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July 6, 2018

Friday Top Headlines

Pruitt quits, 213k jobs added, tariffs levied, Schumer’s idea, lots of leftist violence, and more.

  • Scott Pruitt quits as EPA chief amid ethics controversies (New York Post)

  • 213,000 jobs added in June but headline unemployment rate back up to 4% as more enter workforce (CNBC)

  • Trump says U.S. tariffs could be applied to Chinese goods worth $500 billion (Reuters)

  • No joke: Chuck Schumer pushed Trump to nominate Merrick Garland to Supreme Court (Washington Examiner)

  • Judge gives green light to California’s sanctuary laws (The Washington Times)

  • Trump administration expands government’s deportation powers (The Washington Times)

  • Protesters blast ICE as agents disrupt child sex-trafficking ring (National Review)

  • Trump: “I would offer Warren $1M to prove her Native American heritage” (The Hill)

  • Mom shoots man who took her car with kids inside (KDFW)

  • Massachusetts governor signs gun seizure bill (The Daily Signal)

  • Al Sharpton, Donna Brazile and other black leaders send letter criticizing Schumer, Pelosi for denunciations of Maxine Waters’s call for harassment (The Washington Free Beacon)

  • Rap sheet: 133 acts of media-approved violence and harassment against Trump supporters (Breitbart)

  • Teenager says man threw drink at him then stole his “Make America Great Again” hat (The Hill)

  • Humor: “Love Trumps Hate!” screams protester while beating Republican to death with a shovel (The Babylon Bee)

  • Policy: Don’t abolish ICE (National Review)

  • Policy: We must reform Obama’s school discipline policies (The Heritage Foundation)

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