The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Top Headlines

• Trump signs $700 billion military budget into law (Associated Press)

• Alabama Senate election: Doug Jones defeats Roy Moore (The Hill)

• Minnesota governor to name Al Franken’s replacement Wednesday (Washington Examiner)

• More than 100 Democrats demand House investigation of Trump sexual misconduct allegations (Washington Examiner)

• “F TRUMP”: Texts between ex-Mueller team members emerge, calling Trump “loathsome human,” “an idiot” (Fox News)

• GOP eyes cut for top end, 21% corporate rate (Bloomberg)

• Immigration chief: Visa lottery used by NYC suspect open to “pretty much anybody on the planet” (The Washington Times)

• NIJ report: Opioid crisis is a driver of homicide boom (The Washington Free Beacon)

• College presidents making $1 million rise with tuition and student debt (Bloomberg)

• Half of Americans approve of banning Nazi speech on campus, with definition of “Nazi” expanding (The Washington Times)

• Russia sharply expanding nuclear arsenal, upgrading underground facilities (The Washington Free Beacon)

• American Spirit: Anonymous donor pays off layaway items for 200 families (Associated Press)

• Policy: It’s not discriminatory to prohibit transgenders from joining the military (The Daily Signal)

• Policy: Russia’s unfinished business in Ukraine (American Enterprise Institute)

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