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Jeff Sessions Warns Sanctuary Cities About Missing Out on Help to Fight Crime

Friday, August 4, 2017 - 8:45am
The Daily Signal

Aug. 4, 2017

Happy Friday from Washington, where Attorney General Jeff Sessions signals his seriousness about sanctuary cities by excluding them from crime-fighting resources. Fred Lucas reports. As President Trump's national security adviser takes some incoming, six Heritage Foundation experts make the case for his indispensability. Is the "unmasking" scandal about to envelop Obama aides? Richard Pollack has the latest. Plus: Alden Abbott on what’s wrong with Democrats' post-Trump promises, Scott Yenor on the transgender movement's challenge of parents, and Melissa Quinn on the latest governor to switch to Republican. Enjoy the weekend.

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