• Record-high business optimism, need for employees at 45-year high (Washington Examiner)

• America first: 878,000 millionaires added in last 12 months (Washington Examiner)

• Trump casts prison reform deal as start of “thriving” bipartisan era (The Washington Times)

• Florida voters have until Saturday to fix signature issue, federal judge says (Fox News)

• Florida Democrat organizer called voters to fix rejected mail-in ballots after Election Day (National Review)

• McConnell reelected as Senate leader, while Thune is promoted to whip (The Hill)

• McCarthy defeats Jordan for House minority leader; Liz Cheney joins GOP leadership (Fox News)

• Pelosi unfazed as unhappy Democrats claim votes to block her rise (Associated Press)

• Jeff Flake holding up Trump’s judicial nominees until Senate votes on bill protecting Mueller probe (Townhall)

• McConnell rejects Mueller protection bill (The Washington Times)

• Studies: ObamaCare’s Medicaid expansion bought Democrats votes (The Federalist)

• DeVos set to bolster rights of accused in rewrite of sexual assault rules (The Washington Post)

• Avenatti bailed out after being arrested on suspicion of felony domestic violence (Fox News)

• British prime minister suffers severe blow over Brexit as ministers quit (Reuters)

• White House files motion in CNN lawsuit: “No journalist has a First Amendment right to enter the White House” (CNS News)

• Climate hoax: Not a single G-20 country is close to hitting CO₂ emission targets (Investor’s Business Daily)

• Saudi Arabia distances crown prince from killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi (The Washington Post)

• Humor: Plastic container with “totally legit ballot box” label found at Florida polling place (The Babylon Bee)

• Policy: Why so busy? Our flawed college system takes toll on families years before tuition is due (Independent Women’s Forum)

• Policy: It’s time to move the U.S. embassy to Yemen out of Saudi Arabia (The Hill)

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