The Patriot Post® · Wednesday Top Headlines
Senate leaders agree on possible path to reopening government (National Review)
Shutdown votes set up political test for Senate (Associated Press)
Hundreds of IRS employees are skipping work, which could delay tax refunds (The Washington Post)
President Trump is planning to proceed with State of the Union, but details up in the air (Fox News)
Hoyer breaks with Pelosi, says he would welcome Trump on House floor for State of the Union (The Daily Caller)
White House announces 51 judicial picks, including two for leftist 9th Circuit (Fox News)
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to review census citizenship case (The Daily Signal)
Covington Catholic High School announces closure over security concerns (The Daily Signal)
Covington kids to visit the White House (The Daily Wire)
Nathan Phillips rally attempted to disrupt Mass at DC’s National Shrine (Catholic News Agency)
Nathan Phillips did not serve in Vietnam despite claims to the contrary (The Resurgent)
Kamala Harris raises $1.5 million in first 24 hours (Politico)
New York passes abortion bill, which will expand the state’s already liberal abortion regime to allow late-term abortions (National Review)
Iowa’s “fetal heartbeat” abortion ban ruled unconstitutional (Reuters)
Ironic: Record private jet flights into Davos as leaders arrive for climate talk (The Guardian)
Opposition launches protests to oust Maduro as U.S.-Venezuela tensions rise (The Washington Post)
Humor: Being outraged by stupid nonsense replaces baseball as national pastime (The Babylon Bee)
Policy: Trump’s military transgender ban is more reasonable than you think (Washington Examiner)
Policy: How school choice is lifting thousands of kids across America (The Daily Signal)
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