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    As Democrats Attack Trump as ‘Racist,’ He Defends ‘Go Back’ Tweets

    President Donald Trump defended tweets that suggested unnamed congresswomen “go back” to their countries of origin, but House Democrats planned to introduce a resolution to denounce his remarks as racist.  Republican lawmakers also criticized the president after he didn’t back down from the tweets. Trump, speaking to reporters Monday at a White House event, noted…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Puts Limit on Asylum Claims at Border

    While waiting for Congress to act on closing immigration loopholes, the Trump administration is imposing a new rule to limit asylum claims by requiring professed refugees to first seek asylum in another country closer to home. The Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security announced the new rule for asylum-seekers, which is set to…
    Fred Lucas
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    Boosted by Trump Judges, 9th Circuit Gives Pro-Lifers a Win

    There’s a reason Planned Parenthood likes to challenge pro-life laws on the West Coast. It knows the cases will eventually bubble up to the most liberal bench in the country—the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. There’s just one problem. After almost three years of President Donald Trump, their favorite appeals court isn’t exactly liberal…
    Tony Perkins
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    AG Barr Explains Why Trump Had to Back Down on the Census Citizenship Question

    The government cannot continue its legal fight to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census form because of time constraints, Attorney General William Barr argued Thursday. While insisting that the government’s legal position is correct on the merits, Barr said continued litigation would seriously disrupt the census itself. “The problem is that any new…
    Kevin Daley
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    America’s First Black Billionaire Says His Party Is ‘Too Far to the Left,’ Praises Trump Economy

    An unexpected critic of the Democratic Party known as America’s first African American billionaire says the party is becoming too liberal, and shared his straightforward commendation for President Donald Trump’s economy. “The party, in my opinion, for me personally, has moved too far to the left,” said Robert Johnson, founder of the cable network Black…
    Joshua Q. Nelson
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    Problematic Women: Trump v. Rapinoe

    USA! The United States women’s national team won its second consecutive World Cup. However, there’s also controversy: team members declining a White House invitation and co-captain Megan Rapinoe bashing President Donald Trump. We’ll break down all the drama, as well as the equal pay debate. Also on today’s podcast: —Elisha Krauss of The Daily Wire…
    Lauren Evans
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    Trump Campaign Consulted Justice Kennedy About Supreme Court Picks, Book Reveals

    Lawyers associated with the Trump campaign consulted retired Justice Anthony Kennedy while compiling a list of prospective Supreme Court nominees during the 2016 presidential campaign, portions of a new book obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation reveal. Kennedy, who was then serving on the Supreme Court, served as a reference for several candidates the…
    Kevin Daley
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    What Did the US Gain From the Trump-Xi Meeting at the G-20 Summit?

    The world held its breath in anticipation as President Donald Trump met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on June 28 on the sidelines of the Group of 20 leaders’ summit in Osaka, Japan. The outcome of their meeting was mostly unsurprising, despite conferring for almost an hour. By the end, the two agreed to resume…
    Riley Walters
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    How the Trump Administration Is Reining in the EPA’s Union

    The Environmental Protection Agency announced a new collective bargaining agreement last week that has outraged the main labor union representing EPA employees. According to the president of the union—the American Federation of Government Employees—the EPA is “trampling on federal employees’ rights and ignoring the law” with the new agreement. So what are the draconian provisions…
    John York
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    ‘This Is the Liberal Establishment’: As Homelessness Rises in Major Cities, Trump Speaks Out

    President Donald Trump says he is working on a plan to address a spike in homelessness in the United States, particularly in several California cities.  During a Fox News Channel interview that aired Monday night, host Tucker Carlson asked the president about homelessness in major urban centers.            “It’s disgraceful. I’m going to [propose something], maybe,…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Signs Law Making It Harder for IRS to Seize Money From Americans

    The Internal Revenue Service seized $446,000 from the bank accounts of brothers Jeffrey, Richard, and Mitch Hirsch in 2012, claiming a “structuring” violation against the owners of Bi-County Distributors Inc. for making multiple bank deposits of less than $10,000. The government never charged them with a crime, nor gave them a hearing to enable them…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump-Kim Photo Op at the DMZ Fails to Deliver

    “If you step forward, you will be the first U.S. president to cross the border,” said Kim Jong Un through a translator to President Donald Trump on Sunday. The two men stood at the Demilitarized Zone on the border of North and South Korea. That moment made history. The question is: Will it have a…
    Olivia Enos
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    Big Media Is Plotting to Take Down Trump. What Can You Do?

    On today’s episode of The Daily Signal Podcast, Brent Bozell and Tim Graham of the Media Research Center discuss their new book, “Unmasked: Big Media’s War Against Trump.” It is no secret that some of America’s most notable media personalities dislike President Donald Trump. Bozell and Graham have the research to prove it and break…
    Rob Bluey
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    Trump Deregulation Will Boost Household Income by $3,100, Report Finds

    The Trump administration deregulation efforts will raise incomes by about $3,100 per household over the next five to 10 years, and sharply reduce prices for consumers, according to a report released Friday by the White House Council of Economic Advisers.  “The deregulatory efforts of the Trump administration have also removed mandates from employers, especially smaller…
    Fred Lucas
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    E. Jean Carroll Says She Has ‘Not Been Raped’ Following Accusation Against Trump

    Columnist E. Jean Carroll said she doesn’t consider herself to be a victim and has “not been raped” after she alleged President Donald Trump had sexually assaulted her in the 1990s. Carroll, 75, accused Trump of sexually assaulting her when she was 52 at a Manhattan Bergdorf Goodman dressing room. The accusation came ahead of…
    Shelby Talcott
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    Trump Should Act Quickly to Secure 2020 Census Question in Light of Court Ruling

    The Supreme Court’s Thursday decision relating to the 2020 census split a baby that should have remained whole. The question at hand was whether the Trump administration could add a question about citizenship to the 2020 census. The court found that adding such a question would not violate the Constitution, but that the administration’s justification…
    Mike Gonzalez
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    Cancer Survivor Hails Trump for ‘Right to Try’ Experimental Drug Law

    President Donald Trump on Wednesday promised to roll out soon a health care proposal that “blows away” Obamacare, while receiving credit for another health care measure he signed into law in 2017. In his speech at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s 2019 Road to Majority Policy Conference in Washington, Trump said, “We have a health…
    Fred Lucas
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    Here’s Undeniable Proof That the Media Despises Trump

    Covering politics with a sense of fairness requires journalists to acknowledge that politicians, even the ones they despise, at some point, somewhere, on some matter, do something right. Not so President Donald Trump. Journalists simply cannot admit that anything Trump has done or is doing or thinking is good for the United States because it…
    Brent Bozell
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    ‘I Don’t See It Happening,’ Says Trump on Reparations

    After a spirited hearing on whether the U.S. should explore the idea of reparations for the descendants of slaves, President Donald Trump says he does not foresee the federal government pursuing  the idea.  “I don’t see it happening,” Trump told The Hill in an interview Monday. “I think it’s a very unusual thing,” Trump said….
    Joshua Q. Nelson
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    Trump Ratchets Up Sanctions on Iran’s Top Ayatollah, His Inner Circle

    After pulling back from the brink of a military strike last week, the Trump administration is targeting the assets of Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, along with his closest associates, through a new round of sanctions against the world’s biggest state sponsor of terrorism.              Iran shot down a U.S. surveillance drone last week over…
    Fred Lucas
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