HEALTH CARE // Republican lawmakers have a new plan to repeal and replace Obamacare in a bid to bridge the gap between the House Freedom Caucus and moderates. http://cvote.it/2oU1MVH
SUPREME COURT // Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, says he expects Supreme Court justice resignation within the year. http://cvote.it/2oTi15d
MANUFACTURING // President Donald Trump launched a federal investigation to determine whether foreign-made cheap steel threatens U.S. steelmakers and national security. http://cvote.it/2oVpMYd
IMMIGRATION // The media doesn’t give Trump much credit for this, but the number of attempted illegal border crossings are at a 17-year low. There were 60,000 arrests in December. In March there were only 17,000. In that same time, the decline was even more obvious among women and children: from 16,000 in December to just 1,100 in March. http://cvote.it/2oVAlL4
MEDIA // Within the last few months, several conservative media figures have fallen from grace. And liberals are crowing about ‘taking scalps.’ One conservative notes: “But this isn’t scalp-taking, it’s scalp-giving… The sharp rise and meteoric fall of both Tomi Lauren and Milo Yiannopoulos were driven by much the same dynamic that sustained [Bill] O’Reilly for years, even in the face of previous sexual-harassment complaints — Lahren and Yiannopoulos were ‘fighters’ who ‘tell it like it is.’ O’Reilly was the master of the ‘no-spin zone’ and seemed fearless in taking on his enemies. What followed was a toxic culture of conservative celebrity, where the public elevated personalities more because of their pugnaciousness than anything else.” http://cvote.it/2oVwPQC
TAXES // Can the GOP be a blue collar party and the party of lower taxes? Here’s an idea from conservative writer Reihan Salam: Eliminate the ability to deduct state and local taxes from your federal income taxes (which primarily benefits rich Democrats from states like NY and CA) and replace it with a $2500 per child tax credit. http://cvote.it/2oVqzbV
REGULATION // President Trump has saved taxpayers more than $86 billion in regulatory costs during his first three months in the White House, according to a new study from American Action Forum. http://cvote.it/2oUDs65
JOBS // The number of out-of-work people collecting unemployment checks fell to a 17-year low in April, underscoring the strongest U.S. labor market in years. http://cvote.it/2oTFfbv
CATHOLIC // It’s official: Pope Francis to canonize Fatima visionaries during May visit. http://cvote.it/2oVx521
CATHOLIC // ‘Don’t Judge’ — How to respond when your relativistic friend quotes Jesus. http://cvote.it/2oVyK7O
SAINT // Saint Anselm – http://cvote.it/dailysaint
DAILY MASS // “The stone rejected by the builders has become the cornerstone.” (Ps 118:22) – http://cvote.it/Daily-Readings
WOW // A man murdered their father, and posted the video on Facebook. But on national television, they forgave the killer. http://cvote.it/2pGIXYD