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February 16, 2018

Friday Top Headlines

More details on Florida, another alleged Trump affair, travel ban defeat, IRS bonuses, and more.

  • Senate blocks four immigration plans, deepening stalemate on “Dreamers” (Bloomberg)

  • In wake of Florida school shooting, Trump calls for culture that “embraces the dignity of life” (Daily Signal)

  • No, there haven’t been 18 school shootings in 2018. That number is flat wrong. (The Washington Post)

  • Flashback 30 years: Guns were in schools … and nothing happened (PJ Media)

  • Pure evil: Writer uses Parkland shooting to justify eugenics (The Resurgent)

  • Red flags missed: Cops sent to Cruz’s home 36 times, school expelled him, FBI was warned (Fox News)

  • Police: No connection found between school shooter and white nationalist group (The Daily Wire)

  • Here we go again: Former Playboy model claims affair with Trump (The New Yorker)

  • CDC: U.S. fertility rate below replacement for 9th straight year (CNS News)

  • Essentially calling Trump a bigot for legal purposes, Fourth Circuit Court strikes down Trump travel ban (The Daily Wire)

  • Mitt Romney announces bid for U.S. Senate in Utah (NBC News)

  • IRS still paying bonuses to tax cheat employees (The Washington Times)

  • Trump’s gas tax would wipe out 60% of tax cut benefit for individuals, analyst estimates (CNBC)

  • Report: International relief charities have “institutionalized pedophilia” problem (Hot Air)

  • Why random, meaningless sex is a bad idea for women (PJ Media)

  • Policy: Six common media myths about gun control (The Daily Signal)

  • Policy: To pay for highways, expanded tolls are better than higher gas tax (Washington Examiner)

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