July 30, 2018

Monday Top Headlines

Border security shutdown, IRS & VA corruption, socialism’s cost, trigger warnings, and more.

  • Trump threatens government shutdown over border security (The Hill)

  • Trump: people crossing border use children for “sinister purposes” (The Washington Times)

  • Trump fires back at “insane” media after NY Times publisher calls rhetoric “divisive” and “dangerous” (Fox News)

  • The IRS has rehired hundreds of fired employees (The Daily Signal)

  • VA whistleblowers disciplined 10 times more than peers; managers investigate themselves (The Washington Post)

  • Manafort trial to focus on lavish lifestyle, not collusion (Associated Press)

  • Trump is right about security clearances (The Wall Street Journal)

  • Study: “Medicare for All” bill estimated at $32.6 trillion (Associated Press)

  • Donkey herds are dwindling as hungry Venezuelans slaughter them for food (Miami Herald)

  • China, Russia, Iran engaged in aggressive economic cyber spying (The Washington Free Beacon)

  • U.S. military begins arduous job: Identifying remains from Korean War (The Wall Street Journal)

  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg hopes to serve on Supreme Court for at least five more years (Washington Examiner)

  • Obama Foundation delays Chicago presidential library another year (The Daily Wire)

  • Les Moonves and CBS face allegations of sexual misconduct (The New Yorker)

  • Study: “Trigger warnings” are harmful to college students (The Daily Wire)

  • Good News: Honest kids (Fox News)

  • Humor: Democrats slam Trump for booming economy (The Babylon Bee)

  • Policy: Trump moves in the right direction on trade with Europe (The Daily Signal)

  • Policy: Price transparency in health care will save trillions (E21)

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