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What We’re Reading Today

Some headlines that caught our eye.

Consumer Spending Soars Most in Nearly a Decade, Inflation Stays Low — The Epoch Times

Biden solidifies frontrunner status — CNN

Media Elites Mock Trump Supporters at White House Correspondents’ Dinner — The Daily Caller

Chuck and Nancy return to White House with ‘big and bold’ list of liberal demands — The Washington Times

Steve Moore blows away carbon taxes — Town Hall

Terror attack in France foiled — Times of Israel

Israeli Ambassador Calls NYT ‘Cesspool of Hostility’— The Jerusalem Post

Pentagon Sending More Troops to Southwest Border — Newsmax

Dems want climate change, tax hikes in infrastructure deal — The Hill

Bill Gates Slams Unreliable Wind and Solar Energy — American Digest

Trump wants to designate Muslim Brotherhood a terror group: report — Fox News

Biden calls for everyone having the choice to buy into Medicare — The Hill

AOC Defends the VA, Says It’s a ‘Myth’ that ‘All’ System Hospitals Are ‘Broken’ — National Review

National Rifle Association Unity: Wayne LaPierre Remains CEO, Carolyn Meadows New President — Breitbart

FBI Says It Thwarted A Planned Terrorist Attack By A Man In Los Angeles Area  — NPR 

Man Arrested for Allegedly Planning to Bomb White Nationalist Rally in Southern California — Wall Street Journal

Google parent’s shares dive as YouTube changes, competition hurt revenue — Thomson Reuters

O’Rourke: Scientists Say We Have Ten Years Left to Make ‘Bold Change’ on Climate — Brietbart

Beto O’Rourke Ran Targeted Facebook Ads in Mexico — Washington Free Beacon

Biden is the Canary in the Coal Mine for Today’s Feuding Democrats — Andrew Malcolm


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