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December 19, 2017

Tuesday Top Headlines

Tax reform’s economic boon, Amtrak train kills at least three, American leadership, and more.

  • Amended Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would lift GDP by 1.7%, wages by 1.5%, add 339,000 jobs to economy (The Washington Free Beacon)

  • In one chart, what’s in the final tax reform bill (The Daily Signal)

  • Black unemployment rate lowest in 17 years (CNS News)

  • Trump announces “America first” national strategy (The Washington Free Beacon)

  • U.S. vetoes UN resolution rescinding Trump’s declaration of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital (The Washington Times)

  • White House says North Korea was behind massive “WannaCry” cyberattack in May (Fox News)

  • House unveils $81B disaster aid package (The Hill)

  • Ninth Circuit Judge Alex Kozinski retires following sexual harassment allegations (NPR)

  • Senate intel committee investigating Jill Stein’s Green Party campaign for possible collusion with the Russians (The Washington Post)

  • Derailed Washington state Amtrak train killed at least three, was reportedly going 80 in a 30-mph zone (Seattle Times)

  • NBC silent on whether MSNBC’s Chris Matthews could face other sexual harassment accusations (Fox News)

  • Women’s March co-founder Linda Sarsour accused of enabling sexual assault, threatening victim (Washington Examiner)

  • Judge orders feds to help two more 17-year-old illegal immigrant girls get abortions (The Washington Times)

  • White privilege: Santa has nine reindeer, the continental U.S. has only 11 (NBC News)

  • The Heritage Foundation names Kay Coles James as its new president (The Heritage Foundation)

  • Policy: Trump’s national security strategy boldly reasserts American leadership (The Daily Signal)

  • Policy: Trump shouldn’t trust Putin on Syria — or anything else (Fox News)

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