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January 17, 2018

Wednesday Top Headlines

Sanctuary crackdown coming, 164 companies thank tax reform, a religious liberty win, and more.

  • Trump asks Supreme Court to overturn DACA program (The Washington Times)

  • Feds planning massive Northern California immigration sweep to strike against sanctuary laws (San Francisco Chronicle)

  • Homeland Security pursues charges against leaders of sanctuary cities (The Washington Times)

  • Cory Booker melts down, yells at DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen over Trump comments (National Review)

  • Trump orders CNN star Jim Acosta to leave Oval Office after reporter’s newest outburst (Fox News)

  • Hope ‘n’ change leftovers: After four years of ObamaCare implementation, uninsured rate hits 12.2% (The Washington Free Beacon)

  • Pelosi “Armageddon” update: 164 companies credit tax reform for bonuses and pay raises (The Daily Signal)

  • Who knew letting people keep more of their money leads to good things? (Reason)

  • Steve Bannon subpoenaed by both House and Mueller investigations (NBC News)

  • North and South Korea agree to compete, march together under same flag at Olympics (ABC News)

  • Arrested ex-CIA officer suspected of compromising U.S. informants in China (Fox News)

  • “Chilling” report finds 73% of U.S. terrorist convicts are foreign-born (The Washington Times)

  • Not the droids you’re looking for: A “men’s activist” makes a 46-minute cut of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” without the women in it (Digital Spy)

  • Humor but true: Website satirizing feminism shuts down, unable to out-satirize feminism (The Resurgent)

  • Policy: The Supreme Court quietly gives religious liberty a big win (The Daily Signal)

  • Policy: Understanding the economic burden of the opioid crisis (American Enterprise Institute)

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