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-Mont., a former Navy SEAL who broke with the Republican platform over federal lands, to be the next interior secretary. “As a former Navy SEAL, [Zinke] has incredible leadership skills and an attitude of doing whatever it takes to win,” Trump said in a…
    Fred Lucas
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    NYC Muslim Teen’s Lie About Trump Supporters Attack Shows Media’s ‘Fake News’ Problem

    It turns out the mainstream media fell for a fake story about Donald Trump supporters. On Wednesday, the New York Daily News reported, “A Muslim student who said she was harassed on the subway by drunken, hate-spewing white men shouting ‘Donald Trump!’ lied to police because she broke her curfew, law enforcement sources said.” Muslim girl…
    Katrina Trinko
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    How a Billionaire Democrat Running for Governor Won in Trump Country

    Editor's note: West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice announced Aug. 3, 2017, that he's switching his party affiliation from Democrat to Republican, and introduced President Donald Trump at a rally in Huntington, West Virginia.  In this profile from December, Melissa Quinn captures some reasons why. As results rolled in on election night, most political consultants and…
    Melissa Quinn
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    Trump Taps Rick Perry to Lead Energy Department

    According to reports, President-elect Donald Trump selected former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to lead the Department of Energy, an agency he infamously said, or forgot to say, he wanted to eliminate. The Department of Energy is primarily responsible for developing nuclear weapons, managing the country’s nuclear stockpile, and operating nuclear nonproliferation and counterterrorism programs. Since…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    To Drain the Swamp, Trump Must Reform Agricultural Policy

    There’s real hope that the Trump administration will shake things up in Washington, D.C. This includes getting rid of the cronyism and the status quo that helps special interests at the expense of everybody else. This change is needed, and it’s especially needed when it comes to agriculture. Imagine an industry in which taxpayers provide…
    Daren Bakst
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    What to Know About Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Trump’s Pick for Interior Secretary

    Editor’s note: Relying on media sources, The Daily Signal incorrectly reported Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers’ selection as interior secretary on Dec. 9. President-elect Donald Trump instead announced his choice of Rep. Ryan Zinke on Dec. 15. We regret the error and have taken steps to ensure this type of mistake doesn’t happen in the future….
    Fred Lucas
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    Stock Market Reacts Better for Trump Than Any Previous President-Elect

    The U.S. stock market has been on an unprecedented upward climb since President-elect Donald Trump won the White House. Trump’s election sparked the biggest one-month S&P 500 rally in its 93 years of existence. The index rose nearly 5 percent from Nov. 9 to Friday morning, breaking the previous 30-day record set after the election…
    Robert Donachie
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    How Trump Can Curb the Power of Unelected Regulators

    Do federal agencies face any limits on their power? Recently, a federal appeals court ruled that Richard Cordray’s position as director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is unconstitutional in its design because the position wielded immense authority over American businesses and consumers with little to no checks on that power. As Circuit Judge Brett…
    Trey Kovacs
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    Obama Political Appointees to Continue as Career Employees Under Trump

    After President Barack Obama exits office, at least 88 of his political appointees will likely remain working in the federal government under a Donald Trump administration, according to numbers from the Office of Personnel Management. From Jan. 1, 2010, through Sept. 30, 2016, federal agencies selected 112 political appointees for career civil service jobs. Of…
    Fred Lucas
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    What African-Americans Have to Gain From a Trump Presidency

    A lot of strong words were thrown about in this year’s presidential campaign, but few packed as powerful a punch as a single question that Donald Trump asked black voters in August. “What do you have to lose?” The pundits didn’t seem to understand, but many of us knew exactly what he meant. While the black…
    Kay C. James
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    Trump’s Pick for EPA Has a History of Fighting the Agency

    President-elect Donald Trump reportedly has nominated Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency. Pruitt is known for waging legal battles against the EPA over its climate change agenda, suggesting that Trump could intend to make good on his promise to “get rid of [the agency] in almost every form.” Pruitt, a Republican,…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Top House Republican Proposes Aggressive Plan to Help Trump Fight Terrorism

    Speaking at a military base in Tampa on Tuesday, President Barack Obama touted his legacy as commander-in-chief, making the case that “no foreign terrorist organization has successfully planned and executed an attack on our homeland” during his eight years in office. On Wednesday, the Republican chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee countered Obama’s state…
    Josh Siegel
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    How Democrats Could Regulate Internet Even After Trump Takes Office

    Democrats could maintain control of the agency making rules about the internet and other communications issues even after Donald Trump becomes president, as Democrats are pushing to lift the hold on President Barack Obama’s nominee to serve a second five-year term on the Federal Communications Commission. Outgoing Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., is trying…
    Fred Lucas
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