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EXCLUSIVE: White House Weighs Executive Action to Prevent Government From Taking Kids From Parents Who Oppose Gender Transition
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The White House has weighed an executive order that would stop Child Protective Services from taking children away from parents who refuse to accept their child’s so-called gender identity, several sources involved with the order told The Daily Signal. A conservative coalition led by parental rights activist Erin Friday has met…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
Trump Administration Could Test Impoundment Authority
The Trump administration may soon bring the word “impoundment” back into the modern American’s political lexicon. As the new administration attempts to cut government spending, it’s likely to test the legality of the president withholding the spending of federal funds allocated by Congress. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, who chairs the Joint Economic Committee, told The…Jacob Adams -
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Huckabee Sanders Signs Education Executive Order Limiting ‘Government Overreach’ and ‘Red Tape’
FIRST ON DAILY SIGNAL: Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a Republican, has signed an executive order aimed at limiting government overreach and reducing red tape in education. "Education reform will be the hallmark of my administration," Sanders told The Daily Signal on Thursday. "We can and we must do better for the kids in the…Mary Margaret Olohan -
Biden’s Executive Order on Policing Misses Mark
President Joe Biden signed an executive order, “Advancing Effective, Accountable Policing and Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety,” on Wednesday. The title may sound good, but unfortunately, for the most part, it does none of those things. Instead, it’s a political statement designed to satisfy the left-wing base of his party….Zack Smith -
What You Need to Know About Biden’s Ill-Conceived Executive Order on Electric Vehicles
President Joe Biden issued an executive order Aug. 5 calling for half of all new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be zero-emission vehicles by 2030. A president can’t exactly force Americans to buy an electric vehicle, and Biden largely meant his executive order as a messaging tool to fuel enthusiasm for his climate agenda….Katie Tubb -
Ensuring Competition Requires Economic Freedom, Not an Executive Order
President Joe Biden’s July 9 executive order, “Promoting Competition in the American Economy,” states: “The American promise of a broad and sustained prosperity depends on an open and competitive economy.” The directive further notes: For workers, a competitive marketplace creates more high-quality jobs and the economic freedom to switch jobs or negotiate a higher wage. …Anthony B. Kim -
Biden’s ‘Competition’ Executive Order Realizes a Central Planner’s Dream
President Joe Biden on July 9 issued an executive order, purportedly to promote competition. The order, though, is yet another far-left directive to promote federal government intervention in the economy, pushing policies that may not even be authorized by Congress and that could trample on states’ rights. It punishes economic success and presumes that when…Daren Bakst -
College of the Ozarks Stands Up to Biden’s Transgender Executive Order
Attorneys on behalf of the College of the Ozarks, a private, Christian school, have filed a lawsuit in a Missouri federal court against the Biden administration regarding the president’s January executive order, “Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation.” The lawsuit, which attorneys from the Alliance Defending Freedom filed…Nicole Russell -
Biden Scraps Trump’s Classical Architecture Executive Order
President Joe Biden on Wednesday scrapped former President Donald Trump’s executive order that promoted classical styles for all future federal buildings. The order, titled “Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture,” signed in December 2020, harshly criticized modern architectural styles and instead lauded Roman-Greco-inspired buildings. But while it criticized modern and brutalist buildings, it did not mandate that…Andrew Trunsky -
For Female Athlete, Biden’s Transgender Executive Order Is ‘Heartbreaking’
Under the guise of protecting all children, President Joe Biden created immediate controversy when he issued an executive order Jan. 20 directing federal agencies in effect to interpret existing anti-discrimination laws such that females no longer receive the umbrella of protection Title IX has long provided. That means women’s sports (along with their locker rooms) and other activities would…Nicole Russell -
Biden Far Outpacing Trump on Early Executive Orders, Actions
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday ensuring transgender Americans can serve in the military, along with a “buy American” order to steer federal government purchases to products manufactured in the United States. While former President Donald Trump called him “Sleepy Joe” during the campaign, Biden quickly has sped past Trump on executive actions…Fred Lucas -
Executive Order Seesaw on Environmental Rules Inflicts Vertigo on Economy
In his first week in office, President Joe Biden swept through a series of environmental policy actions. You’d be forgiven if most of it sounded vaguely familiar and you questioned whether we hadn’t settled all this before. Among other actions, the new administration rescinded the cross-border permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, initiated reentry into…Katie Tubb -
Biden’s Energy Executive Orders Will Have ‘Huge Costs’ on American Families, Economist Says
Nick Loris, an economist with The Heritage Foundation, spoke with The Daily Caller News Foundation’s Samantha Renck about President Joe Biden’s executive orders on energy and the environment, what impact they might have, and more. “The Paris climate accord was kind of doomed from the start” Loris, who published the report “Assessing Themes in the Biden…Samantha Aschieris -
#BidenErasedWomen Trends After Biden Signs Transgender Executive Order
President Joe Biden signed an executive order Wednesday evening that sets the stage for rolling out transgender protections—a move that critics protested through the hashtag “Biden erased women” Thursday. “Children should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker room, or school sports,” Biden’s executive…Mary Margaret Olohan -
After Inaugural Rhetoric on Unity, Biden Signs Divisive Transgender Executive Order
In his inaugural address, President Joe Biden stressed he wants to be the president of all Americans—left and right—and bring healing and unity to the nation. Actions speak louder than words. And on his very first day in office, Biden signed a radically divisive executive order mandating the transgender agenda. Here’s what it says: “Children…Ryan T. Anderson -
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Executive Order Aims to Rein in Bureaucracy’s Role in Policymaking
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at making federal bureaucrats engaged in policymaking more accountable. The order is intended to address what Trump administration officials say is a concern about the growth of the federal bureaucracy and about an increasing willingness by Congress to delegate policymaking authority to executive branch agencies. Because…Fred Lucas -
Payroll Tax Suspension Executive Order Is Legally Dubious, Economically Unnecessary
President Donald Trump’s new executive order, which suspends the employee portion of Social Security payroll taxes for the rest of the year, is legally dubious and unlikely to turn around the economy. It is understandable that the president wants to help revive the American economy and give relief to Americans who continue to suffer economically….Joel Griffith -
Trump Executive Order Combats Credentialism in Federal Hiring
Does it matter more if you can do a job well or if you have a piece of paper that says you can probably do a job well? Commonsense would suggest the former, yet hiring practices in the United States too often rely on the latter. The Trump administration on June 26 took a…Mary Clare Amselem -
Trump’s Executive Order on Improving Policing Brings Welcome News in Troubled Times
Since the tragic and inexcusable killing May 25 of George Floyd, Americans have called for police reform. Some proposed “reforms”—such as demands to defund or dismantle police departments—are misguided, while more measured responses may be appropriate. After all, when tragic incidents like this occur, as they occasionally do, it is often the police who suffer the…John G. Malcolm -
Trump’s Executive Order Against Anti-Semitism Will Protect US Jews
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump issued an executive order reiterating that Title VI of the Civil Rights Act protects Jews—just as every other race, color, national origin, and ethnicity—from discrimination at taxpayer-funded universities. The administration also recognized that anti-Zionism is a contemporary manifestation of anti-Semitism. Although hate speech is protected under the Constitution, the…Joel Griffith