• Headline unemployment drops to 3.9%, lowest in 18 years (CNBC)

• Rudy Giuliani’s media blitz provides ammunition for Trump foes, but there’s a strategy (The Washington Times)

• Trump blasts NBC over botched Cohen report: “wrong again!” (Fox News)

• McConnell: Confirming judicial picks is a top priority in Senate (The Washington Free Beacon)

• In a reversal, Speaker Ryan says the House chaplain will remain in his post (The Washington Post)

• Trump initiative protects religious rights, faith groups’ equal access to federal dollars (The Daily Signal)

• Opposite Obama, Trump refugee policy favors Christians over Muslims, 3-1 (Washington Examiner)

• Dozens more caravan asylum seekers let in to U.S. from Mexico (Reuters)

• Pentagon confirms Chinese fired lasers at U.S. pilots (The Washington Free Beacon)

• U.S.-China trade talks end with key differences still unresolved (Bloomberg)

• Planned Parenthood sues Trump administration for favoring abstinence programs over family planning with Title X grants (CNS News)

• Amazon boots Christian nonprofit from donations program because of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s “hate list” (The Federalist)

• America is minting more millionaire retirees than ever (Bloomberg)

• Policy: The consequences of historical ignorance (The Daily Signal)

• Policy: Keep the Electoral College, because states matter (National Review)

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