The Patriot Post® · Thursday Top Headlines
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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