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White House Switches Up Voicemail to Blame Democrats for Shutdown
The White House revealed a new voicemail recording Sunday, this one blaming Democrats for shutting down the government over immigration. The public line to the White House that allows the public to leave messages for President Donald Trump now blames Democrats for holding up funding for America’s troops over an “unrelated immigration debate,” reports CNN. “Thank… -
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Former White House Insider Explains What Trump Did to Devastate ISIS
President Donald Trump is defeating terrorism by allowing the military to do its job and by combating extremist ideology, a former adviser to the president said Friday. “Our troops have been unleashed,” Sebastian Gorka, former deputy assistant to President Donald Trump and counterterrorism adviser, said Friday at The Heritage Foundation. “I had a tier one… -
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Former White House Insider Explains Why Trump Is Uniquely Able to Challenge the Left and Media
Sebastian Gorka, former deputy assistant to President Donald Trump and counterterrorism adviser, is delivering a series of lectures for The Heritage Foundation about national security issues. His next speech will take place Dec. 15 at Heritage. Gorka spoke to Daily Signal editor-in-chief Rob Bluey about a range of topics—his time in the White House, Trump's… -
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Podcast: Inside Trump’s White House, and Potential Changes in the Lineup
What’s it like in the West Wing these days? Rob Bluey gives us a sneak peek at an interview with former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka. Plus: possible personnel changes in the administration, and new details in sexual assault allegations rocking the media. -
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The Big Changes the Trumps Are Making at the White House to Celebrate Christmas
There’ve been a lot of wise men in the White House. But this Christmas, there are three more in the East Room, where the Trumps are highlighting a Nativity scene. That’s just one of the ways the first family is separating itself from the Obamas, who came dangerously close to ditching the 50-year-old display in 2009…. -
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See How the White House Is Decorated for Christmas
First lady Melania Trump shows how the White House is decorated this Christmas. -
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Trump Administration’s 2 Priorities for Welfare Reform Executive Order
President Donald Trump is making welfare reform a major priority and will sign an executive order laying out the administration’s goals while also urging action by Congress, a White House official said Thursday. Trump’s executive order will be twofold, said Paul Winfree, director of budget policy at the White House. The order will state the… -
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Trump White House Recognizes 100 Years of Victims of Communism
The White House issued a statement Tuesday commemorating the National Day for the Victims of Communism, on the 100th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution that led to decades of a murderous totalitarian regime in the Soviet Union. The statement came the same day that President Donald Trump visited South Korea, which is facing a nuclear… -
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White House Chief of Staff Speaks Out Against Civil War Monuments Removal
White House chief of staff John Kelly condemned the removal of Civil War monuments as “dangerous” and referred to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee as an “honorable man” on the Monday night debut of “The Ingraham Angle.” Chief of Staff John Kelly praises Robert E Lee as "honorable man," says "lack of an ability to… -
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White House Dismissive of 2 Indictments, Guilty Plea in Russia Probe
Even though Paul Manafort was indicted Monday on charges that weren’t connected to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, some legal experts think prosecutors are pursuing leverage for more information. Further, the guilty plea by a low-level campaign adviser could be a more direct link. “If I were [Manafort’s] lawyer, I would advise him to plead guilty… -
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Why Trump’s Executive Order on Health Care Is a Positive Step
President Donald Trump signed a new executive order on Thursday that moves health care a step in the right direction. The executive order instructs the secretaries of treasury, labor, and health and human services to propose regulatory changes that would increase choice and competition in health insurance. This is the right course of action. In… -
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White House Rebuts Attacks by Democrats, New York Times on Catholic Court Nominee
The White House, saying Congress should support religious freedom, came to the defense of a judicial nominee who has been attacked by Democrat senators and The New York Times because of her Catholic faith. “We certainly support religious freedom and would ask that Congress also support that as well,” @PressSec says. The Daily Signal asked… -
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White House: No to Permanent Jones Act Exemption for Puerto Rico
Despite granting three waivers from a 1920 shipbuilding law to hurricane-ravaged areas, President Donald Trump isn’t considering a permanent repeal of what’s known as the Jones Act, the White House says. Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Mike Lee of Utah have proposed a permanent exemption for Puerto Rico from the law, formally known… -
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As GOP Senators, Governors Pitch Plan to Save Obamacare, White House ‘Can’t Imagine’ Backing Bailout
The White House says it “can’t imagine” supporting an Obamacare bailout, even as some Republican senators and governors are urging boosting federal subsidies to insurance companies to stabilize the endangered Obamacare exchanges. “I can’t imagine that would be something we would want to be involved in,” @PressSec says. The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions… -
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As Surplus Military Equipment Is Used in Houston, White House Changes Policy Enacted After Ferguson
Flat bottom boats were part of the Texas rescue efforts after the weekend flooding, after Hurricane Harvey, noted Ron Hosko, president of the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund. The same is true of rescue helicopters formerly used by the military and high axle vehicles that can drive through water, Hosko added. All are examples of… -
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Steve Bannon Out at White House
Steve Bannon, White House chief political strategist and adviser to President Donald Trump, was fired from his post Friday afternoon, according to the Drudge Report. The political strategist reportedly submitted his resignation to the president on Aug. 7, The New York Times reports. While it was scheduled for Monday, Bannon’s resignation was delayed in the aftermath… -
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New White House Chief of Staff Is Up to the Task
Retired Marine Gen. John Kelly is now the new White House chief of staff. Known as the gatekeeper to the president, the chief of staff is a powerful but often thankless job. If the president does not have a good chief of staff, the entire administration’s agenda is at risk, as is the ultimate well-being… -
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White House Drug Commission Implores Trump to Declare a State of Emergency
The White House commission created to tackle America’s opioid addiction crisis is imploring President Donald Trump to immediately declare a national state of emergency. The commission, headed by Republican Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, delivered its interim recommendations Monday on what the Trump administration can do to tackle the worsening epidemic. The report provides a litany… -
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Anthony Scaramucci Out as White House Communications Director
Just 11 days after President Donald Trump appointed him, White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci is out of that job, the latest in a string of pell-mell staff shake-ups. “Mr. Scaramucci felt it was best to give chief of staff John Kelly a clean slate,” @PressSec says. Early indications Monday afternoon were that retired Marine… -
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Scaramucci and Sanders New Voices for Trump’s White House After Shake-Up
President Donald Trump has two chief spokespersons with political and campaign experience, after a long-anticipated shake-up that saw the resignation of White House press secretary Sean Spicer. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has been conducting the bulk of White House briefings for months, and will likely have a seamless transition into her job as new White House…