The Patriot Post® · Friday Top Headlines
Payday without pay hits federal workers as shutdown drags on (Associated Press)
Trump administration lays groundwork to declare national emergency to build wall (The Washington Post)
Trump administration eyes disaster money to fund border wall (Associated Press)
CNN accidentally proves why walls and fences work (The Daily Signal)
Obama Border Patrol chief: Agents arrest “rapists, murderers, gang members every single day” (Washington Examiner)
TV editor fired for doctoring video of Trump’s border speech (Hot Air)
Texans fight to stop government from seizing land for border wall (National Review)
Dems introduce gun-ban bill as GOP seeks to expand gun-carry protections (The Washington Free Beacon)
Sen. Jones asks FEC to probe “deceptive tactics” in 2017 election win over Roy Moore (The Washington Times)
Michael Cohen, ex-Trump lawyer, to testify publicly before Congress (Associated Press)
Ocasio-Cortez slammed for hypocrisy after her campaign fined for not providing workers’ compensation coverage (Fox News)
Troop withdrawal from Syria has started (The Washington Times)
Trump cancels trip to World Economic Forum amid standoff over shutdown (CNBC)
Pompeo, at site of Obama’s address to Muslim world, rebukes his legacy: “Age of self-inflicted American shame is over” (Fox News)
Venezuela’s tyrant gets six more years (The Washington Free Beacon)
Humor: Church greeters stationed at southern border to deter immigrants (The Babylon Bee)
Policy: Yes, there is a crisis at the border — the numbers show it (Investor’s Business Daily)
Policy: Don’t join the media freak out over recent jump in CO2 emissions — it won’t last (Investor’s Business Daily)
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