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    Trump Takes the First Step in Restoring the US Military
    On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an exceptionally important executive order initiating both the beginning of the rebuilding of the U.S. armed forces and the fulfillment of a campaign promise. Because he signed this order on the same day he signed the order on immigration it hasn’t yet gotten the attention it deserves. That’s a…
    Thomas Spoehr
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    On March for Life Week, Trump and Congress Take Steps to Defend Life
    This was a big week for the pro-life community. President Donald Trump and the House of Representatives started the week by taking action to defend life and ensure that taxpayer dollars are not entangled with abortion, both at home and abroad. Then on Friday, tens of thousands of Americans converged on Washington, D.C., for the…
    Melanie Israel
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    Cartoon: The ‘Opposition Party’ Reports on Trump’s First Week
    Michael Ramirez
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    Trump Already Making Good on Campaign Promises, Says Newt Gingrich
    Less than a week into his presidency, Donald Trump has already acted on the promises he made to the American people, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said. “This inaugural rose directly out of a two-year campaign and has now led into the first week of activism,” says Newt Gingrich. Speaking Wednesday at The Heritage Foundation…
    Morgan Walker
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    Trump Wants to Slash Regulations by 75%. Here’s How Regulatory Reform Could Boost US.
    During a White House meeting with business leaders on Monday, President Donald Trump pledged to slash regulations by at least 75 percent. Activists were positively apoplectic, of course, and media ridicule was swift. But exaggerated as the comment was, the larger point is incontrovertible: The unparalleled expansion of the administrative state is crushing America’s entrepreneurial…
    Diane Katz
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    Will Trump Reform the Intelligence Community? History Offers Some Clues
    Until his speech at the CIA yesterday in which he praised the CIA and intelligence community, President Donald Trump had been openly critical of the intelligence community as a whole, and former CIA Director John Brennan in particular. So, what will his relationship with the intelligence community be like now that he’s in the Oval…
    Cully Stimson
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    Trump to ‘Renegotiate’ Terms of Keystone XL, Dakota Pipelines
    President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders to move forward with two major pipelines blocked by the Obama administration, but with the caveat the U.S. would “renegotiate” the terms of building the projects. “It’s subject to a renegotiation of terms by us,” Trump said before signing an executive order on the Keystone XL…
    Michael Bastasch
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    Democrats Don’t Have Votes to Defeat Trump Nominees, but They Can Delay Them
    Senate Democrats have dug in their heels to stall confirmation proceedings for President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees. Though the Senate confirmed two of Trump’s nominees Friday and a third Monday evening, Democrats have slowed the pace considerably compared with Republicans’  treatment of President Barack Obama’s choices. BREAKING: Kansas Rep. Mike Pompeo sworn in as Trump administration's…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Newt Gingrich Condemns ‘Propaganda Media’ for Biased Coverage of Trump
    Just days into his presidency, Donald Trump is already experiencing an unprecedented level of one-sided media coverage, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said. And don’t expect it to get any better, he warned. Speaking Monday at The Heritage Foundation—the fourth of a six-part series on understanding Trump and Trumpism—Gingrich addressed the media’s negative coverage of…
    Morgan Walker
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    What Trump’s Decision to Move Embassy to Jerusalem Would Mean
    The Trump administration is undecided about relocating the U.S. Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, a campaign promise that carries historical and symbolic significance to Israelis, Palestinians, and the broader Middle East. On Monday, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said there are “no decisions” on relocating the embassy to Jerusalem, a move…
    Josh Siegel
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    Trump Targets 3 Agencies With Ambitious Budget Cuts
    President Donald Trump’s reported plan to gut federal spending by $10.5 trillion over the next decade includes eliminating three iconic agencies defended as cultural mainstays by many Democrats. The next administration is working on plans to eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and privatize the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Hill reported Thursday. Combined,…
    Thomas Phippen
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    Trump Should End Government Funding of NPR’s Biased News
    Is National Public Radio’s description of an Obama urban directive as something that merely “links [government] funding to desegregation” fake news? Well, it’s so slanted that if you had no prior knowledge of the program, and heard NPR’s depiction of it, you would just say to yourself, “Sounds good to me.” But to many conservatives, including…
    Mike Gonzalez
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    Trump Supporters in Their Own Words
    Thousands of voters traveled to the nation’s capital Friday to witness the inauguration of President Donald Trump. But have their voices been accurately reflected over the past few months? The Daily Signal spoke with Trump supporters about who they are, why they came out to support the nation’s 45th president, and whether they think the media’s narrative is fair. Watch the…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    So Much for Tolerance: Photos of the Violent Protests of Trump’s Inauguration
    In some parts of the nation's capital today, it looks like a war zone. And it's because of protesters who are presumably taking out their anger over the election—and the voters' decision—by acting violently and destructively on the streets of Washington. Here are some of the most compelling photos and tweets documenting the destruction: .@POTUS supporter…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Why These Americans From 14 States Came to Washington for Trump’s Inauguration
    They came by the thousands from all over America to support the man they said can turn around economic, social, and other ills as the nation’s 45th president. The Daily Signal visited the National Mall, where an inaugural concert was held Thursday night, and the Capitol grounds, where Donald Trump was sworn in at noon…
    Josh Siegel | Rachel del Guidice | Caleb Ecarma
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    Why Trump Poses a Bigger Threat to the Left Than Reagan, According to Newt Gingrich
    President-elect Donald Trump poses a greater threat to the left than any other political leader in the last 100 years, Newt Gingrich proclaimed on the eve of Inauguration Day. Speaking at The Heritage Foundation on Thursday, Gingrich predicted that the Trump administration will dismantle the Washington establishment, unlike anything America has ever seen. “Trump is…
    Morgan Walker
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    Trump Team Right to Consider ‘Dramatic’ Cuts to Federal Budget
    The Hill reported Thursday that President-elect Donald Trump’s team is considering “dramatic” cuts to the federal budget, using as a baseline a report issued in 2016 by The Heritage Foundation. Predictably, the left is having an absolute meltdown. The bloggers at Slate fanned themselves with sanctimonious tweets from people who clearly hadn’t read the Heritage proposals. Meanwhile,…
    Rachel Bovard
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    Here’s What 11 Conservatives in Congress Want to See as Trump Takes Over
    Conservatives in Congress say they want Donald Trump to remain focused on promoting and advancing the policies on which he campaigned to win the presidency. Curbing executive overreach, encouraging free enterprise, and repealing and replacing Obamacare are just a few things high on congressional conservatives’ wish lists of priorities for the new president. Here’s what 11 conservative…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Trump Inauguration Protesters Dishonor Long-Held Principle
    More than any other political act, the orderly transfer of power from one administration to another at a presidential inauguration demonstrates convincingly that we are a nation of laws and not of men. Even with the closest of outcomes and the losing side’s understandable disappointment—and even anger—victor and vanquished normally pledge to work together for…
    Lee Edwards
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    Trump Protesters Vow to ‘Shut Down’ Inauguration, Related Celebrations
    A coalition of leftist causes calling itself Disrupt J20 plans a series of organizing sessions, classes, protests, and other activities aimed at disrupting Donald Trump’s inauguration as president Jan. 20. “We’re planning  to paralyze the city itself, using blockades and marches to stop traffic and even public transit.” —Disrupt J20 website In appeals to “all…
    Kevin Mooney
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