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    What Trump Wants US to Do to Prevent Another Terror Attack
    President Donald Trump supported eliminating the diversity visa program before, but is emphasizing the need to do so after the terrorist attack in New York Tuesday. “It sounds nice. I’m not nice,” @POTUS says. “I am today starting the process of terminating the diversity lottery program,” Trump said ahead of a Cabinet meeting Wednesday. “I’m…
    Fred Lucas
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    This Simple Trick Will Help Liberals Get Over Trump Derangement Syndrome
    I am not nearly so coldhearted and unsympathetic toward the mainstream media as some of my conservative friends, such as Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Chris Plante, and Ann Coulter. In fact, my heart goes out to them. As evidence of the same, if I had President Donald Trump’s ear, I’d urge…
    Walter E. Williams
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    Small Business Owner in Trump Country Explains Why Tax Reform Will Help the 99%
    SEDALIA, Mo.—As Republicans prepare to unveil the details of their major tax reform proposal this week, a small business owner in America’s heartland is speaking out about how she and her employees could benefit. “The 1 percent that keeps being talked about, I want them to talk about the other 99 percent, and they don’t…
    Kelsey Bolar
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    Trump Right to Scale Back Obamacare’s Recruitment Mechanism
    Wednesday, Nov. 1 will mark the beginning of the next open enrollment period in the Obamacare exchanges. This will be the first enrollment season since the Trump administration changed the enrollment process and scaled back the “navigator” program. The navigator program is a federal initiative designed to guide Obamacare enrollees as they jump through the…
    Whitney Jones
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    Why Trump Should Keep NAFTA’s Investment Protection Provisions
    President Donald Trump’s trade representative, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, stirred up some controversy last week when he called for a five-year “sunset” provision to be included in the North American Free Trade Agreement. He asserted that investor-state dispute settlement features in U.S. free trade agreements amount to government-backed political risk insurance for big American companies. Some…
    James M. Roberts
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    GOP Leader Holding Up Trump Budget Nominee Over Hurricane Funding
    It was Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who launched a broadside against President Donald Trump’s budget nominee over religious views, but it’s the No. 2 Republican in the Senate who is blocking the nomination of Russ Vought from coming to the floor for a vote. Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, R-Texas, seemed to clarify in a…
    Fred Lucas
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    Alaskans Want More Drilling. Trump and Congress Are Working to Make It Happen.
    The Trump administration is attempting to do what past administrations have either failed to do or blocked: open up part of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge for oil and gas drilling. The House recently passed a budget proposal that opens the door to allowing drilling in the refuge. The bill now stands in the Senate…
    Samantha Block | Katie Tubb
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    Trump’s EPA Chief Charts a New Course: An Interview With Scott Pruitt
    Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt spoke to me earlier this week at The Heritage Foundation’s annual President’s Club meeting in Washington. We discussed his leadership of the EPA, the agency’s top priorities, and what Pruitt considers true environmentalism. An edited transcript of our interview, along with the full video, is below. Bluey: You've had…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    2 Trump Nominees Attacked for Christian Beliefs Still Await Senate Confirmation
    Longer work weeks could mean quicker votes on two of President Donald Trump’s nominees who Senate Democrats attacked for their religious views. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., responded to demands by some senators by reportedly planning longer work weeks that include Fridays and potentially weekends. This comes after months of a light schedule, with…
    Fred Lucas
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    Why Trump’s Not Replacing Bureaucrats Enables the ‘Deep State’
    Hillary Clinton is urging federal workers to stay in their jobs so they can fight for progressive policies again. On her book tour, the former secretary of state and presidential candidate told government workers to “stick it out, stick it out, because the tide has to turn.” “If [Democrats] can take back one or both…
    Jarrett Stepman
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    Trump Says ‘I Can’t Support Bailing Out’ Insurance Companies Profiting From Obamacare
    President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he could not support the bipartisan proposal to shore up Obamacare and stabilize the health insurance markets through 2019. “I am supportive of Lamar as a person & also of the process, but I can never support bailing out ins co’s who have made a fortune w/ O’Care,” the…
    Robert Donachie
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    Trump: Tax Reform ‘Will Lift Our People From Welfare to Work’
    President Donald Trump promoted his tax reform plan at The Heritage Foundation’s President’s Club, and also touted American values, the Constitution, and “God-given rights.” “We will lift our people from welfare to work, from dependence to independence, and from poverty to total beautiful prosperity,” Trump told an audience of about 1,000 people Tuesday night gathered…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Backs Temporary Obamacare Fix, but Thinks Votes Are There for Obamacare Replacement
    President Donald Trump said Obamacare is “virtually dead,” but appears ready to keep it on life support for another two years. Just days after ending subsidies to insurance companies, an executive policy put in place under President Barack Obama with no approval from Congress, the Senate appears to have a bipartisan agreement to restore subsidies…
    Fred Lucas
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    The Trump Nominee Poised to Be Point Man on Draining Government Swamp
    President Donald Trump’s nominee to run the federal government’s bureaucracy could be a key player in reforming it, and in keeping the president’s campaign pledge to “drain the swamp.” “We don’t see any major draining of the swamp with the massive bureaucracy,” Robert Moffit says. Trump last month nominated Jeff Tien Han Pon, 47, to…
    Fred Lucas
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    We Hear You: The IRS, the Rich, the Nanny State, Republicans, Trump, and Tax Reform
    Editor's note: As you probably noticed, The Daily Signal has made tax reform a focus of our coverage and commentary. Here is some of what you've had to say on the topic in recent weeks. Be sure to write us at [email protected]—Ken McIntyre Dear Daily Signal: Regarding Rachel del Guidice's story about the family of…
    Ken McIntyre
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    Trump to Make Case for Tax Reform in Heritage Foundation Speech
    President Donald Trump will speak Tuesday at an annual meeting of Heritage Foundation members in Washington. Trump is expected to promote his tax reform proposal, the top legislative priority for the White House. Trump and Republicans in Congress have made overhauling the tax code their focus for the remainder of 2017. Since August, Trump has…
    Fred Lucas
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    Conservatives Fault Senate Republicans for Slow Confirmation of Trump Nominees
    President Donald Trump has not been able to fully implement his agenda, in no small part because the Senate is not confirming his nominees, conservatives say, urging the Republican Senate leadership to prioritize and expedite the confirmation process. The Conservative Action Project, in an Oct. 10 memo, noted that Trump has had fewer executive branch…
    Casey Ryan
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    Trump: ‘America Is a Nation of Believers … Sustained by the Power of Prayer’
    President Donald Trump proclaimed the importance of faith and unity in a speech Friday. “America is a nation of believers … sustained by the power of prayer,” Trump said at the Values Voter Summit in Washington, D.C. He said the response of Americans to the recent hurricanes and Las Vegas shooting showed the strength of…
    Casey Ryan
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    Trump Announces Push to Fix, Not Nix, Obama’s Iran Deal
    President Donald Trump isn’t exiting the Iran nuclear agreement entirely, but he does want to enlist allies to put more teeth in it and push Congress to take stronger actions to hold the Islamist dictatorship accountable. In a speech from the White House, Trump denounced the deal entered under President Barack Obama, but said, “What’s…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Admin Will Cease Paying Critical Obamacare Subsidies
    The Trump administration announced Thursday night that it will cease making payments to a subsidy that helps low- to moderate-income individuals purchase Obamacare health insurance plans. The U.S. government cannot lawfully continue making the cost-sharing reduction payments that help prop up the Affordable Care Act, the White House announced in a statement. President Donald Trump’s…
    Chris White
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