The Patriot Post® · Friday Top Headlines

• Trump rips NATO members standing feet away for not meeting defense obligations. (The Washington Free Beacon)

• After a stream of Obama deep state intelligence leaks, it takes an irate UK to stir U.S. investigations. (The Washington Times)

• Rejecting Kerry’s appeals, Senate committee passes new Iran sanctions bill with strong Dem support. (CNS News)

• Navy warship exercises close to Chinese claimed reef in S. China Sea. (The Washington Free Beacon)

• 11 unauthorized government spending programs Trump cut from his 2018 budget. (The Daily Wire)

• Republican Greg Gianforte figuratively body slams Democrat Rob Quist, wins vacant Montana House seat. (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Senate mulls health-law rewrite pushing ObamaCare repeal to 2020. (Bloomberg)

• Senate confirms Judge Thapar to Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. (The Washington Times)

• Bloody Chicago only major U.S. city to lose population from 2015 to 2016. (Chicago Tribune)

• Top Democrats just endorsed a $15 minimum wage, but don’t pay their interns that much. (Washington Examiner)

• Students and faculty protesters demand punishment of College Republicans chapter. (The Daily Signal)

• FBI won’t provide Comey memos to Congress yet. (Politico)

• Satire: ISIS lays down arms after Katy Perry’s impassioned plea to “like, just coexist.” (The Babylon Bee)

• Policy: Don’t restrain the shale revolution. (U.S. News & World Report)

• Policy: Budget bloodbath a result of lawmaker refusal to confront entitlement spending. (E21)

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