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    Trump ‘Dictates the Message’ of the White House, Spokeswoman Leavitt Says
    President Donald Trump is involved in every aspect of the White House’s communications strategy, press secretary Karoline Leavitt says. “He’s the president of United States. He’s also the communications director of the White House, because he dictates the message. He executes the agenda,” she said Friday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference. “One of…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    ‘WE’RE WINNING’: AG Bondi Responds to the Left’s Lawfare Against Trump
    OXON HILL, Md.—Attorney General Pam Bondi told Sen. Ted Cruz that the Trump administration is winning against the legal challenges of the Left, and on the cases the administration doesn’t win, they will appeal them to the Supreme Court. Bondi riled up the crowd at the Conservative Political Action Conference on Thursday by declaring, “We’re…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Nigel Farage Draws Inspiration From Trump to ‘Make Britain Great Again’ in UK Elections
    Nigel Farage, leader of the Brexit effort and a member of the United Kingdom Parliament, predicted his country would follow the trend of the U.S. electorate and “make Britain great again.” Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on Thursday, Farage, the leader of the Reform UK Party, noted that the…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump: Federal Government ‘Should Govern District of Columbia’
    THE CENTER SQUARE—President Donald Trump voiced his support for repealing the District of Columbia’s Home Rule Act, citing crime, homelessness, and “graffiti.” Trump relayed his stance Wednesday to reporters aboard Air Force One. The president was blunt in his assessment of the district, saying the federal government would run it more effectively. “I think that…
    Sarah Roderick-Fitch
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    ‘Good Riddance’: Trump Fires ‘Biden Era’ Prosecutors
    In his effort to purge the federal government of political corruption, President Donald Trump is firing all prosecutors hired by his predecessor. On Tuesday evening, Trump announced via Truth Social that he is dismissing U.S. attorneys appointed by former President Joe Biden. “Over the past four years, the Department of Justice has been politicized like never before,”…
    S.A. McCarthy
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    GROTESQUE: Judges Force Trump Admin to Fund Experimental Transgender Interventions
    Did you know that your tax dollars have been funding experimental “transgender” medical interventions that leave kids stunted, scarred, and infertile? Did you know that when President Donald Trump tried to put a stop to it, activist groups and Democrat attorneys general sued, and judges ordered the administration to keep funding these Frankensteinian “treatments”? It’s…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Newsom Diverts $50M from Californians to Fight Trump on Immigration
    Nearly one month after several parts of Los Angeles were engulfed in flames, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two California bills into law allocating $50 million to fight the Trump administration’s agenda, especially on illegal immigration. Amid the ongoing relief efforts in Southern California, some residents are expressing their displeasure with the governor’s move. Greg Burt,…
    Zachary Gohl
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    ‘Restoring Confidence’: 5 Highlights of Trump’s First Month as CPAC Gathers to Celebrate
    President Donald Trump’s enraptured supporters, gathering just outside Washington, D.C., for the annual Conservative Political Action Conference, have much to celebrate after Trump’s first month in office. They summarize Trump’s accomplishments with one of his campaign mottos, “Promises Made, Promises Kept.” Trump has signed about 70 executive orders aimed at securing the border; cutting wasteful…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump’s Done With Unfair Tariffs Against America, Wants More Free and Fair Trade
    President Donald Trump is redefining the concept of “tariffs,” challenging their historical framing in order to use them to create freer trade that benefits America. Numerous U.S. trading partners slap much higher tariff rates on U.S. products than we do on theirs, and through the new possible tariff system signed into place by executive order…
    Carrie Sheffield
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    Rocket Men: Trump and Musk Vow to Rescue Stranded Astronauts
    In a joint interview, President Donald Trump and Department of Government Efficiency chief Elon Musk discussed rescuing two Americans stranded on the International Space Station.  “At the president’s request or instruction, we are accelerating the return of the astronauts, which was postponed, kind of, to a ridiculous degree,” Musk told Fox News’ Sean Hannity in…
    Jacob Adams
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    This Group Is Suing Trump Admin After Cuts to Refugee Program Slush Fund
