Trump Presidency News

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

The federal government has done a 180 under the Trump administration, with agencies cutting regulations and giving states more power. And no one’s happier about that than Republican governors. Gov. Matt Bevin of Kentucky shares about his experience leading his state under President Barack Obama, and then President Donald Trump. Plus: In the age of…

The Trump administration on Wednesday reported $23 billion in savings from 176 deregulatory actions in fiscal year 2018. Even more consequential, the administration has issued 65 percent fewer “significant” rules—those with costs that exceed $100 million a year—than the Obama administration, and 51 percent fewer than the Bush administration, after 22 months in office. The…

Attorney General Jeff Sessions spoke to The Daily Signal this week about the role of the judiciary and President Donald Trump's appointing judges who respect the U.S. Constitution. "No president has ever done a better job than he has in putting good people on the bench," says Sessions. An edited transcript of the interview is…