Some headlines that caught our eye …
National Security
Now Is Not The Time To Withdraw From Afghanistan — Ariel Cohen, Wash Times
McAleenan Out At DHS — Dennis Romero & Julia Ainsley, NBC
3,000 More US Troops, Fighter Jets To Oppose Iran In Saudi — Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today
Turkey/Syria
Putin Warns of ISIS Resurgence — Kareem Fahim, Sarah Dadouch & Karen DeYoung, Wash Post
ISIS Prisoners Break Out of Syrian Jail After Turkish Bombing Raid — Sam Corbishley, Metro UK
Turkey & The Kurds: More Complicated Than You Think — Andrew McCarthy, National Review
On Syria, Trump Channels George McGovern — Cal Thomas, Fox
Impeachment
Adam Schiff Has 2 Aides Who Worked With Whistleblower At White House — Kerry Picket, Wash Examiner
Pelosi’s ‘Animal House’ ‘Double-Secret’ Impeachment — John Wohlstetter, AmSpec
Immigration
Did Trump Just Quietly Cut Immigration By 350,000 – 65% – Annually? — Nicole Narea, Vox
California Bans Private Prisons & Immigration Detention Centers — Steve Gorman, Reuters
Enviro
Any Carbon Tax Would Hit Coal Hard — Statista
Jane Fonda Arrested At US Capitol Protesting Climate — AP
Newsweek: Greta Thunberg ‘Snubbed’ For Nobel Because Norway Has Oil — Stephen Kruiser, PJ Media
Exposing Global Warming Alarmism in 12 Minutes — James Stansbury, American Thinker
Michael ‘Hockey Stick’ Mann’s 7 Years Legal Harrassment War On National Review — Rich Lowry, NR
The Left
UN May Codify Over 100 Genders In International Law — Stefano Gennarini, C-FAM
Atlanta Braves Scalped After Caving On Tomahawk Chop — Robert Spencer, PJ Media
Say Goodbye to Charter Schools In California — Steven Greenhut, AmSpec
World
Iran: 2 Missiles Struck Tanker Near Saudi — AP
Iran, Iraq In Flames As Mullahs’ Grip Tightens — Struan Stevenson, UPI
Econ/Business
Dow Rises 400 On US-China Trade Truce — Chris Matthews, Market Watch
Lawsuits Against OxyContin Maker Halted For 6 Months — Jason Schott, Fox
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