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    ‘I Took Control’: Sessions Punches Back After Latest Trump Criticism

    After months of taking sharp criticism, Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired back Thursday in a barely subtle way at President Donald Trump. Sessions issued a statement after the airing of an interview with Trump on Fox News Channel in which the president said the attorney general “never took control of the Justice Department.” Sessions seemed…
    Fred Lucas
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    Fallout for Trump: 4 Big Questions After Manafort, Cohen Convictions

    A guilty verdict in Northern Virginia didn’t implicate President Donald Trump, while a guilty plea in Manhattan did implicate the president, but it could be difficult to prove he did anything wrong, legal experts said. Still, they agree the two events in court this week could mean trouble for the president, although they differ on…
    Fred Lucas
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    Melania Trump Stands Up for Online Safety, Against Cyberbullying

    As students across the country return to school to begin a new academic year, first lady Melania Trump is promoting healthy online habits and cautioning against the dangers of cyberbullying.   The first lady made opening remarks Monday at the Federal Partners in Bullying Prevention’s Cyberbullying Prevention Summit in Rockville, Maryland. “I am honored to…
    Ginny Montalbano
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    We Hear You: The Left Goes Nuts Over Trump’s Second Supreme Court Pick

    Editor's note: It's a good time to share some views on the left's opposition to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, now that his Senate Judiciary Committee hearing is slated for Sept. 4. Don't be shy about writing us about this and other matters at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Demagoguery is when a leader in a…
    Ken McIntyre
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    Trump Foes Assail Mexican Restaurant Chain After Jeff Sessions Eats There

    A popular Mexican restaurant chain in Houston faced such a backlash for serving Attorney General Jeff Sessions that its owners disassociated themselves from Trump administration immigration policy and disabled all social media accounts. Sessions ate Friday night at the family-owned El Tiempo’s Montrose location, one of eight in Houston. That night, someone posted a photo…
    Ginny Montalbano
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    In Trip to Utica, NY, Trump to Follow in Truman’s Footsteps

    President Donald Trump is set to visit Utica, New York, on Monday, the first sitting president to visit the city in 66 years, since President Harry Truman made a whistle-stop visit. “Certainly, it’s a pretty exciting time. It’s a positive boost to the area,” Peter J. Sobel, chairman of the Oneida County Republican Committee, told The…
    Fred Lucas
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    We Hear You: This Woman Regrets Crossing Border Illegally and Supports Trump on Enforcing Law

    Editor’s note: The story of one young woman’s harrowing illegal crossing into America, as told to one of our readers, Caroline Chance Melear, leads today’s grab bag of your letters. Keep ’em coming at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre  Dear Daily Signal: I spoke with a woman I know who crossed the border illegally 15 years ago, when…
    Ken McIntyre
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    Kanye West Defends His Support of Trump: ‘Liberals Can’t Bully Me’

    Rapper and Trump supporter Kanye West appeared on ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” Thursday and continued to stand by his positive statements about the commander in chief. “Just as a musician, African-American guy out in Hollywood, all these different things, you know, everyone around me tried to pick my candidate for me,” West said. “And then told me every…
    Nick Givas
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    Trump Restores Some Sanctions on Iran Lifted in Obama Nuclear Deal

    The first round of U.S. sanctions on Iran go into effect Tuesday, with another, more stinging round set to hit in November—reimposing restrictions that were lifted under the Obama administration-led nuclear deal with the Islamist regime. President Donald Trump signed an executive order reimposing the sanctions Monday at his home in Bedminster, New Jersey, where…
    Fred Lucas
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    Fact Check: Trump Says 3.5 Million People Have Been Lifted off Food Stamps

    President Donald Trump said in remarks at the White House recently that 3.5 million Americans have been lifted off food stamps. Verdict: True The number of people receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits declined by 3.6 million since Trump was elected president and 3.1 million since he assumed office. Fact Check: Trump mentioned the decline in food…
    Emily Larsen
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    Trump Further Chips Away at Obamacare by Expanding Short-Term Health Plans

    The Trump administration moved Wednesday to expand health insurance options and affordability for Americans, with a new rule allowing cheaper new and renewable health insurance plans that consumers can use for up to a year. The Department of Health and Human Services, Labor Department, and Treasury Department released the final rule that allows consumers to…
    Fred Lucas
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    For the Roaring Economy, We Can Thank Trump and Republicans

    When I read that the economy is growing strongly, it makes me happy. But in politics, good news is not enough. You have to decide who gets credit for it. President Ronald Reagan, no ordinary politician, kept a plaque on his desk that said, “There is no limit to what a man can do or…
    Star Parker
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    Trump’s Health Secretary Is Implementing Bold, Reaganesque Reforms

    Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar recently outlined an ambitious health care policy agenda that is positively Reaganesque. In the spirit of the late President Ronald Reagan, Azar emphasized that the Trump administration’s major health care policy initiatives would rely heavily on harnessing the creative powers of federalism and reaffirming state innovation, the…
    Robert Moffit
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    Media Misses: Trump Proves Pundits Wrong

    We break down the top media moments this week—and plenty of misses. President Donald Trump announced that the U.S. economy is growing at its fastest rate in four years—something the mainstream media suggested was impossible. Plus: Meghan McCain shut down the left’s arguments on socialism on ABC’s “The View”—but not without backlash. Attorney General Jeff Sessions…
    Ginny Montalbano
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    Trump Left Conventional Foreign Policy Behind, and It’s Working

    “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”—Sun Tzu, “The Art of War”…
    Bill Walton
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    Trump Hits Roadblocks in Remaking the Nation’s Most Liberal Court

    President Donald Trump has had success in reshaping lower federal courts, but he has hit stumbling blocks in getting nominees confirmed to the most liberal court in the nation. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in San Francisco, has had more rulings reversed by the Supreme Court than any other federal appeals court….
    Fred Lucas
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    Donald Trump Jr. Fires Up Young Conservatives, Calls Them ‘Only Real Rebels’

    Donald Trump Jr. engaged a lively ballroom filled with conservative high school students Tuesday night, commending them for being “the only real rebels” and for their passion and dedication. “You are the only people doing something different,” he said. President Donald Trump’s oldest son fired up the high schoolers in the audience during Turning Point…
    Ginny Montalbano
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    Trump’s Latest Pardon Shows the Pitfalls of Mandatory Minimums

    President Donald Trump has issued several pardons now that demonstrate his thinking on what constitutes unjust punishment. The presidential pardon power to commute and vacate federal prison sentences makes for an interesting political discussion but, in the rush to praise or criticize the presidents involved, political commentators on both sides of the aisle sometimes gloss…
    Jonathan Zalewski
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    Federal Court Hands Trump a Win, Brings Rogue Agency Under Tighter Control

    “You’re fired.” President Donald Trump will soon be able to use his famous catch phrase against the head of a troubled federal agency, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, which is led by a single Obama appointee with no meaningful oversight from the president. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that the…
    John-Michael Seibler
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    Trump, House GOP Talk More Tax Cuts

    Following up on the economic growth spurred by their first tax reform package, President Donald Trump and House Republicans want to see another round. “We are going to start a meeting on tax reduction, and we are going to be putting in a bill,” Trump said Tuesday in the Cabinet Room of the White House,…
    Fred Lucas
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