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REAL NEWS PRESIDENT TRUMP DOESN'T WANT YOU TO MISS Trump Says Tax Cuts Allow Workers to Pocket More - Fox Business On Thursday, President Donald J. Trump announced new survey results showing that optimism among U.S. manufacturers has reached unprecedented levels. "Optimism among small manufacturers was at its highest level ever recorded throughout the survey's 20 year history," Brittany De Lea reports. ------------------------- Number of People Receiving Unemployment Benefits Running at 44-Year Lows - Washington Examiner According to the latest numbers from the U.S. Department of Labor, the number of individuals on unemployment benefits is at its lowest level in more than four decades. "Low jobless claims are a good sign for the economy. They suggest that layoffs are rare," Joseph Lawler writes. ------------------------- President Donald Trump Signs Bill to Fight Online Sex Trafficking -The Cleveland Plain Dealer On Wednesday, President Trump signed a bill that "establishes fines and prison terms for operators of websites that engage in online sex trafficking," Sabrina Eaton reports. The bipartisan bill was championed by Ivanka Trump, who held a roundtable on trafficking at the White House last month. ------------------------- Sen. Corker Says He Will 'Avidly Support' Pompeo Nomination for Secretary of State - Times Free Press Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker (R-TN) said he will "avidly support" President Trump's nomination of CIA Director Mike Pompeo for Secretary of State. "I think your background could not be better to serve in this capacity," Sen. Corker told Pompeo this week. ------------------------- U.S. to Export Pork to Argentina Under New Rules After 26 years - Reuters "U.S. pork will be imported into Argentina for the first time since 1992 under newly finalized technical and safety rules," Reuters reports. "The technical requirements implement a deal announced last August following a meeting between Argentine President Mauricio Macri and U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence." ------------------------- Attorney General Jeff Sessions Promises "New Sheriff in Town" on Trip to Mexico Border - CBS News This week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions visited America's southern border, delivering a message of support for law enforcement officials. The Attorney General also reiterated the President's calls for stronger border security. "The lack of a wall on the Southern border is an open invitation to illegal border crossings," he said. ------------------------- MS-13 Member Posing As Unaccompanied Minor Was Linked to the 'Migrant Caravan,' Says Border Patrol - Breitbart In southern Arizona, U.S. Border Patrol agents came upon a large group of 61 illegal immigrants—one of whom was a member of MS-13 posing as an unaccompanied minor. "We questioned the members of the group and confirmed they are part of the caravan of Central Americans who are reported to be traveling to the U.S.," Border Patrol spokesman Justin Kallinger said. ------------------------- California Gov. Jerry Brown Agrees to Send National Guard Troops to the Border - Washington Examiner This week, California Gov. Jerry Brown announced that his state will join Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico in "sending National Guard troops to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border," Anna Giaritelli reports. The California Governor "had been the only border-state governor not to support the operation despite talks with DHS and DOD, until now," she notes. ------------------------- British Banks Will Have to Cut Ties to Sanctioned Oligarchs, U.S. Says - The New York Times The United States has "ratcheted up its efforts to block Kremlin-linked industrialists from doing business in the West, warning that British banks will have to sever their relationships with the tycoons if they want continued access to American financial institutions," The New York Times reports.