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    Supreme Court Rejects Trump Donor’s Defamation Lawsuit Against the Associated Press

    The Supreme Court doomed a lawsuit from Trump donor Steve Wynn Monday, declining to revisit the defamation case New York Times v. Sullivan (1964). Wynn, a casino developer, resigned as CEO and chairman of the board of his company Wynn Resorts amid sexual assault allegations in 2018—allegations he denied. He had previously served as vice…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Left-Wing Judges Try to Stymie Trump

    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. Ostensibly, President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance won an overwhelming victory, and you can…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    House Republicans Mull Ways to Counteract Anti-Trump Judges

    Republican congressmen are gearing up for a fight against federal judges appointed by Democrat presidents overruling President Donald Trump’s actions.  So far, Republican Reps. Brandon Gill of Texas, Eli Crane of Arizona, and Andy Ogles of Tennessee have all filed articles of impeachment against judges who have overruled Trump’s orders, claiming they have overstepped their…
    George Caldwell
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    Obama-Appointed Judge to Trump Team: ‘Nazis Got Better Treatment’

    An Obama-appointed judge on a Washington, D.C., appeals court Monday brought up the U.S. government’s treatment of Nazis amid World War II under the Alien Enemies Act in a hearing about President Donald Trump’s deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members. Judge Patricia Millett, in noting the Trump administration’s process for removing alleged members of the…
    Fred Lucas
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    ‘Tremendous Change’: Trump Says ‘Won’t Be Long’ Until States Run Department of Education

    President Donald Trump said it “won’t be long” until states are “really running” the Department of Education. The Daily Signal asked Trump at his March 24 Cabinet meeting how red states can implement his Thursday executive order ordering Secretary Linda McMahon to start facilitating the closure of the Department of Education. Trump said federal information…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Racking Up Important Legal Victories as Left’s Lawfare Ramps Up

    The Left couldn’t defeat President Donald Trump at the ballot box. Now, their only hope seems to be defeating him at the courthouse. More than 130 cases have been filed against the Trump administration since Trump’s return to office just two months ago. With the help of activist federal judges, the Left’s large-scale lawfare operation…
    Bradley Devlin
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    Bank of America CEO Faces Shareholder After Trump Denunciation of Debanking Conservatives

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—President Donald Trump called out Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan over reports of “debanking” conservatives—and now a conservative watchdog group is calling on its fellow bank shareholders to boot Moynihan from the board. The National Legal and Policy Center made a filing this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission,…
    Fred Lucas
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    The Lengths Democrats Are Willing to Go to Stop Trump

    Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s video from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see more of his videos. Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I want to apologize to you. I have been writing columns and have suggested to you…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    How Red States Plan to Carry Out Trump’s Executive Order Eliminating the Department of Education

    Red state officials awaiting guidance on how to respond to the executive order dismantling the Department of Education say they are eager to centralize authority locally. Trump signed an order Thursday afternoon authorizing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to begin closing the Department of Education, while continuing to ensure Americans receive the education services, programs,…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    ‘Next Generation of Air Dominance’: Trump Announces New F-47 Fighter Jet

    The Air Force is moving forward with the first sixth-generation fighter jet, President Donald Trump announced Friday. “It’s something the likes of which nobody has seen before, in terms of all of the attributes of a fighter jet. There’s never been anything even close to it, from speed to maneuverability to what it can have…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Why Trump Aims to Put His Secretary of Education Out of Work

    President Donald Trump said Thursday he hopes his executive order to begin eliminating the Department of Education will put Secretary of Education Linda McMahon out of a job. “It’s tremendous to have you, and hopefully, you won’t be there too long,” Trump said of McMahon, “but we’re going to find something else.” Trump signed the…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Can Win Again With US Steel Deal

    President Donald Trump just keeps making better and better deals. There is another opportunity for a win in finding a sweet spot for a deal between Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel. Trump is putting together another great deal, which will also benefit Americans at home and improve our international standing. The details of that deal…
    Andrew Shirley
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    Trump ‘Determined to Restore Law and Order’ Amid Tesla Attacks

    President Donald Trump is “determined to restore law and order in our country” as protesters continue to violently target Tesla dealerships, vehicles, and charging stations across America, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt. In an interview with Fox News Thursday, Leavitt said, “It is getting dangerous, and the White House wholeheartedly condemns it,…
    R.E. Wermus
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    Trump to Sign Order Handing Power Back to States, Families in Education

    White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a Fox News interview today that President Donald Trump “is not failing America’s children” but rather “saving America’s children” by abolishing the Department of Education.  Trump plans to sign, at a White House ceremony scheduled for 4 p.m. Thursday, an executive order that will dismantle the Education…
    R.E. Wermus
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    ‘We Are Not Bashful,’ Trump Aide Says of Promoting MAGA Agenda

    “Have we used sticks so far? … I hadn’t noticed,” White House deputy chief of staff James Blair said with a wry grin, explaining the Trump administration’s carrot-and-stick approach to pursuing its goals. In an interview with Politico, President Donald Trump’s deputy chief of staff for legislative, political, and public affairs discussed getting the president’s…
    Jacob Adams
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    Trump Eyes Sweeping Changes to FEMA, Disaster Relief Efforts

    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The Trump administration this week began signaling plans to overhaul the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other U.S. government agencies’ responses to natural disasters. President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a little-noticed executive order aimed at “achieving efficiency through state and local preparedness,” ordering national security adviser Mike Waltz and the heads of relevant…
    Ireland Owens
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    ‘Spitting Mad’: Far-Left Teachers Union Bosses Panic About Trump Executive Order

    Teachers unions are “spitting mad” about President Donald Trump cutting the Department of Education’s workforce and the possibility of an executive order further dismantling the 45-year-old agency. Trump will sign an executive order aimed at dismantling the agency Thursday, the White House confirmed to The Daily Signal. The order directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Ron DeSantis Joins Former Rival Trump to Celebrate Demise of Education Department

    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will join President Donald Trump in the White House as he signs an executive order Thursday afternoon making good on his campaign promise to close the Department of Education. The order intends to move power over education back to families and the states instead of Washington bureaucracies. The order directs Secretary…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    CBS Paints Trump as Worse Than Venezuelan Gangs

    In the moral battle between President Donald Trump and the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, the media have chosen a side. The foreign gangsters are less morally questionable than the president. The Trump administration sent a plane stuffed with alleged Tren de Aragua members to El Salvador, which is apparently more of a crime…
    Tim Graham
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    President Trump’s Near-Impossible Task, Explained

    President Donald Trump has inherited an unstable world from his successor. His administration has the daunting task of simultaneously bringing two wars, one in Ukraine, the other in the Levant, to a close.  On the heels of a Tuesday phone call between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Curt Mills, executive director of The American…
    Bradley Devlin
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