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Trump signs executive order for long-term federal purchases of coal power
This feels like a quiet policy shift.

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to further prop up the coal industry, committing the federal government to multiple long-term agreements for purchasing electricity generated by coal. 

Trump signed an order during a White House event on Wednesday afternoon directing the Department of War to enter agreements to purchase electricity from coal power plants to support U.S. military operations and the grid. 

“We’re gonna be buying a lot of coal through the military now, and it’s going to be less expensive and actually much more effective than what we have been using for many, many years,” Trump said. “More coal means lower costs and more money in the pocket of American citizens.”

Trump was joined by Cabinet members, including Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin and Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, as well as a number of coal executives, miners, Republican members of Congress, and energy industry leaders. 

The order underscores the administration’s efforts to revive the aging coal industry, which it refers to as “beautiful, clean coal.” 

Trump also announced on Wednesday that the Department of Energy would be awarding funds to five coal plants in West Virginia, Ohio, North Carolina, and Kentucky to maintain and upgrade their facilities. 

Additionally, Trump revealed that he was bringing U.S. coal mines “roaring back to life,” and that the administration had approved over 70 permits for “very big, very powerful mines.”

Trump was praised for his efforts to support the coal industry and was awarded the Washington Coal Club’s first-ever “Undisputed Champion on Coal” award. 

“Thanks to your leadership, sir, we are working with your administration on the potential to build new coal fuel power plants and having coal emerge as a source of rare earth elements and critical minerals that are essential for our national security and economic future,” Jim Grech, chairman of the National Coal Council, said.

Environmentalists and climate advocates lambasted the move ahead of the event. Ted Kelly, the Environmental Defense Fund’s director and lead counsel on clean energy, called it an “absurd misuse of public funds” that will cause increased air pollution and higher electricity bills. 

“These actions show you exactly where the administration’s priorities are. They are focused on the coal industry’s profits, not the costs to American families and businesses,” he said. 

Kelly pointed to an independent analysis conducted by Grid …

Hispanic conservatives accuse House GOP hopeful of defrauding donors and activists
Trust is earned, not demanded.

Hispanic conservatives are sounding the alarm on Abraham Enriquez, accusing the House of Representatives hopeful of defrauding donors and orchestrating a scheme that pulled in hundreds of thousands of dollars in recent years in exchange for providing access to senior officials in President Donald Trump’s administration.

Furthermore, Enriquez’s House disclosure forms omitted his primary source of income and provided no accounting of his assets. Enriquez has pledged to correct the forms after being contacted by the Washington Examiner.

Enriquez, the founder and president of the nonprofit group Bienvenido US, is running against seven other candidates in the Republican primary for Texas’s 19th Congressional District, a safe Republican area stretching from Lubbock to Abilene in the upper midwestern portion of the state. The seat is held by Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-TX), who is not seeking reelection.

Bienvenido US bills itself as “an organization dedicated to mobilizing, enhancing, and empowering Hispanics,” but nearly a dozen people familiar with the matter told the Washington Examiner that the organization is little more than an enrichment front for the 31-year-old. Enriquez denies the allegations.

‘Literally, putting a pressure cooker in DC’

Hispanic conservatives, lawmakers, and activists alike have directly accused Bienvenido US and Enriquez of defrauding donors by lying about political outreach that never occurred, and silencing individuals aware of their behavior through the use of nondisclosure agreements and cease and desist orders.

Multiple sources declined to speak with the Washington Examiner on the record, as they had personally signed Bienvenido’s NDA or had been sent cease and desist orders by Enriquez and his legal team. But they all confirmed, on background, that Enriquez routinely failed to deliver on promises made to organizations or individuals in exchange for donations, including voter registration and canvassing.

“Unfortunately, politics can be a dirty business, and some shady characters have targeted my family and me,” Enriquez said, confirming the existence of the legal gags. “Just like President Trump had to do, I hired a lawyer to protect us. These people are scumbags. Calling them ‘whistleblowers’ is a joke. The only thing they blow through is the money of the poor donors who bankroll their grifts.”

One person alleged that the Faith & Freedom Coalition and Job Creators Network both donated $100,000 each to Bienvenido for …

Gallup to stop tracking presidential approval ratings after over 80 years
This is why trust is collapsing.

Gallup is no longer producing presidential approval ratings starting in 2026, ending its over 80-year practice.

The oft-cited analytics company has been tracking presidential approval ratings since former President Harry Truman took office. Gallup told the Hill on Wednesday that its move “reflects an evolution in how Gallup focuses its public research and thought leadership.”

“Our commitment is to long-term, methodologically sound research on issues and conditions that shape people’s lives,” a Gallup spokesperson told the outlet. “That work will continue through the Gallup Poll Social Series, the Gallup Quarterly Business Review, the World Poll, and our portfolio of U.S. and global research.”

