Give Trump 130 days: President’s tax plan is his biggest test (and biggest opportunity)(FOX NEWS)

Forget the 100 day reckoning; let’s give President Trump 130 days instead.

Here’s why: the president is on the cusp of achieving nothing less than a once-in-a-generation tax cut that will boost the U.S. economy out of its 8-year rut and restore the nation’s competitiveness.

It won’t pass in the next four weeks, but if Trump throws himself into selling the plan over the next month, and it catches the country’s imagination, “Resisting” Democrats will have to climb aboard. The buoyant stock market will continue its run, optimism will rise yet again, and Donald Trump will be well on his way to a successful presidency.

Trump himself will have to hit the campaign trail, dig out those red MAGA hats, and convince the country that this program will create jobs, boost wages, help middle-class families and put the nation on the right track. He must sell it not as a tax cut, but as a jobs bill – something the country has hungered for ever since the Great Recession. Something President Obama failed to deliver.CONTINUE READING HERE

Trump’s first 100 days: Did he keep his promises?(FOX NEWS)

Candidate Donald Trump made big promises on the campaign trail for what he’d do to “make America great again” in his first 100 days.

In a series of campaign rallies, speeches, and a contract with voters last year, Trump made sweeping pledges to “drain the swamp” and “bring change to Washington.”

So how did he do?

Here’s where he stands on holding to those promises:CONTINUE READING HERE

Newt Gingrich: Trump vs. the swamp, Round III — Democrats turn to bureaucrats to stop POTUS(FOX NEWS)

When Neil Gorsuch won long-overdue confirmation this month to serve on the United States Supreme Court, Republicans in turn won control of judiciary. This meant they led all three branches of the federal government – at least the three envisioned by our Founding Fathers – for the first time in a decade.

As a consequence, Democrats have pinned their hopes to stifle President Donald Trump’s pro-growth agenda on the unprecedented insurrection of an unchecked, de facto branch of government: the bureaucratic state.

Now that Alexander Acosta is confirmed as secretary of labor, President Trump has a better ability to reign in the bureaucracy.CONTINUE READING HERE

Hill Republicans appear closer to passing ObamaCare overhaul, but not close enough(FOX NEWS)

There was a seismic shift on the health care bill at the Capitol this week.

House Republicans tweaked the measure to garner more support.

The gambit proved successful.

“It switched me from a ‘hell no’ to just a ‘no,’ ” Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., declared about his newfound affinity for the legislation. “That’s progress.”

Massie’s move pretty much summed up where members stand on the Republican health care bill, or the so-called ObamaCare overhaul plan.CONTINUE READING HERE

Environmental Protesters Return to Washington as Trump Passes Milestone(FOX NEWS)

Protesters marched in Washington on a second consecutive Saturday to challenge President Donald Trump’s stance on the environment and call on him to stand by policies to stop climate change championed by his predecessor.

Thousands of people gathered for the afternoon march from the lawn of the U.S. Capitol to the White House, an event that coincides with the completion of Trump’s first 100 days in office and the end of the traditional “honeymoon” period for a new president.CONTINUE READING HERE

Trump to mark 100 days in office with job touting, thank you to Pennsylvania(FOX NEWS)

President Trump goes to Pennsylvania on Saturday to host a rally to mark his first 100 days in the White House — acknowledging his 2016 win in the blue-leaning state and a presidency largely untethered to Washington pomp and convention.

To be sure, the rally in Harrisburg, Pa., starts at about the same time as the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, which Trump ceremoniously said he would not attend, amid his repeated accusations about “fake news” and a press corps eager to challenge his agenda.

“From the first day of my administration, I have governed by a simple idea: My only allegiance is to you, our wonderful citizens,” Trump said in his weekly, weekend address, a likely preview of what he’ll say at the rally.CONTINUE READING HERE

Coal miners’ health care bailouts riddled with dubious expenses, audit says(FOX NEWS)

Between 2011 and 2015, the Obama administration paid nearly $1 billion into health care funds of the United Mine Workers of America, including tens of millions of dollars to unverified and sometimes dubious beneficiaries and undocumented union administrative expenses, according to a U.S. government audit.

The former administration also paid expenses that should have been covered by coal mine operators, the audit concludes.

At times, when the government bureaucrats who made the payments asked for information about questionable costs, they were refused by union officials who told them the data “was not within [their] purview,” the document asserts.CONTINUE READING HERE

Trump proclaims May 1 as ‘Loyalty Day'(FOX NEWS)

President Donald Trump on Friday proclaimed May 1 as ‘Loyalty Day’ as a way to “recognize and reaffirm our allegiance to the principles” upon which America was built and express pride in those ideals, according to a release of the proclamation from the White House.

“The United States stands as the world’s leader in upholding the ideals of freedom, equality, and justice. Together, and with these fundamental concepts enshrined in our Constitution, our Nation perseveres in the face of those who would seek to harm it,” the proclamation reads.

“We humbly thank our brave service members and veterans who have worn our Nation’s uniform from the American Revolution to the present day. Their unwavering loyalty and fidelity has made the world a safer, more free, and more just place. We are inspired by their pride in our country’s principles, their devotion to our freedom, and their solemn pledge to protect and defend our Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”CONTINUE READING HERE

Trump says trips to New York City cost the US too much(FOX NEWS)

President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s avoiding New York City because his trips are “too expensive” for the country.

In an interview with Fox News, Trump said he feels “guilty” when he returns to Trump Tower because authorities close surrounding streets and “I hate to see the New Yorkers with streets closed.” He says he goes to his clubs instead because they have “hundreds of acres” and streets stay open.

Trump says he’s always accused of “having fun” or playing golf at his clubs but says he’s always working.CONTINUE READING HERE