The Patriot Post® · Thursday Top Headlines


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  • Trump budget: $1.5 billion for border wall, 28% slash to State Department. (The Daily Signal)

  • Feds hit debt limit — again; Debt now exceeds limit set in 2008 by $8,550,505,000,000. (CNS News)

  • EPA confirms it will reopen review of 2025 fuel rules. (Reuters)

  • Fox News poll: Soaring optimism on the economy under Trump — but 35/55 approval on handling health care. (Hot Air)

  • Ryan: Health care plan must change to pass the House. (The Washington Post)

  • Trump’s revised travel ban blocked by Hawaii judge. (The Wall Street Journal)

  • U.S. indicts Russian FSB agents in Yahoo hack targeting journalists, government officials. (The Washington Times)

  • Dan Coats confirmed as director of national intelligence. (USA Today)

  • Admiral, seven other Navy officers charged with corruption in new “Fat Leonard” indictment. (The Washington Post)

  • Fed raises benchmark rate as inflation approaches 2% target. (Bloomberg)

  • U.S. military likely to send as many as 1,000 more ground troops into Syria ahead of Raqqa offensive, officials say. (The Washington Post)

  • Students from immigrant households in U.S. public schools doubles since 1990. (The Washington Times)

  • Policy: Winners and losers under Trump’s budget plan. (Washington Examiner)

  • Policy: Slow down and fix the GOP health care bill. (National Review)

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