• Congress strikes deal on funding for 2017 to avoid shutdown. (The Hill)

• Trump: “I will never, ever infringe on the right of the people to keep and bear arms.” (CNS News)

• Court suspends case over Obama climate rule — a win for Trump. (The Hill)

• IRS tax fraud prevention program costs taxpayers $18.2 million, but doesn’t work. (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Piety and Trump-bashing: The sheer awfulness of the White House Correspondents’ dinner. (Washington Examiner)

• Second North Korea ballistic missile test fails. (USA Today)

• McMaster says U.S. will pay for THAAD anti-missile system in South Korea. (Fox News)

• War casualties in Afghanistan hit all-time high as country stands on brink of collapse. (The Washington Free Beacon)

• NSA ends one particular type of domestic email data collection. (Reason)

• Soros a major backer of weekend’s climate march. (The Washington Times)

• VIDEO: Students despise Obama policies … when credited to Trump. (Campus Reform)

• The average student loan debt in every state. (USA Today)

• Policy: Who should pay to cover pre-existing conditions? (E21)

• Policy: The roots of campus progressivism’s madness. (National Review)

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