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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…

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…

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,…

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,…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

“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…

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…

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…

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…

A Baptist leader urged the Trump administration to use its platform to promote Biblical pro-family policies during a White House roundtable on Wednesday, The Daily Signal has learned. President Donald Trump’s White House Faith Office held a meeting with several pastors to discuss the priorities of American Christians and hear their recommendations. The head of…

DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Donald Trump’s administration is hiring two IRS agents who alleged a cover-up of Hunter Biden’s tax crimes, tasking them with leading “reform” at the agency. The Treasury Department announced in a Tuesday press release that whistleblowers Gary Shapley and Joseph Ziegler will be senior advisers at the department. The agents came…