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    ‘Constitutional Zombies’: Lawsuit Alleges Bureaucrats Operating Outside Law to Target Trump-Appointed Investigators
    A panel of inspectors general has been “wielding power” outside supervision of the president or Congress in targeting officials appointed during the first Trump administration that investigated waste, fraud, and abuse in government, according to a court filing. Inspectors general have become a contentious issue after President Donald Trump fired 17 in January. However, inspectors…
    Fred Lucas
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    ‘HANG TOUGH’: Trump Administration Placates Americans as Stock Market Continues to Drop
    As the stock market continues to drop, Trump administration officials are assuring Americans that tariffs will save an economy that appears healthy from the outside but is rotting from within. In a Truth Social post Saturday, President Donald Trump urged Americans to “HANG TOUGH.” “HANG TOUGH, it won’t be easy, but the end result will be…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    What Trump’s Tariffs Mean for YOU
    Tony Kinnett interviews expert public finance economist EJ Antoni to understand the different uses and impacts from tariff policy as the Trump administration targets trade deficits with this economic tool. Antoni is a research fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget at The Heritage Foundation. Watch the segment from The…
    Tony Kinnett
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    Trump and Our Return to the ‘American System’
    Few economic philosophies have shaped America’s prosperity as profoundly as Henry Clay’s American System—a blueprint for national strength and self-sufficiency. Developed in the early 19th century, Clay’s vision centered on protective tariffs, a strong national banking system, infrastructure development, and the responsible use of natural resources. These pillars propelled the United States into economic dominance. However,…
    Tim Overton
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    Former Obama DOJ Official Leads Hundreds of Law Firms to Oppose Trump Order Against Firm That Repped Clinton Campaign
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—More than 500 law firms led by former Barack Obama solicitor general Donald Beaton Verrilli Jr. came out on Friday against an executive order targeting the firm that represented Hilary Clinton’s presidential campaign in 2016. President Donald Trump issued an order targeting Perkins Coie’s access to government contracts, buildings and security clearances in early…
    Katelynn Richardson
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    This One Quality Makes Trump a Dire Threat to the Deep State, Reagan Veteran Says
    Don Devine is proud that The Washington Post once attacked him as President Ronald Reagan’s “terrible swift sword of the civil service,” but even he is blown away by the muscular reforms of the Trump administration. That doesn’t stop him from giving advice on how to slay the deep state leviathan, however. Devine, who served…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Virginia’s Democrat Senators Recommend 4 US Attorney Options to Trump
    While Virginia’s current governor is facing more partisan pushback from the Democrat leadership in the General Assembly over his nominees to serve on state boards and commissions in the waning months of his administration (more regarding that issue coming soon to this space), two former Democrat governors have reached across the aisle to make suggestions…
    Joe Thomas
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    Trump Nemesis Judge Muses: Who to Hold in Contempt in Deportation Case?
    “How should I determine who the contemner or contemners are?” federal District Court Judge James Boasberg asked Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Immigration Litigation Drew Ensign. A contemner is someone said to be in contempt of court. In an at-times contentious hearing on Thursday, the chief judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of…
    Jacob Adams
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    EXCLUSIVE: Number of Unaccompanied Alien Children Arriving at Border Hits Record Low Under Trump
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The number of migrant children arriving alone at the southern border reached an all-time low in March.   Border Patrol encountered 631 unaccompanied alien children at the southwest border last month, down 97% from the record high of 18,716 under the administration of then-President Joe Biden in March 2021, according to…
    Virginia Allen
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    We Were Paying for What? Trump HHS Slashes Hundreds of Millions in Woke LGBTQ Grants
    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Trump administration’s Health and Human Services Department has canceled hundreds of millions of dollars in grants dedicated to researching illegal sexual behavior in children, pregnancy prevention for “transgender boys,” and so-called sleep inequality affecting black sexual-minority men.   In March, HHS canceled at least $530 million of funding for LGBTQ+ health…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Yes, Trump Could Serve a Third Term. Law Professor Explains How
    President Donald Trump could not run for a third term, but he could be president a third time, according to Cornell law professor Bill Jacobson.   The 22nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is clear that no one can be elected to the office of the president “more than twice.”   “But there’s nothing in the…
    Virginia Allen
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    Trump Backs Luna’s Bill to Allow New Parents in Congress to Vote by Proxy
    President Donald Trump has endorsed the bill that Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., left the House Freedom Caucus over, which would allow proxy voting for members of Congress who are new parents. “I don’t know why it’s controversial,” the president told reporters on Air Force One on Thursday. Luna left the conservative Freedom Caucus over…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    ‘Set Us Free’: Ice Cream Socialists Want Their Brand Back After Melting Down Over Trump
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Ben & Jerry’s founders are trying to take their brand back after parent company Unilever allegedly barred them from criticizing President Donald Trump in the lead-up to his return to the White House. Co-founder Ben Cohen is now publicly lobbying to buy Ben & Jerry’s back as Unilever prepares to spin off…
    Thomas English
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    Tariffs Will Be ‘Not Full Reciprocal,’ Trump Announces on ‘Liberation Day’
    President Donald Trump announced Wednesday afternoon that his promised tariffs will “kind reciprocal.” At what he called a “Liberation Day” event in the Rose Garden of the White House, Trump said the tariffs that he announced will be “not full reciprocal,” but “approximately half” of what foreign countries levy on American imports. “This is kind…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Pauses Federal Funding for Some Planned Parenthood Facilities
    The Trump administration is following through on its promise to withhold funding from abortion provider Planned Parenthood.  Nine Planned Parenthood regional affiliates received notice Monday that the federal funding they were receiving through the law known as Title X is being temporarily withheld, according to a report from Politico. The administration is looking into possible…
    Moira Gleason
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    She Lived American Dream, Sees That Same Spirit of Opportunity Again in Trump Admin
    What a difference two months or so can make. Just since President Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, Rep. Harriet Hageman says she has seen “a lot of hope” among Americans.  “We are in the middle of a renaissance, and when I'm home, I feel that,” Hageman, R-Wyo., said.  America is a “land of…
    Virginia Allen
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    Be Careful What You Wish For: Biden’s Firing of a Trump Appointee Boomerangs Big Time
    Roger Severino sued then-President Joe Biden in 2021 for dismissing him before the end of his term on an independent agency called the Administrative Conference of the United States. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s decision against Severino laid the groundwork for the court’s decision on Friday that President Donald Trump can…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Deportations Hit 100,000 Under Trump
    The Trump administration has carried out more than 100,000 deportations since Jan. 20, The New York Post first reported. In fulfillment of President Donald Trump’s pledge to arrest and remove illegal aliens, Immigration and Customs Enforcement has also made 113,000 arrests.   “He’s doing what he was voted in to do. Point blank!” an ICE…
    Virginia Allen
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    SATIRE: 10 Things Trump Will Rename This Week 
    After President Donald Trump’s great success renaming the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley, the president is preparing to declare he has the sole power to rename anything he wants.  The Daily Signal was added to a group chat called “Top Secret Renaming Small Group” by a Snapchat user, in which the Trump administration discussed…
    Moira Gleason
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    Memer-in-Chief: How Donald Trump Took the Digital Town Square by Storm
    President Donald Trump has made massive inroads with Gen Z voters through an alternative media strategy that took the president’s message directly to the digital town square. As a deputy assistant to the president and White House deputy communications director, Kaelan Dorr is a key player in executing Trump’s digital media strategy. He joined a…
    Bradley Devlin
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