The Patriot Post® · Friday Top Headlines

• Pentagon to send nearly 4,000 more troops to Afghanistan. (Associated Press)

• Congressional staffers boo Trump at unity baseball game. (The Washington Times)

• Powder-filled letters with threatening notes shut down Georgia Republican’s neighborhood. (The Washington Free Beacon)

• HuffPo scrubs “Ultimate Punishment” Trump piece after Scalise, GOP shooting. (The Washington Times)

• Media continues to push activists’ inflated count of mass shootings. (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Trump orders government to stop work on Y2K bug, 17 years later. Who says government programs last forever? (Bloomberg)

• In near-unanimous vote, Senate passes Iran sanctions bill that Kerry opposed. (CNS News)

• Father of American freed by North Korea thanks Trump for ending 15-month ordeal. (CNS News)

• Georgia fugitives captured after wild chase in Tennessee. They came to the wrong state. (The Tennessean)

• Policy: Is the Fed making another epic mistake? (Investor’s Business Daily)

• Policy: Trump will reverse the damage done by Obama’s Cuba policy. (The Daily Signal)

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