The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Top Headlines

Trump prepares new orders targeting EPA. (Washington Examiner)

Grassroots appeal? Trump smashes Obama’s small-donor fundraising pace, bests Clinton, Sanders combined. (The Washington Times)

U.S. to Putin: Sanctions to remain in place until Crimea occupation ends. (CNS News)

Federal appeals court upholds Maryland ban on so-called “assault weapons.” (Washington Post)

Texas judge blocks state from cutting Planned Parenthood funding. (Washington Examiner)

John Podesta: It’s possible that “forces within the FBI” wanted Hillary Clinton to lose — or NOT. (Hot Air)

Trump administration to rewrite Obama’s absurd transgender rule. (Washington Examiner)

Missouri man charged with plotting Islamic State terror attack on Kansas City. (The Kansas City Star)

Michigan State University bans whiteboards on dorm doors because people write things on them. (Reason)

Truly hard-hitting so-called journalism: President Trump’s favorite so-called insult — “everything that Donald Trump has referred to as ‘so-called’ on Twitter — and our analysis of whether that so-called thing is actually that thing or not.” (The Washington Post)

Police cancel “High Five Friday” because “undocumented children” might feel uncomfortable. (Law Newz)

Humor: Trump listens to Clinton and Obama on immigration policy. (YouTube)

Policy: Decline of unions under right-to-work laws levels playing field for Trump. (The Daily Signal)