The Patriot Post® · Tuesday Top Headlines

• Trump and lawmakers paralyzed over shutdown as both sides remain dug in (The Washington Post)

• Trump rejects Lindsey Graham’s plea to reopen government (National Review)

• “Gang of 20” emerges in Senate to push for a border wall deal (Washington Examiner)

• Activists jump Nancy Pelosi’s mansion wall with illegal immigrants, demand entry to her home (The Daily Caller)

• Number of no-show airport security screeners soars in shutdown (Associated Press)

• Hundreds of Hondurans set off toward U.S. in new caravan (Reuters)

• Pentagon extends mission to Mexico border through September (Reuters)

• Federal judge rules against Trump administration’s plan to add 2020 Census citizenship question (The Hill)

• Supreme Court rejects challenge to Matt Whitaker’s appointment as acting attorney general (NBC News)

• Five expected issues for Trump’s attorney general pick (The Daily Signal)

• Rep. Steve King removed from committee assignments amid “white supremacist” controversy (Fox News)

• Major liberal groups very quietly walk away from Women’s March (The Federalist)

• Kirsten Gillibrand to announce presidential exploratory committee (CBS News)

• EPA criminal action against polluters hits 30-year low (Associated Press)

• British prime minister might lose vote on her Brexit deal (Reuters)

• Humor: Ocasio-Cortez accuses math of sexism (The Babylon Bee)

• Policy: The Supreme Court should make politics local again (National Review)

• Policy: Planning for military strikes on Iran is actually the responsible thing to do (Washington Examiner)

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