• Treasury report: True U.S. government shortfall is $88.9 trillion, an average of $704K per household (PJ Media)
  • “Stand down”: How the Obama team blew the response to Russian meddling (Yahoo News)
  • Trump pardons sailor who invoked “Clinton defense” in trial (Bloomberg)
  • Judge tells Trump to pretend to listen to Twitter haters (Reason)
  • Trump tariffs cost five jobs for every single job gained, analysis finds (The Daily Signal)
  • After tariffs, Trump to punish China for intellectual property theft (The Washington Free Beacon)
  • Xi Jingping cleared to rule indefinitely as China officially scraps term limits (The Washington Post)
  • WH: Trump won’t meet with Kim Jong-un until actions match the words and rhetoric (CNS News)
  • Trump’s plan to combat school shootings includes allowing armed teachers, federal commission, review of FBI tip line (The Washington Times)
  • Florida Republican Gov. Rick Scott signs sweeping gun bill, NRA sues and critics on both sides abound (Miami Herald)
  • Baltimore approves spending of $200,000 to pay lawyers to help illegals fight deportations (The Baltimore Sun)
  • Cost for California bullet train system rises to $77.3 billion — $13 billion over budget and four years late (Los Angeles Times)
  • Policy: Trump agrees to meet with Kim Jong-un; here’s what he needs to do now (The Daily Signal)
  • Policy: Minimum income is not a right (American Enterprise Institute)