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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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    Read Trump’s Full State of the Union Speech

    This is President Donald Trump’s full speech on the State of the Union, as prepared for delivery Tuesday night. TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Madam Speaker, Mr. Vice President, members of Congress, the first lady of the United States, and my fellow citizens: Three years ago, we launched the great American comeback. Tonight, I…
    Donald Trump
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    What to Expect in Trump’s State of the Union Address

    President Donald Trump will deliver his third State of the Union address Tuesday night. Today, I’m joined by Tommy Binion of The Heritage Foundation to get a sneak preview. Plus: Franklin Graham gets canceled in the United Kingdom. Rachel del Guidice and I discuss. We also discuss the following stories: Trump impeachment trial winds down…
    Daniel Davis
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    Palestinians Miss Opportunity by Rejecting Trump Peace Plan

    President Donald Trump unveiled his long-awaited Israeli-Palestinian peace plan on Tuesday at a White House ceremony attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump declared that the plan “presents a ‘win-win’ opportunity for both sides, a realistic two-state solution that resolves the risk of Palestinian statehood to Israel’s security.” Netanyahu enthusiastically embraced Trump’s vision, proclaiming,…
    James Phillips
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    Trump’s Peace Plan for Palestine Is Doomed to Fail

    Twenty years ago, President Bill Clinton, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasser Arafat met at Camp David where Barak offered almost all of what Arafat asked for in exchange for making peace with the Jewish state. Arafat rejected the offer. The reason was and remains that the Palestinian leadership doesn’t…
    Cal Thomas
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    Why Trump Says Give Middle East Peace a Chance

    It’s called the Holy Land, a land of miracles. It’s where Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead. And conventional wisdom holds that President Donald Trump has about as good a chance of replicating that feat as he does of reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. The administration’s latest peace plan has already been flat out rejected by the…
    James Carafano
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    7 Big Moments in Democrats’ Final Arguments to Remove Trump

    In their final day of arguments that the Senate should remove President Donald Trump from office, House Democrats questioned the president’s character and defended former Vice President Joe Biden.  The seven House Democrats who are impeachment managers, acting as prosecutors, used just over 21 of their allotted 24 hours before concluding their third day of…
    Fred Lucas
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    Megxit, Trump, and the Generational Divide

    Far too much ink has been spilled in describing the parallels between a resurgent British nationalism—a la Brexit—and the social currents underlying President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement. Both have been described as the culmination of a backlash against forces of globalization that created a glamorous, globetrotting elite on one hand and, on the other, a…
    Armstrong Williams
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