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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 -
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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 Among other actions, the new administration rescinded the cross-border permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, initiated reentry into…Katie Tubb -
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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 -
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#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 -
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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 -
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Questions About His Son and China Follow Biden to White House
Editor’s note, March 30, 2022: Sixteen months before The Washington Post’s report today on Hunter Biden’s business dealings in China, The Daily Signal published this article on the overseas business affairs of President Joe Biden’s son. Legal questions surrounding the Biden family’s business deals with a Chinese energy conglomerate almost certainly will follow Joe Biden…Fred Lucas -
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7 Big Items on Biden’s White House Agenda
Amnesty for illegal immigrants, taxpayer funding for abortions, and a transition from using oil for energy were key to former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign for the White House. Biden laid out many policy proposals during his campaign to unseat President Donald Trump, which major media outlets called in the Democratic challenger’s favor Saturday even…Fred Lucas -
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No Winner Yet: Fight for White House Could Drag on for Days or Weeks
For the first time in years, Americans will wake up Wednesday morning after the presidential election uncertain of who their president will be on Jan. 20. President Donald Trump, a Republican, overperformed expectations in winning Florida. His Democratic opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, flipped longtime Republican stronghold Arizona. But the key battleground states of…Fred Lucas -
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No Winner Yet: Fight for White House Could Drag on for Days or Weeks
For the first time in years, Americans will wake up Wednesday morning after the presidential election uncertain of who their president will be on Jan. 20. President Donald Trump, a Republican, overperformed expectations in winning Florida. His Democratic opponent, former Vice President Joe Biden, flipped longtime Republican stronghold Arizona. But the key battleground states of…Fred Lucas -
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A Historian’s Perspective on White House Rivalries, From Truman to Trump
Today’s podcast features an interview that first appeared on our sister podcast “The Right Side of History.” Co-hosts Jarrett Stepman and Fred Lucas speak with presidential historian Tevi Troy about his most recent book “Fight House: Rivalries in the White House From Truman to Trump.” Troy describes how rivalries and conflict on the president’s staff…Jarrett Stepman -
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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 -
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White House Hits Back on Threat of Court-Packing: ‘A Disaster for Our Country’
Today on the podcast, The Daily Signal’s executive editor, Rob Bluey, interviews Brian Morgenstern, the White House’s deputy communications director. They discuss President Donald Trump’s health; the COVID-19 pandemic; liberals’ threat to pack the Supreme Court; and next week’s Senate confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, the president’s third nominee to the high court….Rob Bluey -
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Kosovo-Serbia Talks at the White House Aim at Normalization of Relations
The U.S. will host Avdullah Hoti, the prime minister of Kosovo, and Aleksandar Vucic, the president of Serbia, on Friday for talks on normalizing relations. The Trump administration had originally planned the talks for June 27, but they were postponed after the indictment on June 24 of Hashim Thaci, Kosovo’s president, on war crimes charges….Daniel Kochis -
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I Left the White House, and Faced a Mob
I met some protesters face to face on Thursday night and I am here to tell you this: They were not good people—and calling them “protesters” is a slur on lawful protest. I was walking from the White House to my hotel behind an elderly couple. People were milling about the street, yelling obscenities at…Richard Porter -
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White House Correspondent Probes Facts Behind Trump’s Impeachment
The Daily Signal’s White House correspondent, Fred Lucas, had a front row seat to the impeachment of President Donald Trump, an impeachment that Lucas says began even before Trump took office. Lucas’ newly released book, “Abuse of Power: Inside the Three-Year Campaign to Impeach Donald Trump,” dives deep into the left’s plot to remove the…Virginia Allen -
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‘Do I Seem Rattled?’: Trump Calmly Describes Shooting Near White House
A few minutes into a press briefing Monday evening, President Donald Trump calmly walked away from the lectern after a Secret Service agent interrupted him and whispered a few words. News outlets later reported the agent’s words: “We hear shots fired outside.” “Excuse me,” Trump said to reporters, and departed the White House briefing room…Fred Lucas -
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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 -
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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 -
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White House Makes US Polar Security Fleet a Priority. Here’s Why That’s Important.
President Donald Trump released a presidential memoranda last week with a lot of excellent policy for Arctic and Antarctic security. The U.S. has been an Arctic nation since the purchase of Alaska, meaning it possesses territory and resources above the Arctic Circle. It also supports research and upholds treaties in Antarctica. These regions are seeing…James Di Pane -
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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