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    Trump Rule Aims to Extend Health Care Option to 11 Million Uninsured

    Small businesses and sole proprietors will be able to band together under a new federal rule to create employee health plans that would expand coverage options for 11 million uninsured Americans, senior Trump administration officials said. The Labor Department rule allowing “association health plans,” placed Thursday in the Federal Register, builds on an executive order…
    Fred Lucas
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    10 Ways the Trump Administration Beat Back Excessive Regulation in 2017

    Federal rulemaking slowed dramatically in 2017, with the Trump administration issuing two-thirds fewer regulations in its first year (1,136) than both Presidents Barack Obama (3,356) and George W. Bush (3,927). The White House has also committed federal agencies to more than 400 deregulatory actions in 2018. Here are 10 of the past year’s most consequential…
    Diane Katz
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    Time for Trump Makeover of Liberal NPR and PBS

    At the close of 2017, no less than seven prominent male hosts and editors of influential government-sponsored radio and television shows are out of work amid claims of sexual harassment. According to their accusers, the alleged Malevolent Seven are powerful pervs and creeps who’ve been running wild at NPR and PBS for decades, sponsored and…
    Michelle Malkin
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    The Good News About Trump the Liberal Media Won’t Report

    The economy is booming, the nation is en route to “energy dominance,” the Environmental Protection Agency’s war on coal is over, and that’s not all. Speaking to reporters Tuesday, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders shared the big accomplishments the Trump administration achieved in 2017. As December winds down, I thought this would be…
    Daily Signal Staff
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    Judge Halts Trump Administration’s Obamacare Mandate Exemption

    Once again, an unelected judge is trying to undo the Trump administration’s actions. Late Friday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania, Wendy Beetlestone, issued a preliminary injunction blocking the Trump administration from implementing rules that would have provided much-needed relief to those with religious or moral objections to Obamacare’s Health and Human Services mandate, which requires…
    Melanie Israel
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    We Hear You: A Thoughtful, Informative Chat With Trump Champion Sebastian Gorka

    Editor's note: Response to former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka's on-camera interview with Rob Bluey, The Daily Signal's editor-in-chief, was overwhelmingly positive from our audience. Here's a generous sampling. Remember to write us at [email protected].—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: I am so tired of the “mainstream media” having only specific topics that are inane at best and…
    Ken McIntyre
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    The High Tide of Red Tape Ebbs Under Trump’s Ambitious Deregulatory Push

    The Trump administration on Thursday released an ambitious regulatory agenda that commits federal agencies to more than 400 deregulatory actions in fiscal 2018, and to cutting future regulatory costs to the private sector by $9.8 billion. The need for reform has never been greater. The deregulatory commitments are intended to comply with the president’s Executive…
    Diane Katz
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    4 Big Signs of a Trump Economic Recovery

    The economic numbers clearly have improved on President Donald Trump’s watch, with unemployment down and consumer confidence stronger. “We are just getting started,” @POTUS says. “Economic growth has topped 3 percent,” Trump said Thursday at a White House event while addressing his administration’s reduction in regulations. “Two quarters in a row, except for the hurricanes,…
    Fred Lucas
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    An Unelected Judge Is Overriding Trump’s Transgender Military Policy

    Do you remember voting for Colleen Kollar-Kotelly in the presidential election? Neither does anyone else. But somehow the local district judge thinks she should be able to do President Donald Trump’s job. In another ruling that not only exposes her incredible liberal bent, but the bigger battle with the out-of-control judiciary, Kollar-Kotelly is turning down…
    Tony Perkins
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    After Conference Agreement, Trump Pledges ‘Giant’ Tax Cut for Middle Class

    Bryant Glick was among five speakers grateful to President Donald Trump Wednesday as sweeping tax reform moves closer to passage. “Well done. Many of your predecessors promised this reform was coming. But you did it,” said Glick, of New Holland, Pennsylvania, attending a White House ceremony with his wife Ashley Glick. The Glick family, who…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Can Use Liquefied Natural Gas to Bolster Key Alliances. Here’s How.

    The Trump administration has spoken adamantly about U.S. energy dominance. To outsiders, the phrase “energy dominance” may elicit fear and conjure images of Russian-like influence in using energy for political manipulation. The reality in this case, however, is just the opposite: American energy dominance will help our allies break free from Russian dependence. By pursuing…
    Nicolas Loris
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    Following Trump, These Countries Also May Recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital

    Many U.S. allies roundly criticized the Trump administration’s move to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, but America doesn’t stand alone on the white-hot issue. “President Trump has planted the seeds of this long overdue shift,” @PastorJohnHagee says. In fact, the Czech Republic appeared to jump at the opportunity to say that it already…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump to Recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s Capital Based on Historical and Current Reality

    President Donald Trump will announce the United States will recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and will eventually be the home of the U.S. Embassy. However, senior White House officials said there is not yet a timeline for moving the embassy. In the immediate future, Trump will sign the same waiver that three predecessors…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Is Rolling Back Obama’s Last-Minute Land Grab. Here’s What Must Come Next.

    Today marked an important moment as President Donald Trump made much-needed changes to sweeping land use designations made under previous administrations. The Trump administration listened to the combined voices of individual citizens, tribal members, small communities, and elected officials from the county, state, and federal levels. In doing so, Trump has responded to Utahns’ calls…
    Matt Anderson
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    In Big Win for Utah, Trump Scales Back Federal Land Grab From Obama Administration

    President Donald Trump took a big step on Monday to begin correcting abuses of the Antiquities Act. The president acted on his April 26 executive order to review national monument designations under the law since 1996, making his announcement in Utah, which has been the subject of sweeping national monument designations through the Antiquities Act….
    Katie Tubb
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    In a Win for Trump, Supreme Court Upholds ‘Extreme Vetting’ Travel Ban

    President Donald Trump won a big victory Monday in the Supreme Court, which upheld his “extreme vetting” on immigration into the United States. The dispute over the policy stemmed from its application to six majority-Muslim countries. Lower federal courts in California, Hawaii, and Maryland ruled the ban was unconstitutional. In September, the administration revised the…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Frames Tax Vote as Swamp Drainers vs. Swamp Dwellers

    As the Senate prepares to vote on a tax reform package, President Donald Trump called the vote a “moment of truth.” “In the coming days, the American people will learn which politicians are part of the swamp and which politicians want to drain the swamp,” Trump said to a supportive crowd Wednesday in St. Charles,…
    Fred Lucas
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    Tom Steyer: We Can’t Wait to Impeach Trump

    Tom Steyer, a billionaire hedge fund manager and liberal mega-donor, told CNN’s Dana Bash on Sunday that President Donald Trump should be impeached as soon as possible. The San Francisco-based mega-donor financed a nationwide ad campaign urging Trump’s removal from office by Congress for a variety of alleged offenses, including collusion with Russia during the…
    Kevin Daley
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    Sen. Tom Cotton: Here’s How to End Democrats’ Obstruction of Trump’s Nominees

    Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., says Democrats have forced the Senate into 47 cloture votes this year alone on President Donald Trump’s judicial nominees, compared with just six cloture votes in the first years of the four prior administrations combined. Cotton said Senate Democrats are abusing procedures that allow them to stymie Trump’s executive branch nominees….
    Casey Ryan
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    Tax Cuts Could Boost GDP by Up to 5%, Trump Economic Adviser Says

    The chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers says if corporate tax cuts are signed into law, the gross domestic product of the United States could increase by 3 percent to 5 percent within 10 years. Economic Advisers Chairman Kevin Hassett and Rep. Jason Lewis, R-Minn., were part of a conference call hosted Tuesday by…
    Casey Ryan
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