The Patriot Post® · Monday Top Headlines
Government shutdown sets record as longest in U.S. history (USA Today1)
Trump’s shutdown differs greatly from Obama’s (The Daily Caller2)
Trump has a strong legal argument that he can declare national emergency at border (The Daily Signal3)
Immigration court backlog could grow by years after government shutdown (Bloomberg4)
New caravan forms, prepares to head north to U.S. border (The Daily Wire5)
Dems fly to Puerto Rico on chartered jet, meet with lobbyists, see “Hamilton” as shutdown drags on (Fox News6)
GoFundMe is refunding all donations made to the “Fund the Wall” campaign (Business Insider7)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg will miss oral arguments for second week but is free of cancer with no further treatments planned (CNBC8)
Julian Castro launches presidential run (The Washington Free Beacon9)
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard announces Democrat presidential bid (The Washington Post10)
Judge blocks Trump birth control rollback from taking effect in 13 states, DC (Washington Examiner11)
Florida governor suspends Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel (Townhall12)
Conservative groups targeted in Lois Lerner’s IRS scandal receive settlement checks (The Daily Signal13)
VA prepares to redirect billions of dollars into private care (The New York Times14)
Opioid overdoses now deadlier than car crashes, researchers find (The Hill15)
Democrats roll out big health care proposals in the states (Associated Press16)
A new American leader rises in ISIS (The Atlantic17)
China’s 2018 trade surplus with U.S. hits record high of $323 billion (ABC News18)
Humor: Anti-wall extremist the Kool-Aid Man leads campaign against Trump (The Babylon Bee19)
Policy: We could build two border walls just by eliminating “improper payments” (Investor’s Business Daily20)
Policy: Renewable energy subsidies costly to taxpayers, benefit big companies (The Heartland Institute21)
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Links
- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/12/government-shutdown-standoff-now-longest-ever-when-end/2546949002/
- https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/13/russell-vought-omb-shutdown-trump/
- https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/01/13/trump-has-a-strong-legal-argument-that-he-can-declare-national-emergency-at-border/
- https://www.omaha.com/news/nation/immigration-court-backlog-could-grow-by-years-after-government-shutdown/article_4a847c79-3f1f-586a-8ac5-2ee46b506a9a.html
- https://www.dailywire.com/news/42065/another-caravan-new-migrant-group-forms-prepares-james-barrett
- https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-fly-to-puerto-rico-amid-ongoing-government-shutdown
- https://www.businessinsider.com/gofundme-refunding-donations-build-the-wall-fundraiser-2019-1
- https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/11/supreme-court-justice-ruth-bader-ginsburg-will-miss-arguments-for-second-week-but-no-further-treatments-planned.html
- https://freebeacon.com/politics/julian-castro-launches-presidential-run/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/rep-tulsi-gabbard-of-hawaii-says-she-will-seek-the-2020-democratic-nomination-for-president/2019/01/11/2f0c7b26-027c-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.html
- https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/judge-blocks-trump-birth-control-rollback-from-taking-effect-in-13-states-dc
- https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2019/01/11/gov-desantis-suspends-sheriff-israel-n2538915
- https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/01/11/conservative-groups-targeted-in-lois-lerners-irs-scandal-receive-settlement-checks/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/us/politics/veterans-administration-health-care-privatization.html
- https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/425152-death-by-opioid-overdose-more-likely-than-by-vehicle-crash-for-the-first
- https://www.apnews.com/bd8bb50ed7f7457fa560f8c1ae718eb1
- https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/01/isis-america-hoxha/550508/
- https://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory/china-2018-exports-71-percent-imports-129-percent-60352499
- https://babylonbee.com/news/anti-wall-extremist-the-kool-aid-man-leads-campaign-against-trump
- https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/border-wall-cost-federal-waste/
- https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/study-renewable-energy-subsidies-costly-to-taxpayers-benefit-big-companies
- https://patriotpost.us/headlines