The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Top Headlines

• Republicans confirming Trump’s court nominees at record pace (The Hill)

• Iran ordered to pay billions to relatives of 9/11 victims (ABC News)

• Five takeaways from Israel’s massive intelligence operation on Iran (The Daily Signal)

• Texas leads a coalition of seven states suing to stop DACA — which Trump is trying to end (The Washington Times)

• California leads a coalition of 18 states suing EPA over vehicle-emissions standards (National Review)

• Trump: We’re “seriously thinking” of sixth military branch called “Space Force” (The Washington Free Beacon)

• U.S.-backed forces announce offensive against last ISIS strongholds (National Review)

• Mueller told Trump legal team a presidential subpoena could be possible (Fox News)

• Rod Rosenstein says Justice Department won’t be extorted, pushed back against GOP call for removal (The Wall Street Journal)

• Facebook will now start ranking news organizations by their “trustworthiness” (The Blaze)

• Facebook knows everything about you, plans to launch a new dating feature for “meaningful, long-term relationships” (NBC News)

• 65% of public school eighth graders not proficient in reading; 67% not proficient in math (CNS News)

• Village idiots: Silent Sam, the Confederate monument at UNC-Chapel Hill, was defaced with red ink and blood (The News & Observer)

• Group wants to carve Trump’s face into a glacier to prove climate change exists (CBS News)

• Cecile Richards finally leaves Planned Parenthood (The Daily Wire)

• Not humor, tragically: Woman celebrated for killing 3.5 million people (The Babylon Bee)

• Policy: Iran is a nuclear cheat and the IAEA is a complete failure (Washington Examiner)

• Policy: Steel tariffs are already hurting steel-using industries (The Daily Signal)

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