• Senate Democrats introduce major gun ban bill (Washington Examiner)

• House Dem pledges Trump impeachment vote by Christmas (The Hill)

• In a Texas town overwhelmed with grief, Mike Pence delivers a message of support and faith (Los Angeles Times)

• California NAACP seeks to abolish “Star-Spangled Banner,” calling it “racist” (The Washington Times)

• DOJ demands CNN to be sold as condition for AT&T/Time Warner deal (CNBC)

• Kirstjen Nielsen, Trump’s nominee to lead Homeland Security, sails through confirmation hearing (The Washington Post)

• Border Patrol losing agents faster than it can hire them (The Washington Times)

• Obama’s EPA spent $690,000 on parking spots no one used (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Planned Parenthood whistleblowers release third video in new series (The Federalist)

• Humor: Did you know you can add a chainsaw bayonet to an AR-15? (Hot Air)

• Policy: Study of Wisconsin voter ID law is a study in errors (The Heartland Institute)

• Policy: Calling electric cars “zero emission” is blatantly false advertising (Investor’s Business Daily)

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