Gallup told Axios that though the ratings “have been part of Gallup’s history,” they are now “widely produced, aggregated and interpreted, and no longer represent an area where Gallup can make its most distinctive contribution.”

According to Gallup’s most recent presidential approval rating poll taken in December, President Donald Trump’s approval rating sat at 36%, which was down 11% from his highest second-term polling at 47% when he first took office.

Earlier presidents in the approval rating series tended to have higher average approval ratings than the more modern-era presidents polled by Gallup. The three presidents with the highest peak approval ratings according to Gallup have been Truman and both Bushes.

Truman hit 87% after he first took office in June 1945, George H.W. Bush hit 89% in early March 1991 after Operation Desert Storm, and George W. Bush hit 90% in September 2001 after the 9/11 attacks.

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Gallup told both Axios and the Hill, when asked if the move was related to any political pressure, that the decision was “a strategic shift solely based on Gallup’s research goals and priorities.”

Gallup did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s request for comment.

DHS unloads on anti-ICE Dems after man arrested with manifesto, 'disturbing' alleged plot to kill agents
This affects the entire country.

FIRST ON FOX: The Department of Homeland Security is speaking out against immigration rhetoric from Democrats and launching an investigation after a U.S. citizen in Oregon was arrested and found with a manifesto stating his plans to kill U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials. 
Last week, the St. Helen’s Police Department north of Portland arrested an 18-year-old during a traffic stop after he was found with knives and materials used to manufacture Molotov cocktails, according to police, Fox 12 Oregon reported.
The individual, Rayden Coleman, is also alleged to have authored a manifesto outlining a plan to kill ICE agents at a Portland ICE office in an attack using Molotov cocktails and a gun. Additionally, Coleman reportedly told investigators about his plan and that he was set to pick up an AR-15 the next day from a licensed dealer to carry out the attack, and he is also reported to have admitted making statements about beheading ICE agents. 
"Every day there are more assaults, more vehicle-ramming attacks, more attempts to kill our officers," Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told Fox News Digital. "Now, we have an American citizen planning to kill ICE officers with Molotov cocktails and gun them down. It’s disturbing."
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"Sanctuary politicians comparing ICE day-in and day-out to the Nazi Gestapo, the Secret Police, and slave patrols have real world consequences. The men and women of ICE and CBP are fathers and mothers, sons and daughters. They get up every morning to try and make our communities safer. Like everyone else, they just want to go home to their families at night. The violence and dehumanization of these men and women who are simply enforcing the law must end." 
The DHS statement comes the day after several House Democrats railed against ICE during a hearing with acting ICE Director Todd Lyons comparing ICE agents to Nazis and the Gestapo as they slammed the Trump administration over the deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, two anti-ICE activists killed during interactions opposing federal immigration authorities. 
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DHS says there is an ongoing investigation into the Oregon arrest with ICE Homeland Security Investigations, and that Coleman is facing state charges on six counts of manufacturing a destructive device, and two counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree assault. 
Coleman is being held in …

Ohio Man Indicted for Threatening to Kill JD Vance
Ask who never gets charged.

As federal authorities continue to investigate concerning incidents against Vice President JD Vance, the latest being an alleged assassination threat, conservatives are speaking out against the increasingly violent rhetoric of the Left.

Shannon Mathre, a 33-year-old man from Toledo, was recently indicted by a federal grand jury for his alleged crime, one which Zack Smith, a Senior Legal Fellow at The Heritage Foundation, told The Daily Signal was “very specific,” and considered a true threat not protected by the First Amendment.

Rhetoric to Blame?

This incident again raises concerns about political rhetoric.

Smith brought up “Democratic politicians using inflammatory rhetoric,” specifically, Gov. Tim Walz, D-Minn., claiming that federal law enforcement officers were not real law enforcement officers; Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Fry telling Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers “to get out of his city using very rude, very vulgar language;” and comments from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-NY, about “fighting Trump’s agenda in the streets.”

“What do you expect the logical conclusion of those types of incendiary language, that type of heated rhetoric. Where do you expect that to lead? I think, unfortunately, if you look at it from an objective viewpoint, it’s going to lead to these types of threats and the types of political violence that we’ve seen,” Smith shared.

Although he pointed out that those targeting political figures are “acting on their own volition,” Smith added that it’s “at a minimum problematic whenever you have this type of rhetoric.” Calls to tone down that rhetoric, he said, have not been heeded.

Another senior legal fellow at Heritage, Cully Stimson, agreed with Smith. “I would echo his comments and say that the level of vitriol and threats of violence against political opponents, especially against those on the right, is unacceptable and must stop,” he told The Daily Signal.

John R. Lott Jr., president of Crime Prevention Research Center pointed out to The Daily Signal how “rhetoric has consequences.”

