• Trump bowed to Pentagon restraint on Syria strikes (The Wall Street Journal)

• After strike on Syria, Congress to debate presidential war powers (The Washington Times)

• U.S. to hit Russia with new sanctions for aiding Syria’s Assad (Associated Press)

• James Comey calls Trump “morally unfit” to be president in searing interview (Washington Examiner)

• Inspector general report faults former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe for unauthorized disclosure of information, misleading investigators (The Washington Post)

• Paul Ryan backs Kevin McCarthy for speaker: He’s “the right person” (The Hill)

• FCC rejects Senate Democrats’ plea to investigate Sinclair for “news distortion” (The Washington Times)

• Trump announces support for legalizing marijuana (Reason)

• ‘Racist + Rapist’: Thomas Jefferson statue vandalized at UVA (Washington Examiner)

• Polar opposite: NY Times outraged by climate “denialists” pointing out polar bear population increase (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Prominent homosexual-rights lawyer, burns himself to death in New York to protest global warming (Fox News)

• The New Yorker publishes hate piece against Chick-fil-A’s Christian ethos (The Federalist)

• Protests follow outrage after two black men arrested at Philly Starbucks (NBC News)

• Humor: American Cancer Society recommends getting your nation checked for communism annually (The Babylon Bee)

• Policy: Amid push for knife control, UK shows gun control doesn’t increase safety (The Daily Signal)

• Policy: The costs, opportunities, and limitations of the expansion of 529 education savings accounts (Brookings Institution)

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