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    House Democratic Majority Will Face Pressure to Impeach Trump

    A new Democratic House majority, now predicted to occur by NBC News and Fox, could be poised for impeaching President Donald Trump, many experts say. Special counsel Robert Mueller reportedly is set to release a report shortly after the midterm elections regarding whether the 2016 Trump presidential campaign colluded with Russians to affect the outcome…
    Fred Lucas
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    Sebastian Gorka on the Biggest Threat Facing America and What Trump Is Doing About It

    Sebastian Gorka, former deputy assistant to President Donald Trump, is author of the new book, “Why We Fight: Defeating America’s Enemies—With No Apologies.” He recently spoke to The Daily Signal. Listen to his full interview on our podcast. A slightly edited version is below. Rob Bluey: What are the most serious threats that America faces…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Podcast: Young Black Leaders Gather to Hear Trump, Conservative Speakers

    What do young black leaders really think about President Donald Trump? And what do they think about conservatism? The Daily Signal’s Troy Worden went to Turning Point USA’s Young Black Leaders Summit, and reports back on his conversations with attendees. Plus: Starbucks is releasing its holiday cups Nov. 2—but isn’t it too early to already…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Trump Announces Step to Stop ‘Meritless’ Asylum Claims at Border

    President Donald Trump said Thursday he is working on an executive order to deny automatic entry to the U.S. to illegal immigrants claiming asylum unless they go to a legal port of entry. “My administration is finalizing a plan to end the rampant abuse of our asylum system, to halt the dangerous influx, and to…
    Fred Lucas
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    Promoting Adoption, Trump Affirms Human Life for ‘Born and Unborn’

    President Donald Trump called Thursday for helping children in need—both born and unborn—by supporting adoption. “Adoption affirms the inherent value of human life and signals that every child—born or unborn—is wanted and loved,” Trump said in a statement, released Wednesday by the White House, proclaiming November as National Adoption Month. “Children, regardless of race, sex,…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Proposes Sending Up to 15,000 Troops to Southern Border

    President Donald Trump amped up calls to send active-duty military to the border as a crowd of thousands of Central American migrants make their way to the U.S., promising Wednesday that he’d send up to 15,000 troops instead of the 5,000 that military officials were prepared to send Monday. Trump doubled down on his promises…
    Hanna Bogorowski
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    Trump Is Right. Ending Birthright Citizenship Is Constitutional.

    President Donald Trump’s announcement Tuesday that he is preparing an executive order to end birthright citizenship has the left and even some conservatives in an uproar. But the president is correct when he says that the 14th Amendment to the Constitution does not require universal birthright citizenship. An executive order by Trump ending birthright citizenship…
    Hans von Spakovsky
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    Trump, First Family Honor 11 Killed in Synagogue Massacre

    President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, in a visit Tuesday, placed a white flower and small stone on each of 11 stars set up in the memory of those murdered at a synagogue in Pittsburgh. The Trumps also lighted candles in honor of each man and woman killed Saturday inside the Tree of…
    Fred Lucas
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    A Young Jewish Conservative Speaks Out: Trump Has Been ‘Aligned With the Jewish People’

    Is anti-Semitism on the rise in the United States? And if so, are college campuses playing a role? And what does it feel like as a Jewish person in the aftermath of the horrific shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh? On the Oct. 30 podcast, Joel Griffith, a research fellow in financial…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Media Should Examine Itself Before Blaming Trump for ‘Climate of Hate’

    Members of the media and their allies on the left should look in the mirror—or at least take a moment for the country to mourn tragedy—before blaming violence and incivility on President Donald Trump and conservatives in general. They certainly haven’t done that in the last few weeks. First, authorities arrested a seemingly disturbed man…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Trump’s Use of Pardon Power Aims at Rectifying Injustice

    Since taking office, President Donald Trump has granted pardons and sentence commutations for a number of individuals who he thinks received an unjust federal prison sentence or were unjustly prosecuted and convicted of a federal crime. In some cases—particularly in granting the early 20th-century black boxing champion Jack Johnson a posthumous pardon, and taking meetings…
    John-Michael Seibler
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    In Light of the Caravan, Trump Is Right to Reassess US Aid to Central America

    Responding to scenes of thousands of would-be migrants from Central America trudging north in hopes of a better life in America, President Donald Trump has faulted the governments of the migrants’ home countries for not stopping those people from putting themselves and their children in jeopardy on the mean streets of southern Mexico. Trump has…
    James M. Roberts
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    Melania Trump Hosts 6th-Graders at National Bullying Prevention Month Event

    First lady Melania Trump marked “National Bullying Prevention Month” on Tuesday by inviting nearly 30 sixth-grade students from the Washington area to attend a screening of the film “Wonder” at the White House. “Wonder” is a movie about a young boy suffering from Treacher Collins syndrome, a condition that causes facial deformities.  “As you may…
    Ginny Montalbano
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    Trump Calls for Unity Amid Reports of Bombs Sent to Political Opponents

    President Donald Trump called for unity and denounced political violence Wednesday as federal law enforcement officials investigated a series of apparently explosive packages mailed to Democratic politicians and the cable network CNN. “In these times, we have to unify. We have to come together,” Trump said in the East Room of the White House before…
    Fred Lucas
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    The Rise of ‘Brazil’s Trump’ and the Fall of the Country’s Left-Wing Establishment

    A conservative candidate who has been dubbed “Brazil’s Trump” is poised to be elected the South American nation’s next president when Brazilians go to the polls Oct. 28 in a runoff election. On Oct. 7, Brazil held presidential, legislative, and gubernatorial elections. Brazilians used those elections to voice their anxieties about the corruption scandals pervading…
    Henrique Carneiro
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    Trump Right to Consider Pulling Out of INF Treaty

    It’s not clear as of this writing if the United States will formally leave the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, signed in 1987 by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. But the U.S. certainly has a couple of solid reasons to get out. The first is that the Russians are violating the missile…
    Peter Brookes
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    Trump Administration Seeking to Expand Access to 401(k)s

    Millions of additional Americans would have access to work-sponsored retirement plans under a Labor Department rule to be placed in the Federal Register on Monday, senior department officials told The Daily Signal. Association retirement plans will expand access to 401(k) plans to employees of small businesses who currently don’t have a retirement plan, as well…
    Fred Lucas
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    Podcast: Eric Bolling on the Demise of ‘Never Trump’ Republicans

    On today’s show we feature an interview with Eric Bolling, host of the CRTV show “America.” Bolling spoke at The Heritage Foundation’s recent President’s Club meeting. Afterward, he sat down with The Daily Signal to discuss his career, the economy, “Never Trump” Republicans, and more. Also on today’s show: We feature clips from The Daily…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Media Misses: Reporters Call Trump Supporters ‘Cruel.’ They Respond.

    It’s no secret the mainstream media goes after President Donald Trump, but this time they’re going after his supporters. A staff writer at “The Atlantic” calls Trump supporters “cruel” saying “President Trump and his supporters find community by rejoicing in the suffering of those they hate and fear.”  Going after the president is one thing,…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Trump Continues to Fill Court Vacancies, Despite Senate Democrats’ Obstruction

    One of a president’s most profound and lasting legacies is his appointment of federal judges. Supreme Court vacancies capture the most attention but are very rare, and the Supreme Court hears less than 1 percent of the appeals it receives. The ongoing appointment of judges to the other federal courts can actually have the biggest…
    Thomas Jipping
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