The Patriot Post® · Friday Top Headlines

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)