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    Trump: ‘Angry Mob’ Must Not Drown Out ‘Righteous Cries of Peaceful Protesters’

    President Donald Trump announced the deployment of the military to help quell the violent riots in Washington, D.C., and said he would send federal troops to states to restore order if governors didn’t act.  “What happened in this city last night was a total disgrace,” Trump announced Monday evening in the Rose Garden, referring to…
    Fred Lucas
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    Twitter Uses Fact-Checking as a Weapon Against Trump

    Fact-checking sounds innocuous enough. After all, as the late Senate Democrat Patrick Moynihan reportedly once said, “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” But Twitter just showed that fact-checking can also be weaponized, used in a way that promotes one side’s ideology over another. The tech giant, which has been…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Donald Trump Is Right to Dump the Open Skies Treaty

    To the horror of some arms-control advocates, the Trump administration recently announced its long-considered decision to withdraw from the 1992 Treaty on Open Skies (OST). Despite the expected outcry, it’s fully justified in doing so. For years, Russia has been blatantly violating the 34-nation confidence- and security-building treaty, which came into force in 2002, and allows unarmed…
    Peter Brookes
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    Sen. Lindsey Graham Demands ‘Unmasking’ Records on Trump, Members of His Family and Campaign

    Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham requested records Tuesday of Obama administration officials who made so-called unmasking requests for information on President Donald Trump, as well as members of his family and campaign. Graham’s request, submitted to Attorney General William Barr and Richard Grenell, the acting director of national intelligence, is a follow-up to the…
    Chuck Ross
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    ‘Emoluments’ Suits Against Trump Look Bound for Supreme Court

    A group of foreign dignitaries walk into a hotel bar. They buy drinks, have dinner, and stay the night. No, this isn’t the beginning of a bad joke. Seriously: Do these bland acts violate the Constitution? According to a group of restaurateurs, 215 members of Congress, and the governments of the District of Columbia and…
    Zack Smith
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    Trump, Countering Fauci, Says He Wants Schools Reopened

    President Donald Trump called Wednesday for America’s schools to reopen, seeming to express disapproval of Senate testimony the day before in which a top public health adviser, Dr. Anthony Fauci, cautiously warned against reopening schools too early during the COVID-19 pandemic.  “He wants to play all sides of the equation,” Trump said of Fauci in…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Says He Might Bring ‘Exonerated’ Michael Flynn Back Into Administration

    President Donald Trump said Thursday he was open to bringing his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, back into the administration, amid new information casting a shadow of impropriety over the FBI’s case against the retired lieutenant general.  “I would certainly consider it. Yeah, I would,” Trump said at a White House press conference Thursday….
    Fred Lucas
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    New Judges Biggest Accomplishment of Trump’s Presidency, Sean Spicer Says

    Two special guests are featured on today’s Daily Signal Podcast. Sean Spicer, former White House press secretary for the Trump administration, and Diamond and Silk, who host a livestream video blog, join the podcast in two pre-recorded interviews. We also cover these stories: An additional 4.4 million people filed for unemployment last week, bringing the…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Trump, Advisers Look to Specifics of Reopening Economy in Phases

    The states of Georgia and Tennessee reportedly are taking steps to restart their economies after the coronavirus shutdown, and South Carolina has plans to do the same. The White House guidelines issued last week, however, call for any state to enter the first phase of reopening only after 14 days of decline in the spread…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Set to Lay Out Plan for Reopening America

    President Donald Trump intends to announce guidelines Thursday for states to “reopen” as the nation makes progress against the coronavirus pandemic. “The data suggests that nationwide we have passed the peak on new [COVID-19] cases. Hopefully, that will continue,” Trump said Wednesday evening in the Rose Garden at the White House. “These encouraging developments have…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Derangement Syndrome Becomes a Threat to Public Health

    Trump derangement syndrome—a well-documented illness that predominantly afflicts coastal elites and congressional Democrats—has turned into a political pandemic. It is the reflexive refusal to agree with any position that President Donald Trump takes, regardless of merit. In a time of national emergency, this contagion is particularly dangerous. Take hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine, two drugs that doctors…
    Rep. Ted Budd
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    Conservatives Call on Trump to Establish Free Trade Agreement With Taiwan

    Conservative leaders are asking President Donald Trump to establish a free trade agreement with Taiwan that they say would bolster America’s interests.  Calling Taiwan “a model trade partner,” the conservative leaders write in a letter addressed to the president, “The idea of a U.S.-Taiwan free trade agreement has been blocked for decades by Washington’s concern…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Trump Critical of IG Report on Hospitals

    Hospitals have lacked testing for the coronavirus, and were running low on supplies such as face masks, food, and toilet paper, according to a government audit issued Monday.  The report by Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Inspector General Ann Maxwell surveyed 323 hospital staffs across the United States during the week of March…
    Fred Lucas
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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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