The Patriot Post® · Thursday Top Headlines

• Keen sense of the obvious: Why don’t Trump voters feel betrayed? Because they’re getting what they wanted. (The Washington Post)

• Now Democrats have their own "repeal and replace" mantra … for tax cuts (Hot Air)

• Analyses find White House plan cuts immigration 33 to 44 percent (The Washington Free Beacon)

• He’ll be sorely missed: Rep. Trey Gowdy retiring from Congress (The Hill)

• In eight years of Obama, GOP AGs sued 46 times; Democrats already sued Trump 35 times (The Daily Signal)

• Train carrying dozens of Congress members hits truck, killing 1 (Stars and Stripes)

• In shocking move, feds drop all charges against Sen. Bob Menendez (NJ.com)

• CFPB is constitutional, DC Circuit Court rules, in victory for unaccountable bureaucrats everywhere (Reason)

• Disclosed House settlements now number 41 and total $1 million, but more remain hidden (The Daily Signal)

• U.S. oil output reaches highest level since 1970 (Bloomberg)

• Cecile Richards: Christian doctors and nurses should be forced to perform abortions (LifeNews)

• New study: College makes students less religious (PJ Media)

• Humor: F-35 revealed to be horror movie M. Night Shyamalan has been working on for years (Duffel Blog)

• Policy: These three changes would drastically improve our immigration system (The Heritage Foundation)

• Policy: Setting priorities for welfare reform (The Heritage Foundation)

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