The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Top Headlines

• GOP senators introduce bill to relieve Americans of ObamaCare mandate (The Washington Free Beacon)

• McCain endorses budget bill in win for GOP tax-reform effort (The Washington Post)

• Dow tops 23,000 for first time as stock market rally gains speed (USA Today)

• Military spokesman: ISIS “on the verge of devastating defeat” in Iraq and Syria (CNS News)

• Judge blocks Trump’s travel ban for third time (The Washington Times)

• George Soros transfers $18 billion to his “Open Society” Foundation, creating an instant giant (The Wall Street Journal)

• Delta passenger: The airline wouldn’t let me sing the national anthem for a fallen soldier on our flight (Hot Air)

• Mandalay Bay security guard Jesus Campos vanishes after Las Vegas massacre, only to show up to tell his story on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” (NBC News)

• Washington Post “fact-checker” mostly agrees with Steve Scalise on Chicago gun violence — gives him flunking grade anyway (Washington Examiner)

• Jaguars apologize to military for kneeling for national anthem in London (The Daily Wire)

• After five cheerleaders take a knee during national anthem, college takes them off the football field (Conservative News Today)

• Policy: Untaxing the rich is a misguided Republican obsession (National Review)

• Policy: A modern leave policy both employers, employees could love (The Hill)

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