The Patriot Post® · Friday Top Headlines

Senate votes to end American military assistance for Saudi Arabia’s war in Yemen (Washington Examiner)

Prosecutors probing Trump inauguration spending (The Hill)

China suspends tariff hikes on $126 billion of U.S. cars, auto parts (Associated Press)

Budget deficit hits widest on record for month of November (Bloomberg)

Republicans examine accusations of “pay to play” at Clinton Foundation (Fox News)

The DOJ inspector general found 19,000 “lost” Strzok and Page texts (Townhall)

North Carolina congressional candidate sought out aide despite warnings over tactics (The Washington Post)

Tipster thwarts potential mass shooting at Indiana middle school (ABC News)

Teachers need guns, schools need security, Parkland shooting panel concludes (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)

Jihadi who opened fire at French Christmas market is dead (Fox News)

Iran promises to restart nuclear-weapons work (The Washington Free Beacon)

Gender & Women’s Studies department endorses a platform calling “for the Abolition of the Police, ICE, Borders, and the Judicial System” (National Review)

Humor: U.S. military honors sacrifices of NFL players by wearing jerseys throughout December (The Onion)

Policy: Why our country needs the wall, and now (The Daily Signal)

Policy: Coaxing reluctant states to take on health reform (RealClearPolicy)