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President Donald Trump’s first budget will boost military spending by $54 billion and pay for it by scaling back nondiscretionary spending—including cuts to foreign aid—the president and his budget director said. “This defense spending increase will be offset and paid for by finding greater savings and efficiencies across the federal government,” Trump said Monday morning…
At last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., The Daily Signal asked college students about what’s happening on their campuses. From sanctuary campuses to free speech zones, conservative students detail some of the spectacles they’ve witnessed lately. Watch our video to hear what’s happening.
Hundreds of students from across the country traveled to the Washington, D.C., area last week to attend the Conservative Political Action Conference. The Daily Signal asked some of these students their thoughts on socialism, and why they oppose it. Watch our video to hear their thoughts.
“The future ain’t what it used to be at the EPA.” That was the message of Scott Pruitt, the newly confirmed administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to conservatives gathered Saturday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. “Process, rule of law, and cooperative federalism, that is going to be the heart of how…
Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., told conservatives Saturday that Congress must act quickly to “deliver on promises” made on the campaign trail. “It is with urgency that our unified Republican government deliver on promises, promises to repeal and replace Obamacare with patient-centered health care choices, not additional entitlements,” Walker said. Tax reform, regulatory reform, and protecting…
Extreme vetting and a border wall are the key issues facing the country under President Donald Trump’s administration—but aren’t the silver bullet solution to immigration, experts and members of Congress said Saturday. “Extreme vetting is something that applies to the refugee side of this debate,” said Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., during a panel at the…
Carly Fiorina told conservatives Friday that it’s more valuable to bring people together after a polarizing election than to continue fighting. “It’s fun to have a fight and it’s really fun to have a fight when you win, but now that we’ve won, it’s important to bring people on,” the entrepreneur and former Republican presidential…
Forget everything government officials, many media outlets, and “activist scientists” have warned about the damaging effects of carbon dioxide, because in reality there’s no cause for alarm, a group called the CO2 Coalition urges. Scientists, engineers, and policy analysts who are part of the nonprofit organization turned out in force Friday at the Conservative Political…
The CEO of the National Rifle Association gave a stern warning to terrorists, violent protesters, and the “leftist media” in a speech Friday. “We’ll fight the violent left,” said Wayne LaPierre, who spoke at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. “If you’re a member of the leftist media, or a soldier for the…
Panelists told attendees of the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, that President Donald Trump has reset the tone of the pro-life movement for the better. “President Trump … has put an end to the failed Republican strategy of … personally professing our adherence to the pro-life cause and then equivocating when it came time…
“Our worldview rests on the exceptionalism of America.” That was the message John Bolton, former ambassador to the United Nations, shared with the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, on Friday. Bolton highlighted three key areas that would be of particular importance during the next four years, and shared his thoughts on how the Trump…
A panel of women said that gun rights should be a feminist issue Friday at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC. During the discussion, Antonia Okafor, a student at the University of Texas at Dallas and campus carry advocate, said gun rights—and the ability to independently protect yourself—are the very epitome of feminism. “How…
Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, sought to convince conservative activists on Friday to rally behind a plan from House Republican leaders to tax imports instead of exports. Brady, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, argues along with House Republican leadership that the “border adjustment tax” must be included as a component of tax reform to…
In a forum that sparked his political career, President Donald Trump said the Republican Party would be the “party of the American worker,” the news media “shouldn’t be allowed to use anonymous sources,” and the border wall is “way ahead of schedule.” These were among the biggest ovation lines in remarks frequently interrupted by chants…
Nigel Farage, the British politician who led the successful Brexit movement to withdraw from the European Union, cheered on an auditorium full of American conservative activists who helped inspire what he views as a similar “political revolution” in the United States with the election of President Donald Trump. Farage, who campaigned with Trump during the…
At the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, America’s largest annual conservative event, The Daily Signal asks college students what they feel entitled to. Watch the video to hear them respond.
An Oklahoma police chief had a message to President Donald Trump on a controversial tool that allows law enforcement to seize property without ever charging its owner with a crime: police can’t step on the rights of citizens, as the tool called civil asset forfeiture allows. Stephen Mills, a police chief in Apache, Oklahoma, made…
Vice President Mike Pence attempted to assure conservative activists Thursday night that Obamacare is on its way out. “Let me assure you,” Pence said at the annual Conservative Action Political Conference, or CPAC, “America’s Obamacare nightmare is about to end.” As plans to repeal and replace Obamacare remain in limbo, Pence made the issue centerfold…
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker asked his fellow conservatives to follow through on the promises made to Americans, and used his state as evidence that this can be both successful and popular. “Do what you said you were going to do; to go big, to go bold, and to actually follow through on the promises you…
For conservatives, the “lunacy,” “wrongness,” and “criminality” of climate change theories is the gift that keeps on giving, the executive editor of the London branch of Breitbart News Network said Thursday during a panel discussion at the Conservative Political Action Conference. Three major strands characterize the climate change movement, James Delingpole said during the CPAC panel,…