“If someone truly believes the rhetoric that the Trump administration is equivalent to Nazi Germany or that it is committing genocide against trans people, it is not surprising that some individuals come to see the situation as a war in which they must kill their perceived oppressors,” he shared.

U.S. Secret Service Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi also spoke out in the wake of Mathre’s arrest. “As a society, we must remain united in our zero tolerance for political violence. This individual will now answer for his actions to a federal court,” he told The Daily Signal.

The Alleged Incident

According to the Department of Justice, Mathre allegedly threatened to kill the vice president during his trip to Ohio last month. He was arrested by the U.S. Secret Service and appeared before a judge on Feb. 6.

“I am going to find out where he (the vice president) is going to be and use my M14 automatic gun and kill him,” Mathre allegedly stated in the indictment, according to a DOJ press release.

“Hostile and violent threats made against the Vice President, or any other public official, will not be …

Trump counters ‘RINO’ Kevin Stitt on governors’ dinner snub, says only Jared Polis and Wes Moore were uninvited
We're watching the same failure loop.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday disputed a claim by Gov. Kevin Stitt (R-OK) that the White House planned to limit invitations to a governors’ dinner to Republicans.

Trump clarified in a Truth Social post that, despite Stitt’s allegation that only Republican governors were invited, invitations were sent to nearly all governors regardless of party affiliation, except for two, Govs. Wes Moore (D-MD) and Jared Polis (D-CO).

“The RINO Governor of the Great State of Oklahoma, in which I won all 77 Counties, three times (The only person to do so!), incorrectly stated my position on the very exclusive Governors Annual Dinner and Meeting at the White House,” Trump said, calling Stitt a Republican in name only. “The invitations were sent to ALL Governors, other than two, who I feel are not worthy of being there.”

Stitt, the chairman of the bipartisan National Governors Association, said Tuesday that because the association’s mission is to represent all 55 governors, it will no longer serve as the facilitator of the event scheduled for later this month.

Trump said he chose not to include Moore on the guest list because he is “foul mouthed” and “fraudulently stated that he received Military medals.”

The president also criticized Moore’s handling of the rebuilding of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge following its collapse last year.

Moore “is doing a terrible job on the rebuilding of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, and has allowed Baltimore to continue to be a Crime Disaster,” Trump said.

Trump said he excluded Polis after the Colorado governor “unfairly incarcerated in solitary confinement a 73-year-old cancer stricken woman (A nine year term!) for attempting to fight Democrat voter fraud.”

The annual governors’ dinner is traditionally held at the White House during the National Governors Association’s winter meeting in Washington, which brings together governors from both parties to discuss policy priorities and meet with federal officials.

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Trump said he even invited Govs. JB Pritzker (D-IL) and Gavin Newsom (D-CA), despite their sharp policy disagreements with the president.

“I even invited the SLOB of a Governor, JB Pritzker, and horrendous California Governor, Gavin Newscum, to the Dinner, despite the terrible job that they are doing,” Trump said.

House votes to repeal Trump’s Canada tariffs
Are they actually going to vote on something real?

A bipartisan measure repealing President Donald Trump’s tariffs against Canada passed the House on Wednesday, a significant step by Congress to rebuke a key part of the commander in chief’s economic agenda.

In a 219-211 vote, the House moved to end the national emergency Trump declared on America’s northern neighbor last year. The emergency declaration allowed the president to impose tariffs on Canadian goods and imports. Six Republicans joined nearly all Democrats to back the measure. One Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME), voted against repealing the emergency.

The vote comes after the House failed to re-up a ban on legislation to repeal the president’s tariffs from coming to the House floor for a vote. GOP leadership attempted to extend the ban through a party-line vote on Tuesday night, but that failed after three Republicans joined Democrats to defeat it.

In a Truth Social post Wednesday evening, Trump threatened that any Republicans who voted against tariffs would “seriously suffer the consequences come Election time, and that includes Primaries!”

The president declared a national emergency in February 2025 and imposed a 25% additional tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, as well as a 10% additional tariff on China.

The president increased tariffs on select Canadian goods from 25% to 35% in July 2025, citing a public health crisis due to the flow of fentanyl across the northern border. In October of that year, Trump announced he would further increase the tariff rate on Canada after one of its provinces, Ontario, launched an anti-tariff commercial invoking former President Ronald Reagan.

Democrats had filed a resolution to repeal the tariffs under the emergency shortly after they went into effect, but GOP leaders successfully blocked it. But with the ban having expired at the end of January, Democrats can now bring their bill up for a vote.

The Senate voted on a separate bill to repeal Canada’s tariffs in October. Given the difference in the bills, the upper chamber would need to take up and pass Wednesday’s legislation, sponsored by Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY), to send it to Trump’s desk. Trump would likely veto any legislation to repeal tariffs.