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops sued the Trump administration Tuesday over the State Department cutting funding for refugee assistance. The lawsuit alleges USCCB “faces irreparable damage” due to the loss of funds, with millions of dollars already spent on nearly 7,000 refugees that will no longer be reimbursed following the Jan. 24 refugee…
    Jaryn Crouson
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    The Supreme Court’s Golden Opportunity to Restore Trump’s Authority Amid an Onslaught of Leftist Lawfare
    Is Donald Trump a president in name only? The very idea seems absurd, but federal judges have issued injunction after injunction after injunction, blocking the president’s ability to exercise executive authority—the very authority the Constitution clearly vests in him. Trump has appealed one of these injunctions to the Supreme Court, urging the justices to uphold…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    ‘Trump Effect’: Illegal Border Crossings Could Be on Track to Hit Near 50-Year Low
    The White House has touted January’s 36% decline in border apprehensions—the lowest number of illegal aliens apprehended along the border in almost five years—as the “Trump effect.” That total includes 29,116 apprehended at the border outside of official ports of entry, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. That’s the lowest since May 2020. And…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Puts Anti-Fraud Expert in Charge of Social Security After Acting Chief Quits in DOGE Clash
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—President Donald Trump appointed a fraud detection expert to lead the Social Security Administration after its acting commissioner reportedly resigned following a dispute over access to sensitive documents, according to The Washington Post. Leland Dudek, who manages SSA’s anti-fraud office, will serve as acting commissioner while the Senate vets Frank Bisignano, Trump’s…
    Thomas English
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    ‘There’s a Lot of Reasons’: First-Time Trump Voter Explains Why 2024 Was Her Breaking Point
    DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—A Connecticut mother explained on Thursday why she voted for President Donald Trump in 2024 after casting ballots for independent candidates in 2016 and 2020. In an appearance on journalist Mark Halperin’s “2WAY Tonight” Axios’ Trump White House reporter Marc Caputo asked a woman identified as Alex when she decided she had to vote…
    Jason Cohen
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    ‘President Trump Saved My Life’: Pardoned Pro-Lifers Reflect on Incarceration, Newfound Freedom
    Pro-lifers convicted under the FACE Act and released from prison after President Donald Trump pardoned them on Jan. 24 tell The Daily Signal they are grateful to God and to Trump for returning them to their families. Trump pardoned 23 pro-lifers who were convicted for actions including praying outside abortion clinics and encouraging women in…
    Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell
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    Trump Is Right: Rogue Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Must Go
    Almost immediately after the Senate named Russ Vought Office of Management and Budget director, President Donald Trump also named him the acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is a rogue agency with a long history of overreach and corruption. The agency has seen rampant internal racism and anti-woman…
    Carrie Sheffield
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    Attorneys General Face Uphill Battle to Justify Lawsuits Against Trump Executive Orders
    Attorneys general in left-leaning states have been crowding into courtrooms to sue the Trump administration. This spectacle, the growing tangle of hastily issued injunctions preventing the enforcement of presidential executive orders, might lead some to think that they are observing the reverse side of a familiar pattern—one in which the party that lost a national…
    Jack Fitzhenry
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    ‘Mini-Me’ Executive Branch Agencies Run Amok. Not for Much Longer, If Trump Has His Way.
    In a letter that no doubt sent shock waves through Washington’s permanent, untouchable bureaucracy, President Donald Trump’s acting solicitor general, Sarah Harris, sent a letter to Congress on Wednesday informing it that the Justice Department will no longer defend the constitutionality of federal laws that limit the ability of the president to remove the heads…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Trump Agenda on Track With Swift Cabinet Confirmations
    Senate Republicans have had a productive month confirming President Donald Trump’s Cabinet nominees to enact his MAGA agenda, and Trump has just three Cabinet nominees remaining to be confirmed: the secretaries of labor, commerce, and education.  Reacting to the breakneck pace of confirmations, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., praised his colleagues in a Fox…
    Jacob Adams
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