The Patriot Post® · Friday Top Headlines

• First reading on third-quarter GDP up 3.0%, vs. 2.5% rise expected (CNBC)

• Justice Department settles IRS lawsuits from 400 conservative groups claiming discrimination (USA Today)

• FBI to turn over anti-Trump dossier documents to Congress next week (The Washington Times)

• Premiums rising 34% for most popular ObamaCare plan (ABC News)

• About 2,800 JFK records released, others withheld (Fox News)

• Trump declares opioids a U.S. public health emergency (Reuters)

• Noncitizen immigrants voted illegally in Pennsylvania elections (The Daily Signal)

• OMB: Top 20% pay 95% of taxes, middle class “single digits” (Washington Examiner)

• Scathing report reveals ICE directive encouraging agents to seize property for financial gain (The Daily Signal)

• Trump’s border wall prototypes unveiled (The Washington Free Beacon)

• ESPN heading for more painful layoffs (Sporting News)

• Catalonia lawmakers declare independence from Spain in defiant vote (The Washington Post)

• Policy: Why Trump (rightly) won’t declare opioids a “national emergency” (National Review)

• Policy: Cutting corporate tax rate to 20% projected to create nearly 600k jobs, lift wages and GDP (Tax Foundation)

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