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August 21, 2018

Tuesday Top Headlines

More Russian hacking, Trump and ICE, coal regulations, doctor shortages, and more.

  • Russian hackers targeted conservative think tanks prior to midterms (Fox News)

  • Trump: “Open-border extremists” oppose ICE, Border Patrol (The Daily Signal)

  • Trump’s ICE deports NAZI war criminal who stayed under Obama (The Daily Wire)

  • Trump to rescind Obama-era coal emissions standards (CBS News)

  • Trump’s rollback of CAFE mandates is a big win for car buyers, consumer choice (The Daily Signal)

  • U.S. stocks poised to enter longest-ever bull market (The Wall Street Journal)

  • IRS still lacks protections for sensitive taxpayer information (The Washington Free Beacon)

  • The Department of Education wants to publicize student debt to earnings data for students at all colleges (National Review)

  • Doctor shortages explode thanks to ObamaCare — who could have predicted that? (Investor’s Business Daily)

  • Ocasio-Cortez visits restaurant closed by her policies (The Washington Free Beacon)

  • Protesters take down Confederate statue on UNC campus (Washington Examiner)

  • Antifa in Portland beat up a Bernie bro because he was carrying a “fascist” American flag (Hot Air)

  • Trump administration files suit against Facebook for “discriminatory” policies (The Daily Wire)

  • Humor: Facebook claims kidnapping Dennis Prager, torturing him in abandoned warehouse was “honest mistake” (The Babylon Bee)

  • Policy: Don’t subsidize coal; just stop trying to kill it off (Washington Examiner)

  • Policy: Forcing China to be trustworthy (American Enterprise Institute)

For more of today’s news, visit Patriot Headline Report.

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