146 in Real Estate Industry Buck National Group by Backing GOP Tax Plan

Nearly 150 real estate professionals from 34 states Monday urged congressional Republicans to pass their tax reform package, saying it would “unleash economic growth, create jobs, and increase wages.” In a letter addressed to House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, the 146 signers buck their industry’s trade association with support for […]

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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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Women’s Convention Attendees Criticize Leadership for Excluding Conservatives

DETROIT—At the first-ever Women’s Convention, organized by leaders of the Women’s March, the topic of abortion was front and center. The Daily Signal interviewed attendees of the event, held Friday through Sunday, who shared their thoughts on pro-life women and whether they think Women’s March leaders should make an effort to include the voices of […]

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Senate Eyes Permanent Ban on Justice Department ‘Slush Fund’ for Political Friends

Legislation to codify the U.S. attorney general’s recent ban on diverting millions in legal settlements to outside groups is now in the Senate’s court, following last week’s House action. The Justice Department practice, widely criticized as a $1 billion “slush fund” benefiting liberal advocacy groups in the last 30 months of the Obama administration alone, […]

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Media Smears Official Who Tried to Protect Immigrant Minor, Prevent Abortion

The radical pro-abortion lobby and its allies in the media are out to vilify and destroy Scott Lloyd. The New York Times calls him an “anti-abortion crusader.” A Washington Post columnist calls him an “anti-abortion zealot.” Meanwhile, in its news section, the Post underscores that Lloyd, who serves in the Trump administration as director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement, has six children. The National Abortion Rights Action League calls him […]

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Berkeley Student Paper Apologizes for ‘Anti-Semitic’ Cartoon of Alan Dershowitz

Student newspaper editors at the University of California, Berkeley apologized for an “anti-Semitic” cartoon of lawyer, author, and commentator Alan Dershowitz a week after publishing it. Editors at the The Daily Californian apologized Wednesday for the “pain and anger” caused by an Oct. 18 cartoon featuring the former Harvard professor, Fox News Channel reported. The […]

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Must-See Moments: Why Isn’t the Mainstream Media Covering Uranium One?

The Daily Signal’s Facebook Live show “Top 10” features the top news stories of the week, many of which often go underreported or misreported by the mainstream media. This week, Facebook censored conservative Phil Robertson’s video that shows him field dressing a duck because it was too “graphic” and “violent.” The left just doesn’t want kids […]

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Tax Reform Means Higher Pay for Americans, Council of Economic Advisers Predicts

Lowering the corporate tax rate will spur economic growth and encourage business owners to invest more in their businesses,  leading to higher wages for employees, according to a new report from the president’s Council of Economic Advisers. The report on tax reform, released Friday, focuses on the expected results of decreasing the corporate tax rate […]

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Why Trump Should Keep NAFTA’s Investment Protection Provisions

President Donald Trump’s trade representative, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, stirred up some controversy last week when he called for a five-year “sunset” provision to be included in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). He asserted that investor-state dispute settlement features in U.S. free trade agreements amount to government-backed political risk insurance for big American companies. […]

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