- Job growth surges by 312,000 in December (CNBC)
- 2018 ends with record employment; participation rate hits Trump-era high (CNSNews)
- Hispanic unemployment rate hits record low (CNSNews)
- Newly empowered House Democrats pass funding plan without wall (Associated Press)
- Articles of impeachment against Trump already in motion as Democrats take over House (The Washington Times)
- Rashida Tlaib calls Trump an expletive during pitch to impeach (Fox News)
- Nancy Pelosi elected speaker of the House (National Review)
- Steve Cohen introduces constitutional amendment to abolish Electoral College (The Washington Times)
- The national debt hit $22 trillion at the end of 2018 (Reason)
- House Democrats overrule Ocasio-Cortez and other progressives, institute “pay as you go” rule (Washington Examiner)
- Washington redefines all semiautomatic rifles as “assault weapons” (Reason)
- Trump’s tariffs are wreaking havoc on farmers (Washington Examiner)
- Teenage girls twice as likely to be depressed due to social media than boys, and it’s not “the patriarchy” (The Independent)
- Russia to deploy precision strike missiles in western Atlantic (The Washington Free Beacon)
- Iran to send warships to the Atlantic, closer to U.S. waters (Reuters)
- Humor: Democrats vow to somehow surpass Republicans in messing everything up (The Babylon Bee)
- Policy: Universal basic income is a (costly) socialist pipe dream (Foundation for Economic Education)
- Policy: Humanitarian assistance has a terrorism problem. Can it be resolved? (War on the Rocks)
For more of today’s news, visit Patriot Headline Report.
