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    Democrats Will Use US Climate Report Against Trump In Court

    President Donald Trump can expect Democrats to use the latest National Climate Assessment in lawsuits against his administration’s “energy dominance” agenda. “We’ll use every piece of that report that we can,” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra told The Washington Post in an interview Tuesday, referring to lawsuits against the Trump administration. Becerra, a Democrat, has filed nearly two…
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    ‘I Don’t See It’: Trump Doubles Down on Global Warming Skepticism

    President Donald Trump doubled down on disagreements with dire predictions made in the latest U.S. government global warming report. “One of the problems that a lot of people like myself, we have very high levels of intelligence but we’re not necessarily such believers,” Trump told The Washington Post in an Oval Office interview Tuesday. “As to whether…
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    Debunking 3 Myths About Trump Border Enforcement

    The mainstream media and Democrats have criticized the Trump administration’s response to the migrant caravans storming the nation’s southern border. However, many of the critiques either don’t provide full context or are factually incorrect, based on information released Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security. Here are three narratives that the Department of Homeland Security…
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    Trump Responds to Dire Predictions in the Latest US Climate Report

    President Donald Trump disagreed with the dire economic projections in the U.S. government’s latest climate report. “I don’t believe it,” Trump said when asked by a reporter outside the White House on Monday if he agreed with the latest National Climate Assessment (NCA) report’s projections that global warming could hurt the U.S. economy. “And here’s…
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    In a Turkey Day ‘Recount,’ Trump Pardons Both Peas and Carrots

    President Donald Trump has pardoned Peas, a 39-pound turkey that traveled all the way from South Dakota to be dubbed the 2018 National Thanksgiving Turkey. Reporters, White House officials, and families gathered Tuesday in the White House Rose Garden to witness one of America’s most unusual traditions. Americans this week were given the opportunity to…
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    Trump Rips 9th Circuit, Next Stop for Asylum Case, as ‘Disgrace’

    The Trump administration will defend its policy on asylum after a federal judge temporarily halted it as thousands of migrants in a “caravan” wait to enter the United States at Tijuana, Mexico. Speaking to reporters late Tuesday afternoon, President Donald Trump said he was upset the case has to be appealed to the 9th U.S….
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    Schumer Calls for Probe on Whitaker’s Ties to Trump

    Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called for a probe into Matthew Whitaker’s ties to President Donald Trump in a Tuesday letter to Michael Horowitz, the inspector general of the Department of Justice. “I am particularly concerned about whether Mr. Whitaker may have shared with the White House, or could share in his new role, confidential…
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    Trump Is Losing His Top Regulatory Reformer. Here’s How He Can Keep the Progress Going.

    Neomi Rao, the Trump administration’s regulatory “czar,” may soon have a new job. On Tuesday, she was nominated to fill the vacant seat on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals left by now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Rao is a good choice for the D.C. Circuit, considered the second-most important court in the land. Her…
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    Conservative Group Calls on Senate to Confirm Trump Nominees Before End of Year

    A long list of prominent conservative leaders released a memo Wednesday calling on the U.S. Senate to confirm the rest of President Donald Trump’s nominees in quick order. The group known as the Conservative Action Project, which is chaired by Alfred Regnery with former U.S. Attorney General Ed Meese as its founding chairman, wrote, in…
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    Podcast: Trump’s Fight Against ‘Fake News’

    On today’s show, we talk politics and culture with Emily Jashinsky, an editor at The Federalist and regular guest on Fox News’ “Media Buzz.” A week after Election Day, Jashinsky shares the most important lessons for conservatives. Plus, she gives her take on President Donald Trump’s fight against “fake news,” the leftist mobs who attack conservatives,…
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    We Hear You: Democrats Take the House, Republicans Hold the Senate, Trump Declares Victory

    Editor’s note: Election Day brought some surprises, if not as many as either party anticipated. Here’s a sampling of our audience’s initial reactions to the midterm election results. Be sure to write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Take heart, my friends. Whether it was Democrats or Republicans, they were going to continue to…
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    6 Ways House Democrats Plan to Put Heat on Trump

    Democrats have been promising oversight of the Trump administration for months if they get a House majority—and now they will have the numbers to investigate the president’s business interests, tax returns, possible Russian ties, and other matters. Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., who will be House Judiciary Committee chairman when the new majority takes control in…
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    On the Street: Trump Rally Attendees Weigh in on Media Treatment of President

    On Wednesday, journalists at the White House once again displayed their hostility to President Donald Trump. We asked Americans at a Trump rally recently their thoughts on the media’s behavior toward Trump—and they didn’t hold back. We took our camera “On the Street” to find out.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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