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    4 Reasons Trump Was Right to Pull Out of the Paris Agreement

    President Donald Trump has fulfilled a key campaign pledge, announcing that the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris climate agreement. The Paris Agreement, which committed the U.S. to drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions, was a truly bad deal—bad for American taxpayers, American energy companies, and every single American who depends on affordable, reliable energy. It…
    Nicolas Loris
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    Trump Administration Considering Rule That Would Help Little Sisters of the Poor

    For employers that don’t want to provide birth control and abortifacient coverage in health insurance plans, relief may be on the way. President Donald Trump’s administration “is poised to make changes to Obamacare’s birth control coverage mandate by granting broad exemptions to employers that object on religious or moral grounds,” The Hill reported. The proposed…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    This Is the Key to a Successful Trump Foreign Policy

    As President Donald Trump settles back in Washington after his trip to Europe and the Middle East, his administration will continue to roll out related defense and foreign policy initiatives through multiple departments and agencies. For the purposes of strategic planning, what organizing principle might be useful to inform such initiatives, consistent with existing statements…
    Colin Dueck
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    Cut or ‘Clean’: Trump, Congress Negotiate on How to Raise the Debt Ceiling

    Since winning a House majority in 2010, congressional Republicans have asked for any increase in the nation’s borrowing limit to be offset, at least in part, by spending cuts. “Any debt limit increase should be paired with spending cuts to address our debt,” @Jim_Jordan says. President Barack Obama denied that ambition, but it’s different now…
    Fred Lucas
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    Why Conservatives Still Attack Trump

    When people you know well, admire, and who share your values do something you strongly oppose, you have two options: 1) Cease admiring them, or 2) try to understand them and change their minds. In the case of my conservative friends who still snipe (or worse) at President Donald Trump, I have rejected option one….
    Dennis Prager
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    The Possible Reasons Big Corporations Are So Eager for Trump to Break His Promise on Paris Climate Deal

    European countries and major corporations are pressuring President Donald Trump to remain in the Paris climate agreement despite his promises on the campaign trail to withdraw the United States from the Obama-era deal that never gained congressional approval. The Trump administration so far is sticking with being undecided—at least until Trump returns to the United…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Budget Sets Slower Pace Than Needed for Military Buildup

    President Donald Trump delivered his 2018 budget request to Congress on Tuesday, and as expected, the defense portion is not enough to initiate the military buildup that the president had called for. Aligning closely with the president’s so-called “skinny budget” issued earlier this year, this proposal calls for $603 billion in base defense discretionary spending…
    Frederico Bartels
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    A First Look at Energy Issues in Trump’s Budget

    President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2018 budget proposal calls for a number of energy policy reforms, some good and some bad. Some of the highlights include opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for drilling, selling off some government-controlled oil reserves, reinvigorating Yucca Mountain’s nuclear waste management activities, divesting power marketing administration assets, and diverting offshore…
    Katie Tubb
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    Trump Must Resist Pressure From Foreign Leaders to Cave in on Global Warming

    President Donald Trump has arrived in Italy for the G-7 summit, where foreign leaders will press him to abandon core elements of his “America First” agenda in favor of a more globalist agenda. As National Public Radio reported last week, “President Trump is expected to face pressure from European Union leaders … to keep the U.S….
    Dan Holler
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    Trump Signals a Reset Between Israel and US

    It’s time to patch up America’s second “special relationship” after eight years of frayed feelings between the United States and Israel. That’s the message President Donald Trump is sending in his early-presidency trip to Israel and unprecedented visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Trump said of his Monday visit to the Western Wall, a…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Trump Calls for Middle East to ‘Take the Lead’ in Fighting Terrorism

    Near the birthplace of Islam, President Donald Trump called for an alliance of Muslim-Arab nations to combat Islamic terrorism in his first major international address. “Our goal is a coalition of nations who share the aim of stamping out extremism and providing our children a hopeful future that does honor to God,” Trump said in…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump: ‘Walls Work, Just Ask Israel’

    President Donald Trump reiterated his support for a strong border wall in a joint press conference with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Thursday. Trump followed up on a question from ABC News' Jonathan Karl to Santos on the efficacy of Trump’s proposed border wall in curtailing drug cartels. After Santos’ long answer espousing the benefits…
    Saagar Enjeti
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    Trump Must Banish the Era of Leading From Behind

    Four months after taking office, President Donald Trump is taking his first foray onto the world stage. Over the course of the next seven days he will travel to Europe and the Middle East, visiting four countries as well as the Vatican: Saudi Arabia, Israel, Belgium, and Italy. Across the Atlantic, he will take part…
    Nile Gardiner
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    Trump Expected to Propose Plan to Balance Budget in 10 Years

    President Donald Trump likely will propose a plan next week calling for a balanced budget in 10 years, fiscal experts predict. It also will address how to fund the border wall, higher defense spending, and other Trump initiatives over the next decade. “Many Republicans have been calling for a 10-year balanced budget,” Chris Edwards, director…
    Fred Lucas
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    Meet the Anti-Trump Supporters of ‘the Resistance’

    After the shock of losing the White House and failing to take the majority in the House and Senate, Democrats quickly regrouped and developed a new approach. From town hall protests to sometimes violent demonstrations, they’re fighting the Trump agenda at every step. Hillary Clinton recently emerged to announce she’s “part of the resistance.” In…
    Paul Runko
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    Trump Administration to Implement New ‘Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance’ Policy

    On Monday, the Trump administration announced the implementation of the “Protecting Life in Global Health Assistance” policy, which helps ensure that American taxpayers do not fund international organizations that perform or promote abortion overseas. This program will expand the life-affirming Mexico City policy, which President Donald Trump reinstated during his first week in office. That…
    Melanie Israel
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    Here’s How Far Behind Trump Is on Political Appointments Compared to Obama, Bush

    President Donald Trump has begun to move on naming federal judges and will eventually be naming a new FBI director, but more broadly, he remains slow in filling political appointments compared to his predecessors. “The swamp creatures have won the fight. Unless you control the bureaucracy, the bureaucracy controls you,” Robert Moffit says. Trump has…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Considers Expansion of America’s Longest War. What That Means.

    In an early test of his foreign policy, President Donald Trump is facing a decision on whether to contribute thousands of additional U.S. troops to America’s longest-running—and often overlooked—war. As first reported by The Washington Post, Trump’s senior military and foreign policy advisers recommend that the president send 3,000 to 5,000 more troops to bolster…
    Josh Siegel
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    Al Gore Personally Pleads With Trump to Stay in the Paris Climate Agreement

    Former Vice President Al Gore personally asked President Donald Trump not to withdraw the U.S. from a United Nations agreement aimed at limiting global warming, a source revealed. Gore called Trump Tuesday morning to discuss the Paris Agreement that the Obama administration joined in 2016, the source told Axios. “Mr. Gore made the case for…
    Paul Runko
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    Senate Confirms Trump’s Nominee to Lead Food and Drug Administration

    The Senate confirmed Dr. Scott Gottlieb to lead the Food and Drug Administration Tuesday, filling in the list of presidential appointments at the Department of Health and Human Services. President Donald Trump’s nominee for commissioner of food and drugs was confirmed by a vote of 57-42. As commissioner of the FDA, Gottlieb, a physician, will…
    Thomas Phippen
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