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    Trump and Senators Offer Plans to Reorganize Bureaucracy, Drain the Swamp

    President Donald Trump’s administration released a plan June 21 that, if enacted, would impose some order on the sprawling administrative state—something that is long overdue. Decades of ceaseless expansion of the size and scope of the federal government have created a bloated and inefficient federal bureaucracy, replete with agencies and offices with overlapping functions. The…
    John York
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    Media Misses: CNN and President Trump Get Testy Overseas

    To our loyal viewers: This week, look for our new and exciting “Media Misses” show, replacing “Must-See Moments,” where we’re breaking down the top news stories of the week—many of which went misreported by the mainstream media. We break down the top media moments these week—and plenty of misses, including the fiery testimony between FBI…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Groups Linked to George Soros Behind Campaign to Repeal Trump Tax Cuts

    Left-wing financier George Soros figures prominently in a campaign by progressives to repeal the Trump tax cuts, according to a review of the campaign’s allied organizations and their tax records by The Daily Signal. The campaign, called “Not One Penny,” first came together almost a year ago with what The Washington Post reported was “a…
    Kevin Mooney
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    Republican Interns Wearing MAGA Hats Say Uber Driver Rejected Them for Trump Support

    Several interns working on Capitol Hill are accusing an Uber driver of denying them service Tuesday because some happened to be wearing the well known “Make America Great Again” hats. “I’m a black male in America that supports and voted for Donald Trump,” 20-year-old intern Matthew Handy of Kentucky told Fox News. “We’re supposed to be a…
    Eric Lieberman
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    Podcast: What to Expect After Trump Names Supreme Court Nominee

    What will happen after President Trump reveals his Supreme Court pick? The Heritage Foundation’s Tom Jipping, a veteran of several Supreme Court nomination campaigns, shares insight into the process. Plus: Boston is considering allowing non-citizens to vote.
    Katrina Trinko
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    Must-See Moments: Supreme Court’s Major Role In Trump Presidency

    The Daily Signal’s Facebook Live show “Top 10” features the top news stories of the week. We’re halfway through 2018 and this week, we’re counting down the top 10 must-see moments of the year. Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement announcement spawned a whole new level of hysteria, the Robert Mueller investigation is still going on, and media…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    In Resignation Letter, EPA’s Pruitt Cites ‘Unrelenting Attacks,’ Says ‘Transformative Work’ Occurring in Trump Administration

    Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt cited “unrelenting attacks” against himself and his family in his resignation letter that was delivered to President Donald Trump on Thursday. Pruitt thanked Trump for allowing him to serve at EPA, but says “the unrelenting attacks on me personally, my family, are unprecedented and taken a sizeable toll on…
    Michael Bastasch
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    Senate Democrats Stall Trump Nominees at Record Rate Compared to Predecessors

    Senate Democrats pushed three times as many cloture votes to stall President Donald Trump’s nominees as were pushed during his four previous predecessors’ combined first terms. As of July 2, the Senate has used the cloture rule to force at least 30 hours of debate on 101 Trump nominees. This is the second year of…
    Fred Lucas
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    Chris Wallace Calls Out Media for ‘Outrageous’ Attempt to Connect Trump to Shooting

    Chris Wallace slammed media outlets on “Fox News Sunday” for trying to connect President Donald Trump to the newsroom shooting at Capital Gazette in Maryland. Wallace played a clip of reporters yelling at Trump on the South Lawn of the White House as they tried to establish a link between the deadly massacre and his…
    Nick Givas
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    Trump Celebrates 6 Months of ‘New Jobs, Bigger Paychecks, and Keeping More of Your Hard-Earned Money’

    President Donald Trump called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act an “economic miracle” as he marked the reform package’s six-month anniversary during a White House event Friday. “At last, our country finally has a tax system that is pro-job, pro-worker, pro-family, and pro-American,” Trump said. The $1.5 trillion tax reform law cut the U.S. corporate…
    Fred Lucas
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    Podcast: Trump’s Short List for the Supreme Court

    The Heritage Foundation’s John Malcolm, whose list of possible Supreme Court judicial nominees was used by President Donald Trump in the development of his short list of contenders, joins us to discuss who to watch. Plus: We discuss a study that might help explain our current civility crisis.
    Katrina Trinko
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    Sen. Kamala Harris Predicts ‘Destruction of the Constitution’ If Trump Gets Justice Pick

    California Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris said there would be the “destruction of the Constitution” if President Donald Trump got to pick the Supreme Court justice to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy, Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews.” “We’re looking at a destruction of the Constitution of the United States as far as I can tell…
    Julia Cohen
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    This Is the List of the 25 People Trump Will Consider for Next Supreme Court Justice

    On the White House website, President Donald Trump lists the jurists he is looking at to be the next Supreme Court justice. We’ve got that list, which was last updated in November, here. Looking for additional analysis? Heritage Foundation scholars provided more details on some of these names here and here. 1. Amy Coney Barrett of…
    Katrina Trinko
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    Kennedy Calls It Quits: Longtime Swing Justice Hands Trump the Biggest Gift of His Presidency

    Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement Wednesday, precipitating a generational political fight over the future of the U.S. Supreme Court. Kennedy’s departure was announced Wednesday morning, after the justices released the final decisions of the court's current term. Few justices loom as large as Kennedy in the history of the high court. As the bench…
    Kevin Daley
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    Trump Lands Big Win as Supreme Court Upholds Travel Ban

    The Trump administration got a big win Tuesday when, by a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Trump v. Hawaii upholding the so-called travel ban. Under the ban, President Donald Trump has suspended, at least temporarily, the admission of individuals from seven countries—Syria, Iran, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, North Korea, and Venezuela—subject to case-by-case…
    John G. Malcolm
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    Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk: Trump ‘Disrupted the Elites in Both Political Parties’

    Charlie Kirk, founder of the conservative organization Turning Point USA, sat down with The Daily Signal’s Ginny Montalbano on June 15 at the Young Women’s Leadership Summit in Dallas, Texas. He discussed what people misunderstand about President Donald Trump, the inspiration behind Turning Point USA, and his advice for young conservatives finding their way in…
    Ginny Montalbano
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    Trump Budget Embraces Numerous Conservative Reforms

    The Heritage Foundation has released its annual “Blueprint for Balance,” which, if fully adopted, would cut taxes, maintain a strong national defense, and balance the budget in six years. The blueprint’s proposals are not merely financially responsible; they also limit the federal government to a more proper size and promote individual liberty and a strong…
    Romina Boccia
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    Here’s How Trump Wants to Streamline Government

    The Trump administration proposes to reform and reorganize government by streamlining food regulation, merging two Cabinet departments, and consolidating housing programs. Combining the Education and Labor departments is among 32 proposals in a plan released Thursday by the Office of Management and Budget in response to a charge President Donald Trump issued 14 months ago….
    Fred Lucas
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    Done Right, Trump’s Space Force Would Put the US on Top

    President Donald Trump directed the Pentagon on Monday to create a sixth branch of the U.S. military—the fifth within the Department of Defense—to be known as the Space Force. That direction may have surprised some, but evidence suggests his announcement caught neither the secretary of defense nor the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff…
    John Venable
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    Journalism Duo Offers Christian Alternative to Media’s Reporting on Trump

    David Brody and Jenna Browder are hosts of the “Faith Nation” show on Christian Broadcasting Network and Brody recently published “The Faith of Donald J. Trump” with co-author Scott Lamb. Brody and Browder spoke to Daily Signal Editor-in-Chief Rob Bluey about what it’s like to cover President Trump, why they report the news from a…
    Robert B. Bluey
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