The Patriot Post® · Friday Top Headlines

• Senate confirms Mike Pompeo as 70th secretary of state — more votes than Rex Tillerson, but far fewer than Hillary Clinton or John Kerry (ABC News)

• “Peace and prosperity”: Korean leaders plan declaration after rare summit (Reuters)

• House Republicans accuse U.S. intelligence community of “significant … tradecraft failings” in report on Russian interference (The Washington Post)

• Senate panel approves bill to protect special counsel (The Hill)

• Recovered FBI agent texts include reaction to James Comey’s firing (CBS News)

• Facebook said it ignored terms and conditions of app that collected user data on 87 million accounts (The Washington Times)

• Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez admonished by Ethics panel, which says he broke the law (The Hill)

• Feds could save billions by cutting duplicative programs (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Paul Ryan forces out House chaplain (New York Post)

• Deputy union says it has “no confidence” in Broward Sheriff Scott Israel (Sun-Sentinel)

• Bill Cosby guilty on all three counts of aggravated indecent assault (USA Today)

• Trump keeps some JFK documents sealed until 2021 as Archives release final batch (The Dallas Morning News)

• Global warming update: Likely coldest April since 1895 (Watts Up With That)

• Humor: Liberals urge nation to respect minorities’ opinions until those opinions contradict them (The Babylon Bee)

• Policy: How federal consumer agency puts your financial data at risk (The Daily Signal)

• Policy: Sanders’ “jobs” program would undo our real economic progress (The Daily Signal)

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