• Optimism of small-business owners at highest level in decade. (The Washington Free Beacon)

• AG: Classified leak referrals in past six months equal past three years combined. (CNS News)

• Former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson on leaks: “I’ve never seen it this bad.” (Washington Examiner)

• Dershowitz: Mueller chose DC for his grand jury knowing jurors are likely to be anti-Trump. (Hot Air)

• Trump’s deals in Russia once encouraged even by Clintons now under scrutiny. (The Washington Times)

• Wassermann Schultz says laptop she sought to keep from police was IT aide’s, not hers. (The Daily Signal)

• DOJ releases 400-plus pages of Lynch-Clinton meeting emails — after Comey’s FBI said no records existed. (CNS News)

• California Dems to recall their own assembly speaker for being insufficiently liberal. (Hot Air)

• Chicago to sue DOJ over sanctuary cities policy. (Fox News)

• “Barack Obama Day” is official holiday in Illinois. (Washington Examiner)

• Policy: Jeff Sessions is right about the gang threat. (American Enterprise Institute)

• Policy: When it comes to helping people, facts don’t care about your intentions. (The Daily Signal)

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