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    20 Attorneys General Sue Trump Admin to Shield Recently Hired Bureaucrats From Being Fired
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A coalition of 20 Democratic attorneys general filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Friday for firing thousands of probationary federal workers without providing advance notice. Led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, the plaintiffs argue the mass terminations violate federal law, which they argue mandates at least 60 days’ notice before…
    Thomas English
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    Trump Supporters Oppose Medicaid Funding Cuts, Poll Finds
    Most Americans who voted for President Donald Trump oppose proposed cuts to Medicaid funding, according to a poll released Friday.  As Congress considers changes to the Medicaid program during budget conversations, a poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that fewer than 1 in 5 adults (17%) want to see government decrease spending on Medicaid. …
    Moira Gleason
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    Trump Justice Department Could Enforce Expiration Date for Mail-In Ballots
    A new Trump administration Justice Department could enforce a federal court’s ruling requiring only ballots arriving on or before Election Day to be counted, voter integrity advocates said.  Just weeks before last November’s election, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a case from Mississippi that federal law requires mail-in ballots to arrive…
    Fred Lucas
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    The 5 Fables Surrounding Trump
    Fable One: Trump is appeasing Russia? Who wiped out the Wagner Group in Syria? Who sold offensive weapons to Ukraine first? Who warned Germany not to become dependent on the Russian Nord Stream 2 deal? Who withdrew from an unfair missile deal with the Russians? Who cajoled and berated NATO members to meet their military…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Trump to Sign Order Modifying Student Loan Forgiveness Program for Federal Employees
    President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Friday afternoon modifying the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program to exclude organizations involved in illegal activities, a White House official said. The program allows government workers and employees of nonprofits to erase their student loan balance after 10 years of monthly payments. The problem with the program is…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Administration Will No Longer Use Emergency Room Law to Mandate Abortions
    To say that a lot of things are changing since President Donald Trump took office for the second time is like saying a hurricane has rearranged some features of a neighborhood. In addition to rescinding scores of President Joe Biden’s executive orders and canceling ideological policies across executive branch agencies, the Trump administration is changing…
    Thomas Jipping
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    Inside the House Freedom Caucus’ Meeting With President Trump
    Members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus opened up to The Daily Signal about their meeting with President Donald Trump to discuss avoiding a government shutdown and passing the Trump agenda. The caucus met with Trump on Wednesday to discuss the plans to continue to fund the government while the president implements his reforms of…
    Jacob Adams
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    Trump Is Right. It’s Time to Make Shipbuilding Great Again.
    America desperately needs to make shipbuilding great again. President Donald Trump announced in his Tuesday night address to Congress that he will sign an executive order creating an office of shipbuilding to “resurrect the American shipbuilding industry, including commercial shipbuilding and military shipbuilding.” Trump’s announcement, though it may be surprising, is long overdue. The total collapse in…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    ‘Whoa!’: CNN’s Harry Enten ‘Truly Surprised’ That ‘Majority’ of Americans Want Trump and DOGE to Cut Gov’t
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten expressed surprise on Thursday about the popularity of President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency cuts to the federal government. DOGE, which has laid off thousands of federal workers in an effort to drastically reduce federal bureaucracy, claims on its website to have saved taxpayers an estimated…
    Jason Cohen
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    It Turns Out Trump Didn’t Need Border Bill That Dems Said Was Essential to Taming Illegal Immigration Crisis
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Donald Trump pushed border encounters to historical lows, and did so without signing into law a bipartisan border deal relentlessly lauded by his Democratic opponents. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed that there were a mere 200 migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border on Feb. 22, marking the lowest single-day apprehension number in…
    Jason Hopkins
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    How Trump Made Democrats Look ‘Like Absolute Clowns’ in Address to Congress
    “America is back,” President Donald Trump declared in his Tuesday address to Congress, making no bones about connecting what he sees as the imminent American revival to his electoral victory in November and the accomplishments of his first six weeks in office. The president’s triumphant tone, and Democrats’ reactions to it, made Democrats look “like…
    Bradley Devlin
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    Networks Hound Trump With Loaded Poll Questions
    The national media pay for national polls to measure public opinion. But often, they aren’t just measuring public opinion. Their selection of polling questions carries an agenda, and tests how the liberal media arguments are faring in all 50 states. Their questions change depending on which party’s president is in the White House. There are…
    Tim Graham
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    Republican Congressmen Back Trump’s Targeted Tariffs
    As President Donald Trump continues to advocate targeted tariffs, some Republican congressmen say they support his tariffs on imports from Canada, China, and Mexico. While Republicans believe in free trade, they want to give Trump space to maneuver, according to Rep. Derek Schmidt. “The president was very clear with the American people he believes tariffs are…
    Moira Gleason
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    White House Spokeswoman Rips Democrats’ Response to Trump Address to Congress as ‘Disgraceful,’ ‘Out of Touch’
    White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Wednesday slammed House and Senate Democrats for failing to applaud for the families of deceased Americans during President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night address to a joint session of Congress. Less than 10 minutes into Trump’s speech Tuesday night, House Speaker Mike Johnson had to order the removal of…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Shows Why He’s the Next Great American Communicator
    On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump demonstrated the exact qualities that allowed him to walk past a failing legacy media establishment and right back into the White House. Trump said just before he delivered his speech to a joint session of Congress that he would “tell it like it is.” Well, he did. Trump explained…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Capitol Hill Reacts to Trump Speech: Bouquets From Republicans, Brickbats From Democrats
    President Donald Trump’s speech before Congress drew strong reactions from Republicans and Democrats alike, with Republicans praising it as an impressive presentation of his agenda, and Democrats continuing to harshly criticize Trump’s policies. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., who is currently at work with the Senate trying to enact Trump’s agenda through a budget reconciliation…
    George Caldwell | Jacob Adams
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    10 Takeaways From Trump’s Congressional Address
    Heckling Democrat lawmakers brandishing canes and signs couldn’t stop President Donald Trump from showing off his efforts to “renew the American dream” for every citizen.  He painted a picture of what he described as a dark past under Joe Biden and a new future where anyone can achieve the American dream.  “The American dream is…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell | Fred Lucas
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    House Speaker Johnson Orders Democratic Congressman Removed From Trump Speech
    House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., ordered a Democratic congressman removed from the chamber of the House of Representatives as President Donald Trump delivered a speech Tuesday night to a joint session of Congress. Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, repeatedly interrupted Trump and raised his cane in the air. “Members are directed to uphold and maintain the…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Pentagon’s Partisan Letter Against Trump, Hegseth Debunked
    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. Recently, there’s been a lot of controversy because five former secretaries of defense—that would be Lloyd…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Made in America: Trump Racks Up $3 Trillion of Investments in US Economy
    For President Donald Trump, the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s $100 billion investment in U.S. chip manufacturing represented “a tremendous leap—like, a leap that nobody would have really said was possible.” But TSMC’s $100 billion is just a small part of the at least $3 trillion in investments and trade commitments the Trump administration has racked…
    Bradley Devlin
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