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    Trump EPA Replaces Obama’s Anti-Coal Clean Power Plan

    The Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday announced a new rule to grant more flexibility for states in regulating coal-fired power plants, replacing the Obama-era regulation that was halted by the U.S. Supreme Court. The Affordable Clean Energy rule under the Trump administration replaces the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, which would have required an eventual…
    Fred Lucas
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    How Trump Can Get a Better Deal on Infrastructure

    Federal lawmakers have been talking about their desire for bipartisan legislation on infrastructure since before President Donald Trump’s inauguration. This April, a meeting between Trump and Democratic leaders produced a $2 trillion figure for an undefined infrastructure package. That price tag alone guarantees more involvement and control from Washington, which has not demonstrated an abundance of…
    David Ditch
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    Iran and Trump: Here’s What’s Really Going On

    There are wars and rumors of war. And then there is President Donald Trump’s policy toward Iran, which fuels endless speculation. Despite much public handwringing over the announcement that the Pentagon is sending an additional 1,000 troops to the Gulf region, there are no signs the U.S. plans to escalate the standoff with Tehran. I spent…
    James Carafano
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    Supreme Court Upholds ‘Double Jeopardy’ Rule That Could Limit Trump Pardons

    The Supreme Court left undisturbed Monday a legal rule that allows state and federal governments to prosecute individuals for the same conduct despite the Constitution’s ban on double jeopardy. The case was closely watched because of its possible ramifications for President Donald Trump, given continued speculation that he could pardon confidants facing criminal convictions, such as…
    Kevin Daley
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    How Trump’s Tax Cuts Are Helping the Middle Class

    On today’s episode of The Daily Signal Podcast, we feature an interview with Julio Gonzalez, chairman of Engineered Tax Services, and Stephen Moore, a distinguished visiting fellow at The Heritage Foundation and author of “Trumponomics: Inside the America First Plan to Revive Our Economy.” Gonzalez and Moore discuss the benefits of President Donald Trump’s tax…
    Rob Bluey
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    Planned Parenthood Suing Trump Administration Over ‘Conscience’ Rule for Abortions

    Planned Parenthood joined several other groups in suing the Trump administration on Tuesday over the “conscience” rule, which would allow health care workers to refuse to conduct abortions due to religious or moral beliefs. The lawsuits were filed in Manhattan federal court over the rule that is set to go into effect July 22, reported Reuters. The Department of…
    Matt M. Miller
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    Trump Proposes Actions to Help Prevent Catastrophic Forest Fires

    The Trump administration proposed changes to a landmark environmental law that officials say would cut through unnecessary red tape hampering federal forest management. These rule changes would help officials better manage forests and prevent catastrophic wildfires, according to the U.S. Forest Service. “We have pored over 10 years of environmental data and have found that…
    Michael Bastasch
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    Trump Eyes More US Troops for Poland, Easing Poles’ Visa Travel to US

    President Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday to possibly station 2,000 more U.S. military troops in Poland and to add the country “fairly soon” to the Visa Waiver Program. “It’s a complex situation, as you know,” Trump said of finalizing a decision on the Visa Waiver Program. “But we are getting very close. We allow very…
    Fred Lucas
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    Rep. Rashida Tlaib Gave Every Freshman Congressman Anti-Trump Welcome Gift

    Democratic Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib revealed on Tuesday that she gave every freshman member of Congress a book on impeaching President Donald Trump when she arrived in Washington, D.C., for orientation week in November. “It was such a great gift,” Tlaib told interviewer John Nichols on The Nation’s “Next Left” podcast. The episode was titled…
    Molly Prince
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    Trump’s Negotiations With Mexico Delivered a Big Win

    President Donald Trump is claiming a big win with Mexico after the country agreed to send 6,000 troops to block migrants from crossing through. In return, Trump dropped his tariff threat. Ana Quintana of The Heritage Foundation joins us to analyze what happened. Read the interview, posted below, or listen on the podcast: We also…
    Katrina Trinko
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    US Diplomats Fly LGBT Flag at Embassies Despite Trump Administration Instructions

    Several U.S. embassies have reportedly disregarded the State Department’s directive not to display rainbow flags on flagpoles during Pride Month. Several ambassadors and diplomats have decided to step around the instructions, The Washington Post reported Saturday. “This is a category one insurrection,” one diplomat who wished to remain anonymous told the Post, responding to the wave of…
    Matt M. Miller
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    Raheem Kassam Revives Human Events in the Age of Trump

    On today’s podcast we feature an interview with Raheem Kassam, global editor-in-chief of Human Events. He explains why he relaunched the longtime conservative publication 75 years after its founding. Also on today’s show: Heritage Foundation senior adviser and spokesperson Genevieve Wood’s commentary on the importance of marriage. “While on the surface this might not seem…
    Rob Bluey
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    Will Trump Be Impeached? Here’s Everything You Need to Know About the Process

    To impeach, or not to impeach? That is the question House Democrats are ferociously debating among themselves as they try to figure out the best way to attack President Donald Trump. But what exactly is impeachment? And how hard would it be to impeach the president and actually remove him from office? The average American understandably isn’t…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    This Liberal Wall Street Trader Predicted Trump’s Win. Here’s What He Learned Visiting Towns Across US.

    One day, Chris Arnade strolled into an area of New York City he rarely ventured into: the Bronx. That day began a journey, spent in McDonalds and churches, in drug dens and places where the homeless congregate, for the Wall Street trader. In his new book, “Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America,” Arnade highlights…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Trump Administration Ends Contract Supplying Fetal Tissue for Research

    The Trump administration has ended the government’s contract with a bioscience company that provided human fetal tissue from elective abortions for testing purposes. The Food and Drug Administration no longer will obtain the fetal tissue from California-based Advanced Bioscience Resources Inc., the Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday. The statement announcing the change…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Trump Prohibits Cruise Travel to Cuba, Undoing More Obama Policy

    The Trump administration moved Tuesday to impose new restrictions on travel from the United States to Cuba, halting cruise ships from going to the island nation in keeping with a memorandum from the president two years ago. The new rules, coming from the departments of Treasury and Commerce, will end some travel allowed under the…
    Fred Lucas
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    Third-Ranking Democrat Says House Will Eventually Impeach Trump

    South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, the third-ranking Democrat in the House, said Sunday he believes President Donald Trump will eventually be impeached. “But it sounds like you’re — you think that the president will be impeached, or at least proceedings will begin in the House at some point, but just not right now?” CNN’s Jake…
    Chuck Ross
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    Franklin Graham Calls on People to Pray for Trump This Sunday

    Franklin Graham may not agree with Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on much, but apparently, they have one thing in common: They both pray for Donald Trump. At a press gaggle last week, the House leader surprised everyone by saying, “I pray for the president of the United States.” Of course, what she prays is another…
    Tony Perkins
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    Trump Has Become the Democrats’ Great White Whale

    One way of envisioning the Democratic obsessions with Donald Trump is as an addiction. We have seen the initial impeachment efforts; the attempt to get him under the emoluments clause, the Logan Act and the 25th Amendment; the Russian collusion hoax; the Mueller investigation; the demand for his tax returns; and the psychodramas involving Michael…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    In Opposing Trump Disclosure Order on Campaign Surveillance, Liberals Support Cover-Up

    Acting in the interests of transparency and justice, President Donald Trump took exactly the right action Thursday night when he gave Attorney General William Barr new authority to disclose information dealing with what Barr has called “spying” on the Trump election campaign in 2016. The president issued a memorandum authorizing Barr to “declassify, downgrade, or direct the declassification…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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