• Trump signs sweeping tax bill into law (The Washington Post)

• After tax reform, maybe Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell aren’t so bad after all (Washington Examiner)

• Newt Gingrich: The Trump administration became truly historic this week (Fox News)

• Congress votes to avert shutdown, sends Donald Trump stopgap spending bill (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Judge dismisses lawsuit against Trump over Constitution’s Emoluments Clause (The Hill)

• Donald Trump leaves White House unannounced to visit wounded warriors for Christmas (The Daily Wire)

• Mike Pence makes surprise trip to visit U.S. troops in Afghanistan (Time)

• Prosecutors ask FBI agents for info on Uranium One deal (NBC News)

• FBI’s top lawyer said to be reassigned (The Washington Post)

• How Obama manipulated sensitive secret intelligence for political gain (The Washington Times)

• UN votes overwhelmingly to condemn U.S. decision on Jerusalem (NPR)

• Dems wonder: Maybe we should triple-down on Hillary in the midterms (Hot Air)

• New nuclear power plant gets thumbs up from Georgia regulators (Washington Examiner)

• Federal court rules Atlanta abused Constitution by sacking fire chief (PoliZette)

• Trump administration considering to separate families who illegally cross U.S.-Mexico border (Fox News)

• Policy: Democrats’ favored DACA amnesty bill would cost $26 billion (The Daily Signal)

• Policy: Global warming: fake news from the start (The Heartland Institute)

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