The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Top Headlines

• U.S. back at No. 1 competitiveness ranking — Will Trump’s critics ever admit to being wrong? (Investor’s Business Daily)

• Art of the Deal — U.S. imposing 25% tariff on Chinese goods, apply investment restrictions in June (Fox Business)

• Russian foreign minister will visit North Korea for talks (National Review)

• Penny for your thoughts? Republican lawmakers introduce bill to rescind $15 billion in spending (The Daily Signal)

• Fact-checking three claims about Trump and minors here illegally (The Daily Signal)

• Video: The inevitable “Dems say MS-13 isn’t so bad” RNC ad (Hot Air)

• After labeling her a “conservative” Trump supporter, ABC cancels “Roseanne” following Barr’s racist tweet targeting Obama adviser (USA Today)

• Facebook cofounder’s wife bankrolls Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King’s PAC (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Embattled Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens resigns amidst campaign finance, sexual abuse allegations (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

• Why CVS loves ObamaCare — Medicaid expansion helps big business reduce competition (The Wall Street Journal)

• Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to Arkansas abortion law (National Review)

• Hurricane Maria death toll in Puerto Rico is thousands higher than official count, study estimates (NBC News)

• Bill Nye finally has a solution for climate change: tax cow toots (The Daily Wire)

• Keith Ellison calls for NFL boycott over “unfair, cowardly, and idiotic kneeling ban” (The Washington Free Beacon)

• Many universities host special commencement celebrations for black grads only (The College Fix)

• Humor: ABC criticized for unrealistic portrayal of racists actually facing consequences (The Onion)

• Policy: Italy may trigger new global crisis (American Enterprise Institute)

• Policy: On trade, NAFTA trumps everything (American Enterprise Institute)

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