GOP business tax cuts force other countries to compete (National Review)

Democrats build cynical political case against tax bill but don’t call for repeal so as to keep it as a divisive campaign issue (The Washington Post)

Nearly 450,000 people fled these three deep blue states In 2017 (The Daily Caller)

Trump: “Time for change” in Iran; “The U.S. is watching” (CNS News)

How Islamic State’s caliphate crumbled (The Wall Street Journal)

Haley: We cut almost $300 million from UN budget (Hot Air)

Secret document reveals China covertly offering missiles, increased aid to North Korea (The Washington Free Beacon)

Trump administration releases final 2017 report on incarcerated illegal immigrants (The Daily Signal)

Five Colorado officers shot, one fatally, in “ambush-type” attack (Daily News)

Baltimore breaks city record for killings per capita in 2017 (Associated Press)

Appeals court rules bakers must pay $135,000 for not making wedding cake (The Daily Signal)

Stock markets wrap up best year since 2013 (The Washington Post)

Policy: What the U.S. should do as protests escalate in Iran (The Daily Signal)

Policy: The Greatest Generation and the greatest illusion (City Journal)