The Patriot Post® · Thursday Top Headlines

• CBO: ObamaCare repeal would decrease deficits by $473 billion over 10 years, increase uninsured by 32 million. (USA Today)

• Trump to GOP senators: Cancel your recess and finish health care reform. (The Hill)

• Federal health spending will be double that of defense spending in FY19. (CNS News)

• Pentagon set to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan. (The Washington Times)

• Trump kills 16 regulations for every new one, crushing 2-for-1 goal. (Washington Examiner)

• ICE chief: 80% jump in illegal targets, readies national “sanctuary” crackdown. (Washington Examiner)

• Trump to nominate Mark Esper as Army secretary following the outrageous treatment of Dr. Mark Green. (Washington Examiner)

• Sen. Charles Grassley postpones anti-Donald Trump dossier hearing. (The Washington Times)

• USPS broke law in allowing federal employees to campaign for Clinton. (Fox News)

• Louisiana Democrats purge Thomas Jefferson, the man who acquired Louisiana. (The Daily Signal)

• Ben Carson: HUD will “reinterpret” Obama housing discrimination rule. (Washington Examiner)

• Senator John McCain diagnosed with aggressive brain cancer. (CBS News)

• Ailing British infant Charlie Guard, condemned by a court to die, gets permanent U.S. resident status. (World)

• Here we go again: Berkeley blocks Ben Shapiro lecture slated for September. (Washington Examiner)

• Policy: 2017 Index of Culture and Opportunity. (Heritage Foundation)

• Policy: There’s no brain science to college free speech. (Bloomberg view)

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