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    Trump’s Defense Budget Request Leans Toward the Far Future

    Back on Feb. 15, when the Department of Defense released its budget request, the world and the United States looked a lot different. The NBA was coming out of its All-Star game, college basketball was gearing up for March Madness, and offices and highways were packed. The World Health Organization would not declare the coronavirus…
    Frederico Bartels
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    Trump Should Heed Senate’s Call for Talks With Taiwan on Free Trade Pact

    The Senate on Wednesday night again passed the Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative (TAIPEI) Act. Sponsored by Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., in the Senate, and Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, in the House, this timely and bipartisan initiative to support Taiwan in the face of Chinese coercion is now on its way to President…
    Walter Lohman
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    Trump Taps Mark Meadows, Conservative Stalwart, to Be Next Chief of Staff

    A conservative congressman known for his anti-establishment approach will be President Donald Trump’s new chief of staff. Trump announced Friday he had picked Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., tweeting, “I have long known and worked with Mark, and the relationship is a very good one.” Meadows will replace Mick Mulvaney, who has been acting chief of…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Judge Declines to Declassify More of FBI’s Request to Spy on Trump Campaign Volunteer

    A federal judge sided with the Trump Justice Department by ruling against the release of classified portions of the FBI’s applications for warrants under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to surveil a Trump campaign aide in 2016. At issue in the lawsuit was whether President Donald Trump had ordered 21 pages from four of the…
    Chuck Ross
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    Conservatives Cheer as Trump Celebrates Achievements Under Fire

    Speaking before a celebratory crowd of conservative activists Saturday, President Donald Trump gave thanks to God for being able to accomplish so much in three years despite incoming fire from the left.  Trump referred to both the lengthy Russia investigation and House Democrats’ hasty impeachment move during remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference just…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump a Pragmatist and Washington Had to ‘Adapt,’ Kushner Says

    President Donald Trump has “grown and grown” in popularity over the course of three years in office because he has taken on Washington, son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner told conservative activists Friday. “He didn’t adapt to Washington. Washington adapted to him,” Kushner told the annual Conservative Political Action Conference just outside Washington, prompting a huge…
    Fred Lucas
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    Pompeo: On World Stage, Trump Has Achieved What Critics Said He Never Could

    Secretary of State Mike Pompeo touted the Trump administration’s strong defense of religious liberty around the world Friday, while saying the president defies critics with achievements over “foreign policy built on fantasy.”  Pompeo, speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference, said religious freedom is among American values promoted abroad by President Donald Trump.  “Some people…
    Fred Lucas
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    The Left Will Keep Trying to Oust Trump, House Conservatives Predict

    Even with President Donald Trump’s acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial, the left will continue to go after him, several House Republicans predicted Thursday at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference.  “They’re never going to stop,” Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told the CPAC crowd. “They tried to overturn the will of 63 million Americans, all…
    Fred Lucas
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    3 Big Takeaways From Trump’s Trip to India

    It may look as if President Donald Trump’s trip to India boiled down to little more than media optics and Taj Mahal photo shoots. But there is much more significance to it than that. Over 100,000 people packed a cricket stadium to hear Trump and India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, reprise the “Howdy, Modi” event in Houston, Texas,…
    James Carafano
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    The Left Is Thwarting Trump’s Efforts to Secure Border

    Tremendous progress has been made in slowing the number of illegal border crossers, but there is still a long way to go to fully secure our border. The Trump administration is successfully building a wall on the border, negotiating with international partners who are helping slow the flow of illegal border crossings, and putting resources…
    Rep. Andy Biggs
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    Trump Wishes Christians and Catholics a ‘Peaceful and Prayerful’ Ash Wednesday

    President Donald Trump wished Christians and Catholics a “peaceful and prayerful” start to the Christian Lenten season Wednesday. The president issued a Wednesday statement in which he wished “everyone observing Ash Wednesday a peaceful and prayerful day.” “For Catholics and many other Christians, Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of the Lenten season that concludes with the joyful…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Trump, Top Republicans Praise Barr Amid Calls for Resignation

    President Donald Trump vouched for Attorney General William Barr as top Republicans came to his defense after nine senators from the Democrat caucus demanded his resignation.  Trump said, “I have total confidence in my attorney general.”  “He’s a man with great integrity. The attorney general is a man with incredible integrity,” Trump said.  Trump took…
    Fred Lucas
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    ‘Endangers the Public’: Trump Tears Into LA Mayor Over Sanctuary Status

    President Donald Trump accused Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti of endangering his community after the Democrat announced the city’s police department will not cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Garcetti released a video Friday announcing that city police would not be helping federal immigration authorities, and also instructed illegal aliens on what to do…
    Jason Hopkins
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    Former SF Giants Player Claims He Was Banned From Reunion Over Trump Support

    The San Francisco Giants will be celebrating the 10-year anniversary of their winning the 2010 World Series with a reunion this summer, but one of the key players from the championship team won’t be there. Former Giants first baseman Aubrey Huff was disinvited because of some tweets that the team’s management decided were offensive and, he…
    Allison Schuster
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    House Democrats Ponder Impeaching Trump Again

    On the day the Senate acquitted President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial, a headline in The Atlantic stated that a second impeachment could be America’s only hope. Less than a month later, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., is denouncing Trump again, saying that “it would be a blatant abuse of power if President Trump has…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Administration to Loosen Restrictions on Land Mine Use

    President Barack Obama tried to end the United States’ use of anti-personnel land mines, but President Donald Trump is bringing them back. The Trump administration announced on Jan. 31 that it would loosen restrictions on the employment of antipersonnel land mines. This reverses the Obama administration policy of not using antipersonnel land mines outside of…
    Maiya Clark
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    Trump Budget Cuts Size of Federal Government, but Bolder Reforms Needed

    >>> Note: This live blog no longer is being updated by Heritage Foundation policy experts. President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2021 would reduce the size and reach of the federal bureaucracy significantly by shifting government responsibilities back to constitutional priorities and empowering state and local governments. These reforms, contained in the request…
    Justin Bogie
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    Trump Administration on Cusp of Helping Mediate Nile River Dispute

    After years of stalled talks and escalating tensions, a U.S.-mediated agreement over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam may be close after President Donald Trump “expressed optimism” in his phone call with Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed last Friday. A signed agreement has not been finalized, but at meetings held in Washington on Jan. 28-31, the…
    Nicole Robinson
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    Trump’s Unorthodox Policy Wins Are Gaining Steady Support

    When candidate Donald Trump campaigned on calling China to account for its trade piracy, observers thought he was either crazy or dangerous. Conventional Washington wisdom had assumed that an ascendant Beijing was almost preordained to world hegemony. Trump’s tariffs and polarization of China were considered about the worst thing an American president could do. The…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    8 Moments on Senate Floor Before the Vote to Acquit Trump

    The Senate voted Wednesday afternoon to acquit President Donald Trump on both articles of impeachment following 11 days of arguments by House prosecutors and the president’s defense team.  After speeches by senators, Chief Justice John Roberts, who presided over the trial, gaveled in the court of impeachment to render verdicts in one of the least suspenseful…
    Fred Lucas
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