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    Podcast: The Week in Review, Plus Ben Carson’s Positive Influence on Trump
    Welcome to the first Friday edition of The Daily Signal’s podcast. We take a look at the top news stories of the week—including health care, North Korea, and immigration. Armstrong Williams, nationally syndicated columnist and host of “The Armstrong Williams Show,” discusses his relationship with Dr. Ben Carson, secretary of the Housing and Urban Development…
    Robert B. Bluey | Ginny Montalbano
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    Trump Should Kick the Protectionism Can Down the Road
    President Donald Trump has certainly ramped up the protectionist rhetoric in recent weeks. Last month in Montreal, Trump’s trade adviser, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, renewed the president’s threat that the United States could withdraw from NAFTA because in its current form, it is “really not a good agreement for the United States.” A U.S. pull-out from…
    James M. Roberts
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    Trump’s Budget Takes a First Swing at Bloated Bureaucracies. Here’s What More Needs to Be Done.
    Early in his administration, President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing all 15 of the departments of the federal government to submit plans within 180 days to “modernize and streamline their operations.” In September, they did just that, and many have already begun to implement changes. The newly released 2019 budget is the clearest…
    John York
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    On Law Enforcement, Sheriffs Rate Trump’s First Year an ‘A-Plus’
    For Clark County, Georgia, Sheriff Ira Edwards Jr., the danger sanctuary cities pose to communities became overwhelmingly clear during a recent conversation he had with a federal judge. “You delivered. The National Sheriffs’ Association gives your first year an A-plus for law enforcement issues,” @NationalSheriff says. “I was very, very surprised when I was in…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Goes After Automatic Raises, ‘Worst’ Employees to Drain the Swamp
    Most federal employees—99.7 percent, in fact—get a “performance based” raise each year under the government’s pay system. “We’ve set up a $1 billion fund [to give] managers the ability to pay people whose performance merits the increase,” @MickMulvaneyOMB says. President Donald Trump wants to change that as part of his new budget plan, in keeping…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Has a New Plan to Save Money on Food Stamps
    The Trump administration unveiled a new plan to revamp how people are receiving food stamps, suggesting that the government give them boxes of nonperishable food instead. The new suggestion, written in the 2019 budget proposal, would take half of the money people get from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and instead send families a box…
    Amber Randall
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    5 Takeaways From Trump’s New Budget Proposal
    President Donald Trump delivered his fiscal year 2019 budget request to Congress on Monday, officially kicking off the 2019 budget season. Congress must now do its job and build off the president’s budget and craft its own budget resolution. In light of last week’s budget-busting deal, now more than ever it is crucial for Congress…
    Justin Bogie
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    3 Things to Pay Attention to in the Trump Defense Budget
    The Pentagon on Monday announced the president’s budget request for defense at $716 billion. That number is in line with the recent budget agreement. The budget should be guided by the national security strategy through the national defense strategy. Nonetheless, the effect of both of these strategies on the defense budget is still to be…
    Frederico Bartels
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    Trump Budget Proposal Projects Deficit Spending for Next Decade
    President Donald Trump is proposing a 10-year spending plan that never produces a balanced budget, and increases deficit spending by $7.2 trillion over the next decade. The White House unveiled the $4.4 trillion fiscal year 2019 budget plan on Monday. “The first message [is] you don’t have to spend it all, but if you do,…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Releases Infrastructure Plan Focused on Deregulation and New Funding
    The bulk of the money for President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan wouldn’t come from federal funds, and the plan focuses heavily on deregulation. While Republicans support deregulation and Democrats back infrastructure spending, Trump could fall short of attaining the bipartisan backing he hopes for on the bill. “It’s politically tough. Democrats may…
    Fred Lucas
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    US Won’t Rest Till ISIS Defeated, Trump Tells National Prayer Breakfast
    The U.S. will “never rest” until it finishes the job of defeating the Islamic State, the brutal terrorist army in Iraq and Syria, President Donald Trump said Thursday in remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast. “It’s much harder to stab someone in the back after you’ve prayed for them.”—@SenatorLankford “For years ISIS had brutally tortured…
    Kyle Perisic
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    Here Are 3 Steps Trump Should Take to Fight Modern-Day Slavery
    Human trafficking may be illegal in countries around the world, but the gruesome practice remains alive and well. Contrary to popular opinion, human trafficking is not simply a third-world problem. Human trafficking is occurring all over the world, even in our own backyard. Human traffickers continue to buy and sell human beings, whether they be…
    Sang Hyuk Park | So Yeon Lee | Olivia Enos
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    I’m From a Family of Farmers. Here’s What Trump Has Done for Our Industry.
    In the first year of his presidency, Donald Trump came through on his promise to support rural Americans and agriculture. Unfortunately, many news outlets didn’t give due attention to these accomplishments. Agriculture is a very important industry, and the changes that Trump has made have helped ease the burden of too much regulation on our…
    Micaela Wright
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    Voice of America Is Undermining the US Abroad. Trump Can Easily Change That.
    A growing chorus of critics is demanding the Trump administration get on with the business of reforming the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the vast international broadcasting complex it oversees on behalf of the U.S. government. Reforming the board was included in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, which President Barack Obama had signed into…
    Helle Dale
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    Trump Is Repealing Obama’s Harmful Water Rule. Why Efforts to Stop Him Are Misguided.
    In 2015, the Obama administration finalized its infamous “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule—also known as the Clean Water Rule—that sought to regulate almost every type of water imaginable under the Clean Water Act. To its credit, the Trump administration is taking action to get rid of this rule by withdrawing it and then…
    Daren Bakst
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    US Sees Modest Gains in Economic Freedom Under Trump
    The United States gained a higher score in the 2018 Index of Economic Freedom published Friday by The Heritage Foundation.   The score of the United States improved by 0.6 points, the first overall gain since the 2015 index. Calling himself a “big Trump fan,” Ed Feulner, founder and former president of The Heritage Foundation,…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Trump Is Right. It’s Time to Give Agency Heads More Discretion With Employees.
    Among the many sensible proposals President Donald Trump called for during his first State of the Union address, one certainly deserves more attention than it has received. Tuesday, before a joint session of Congress, Trump said: All Americans deserve accountability and respect—and that is what we are giving them. So tonight, I call on the…
    John York
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    8 Out of 10 Americans Thought Trump’s State of the Union Was About Uniting the Country
    More than eight out of 10 Americans, 81 percent, who watched President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday night think he was trying to unite the country, not divide it, a CBS News poll found. 8 in 10 Americans who watched Pres. Trump's #SOTU address felt he was trying to unite the country,…
    Chrissy Clark
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    Opportunity for All, Says Trump, Including Inmates
    In his first State of the Union address, President Donald Trump focused on themes of economic success, job creation, and praise for military and law enforcement professionals who strive to keep our communities safe and prosperous. He also alluded to criminal justice reforms that can contribute to those same goals of increasing safety and prosperity….
    John-Michael Seibler
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    Did Trump Really Beat ISIS? Here Are the Facts
    “We’re gonna beat ISIS very, very quickly, folks. It’s gonna be fast. I have a great plan. It’s going to be great. They ask, ‘What is it?’ Well, I’d rather not say.” Donald Trump made this pledge to supporters in Connecticut in April 2016. At the time, it seemed unlikely he would ever have to make good…
    Robin Simcox
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