The Patriot Post® · Thursday Top Headlines

• Pelosi’s “Armageddon” update: Walmart to raise its starting wage to $11, give some employees bonuses following tax bill passage (CNBC)

• Record GOP exodus from Congress (NPR)

• Trump administration opens door to let states impose Medicaid work requirements (The Washington Post)

• Administration will extend sanctions relief for Iran (Associated Press)

• Trump signs law to give Border Patrol better tools to stop smuggling of fentanyl (The Washington Times)

• Immigration agents target 7-Eleven stores in nationwide sweep (The Washington Post)

• IRS paid $20 million to collect $6.7 million in tax debts (The Fiscal Times)

• NYC mayor to sue “Big Oil” for causing Hurricane Sandy or something (Hot Air)

• Trump puts federal libel law on 2018 agenda, escalating complaints against media (USA Today)

• U.S. prison population drops for third year in a row (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Policy: A ludicrous ruling that Trump can’t end DACA (National Review)

• Policy: Keeping fossil fuels underground makes no sense (U.S. News & World Report)

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