But House Democrats are prepared to force several votes in the coming days and weeks to end tariffs against countries such as Mexico and Brazil. They also want to end Trump’s sweeping “Liberation Day” tariffs, which imposed a 10% across-the-board tariff on all trading partners. Those tariffs did …

6 House Republicans defy Trump on key agenda item in Dem-pushed vote
Every delay has consequences.

The House of Representatives passed legislation on Wednesday aimed at reversing President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada after several Republicans joined Democrats for a rare rebuke of the GOP commander-in-chief.
Democrats successfully got a vote on a measure to reverse Trump's national emergency at the northern border using a mechanism for forcing votes over the objections of House majority leadership, called a privileged resolution.
Trump signed an executive order in February 2025 implementing an additional 25% tariff on most goods from Canada and Mexico. Energy from Canada was subject to an additional 15% tariff.
At the time, the White House said it was punishment for those countries' unwillingness to do more to stop the flow of illegal immigrants and illicit drugs into the U.S.
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Opponents of Trump's tariff strategy have criticized his moves against Canada in particular, arguing it was unjustly harming one of the U.S.'s closest allies and trading partners to the detriment of Americans themselves.
"In the last year, tariffs have cost American families nearly $1,700. And that cost is expected to increase in 2026," Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., who is leading the legislation, said during debate on Wednesday.
"And since these tariffs were imposed, U.S. exports to Canada have fallen by more than 21%. When I go home, my constituents aren't telling me that they have an extra $1,700 to spare. They're asking me to lower grocery prices, lower the price of healthcare, and make life more affordable."
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Meeks also said, "Canada is our friend. Canada is our ally. Canadians have fought alongside Americans, whether it was in World War II or the war in Afghanistan, where 165 Canadians gave their lives after our country was attacked. There is no national emergency, there is no national security threat underpinning these threats."
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., argued the text of the resolution itself would end a national emergency related to fentanyl.
"The gentleman over here, 5,000 people per year die in his state alone from fentanyl," Mast said of Meeks. "So if he wants to beg the question of who's going to pay the price of him trying to end an emergency, that actually, for the first time, has Canada dealing with fentanyl because of the pressure being put on them — who's going to pay the price? It's going to be 5,000 more of his state's residents. That's who's going to pay …

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Considering past US presidencies, who is the worst attorney general of all time and why are they the worst?
Would you say Nixon’s AG deserves the top spot, or are there others who would also qualify?

House Passes SAVE America Act
What's the endgame here?

The House of Representatives passed the SAVE America Act by a 218-213 margin on Wednesday, a bill which would require proof of citizenship to register to vote and photo identification to vote in federal elections. 

Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas was the only Democrat to join Republicans in voting for the bill. One Republican and one Democrat did not vote.

A modified version of the previously passed “SAVE Act,” the bill includes new photo identification requirements. It is a priority of hardline conservatives in Congress.

The original SAVE Act passed by a 220-208 vote in April 2025.

Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, who introduced the bill in the House, said of the bill before its passage, “This is commonsense legislation. It will require citizenship to register to vote, and it will require voter ID at the polls. This is an issue that polls at something like 80%.”

85%+ of Americans – Black, White, Purple… – support Voter ID because it is COMMON SENSE.

You only want to block SAVE if you want noncitizens or fraudsters voting.

Thune should move it on the floor while Dems cry Jim Crow crocodile tears
— Chip Roy (@chiproytx) February 4, 2026

The bill has faced generalized Democrat resistance, especially in the Senate, where Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., has said it would impose “Jim Crow style restrictions on voting.”

House Republican leaders backed the bill, with House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., signing on as co-sponsors. The bill had zero Democrat co-sponsors.

Multiple Democrats who backed the original SAVE Act did not support the SAVE America Act.

Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, for example, explained his opposition to a Washington Examiner reporter, saying the two bills are “not even the same bill.”

“I’ve never supported voter ID at the ballot box,” said Golden.

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., a previous supporter of the SAVE Act, also opposed the SAVE America Act, writing on X, “if your legislation requires government to provide free photocopy services, you have not written a good piece of legislation,” in reference to one of the bill’s provisions.

Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, who also voted SAVE Act, voted against the bill Wednesday.

Call me a perfectionist but if your legislation requires government to provide free photocopy services, you have not written a good piece of legislation.
— Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (@RepMGP) February 11, 2026

House Republicans have in recent days launched a pressure campaign on Senate Republicans to force what is known as a “talking filibuster” to help pass the bill, in order to overcome the chamber’s typical 60-vote threshold for ending debate on bills. 

This would, in theory, entail Senate Republicans refusing to adjourn and enforcing a two-speech limit on Senate Democrats.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., citing the time-consuming nature of this approach, has not come out in support of it, but has indicated Senate Republicans will discuss its merits.

SAVE America Act (Proof of Citizenship +Voter ID) officially on the floor next week!

Here’s the latest background: …