Some headlines that caught our eye today.
Trump and Mexico
Mexico talked Trump out of tariffs with extensive migrant crackdown — Washington Post
Trump Says Mexico Tariffs Worked, Emboldening Trade Fight With China — New York Times
Democrats Slam Donald Trump’s Mexico Deal for Failing and Succeeding — Breitbart
Trump’s Long-Term Goal Is Not Global Free Trade — Cafe Hayek
Economy
U.S. Job Openings Outnumber Unemployed by Widest Gap Ever — Wall Street Journal
Gasoline Prices Set to Plunge at the Pump — Bloomberg
Impeachment Follies
Matt Gaetz To John Dean: Let’s Face It, You’re Here As A Prop Because Democrats Can’t Impeach Trump — Hot Air
Rep. Biggs: Dean’s Judiciary Committee Shows Dems’ ‘Desperation’ — Newsmax
Google search tool labels Mueller report ‘fiction’ — Washington Times
House Democrats To Get Some Mueller Report Material, But Contempt Vote Is Still On — NPR
Election 2020
Biden’s slow rollout rankles Iowa Dems — Politico
The DNC said no to a climate debate. Some of its members are still trying to make it happen. — USA Today
Beto O’Rourke unfazed by weak poll numbers — Politico
Biden Aide Struggles to Explain Flip-Flop on Hyde Amendment: ‘This Is Not a Decision About Politics’ — Washington Free Beacon
Sanders: I Spent My Whole Life Fighting Against Authoritarianism Like the Soviet Union — Washington Free Beacon
Only In California
Pot industry wants LA crackdown on rogue shops — AP
$339,000 for a restroom? L.A. politicians balk at the cost of toilets for homeless people — Los Angeles Times
Angelenos ‘Most Stressed’ Citizens In The U.S., Study Shows — CBSLocal
Plastics Ban
Canada plans to ban ‘harmful’ single-use plastics by 2021 — CNN
Justin Trudeau Uses 9-Year-Old’s Straw Stats To Sell Ban on Single-Use Plastics — Reason
Big Tech
News industry joins calls for increased scrutiny of Big Tech — The Hill
Google Calls Study Alleging It Scrapes Billions From News Publishers’ Content ‘Inaccurate’ — Daily Caller
China
China has hinted it may starve the U.S. of key materials for tech products. That could backfire. — Washington Post
If Dems Know What to Do About China, They’re Not Saying — The Atlantic
Misc
AOC pushes raise for reps, says this is why some leave for lobbying money — Fox News
Puerto Ricans Rebuild Without Government Help After Hurricane Maria — Reason
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