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    Supreme Court Travel Ban Arguments Suggest Win for Trump Likely

    Finally, the Supreme Court has heard the arguments on the travel ban case. On Wednesday, there were plenty of protesters outside the courthouse, a few politicians inside the courthouse (including White House counsel Don McGahn, Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mazie Hirono, and Rep. Bob Goodlatte), and even a celebrity (Lin-Manuel Miranda) as two seasoned litigants…
    John G. Malcolm
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    Q&A: Everything You Need to Know About Trump ‘Travel Ban’ Oral Arguments

    The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday for Trump v. Hawaii, one of the biggest legal cases of the year. The case dates back to the early days of the Trump administration, when a group of states, led by Hawaii, challenged President Donald Trump’s so-called “Muslim ban.” The “ban” had the effect of limiting…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Trump Likely to Prescribe More Competition, Generics to Reduce Drug Prices

    President Donald Trump’s prescription for lower drug costs likely will involve a push for more competition and clearing hurdles for more generic drugs. The president’s planned speech this week on the issue was postponed because Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is recovering from an illness. Azar was hospitalized last week for diverticulitis, an…
    Fred Lucas
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    Melania Trump Is Already Distinguishing Herself in Planning State Dinner

    When the Trumps visited Paris last June to celebrate Bastille Day at the invitation of President Emmanuel Macron, they were honored in quintessentially French grandeur. From the dinner with an amazing view atop the Eiffel Tower to the military parade replete with French soldiers atop mounted steeds marching down the Champs Elysees, the American president…
    Laura Dowling
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    4 Key Questions Before the Trump-Kim Meeting

    President Donald Trump’s upcoming meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un may appear to be a breakthrough between two leaders who openly talked about nuclear war in 2017. However, national security experts caution against expecting too much from a historic meeting that still has no publicly confirmed date and may have a less defined…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump’s Vitally Important Anti-Poverty Initiative

    It takes a lot of courage for a president to target almost a quarter of the federal budget for reform in an election year. But this is exactly what President Donald Trump is doing with his executive order, “Reducing Poverty in America by Promoting Opportunity and Economic Mobility.” We’re now spending more than $700 billion…
    Star Parker
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    The Dangers of Trump Allowing Iran Deal to Continue

    No matter what President Donald Trump does, the Iran deal is likely dead on May 12. That’s the deadline by which the president must decide whether he will keep the U.S. in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or Iran deal—a deal that seems more likely to give Iranians a patient path to nuclear weapons…
    James Carafano
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    Trump Administration Delivers Right Response to Syria’s Unacceptable Actions

    Last year, when the Assad regime in Syria gassed its own people, the Trump administration sent an unmistakable message: The unrestrained use of chemical weapons makes it difficult for the U.S. to protect its interests in the regional conflict. So … stop Syrian President Bashar Assad did—for about a year. In that time, the U.S….
    James Carafano
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    Trump Announces Strikes on Syria Following Chemical Weapons Attack

    Explosions could be heard in the Syrian capital of Damascus just moments after President Donald Trump announced precision strikes on “targets associated with the chemical weapons capabilities” of the Syrian regime. Coalition forces hit Syria hard Friday evening following Trump’s decision to punish the Syrian regime for its alleged involvement in a chemical weapons attack…
    Ryan Pickrell
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    3 Student Journalists Sue University for Covering Up Teacher’s Role in Anti-Trump Campus Rally

    Three student journalists have filed a lawsuit against their Illinois university and an instructor, alleging that the teacher grabbed and broke a smartphone as they tried to report on an anti-Trump rally.    The three students’ federal suit against the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and instructor Tariq Khan says that the university got a…
    Kyle Perisic
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    Podcast: The Week in Review, Plus Interviews With Trump and Obama Education Secretaries

    On today’s edition of The Daily Signal podcast, Rob Bluey and Ginny Montalbano review the week’s top news. We feature an exclusive interview with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who spoke to Bluey at the Reagan Institute Summit on Education. DeVos addressed the “nation’s report card,” its disappointing results, and how the Trump administration is pursuing reforms to improve…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Trump Seeks to Scale Back More EPA Rules, Says Tax Cuts Boosting Manufacturing

    President Donald Trump touted the success of his policies in helping manufacturers, and announced a new presidential order to roll back environmental regulations that would further expedite the construction of factories. “Cutting of regulations could have had the same or even a bigger impact on our economy,” Trump says. “Today I will sign a presidential…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Issued a Call for Welfare Reform. Here Are 4 Actions Policymakers Can Take.

    President Donald Trump this week signed an executive order calling for reforms in the welfare system to promote work and strengthen marriage. The president is right to address this pressing issue. Welfare reform is needed. Today, the welfare system aggressively penalizes marriage among low-income parents and discourages work and self-support. We have spent $28 trillion…
    Mimi Teixeira
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    Podcast: Trump Weighs Military Response in Syria

    Another horrific chemical attack took place in Syria over the weekend, claiming the lives of dozens of civilians. The president is currently weighing a military response with top advisers. Luke Coffey, director of The Heritage Foundation’s Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy, joins us to discuss why a bold, punitive military strike is…
    Daniel Davis
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    Conservative Lawmakers Push Abandoned Tool as Way for Trump to Slash Spending

    Conservatives who are unhappy with the $1.3 trillion spending bill signed last month by President Donald Trump want the president to ask Congress to rescind some of the funds it authorized. “I’m very supportive of the White House and our leadership engaging on this,” Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, said…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Court Puts Politics Above Law in State’s Lawsuit Against Trump

    A federal court has held that Maryland and the District of Columbia have standing to sue President Donald Trump over his personal finances regarding the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., in what amounts to a political attack thinly veiled as a far-fetched constitutional theory. The plaintiffs claim that Trump violates the Constitution’s foreign emoluments…
    John-Michael Seibler
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    West Virginians Share Tax Cut Success Stories With Trump

    For Tony Hodge, a rural mail carrier from Hurricane, West Virginia, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act meant a savings for his family of $2,417. Hodge, on a stage with President Donald Trump and other elected officials and business owners, said he put the money to two uses. One, toward new countertops for his kitchen….
    Fred Lucas
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    Jimmy Kimmel’s Tasteless Attack on Melania Trump

    This week, comedian Jimmy Kimmel took aim at first lady Melania Trump. Discussing the 140th Easter Egg Roll, Kimmel decided to mock the first lady’s accent. He showed a clip of Melania Trump reading to the children and mocked her accent with his sidekick, Guillermo. It’s an unoriginal hit that reflects poorly on Kimmel.  …
    Ginny Montalbano
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    Q&A: Trump Sending Troops to the Border

    President Donald Trump once again caught all of the pundit universe by surprise. He was faced with a challenge to his tough border control position from the activist group People Without Borders and its caravan of 1,200 to 1,500 migrants determined to prove sovereign boundaries between nations don’t count, and should therefore be ignored. The…
    Peter Parisi
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    Trump Calls for Military Solution at Border: ‘It’s Something We Have to Do’

    President Donald Trump says he wants to use the military to protect the southern border, but was short on the specifics of what he had in mind. He discussed the idea twice on Tuesday, once to a small group of pool reporters when meeting with Baltic nation leaders for lunch at the White House and again…
    Fred Lucas
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