The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Top Headlines

By Publius ·
https://patriotpost.us/articles/46950-wednesday-top-headlines-2017-01-18

  • House GOP warns agencies against accelerated hiring in anticipation of Trump’s freeze. (Government Executive1)

  • Betsy DeVos, Trump’s education pick, hints in confirmation hearing at sweeping changes ahead. She won’t take a salary2 for one thing. (Yahoo News3)

  • Obama scores the worst legislative record in history, having signed fewer bills into law than one-term Carter. (The Washington Times4)

  • The seven most under-covered Obama scandals. (NewsBusters5)

  • 10 killed, 29 wounded in Chicago MLK Day weekend shootings. (CBS Chicago6)

  • Man who shot and beat an Arizona Trooper is illegal immigrant. (Arizona Central7)

  • Obama commutes sentence for domestic terrorist Oscar López Rivera, who clearly doesn’t deserve it8. (Time9)

  • Obama orders Secret Service to pay $24 million in decades-old race-bias case brought by black agents. (The Washington Post10)

  • Obama gives global climate fund another $500M. (The Hill11)

  • Hoax ads in two dozen cities offered protesters up to $2,500 to agitate at Trump inaugural. (The Washington Times12)

  • Policy: The Dakota Access Pipeline must be built. (Heartland Institute13)

  • Policy: A helpful starting point for rebuilding the military. (American Action Forum14)

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