• Job growth falls short of expectations in November: 155,000 payrolls created vs. 198,000 estimate (CNBC)

• In major shift, U.S. now exports more oil than it ships in (Reuters)

• Monthly border arrests reach new high for Trump presidency (San Francisco Chronicle)

• Pelosi takes hard line on paying for Trump’s border wall (Associated Press)

• Trump business empire shuns E-Verify, hires illegal aliens (The Washington Times)

• Trump will nominate William Barr for attorney general (NBC News)

• Heather Nauert selected as UN ambassador (Fox News)

• Jeff Flake has destroyed his party’s agenda confirming judges (Townhall)

• Clinton Foundation whistleblowers have come forward with hundreds of pages of evidence (Fox News)

• Mueller to give details on Russia probe with filings on former Trump aides (Reuters)

• In message to Moscow, U.S. conducts “Open Skies” overflight of Ukraine (Washington Examiner)

• Study: Trump’s tariffs are a $42 million regressive tax increase (Reason)

• ObamaCare enrollment down 11% from last year (The Hill)

• Census Bureau: Five richest counties are DC suburbs; 10 of nation’s 20 richest counties in DC area (CNS News)

• Humor: Ocasio-Cortez desperately trying to make math on universal health care add up while punching numbers into a potato (The Babylon Bee)

• Policy: Risk is building in the housing market (American Banker)

• Policy: Macron’s waning star is bad news for France and the EU (The Hill)

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