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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 -
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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…Robert B. 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