The Patriot Post® · Monday Top Headlines

Sens. Durbin and Graham propose permanent legal status for Obama’s DREAMers. (Roll Call)

ICE spends $100 million ferrying illegal immigrant children around U.S. (The Washington Times)

Republican Kennedy wins Senate runoff in Louisiana, bringing GOP majority to 52. (The Hill)

House Republicans form Second Amendment Caucus. (Washington Free Beacon)

North Carolina Rep. preps concealed carry reciprocity bill. (Washington Free Beacon)

Heroin overdoses killed more people in the U.S. than firearms in 2015. Maybe we should outlaw drugs… (ABC News)

Senate approves spending bill minutes before deadline, averting government shutdown. (The Washington Post)

Hillary Clinton’s losing campaign cost a record $1.2B. That wasn’t exactly money well spent. (New York Post)

Media spreads fake story that Trump protesters will be barred from public lands at inauguration. (National Review)

U.S. judge rejects Green Party’s Pennsylvania recount case. Stein and Clinton still lose. (Associated Press)

All about Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Trump’s pick for interior secretary. (The Daily Signal)

The latest fruit of the Iran nuclear deal: Boeing seals deal with Iran for nearly $17B. (The Wall Street Journal)

Policy: The economics of NATO expansion (National Center for Policy Analysis)

Policy: U.S. missile defense must be top priority (Washington Examiner)