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White House Prepares for Favorable DACA Ruling by Supreme Court
The Trump administration anticipates a victory in the Supreme Court to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the nation’s No. 2 homeland security official said Wednesday. “We have all the usual judicial challenges. You see judges trying to get in the way of what we are doing all the time,” Ken Cuccinelli, acting…Fred Lucas -
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How We Get to the Bottom of the Obama White House’s Domestic Spying
Michael Flynn did not seem to be the best choice President-elect Donald Trump could have made for his first national security adviser. My own publication, The Daily Caller, broke the story of Flynn writing an op-ed praising Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan just before Trump’s election. The op-ed was a clear break from Flynn’s past…Neil Patel -
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Mark Meadows to Start as White House Chief of Staff
Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., was expected to resign Monday from the House and begin serving Tuesday as White House chief of staff. A Trump administration official confirmed to The Daily Signal that Meadows resignation will go into effect Monday evening and his first day at the White House is on Tuesday. President Donald Trump announced…Fred Lucas -
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White House to Restrict Travel Across Both Borders
President Donald Trump announced Friday that he is closing both the southern and northern borders to curb the spread of the coronavirus, effective Saturday. “As we did with Canada, we are working with Mexico to implement new rules at ports of entry to suspend nonessential travel,” the president said, flanked by administration officials for the…Fred Lucas -
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Pastor Rebukes ‘SNL’ Comic for Calling Trump’s White House Guests ‘House Negroes’
A black pastor condemned a "Saturday Night Live" comedian’s sketch about President Donald Trump and black leaders as “racist commentary disguised as humor.” Pastor Marc Little spoke out after "SNL" cast member Chris Redd mocked a group of black leaders who visited the White House Feb. 27 and prayed over Trump. The group included former…Mary Margaret Olohan -
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White House Talks Up Economic, Environmental Renewal to Replace Blight
Entrepreneurs have been unleashed inside blighted communities to bring economic opportunity where it is needed most, thanks to President Donald Trump’s deregulation and revitalization initiatives, administration officials said Friday. Scott Turner, executive director of the White House Opportunity and Revitalization Council, discussed such progress with Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, during a…Kevin Mooney -
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How My Fight for Student-Led Prayer Took Me to the White House
How does a young man find himself standing behind the president of the United States in the Oval Office of the White House? I invited a friend to pray with me. Actually, I invited several friends during my freshman year at Pine Creek High School in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We had a free period in…Chase Windebank -
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Trump at March for Life: ‘Unborn Children Never Had Stronger Defender in White House’
President Donald Trump made history Friday by becoming the first president to make an in-person address to the annual March for Life in Washington, where he asserted that he was the strongest advocate for the unborn ever to sit in the White House. “Unborn children have never had a stronger defender in the White House,”…Fred Lucas -
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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 -
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‘Lifting Up All Americans’: White House Touts Success of Tax Cuts, Job Growth
How have the tax cuts changed the country, two years later? What is next for the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement on trade? What about the trade deal with China? Jessica Ditto, deputy communications director at the White House, joins the podcast to discuss all this and more. Read a lightly edited interview transcript, pasted below, or…Rob Bluey -
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At the White House, Victims of Communism Share Stories About Finding Freedom in America
Before defecting to the United States, Grace Jo and her mother tried to escape from North Korea to another communist country, China. But Chinese authorities sent them back to the nation where Jo’s brothers had been starved to death and her father had been killed by the regime in Pyongyang. “When I witnessed that, I…Fred Lucas -
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White House Touts ‘Health Care for You’ as Better Option Than ‘Medicare for All’
The White House is making a strong push against Democrats’ “Medicare for All” proposal, laying out a “Health Care for You” agenda to boost competition and transparency, lower prescription prices, and produce greater affordability in health-related costs. Speaking Wednesday to a crowd in Las Vegas, Joe Grogan, director of the White House Domestic Policy Council,…Fred Lucas -
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How Trump’s New Executive Orders Protect the Public Against the Administrative State
Washington may be burning with talk of impeachment, but President Donald Trump is not fiddling. He’s continuing to deliver valuable results on regulatory reform. On Oct. 9, he issued two executive orders (here and here) that protect the public—the people, their employers, and their communities—against unknown agency interpretations of the law that could cost them…Anthony Campau -
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Trump Executive Order Could Save Taxpayers Billions
It’s rare to find good news when it comes to the federal government’s fiscal health. The national debt is now a staggering $22.8 trillion, the current fiscal year deficit is likely to exceed $1 trillion, and annual federal spending increases far exceed economic growth even during good years. All this makes the latest executive order…David Ditch -
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In Blistering Letter, White House Tells Democrats It Won’t Cooperate With ‘Illegitimate’ Impeachment Inquiry
The White House said in a blistering letter sent Tuesday to top House Democrats that officials in the executive branch will not cooperate with House Democrats’ “constitutionally illegitimate” impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. In the letter, White House counsel Pat Cipollone accused Democrats of attempting to both overturn the results of the 2016 election and…Chuck Ross -
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Trump White House Pledges to Boost Outreach to Black Media Outlets
The White House plans to ramp up communication with black media outlets as the administration seeks to amplify President Donald Trump’s record for African Americans. Press secretary Stephanie Grisham and other top Trump administration spokespersons met with the executive board of the National Newspaper Publishers Association for an hour Friday in the vice president’s ceremonial…Fred Lucas -
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Judge Orders White House to Restore Playboy Reporter’s Press Pass
A federal judge Tuesday ordered the White House to restore a press pass for Brian Karem, a Playboy correspondent and CNN analyst who was blocked from covering the White House following a verbal altercation in July with former Trump aide Sebastian Gorka. Judge Rudolph Contreras issued a temporary restraining order against the White House and…Chuck Ross -
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House Democrats Hope to Force Former White House Counsel to Testify
The House Judiciary Committee took a decisive step toward impeachment proceedings by filing a lawsuit in federal court to force former White House counsel Don McGahn to testify before the panel. McGahn’s testimony is essential to an ongoing impeachment inquiry, congressional lawyers wrote in court filings Wednesday, since he is the primary witness to the president’s…Kevin Daley -
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Megan Rapinoe Has No Good Reason to Skip Potential White House Visit
The U.S. women are the world soccer champions. They are the hard-fought victors of the FIFA Women’s World Cup, having defeated the Netherlands 2-0 in the final last weekend. Unfortunately, their outstanding performance has been overshadowed by an ongoing feud between Megan Rapinoe, the team’s co-captain, and President Donald Trump, leader of the free world….Dee Dee Bass Wilbon -
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Stephanie Grisham to Replace Sarah Sanders as White House Press Secretary
First lady Melania Trump’s spokeswoman is set to become the new White House press secretary and communications director. Stephanie Grisham will continue her role as spokeswoman for the first lady, while filling the two vacancies for President Donald Trump. The announcement was made Tuesday. Grisham’s previous title was assistant to the president and chief of…Fred Lucas