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January 27, 2017

Friday Top Headlines

Last Obama GDP report, Miami dumps sanctuary city status, and more.

  • U.S. economy slows to 1.9% in 4th quarter — worst year since 2011. Thanks Obama. (Market Watch)

  • Share of U.S. workers in unions falls to lowest level on record. (The Wall Street Journal)

  • Miami-Dade abandons “sanctuary” status one day after Trump’s crackdown. (Miami Herald)

  • Trump administration choosing to replace several senior State Department diplomats. (The Washington Post)

  • Border Patrol chief forced out. (Associated Press)

  • Clinton received 800,000 votes from noncitizens, study finds. (The Washington Times)

  • Mike Pence will make history as the first administration official to attend the March for Life. (Independent Journal Review)

  • Trump calls for “renewed commitment to expanding school choice.” (Reason)

  • Media Matters says its secretly working with Facebook to fight “fake news.” (The Washington Free Beacon)

  • Gore, others revive canceled CDC climate and health confab — kind of. It’s at a different venue and the government is no longer behind it. (ABC News)

  • Policy: Bilateral trade deals are a “yuge” waste of time, resources. (AIE’s Claude Barfield via The Hill)

  • Policy: America needs a strong partnership with Mexico. (Heritage Foundation’s Ana Quintana via Real Clear World)

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