• GOP pushing ahead on tax-cut plan (The Washington Post)

• Justices to weigh cell phone privacy in landmark case (The Hill)

• Battle for control of consumer agency heads to court (The New York Times)

• Democrat Sen. Al Franken “ashamed” but back to work amid sexual misconduct allegations (The Washington Times)

• Democrat Rep. John Conyers steps down from committee leadership position amid harassment accusations (NBC News)

• Democrat Sen. Claire McCaskill took action to hide travel on private plane from public (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Record amount of background checks for guns on Black Friday (Fox News)

• UK begins another gun surrender initiative amid increase in gun crime (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Trump’s call to stop ObamaCare payments leads to more cheap plans for low-income customers (Washington Examiner)

• Bigoted Church of Sweden to stop using God’s preferred pronoun “He” (The Guardian)

• Florida jury’s verdict thrown out because they weren’t tested for homophobia (BizPacReview)

• Policy: In charts, how these seven taxpayers’ bills would change if tax reform was enacted (The Daily Signal)

• Policy: The Freddie Gray police hearings are over. What did we learn? (Hot Air)

For more of today’s news, visit Patriot Headline Report.