The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Top Headlines
Small business optimism jumps to second-highest level in measure’s 45-year history; tax cuts credited (The Washington Free Beacon)
Feds collect record individual income taxes through May; still run $532.2B deficit (CNS News)
Charitable giving in U.S. tops $400 billion for first time (Associated Press)
Proposal to split California into three states makes November ballot (The Washington Times)
In primary races, Republican voters rewarded loyalty to Trump (The Wall Street Journal)
Trump-basher Mark Sanford, who president called “nothing but trouble,” ousted in key South Carolina primary (Fox News)
House GOP will vote on immigration next week, sinking discharge petition (The Hill)
At the Pentagon, mass confusion over future of “war games” with South Korea (Washington Examiner)
Trump administration condemns Iran’s role in facilitating 9/11 attacks (The Washington Free Beacon)
Andrew McCabe alleges FBI, Justice Dept. failed to provide information on his firing in lawsuit (CBS News)
DOJ takes down 2,300 alleged child sex abusers in massive national operation (The Daily Caller)
Juanita Broaddrick book about Clinton rape disappears from Amazon (PJ Media)
“Not in my backyard”: Blue state rejects free electricity to avoid seeing a wind farm (Hot Air)
AT&T wins court approval to buy Time Warner (CNBC)
George H.W. Bush is the first U.S. president to reach 94 (Associated Press)
Two women get kicked out of Uber after kiss — but what CNN doesn’t tell you is that the driver was Muslim (CNN)
Humor: House Democrats draft legislation that would make it a hate crime to eat at Chick-fil-A (The Babylon Bee)
Policy: Suspending military exercises in South Korea carries risks (The Daily Signal)
Policy: Subsidies for coal and nuclear will harm taxpayers, ratepayers, and the free market (Washington Examiner)
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