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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 | Elizabeth Slattery
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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 | Thomas Wilson
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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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    After Agent’s Death, Trump Declares US ‘Must Build the Wall!’
    President Donald Trump is renewing his demand that Congress fund a wall on the southern border after a U.S. Border Patrol agent was killed from injuries inccurred while working over the weekend in southwest Texas, while his partner was injured. “Border Patrol officer killed at southern border, another badly hurt,” the president said in a…
    Fred Lucas
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    Meet These 5 Stellar Conservatives Trump Just Added to His Supreme Court List
    On Friday, President Donald Trump announced the addition of five individuals to his outstanding list of potential candidates for a future Supreme Court vacancy. As was the case with the lists Trump put out during his presidential campaign, these new additions to the list are conservative men and women who are committed to interpreting the…
    John G. Malcolm | Elizabeth Slattery | Tiffany Bates
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    Democrats’ Move to Impeach Trump Seen as Political Theater
    Spurred by recent state election wins, a liberal billionaire, and a leading legal scholar on the left, six House Democrats have signed onto a resolution to impeach President Donald Trump. “Calls for impeachment started before the guy even took office,” @georgepieler says. The party’s leadership has not embraced the movement, and the resolution faces numerous…
    Fred Lucas
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    Podcast: The Inanity of Climate Change Activists Protesting Trump
    The Paris Agreement would have resulted in dire economic consequences for the U.S.—and wouldn’t have significantly affected the earth’s temperature. Yet, at a conference in Germany this month, President Donald Trump and his administration came under fire for the decision to withdraw from the Paris Agreement. On today’s podcast, we discuss that, the result of…
    Katrina Trinko | Daniel Davis | Rachel del Guidice
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