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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 | Ginny Montalbano
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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 | Robert Rector
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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 | Ginny Montalbano
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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 | Steven Bucci
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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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    How Trump’s Cool-Headed Response to Austin Bombings Helped Everyone
    A marked difference in the Trump administration’s handling of the recent Austin, Texas, bombings was the refusal by federal law enforcement to leap to conclusions that would have driven a partisan, political agenda. As we’ve seen in the past, the Fort Hood ambush was inaccurately labeled as workplace violence. The Orlando nightclub attack was first…
    Robert Henneke
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    Trump Threatens to Veto, Then Signs, ‘Ridiculous’ Spending Bill
    President Donald Trump, after wavering, decided to sign a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill, asserting his highest duty as president is to “keep America safe.” Speaking to reporters Friday at the White House, Trump called the massive spending bill “ridiculous.” “I’m not going to do it again,” he said of signing such an expensive, hastily…
    Fred Lucas
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    In Talk to Millennials, Trump Pledges Phase 2 of Tax Cuts
    President Donald Trump said he will push for “phase two” tax cuts in remarks Thursday to a White House gathering of millennials, a key voting bloc that benefited from last year’s tax relief package. “The word ‘crumbs’ is going to be like the word ‘deplorable,’” @RealDonaldTrump says. After passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs…
    Fred Lucas
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    Daily Signal Exclusive: Mercedes Schlapp on What the Media Doesn’t Tell You About Trump
    Mercedes Schlapp, the White House director of strategic communications, speaks to The Daily Signal’s Rob Bluey about the media’s coverage of President Donald Trump and the administration’s top priorities in 2018. Schlapp attended the White House’s Generation Next event with millennials Thursday. An edited transcript of her Daily Signal interview is below. Rob Bluey: You…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    This Conservative Millennial Explains Why Trump’s Policies Are Better for Black Americans
    Turning Point USA’s Candace Owens spoke to The Daily Signal’s Rob Bluey about why conservative policies are better for the African-American community. Owens appeared at the White House’s Generation Next forum for millennials Thursday. An edited transcript of her Daily Signal interview is below. Rob Bluey: How did you become a conservative? Candace Owens: I…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Daily Signal Exclusive: Labor Secretary Alex Acosta on Trump’s Job-Creation Success
    Labor Secretary Alex Acosta spoke to The Daily Signal’s Rob Bluey about the Trump administration’s approach to job creation, reducing government regulations, and what it’s like to work for President Donald Trump. Acosta spoke Thursday at Generation Next, a White House forum for millennials. An edited transcript of his Daily Signal interview is below. Rob Bluey:…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Daily Signal Exclusive: Ivanka Trump on Jobs, Millennials, and #MeToo
    Ivanka Trump, senior adviser at the White House, speaks to The Daily Signal’s Kelsey Harkness about her efforts to promote workforce development and job opportunities for Americans. Trump spoke Thursday at Generation Next, a White House forum for millennials. An edited transcript of her Daily Signal interview is below. Kelsey Harkness: We are here today…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Here Are 6 of the 146 Key Trump Nominees Stalled by Senate Democrats
    Senate Democrats have slowed President Donald Trump’s efforts to build his administration by pushing the maximum 30 hours of debate for nearly every one of his executive branch nominees. “At this rate, the United States Senate would take 11 and a half years to confirm our nominees,” @MarcShort45 says. Of the 642 key government posts…
    Fred Lucas
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    Conservatives Grapple With Trump Call for Death Penalty for Drug Dealers
    Two conservative lawmakers say they understand President Donald Trump’s push during the opioid epidemic to pursue the death penalty for drug dealers in some instances. Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, and Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., addressed the proposal Wednesday during Conversations with Conservatives, a monthly meeting with reporters hosted on Capitol Hill by conservative lawmakers and…
    Ginny Montalbano
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