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    Decline of Unions Under Right-to-Work Laws Levels Playing Field for Trump

    Donald Trump prevailed where other Republican presidential candidates failed in Midwestern states in part because of new right-to-work laws that have diminished the power and influence of the teachers’ unions, according to labor policy analysts. “Unions have been knocked silly in Wisconsin, thanks to the one-two punch of Act 10 and right-to-work,” @workerfreedom's Matt Patterson…
    Kevin Mooney
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    Trump Blasts ‘Fake News’ and ‘Failing’ Media Outlets

    President Donald Trump went toe-to-toe with the media at a White House press conference Thursday, using terms such as “fake news” and “failing” to describe many of the recent stories about his administration. “The public doesn’t believe you people anymore,” @POTUS says. “I turn on the TV, open the newspapers, and I see stories of…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Picks Alexander Acosta as Labor Secretary

    President Donald Trump picked R. Alexander Acosta to lead the Department of Labor Thursday, just one day after CKE Restaurants CEO Andy Puzder withdrew his name from consideration. Acosta is a former federal prosecutor and the dean of the Florida International University College of Law in Miami. “After careful consideration and discussions with my family, I…
    Ted Goodman
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    Moscow Issues Its First Nuclear Challenge to Trump

    Almost right out of the gate, the Trump administration is facing its first arms control challenge from Moscow. Russia has reportedly deployed its new cruise missile in an apparent violation of the Reagan-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, in effect since 1988. The treaty prohibits the possession of ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with ranges of…
    Michaela Dodge
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    Trump Has Fewest Cabinet Secretaries Confirmed Since George Washington

    It took nearly a month, but President Donald Trump is finally operating with at least half of his Cabinet in place. Not since George Washington in 1789 has a newly elected president waited so long. Twenty-five days after Trump took the oath of office, the Senate on Monday night voted to confirm the eighth and…
    Robert B. Bluey
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    Trump Terrorism Adviser Says War on ISIS About Ideology

    One of the key figures driving President Donald Trump’s national security policy outlined a counterterrorism vision on Monday squarely focused on defeating ISIS beyond the battlefield. Sebastian Gorka’s view of the ISIS threat melds with many in the White House who believe that the U.S. is engaged in a nontraditional war against radical Islam. Gorka,…
    Josh Siegel
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    What Trump Can and Can’t Do to Make Changes to Civil Forfeiture

    President Donald Trump’s comments on a procedure that allows law enforcement to seize property sparked much debate in the media and on the internet. But for stakeholders who oppose the practice, called civil asset forfeiture, the president’s statements presented a learning experience for the country’s chief executive. Trump’s comments came during a roundtable discussion with…
    Melissa Quinn
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    ‘Indivisible,’ With Ties to George Soros, Sows Division Against Trump, GOP Lawmakers

    Democrats who used to work on Capitol Hill are helping to disrupt Republican lawmakers’ town hall meetings across the country through a nationwide effort to oppose and “resist” President Donald Trump’s agenda. “Indivisible is ultraslick leftist astroturf activism at its finest,” @Vadum says. They call their group Indivisible Guide, a name that came from an…
    Fred Lucas
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    Why Trump Should Pursue Closer Trade Relations With Argentina

    After years of government intervention under the Kirchner family, in 2015 the Argentine people elected center-right candidate Mauricio Macri to be their next president. Macri has declared that Argentina is “open for business” again. The Trump administration should seize this unique opportunity to increase bilateral trade with the country. Since his election, Macri has taken…
    Michael Marn
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    Trump Faces Senate Boycotts on Nominees That Bush, Obama Didn’t

    Since the Senate started holding hearings on President Donald Trump’s Cabinet and Cabinet-level nominations, Senate Democrats have employed a variety of tactics to delay the votes needed for Trump to put the government’s leaders in place. Republicans have called Democrats’ actions “unprecedented,” but are they? A review by The Daily Signal of committee actions for…
    Melissa Quinn
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    Republican Lawmakers Yet to Deliver Early Wins for Trump

    When the 115th Congress arrived Jan. 3, the majority had an ambitious agenda. With Republicans in control of the House and Senate, and soon the White House, it was the first time in 10 years they could advance their policy agenda unobstructed by Democrats. Yet a month later, the GOP-led Congress has produced just three bills…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Rogue Federal Bureaucrats Threaten Trump’s Agenda

    Recent scandals in the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Internal Revenue Service demonstrated that it’s almost impossible to fire federal employees, many of whom reportedly intend to go rogue by not implementing President Donald Trump’s agenda. “It’s hard to argue we have an accountable government when someone can’t be fired for years at a…
    Fred Lucas
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    What Senate Republicans Are Saying About Trump’s Supreme Court Pick

    Republican Senate leaders showed enthusiasm about President Donald Trump’s nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to fill the Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice Antonin Scalia, who died last February. Gorsuch now awaits confirmation by the Senate. >>> Trump Nominates Neil Gorsuch to Supreme Court Gorsuch is hailed by conservative leaders as a solid choice to defend…
    Rachel del Guidice
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    Newt Gingrich: Trump Is Doing Exactly What He Said He Would Do

    Two weeks into his presidency, Donald Trump has been successful in fulfilling many of the promises he campaigned on, but he’s nowhere near finished, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said. Speaking Monday at The Heritage Foundation for the final installment in his six-part series on understanding Trump and Trumpism, Gingrich described the president as “the…
    Morgan Walker
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    Trump Likely to Name 1 of These 2 Judges to Supreme Court

    President Donald Trump returns to prime time Tuesday for the biggest announcement of his presidency so far. He will reveal at 8 p.m. EST his pick for the Supreme Court, widely reported to be one of two federal appeals court judges—Neil Gorsuch or Thomas Hardiman. Some reports suggest two other appeals court judges, William Pryor…
    Fred Lucas
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    Trump Takes the First Step in Restoring the US Military

    On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an exceptionally important executive order initiating both the beginning of the rebuilding of the U.S. armed forces and the fulfillment of a campaign promise. Because he signed this order on the same day he signed the order on immigration it hasn’t yet gotten the attention it deserves. That’s a…
    Thomas Spoehr
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    On March for Life Week, Trump and Congress Take Steps to Defend Life

    This was a big week for the pro-life community. President Donald Trump and the House of Representatives started the week by taking action to defend life and ensure that taxpayer dollars are not entangled with abortion, both at home and abroad. Then on Friday, tens of thousands of Americans converged on Washington, D.C., for the…
    Melanie Israel
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    Cartoon: The ‘Opposition Party’ Reports on Trump’s First Week

    Michael Ramirez
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    Trump Already Making Good on Campaign Promises, Says Newt Gingrich

    Less than a week into his presidency, Donald Trump has already acted on the promises he made to the American people, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said. “This inaugural rose directly out of a two-year campaign and has now led into the first week of activism,” says Newt Gingrich. Speaking Wednesday at The Heritage Foundation…
    Morgan Walker
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    Trump Wants to Slash Regulations by 75%. Here’s How Regulatory Reform Could Boost US.

    During a White House meeting with business leaders on Monday, President Donald Trump pledged to slash regulations by at least 75 percent. Activists were positively apoplectic, of course, and media ridicule was swift. But exaggerated as the comment was, the larger point is incontrovertible: The unparalleled expansion of the administrative state is crushing America’s entrepreneurial…
    Diane Katz
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