‘Low ratings, big power’
A roundup of the headlines from the US front pages
“Trump threatens cuts as political weapon” as “Democrats rejoin the fight,” The Wall Street Journal says on Friday’s front page. “Trump says shutdown is an opportunity — for him,” says The Boston Globe. “Trump paradox: Low ratings, big power,” says the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “Transnational crime unit secretly targeted protesters,” The Washington Post says. “Attacker kills 2 at British shul on Yom Kippur,” The New York Times says. “Megachurch founder” Robert Morris “pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges” and “will spend 6 months in jail,” says The Dallas Morning News.
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