White House News
The Daily Signal provides coverage of the White House agenda, press briefings, and policy decisions affecting the country at large.
-
news
White House Says Trump Won’t Rush Obamacare Replacement
President Donald Trump will use his business skills to negotiate lower prices and foster more competition in the health care market—but he doesn’t want to rush things, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday. “We’ve got to make sure we do this right. We don’t want to end up with the same results the… -
opinion
More Is Needed to Combat Excessive Regulation Than Trump’s Executive Order
President Donald Trump took a swipe at overregulation this week, issuing his first executive order aimed at controlling—and reducing—regulatory costs. The order requires that federal agencies adopting a new regulation must eliminate two existing regulations from the books. Borrowed from similar rules in effect in countries including the United Kingdom and Canada, the idea has… -
news
Trump’s Executive Order to Repeal Regulations Puts EPA in the Crosshairs
President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order Monday demanding federal agencies repeal two regulations for every new one issued, marking the delivery of a campaign promise to cut most federal rules. Trump’s making good on a promise to repeal 75 percent of federal regulations, including rolling back most of the $900 billion in regulations… -
news
Trump Signs Executive Order Slashing Small Business Regulations
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday aimed at slashing regulations on American small businesses. The order will expand regulatory review with the goal of dramatically peeling back federal regulations. The order is the Trump administration’s first step in repealing two regulations for every new regulation put forth, CNBC reports. The measure also sets a $0 budget… -
opinion
Trump White House’s Revolutionary Approach to the Media
“The mainstream media isn’t the only game in town anymore.” That’s what White House press secretary Sean Spicer said Tuesday night on Fox News—and his actions show he’s serious about the sentiment. It’s long been a tradition that the mainstream outlets sit in the front rows at White House press briefings, and typically their reporters… -
news
White House: Centrist GOP Senators’ Obamacare Plan at Odds With Trump’s Vision
The White House seemed less than enthusiastic about one Senate Republican plan that would allow states to keep Obamacare, stressing President Donald Trump’s opposition to mandates that drive down competition. On Monday, four Republican senators released the text of the Patient Freedom Act of 2017 to replace the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare…. -
opinion
Relief Is on the Way: What Trump’s Obamacare Executive Order Will Do
A newly inaugurated President Donald Trump rang the opening bell for what will be a multistep process to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, as he signed an executive order on Friday directing his subordinates to: exercise all authority and discretion available to them to waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay… -
news
Trump Signs Executive Order Curbing Obamacare
Hours after taking the oath of office, President Donald Trump followed up on his campaign pledge to start chipping away at Obamacare and curb federal regulations. Trump signed an executive order Friday evening in the Oval Office “to ease the burden of Obamacare as we transition to repeal and replace,” White House press secretary Sean… -
opinion
What It’s Like to Be The Daily Signal’s White House Correspondent
For nearly a decade, I’ve had a front-row seat for some of the biggest battles in Washington. As a reporter covering the White House, it’s my job to chronicle the president—and there’s certainly been no shortage of news on that front. Since joining The Daily Signal in June, I’ve embraced the opportunity to stray from… -
news
House Republicans Promise to Be ‘Watchdog’ of Trump White House
House conservatives can picture a place for themselves in President-elect Donald Trump’s world, but it’s not so black and white. In one sense, conservatives say, they can be natural allies to Trump who will be a “bridge” to Republican leadership, and the White House, in order to pass contested legislation. But conservatives also promise to… -
news
Trump Notes ‘Respect’ for Obama After White House Meeting
President-elect Donald Trump called President Barack Obama a “very good man” for whom he had “great respect,” and said he would continue to seek his “counsel” after the two met Thursday for more than an hour at the White House. For his part, Obama wished Trump success. Trump has called Obama the “worst president in… -
news
The Team That Will Transition Trump Into the White House
As balloons drop and Donald Trump celebrates his hard-fought victory, a select group of political and policy experts will hit the ground running, laying the groundwork for a full-on Trump administration. For the next three months, Trump’s transition team—separate from his campaign team—will guide the president-elect on his future administration. From budgeting decisions to agenda… -
news
White House: US Is in a ‘Narrative Fight’ With ISIS
The U.S. is in a fight with the Islamic State, but according to the White House it is a fight of words, not arms. “When it comes to ISIL, we are in a fight—a narrative fight with them. A narrative battle,” said White House press secretary Josh Earnest while appearing on CNN Monday, the day after… -
news
Obama White House Eyes Hacking Threat as Rationale to ‘Protect’ Elections
The federal government is mulling a decision to protect state election systems on par with national defense and the power grid, citing recent hacking efforts. But state officials and other critics worry this move, under the guise of thwarting cyberterrorists, would be a back-door means of nationalizing local election functions. Neither the Constitution nor Congress… -
news
3 Women Explain Why They Called White House to Complain About Obama’s Bathroom Mandate
Individuals around the country called the White House comment line on Tuesday to say “no” to President Barack Obama’s transgender bathroom mandate. The “United We Stand” campaign was organized in response to the Obama administration’s “Dear Colleague” letter on transgender students. The letter sent to schools in May from the departments of Education and Justice… -
news
White House Opens Restrooms Based on Gender Identity, but Not Sure of Other Federal Buildings
The National Park Service says park visitors can use the restroom that matches their gender identity, but the White House isn’t sure whether the Obama administration is applying that policy to all federal government buildings. The decision on use of public restrooms under federal control might in fact be left to individual government agencies, White… -
opinion
Loading…. Obama’s Cyber Executive Order Remains Unused
In April 2015, President Obama signed Executive Order 13964, “Blocking the Property of Certain Persons Engaging in Significant Malicious Cyber-Enabled Activities.” Executive Order 13964 took two significant steps toward safeguarding cybersecurity: Declaring a state of “national emergency” to deal with the “increasing prevalence and severity of malicious cyber-enabled activities”; and Creating a framework for the… -
news
White House Spin on Iran Omissions Doesn’t Include Denial of Deception
The Obama administration is spinning its own spin on the Iran nuclear deal, explaining two omissions from official records of public press briefings regarding questions on the U.S.-led multilateral agreement. White House press secretary Josh Earnest this week did not categorically deny that any official in the Obama administration misled the public regarding the Iran… -
news
Daily Signal Adds White House Correspondent Fred Lucas
Fred Lucas, who has covered the presidency and national politics from Washington for almost a decade, this week joined The Daily Signal as White House correspondent. “As we mark the second anniversary of @TheDailySignal, I’m delighted to expand our reporting team with @FredLucasWH,” @RobertBluey says. The addition of Lucas, who is an independent contractor, comes… -
opinion
Ben Sasse: Are Americans OK With White House Propaganda?
The New York Times Magazine recently profiled President Barack Obama’s deputy national security adviser, Ben Rhodes, in an article titled “The Aspiring Novelist Who Became Obama’s Foreign-Policy Guru.” In it Rhodes openly brags about how the administration manipulated the media in the run-up to Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran. I want to explain very briefly why…