In Upset, Doug Jones Defeats Roy Moore in Alabama

The Daily Signal
Dec. 13, 2017

Good morning from Washington, where lawmakers mull the outcome of the big Senate race in Alabama. Rachel del Guidice has the results. Some Republicans support less of a cut in business taxes, and Rachel Greszler breaks down why that's not wise. Older Americans are about to get hit by a hefty Obamacare tax, reports Fred Lucas, who also updates the dust-up over making Jerusalem a world capital. Plus: Walter Williams on the loss of traditional values, and Alden Abbott on a judge who acts like she runs the military. Today, the National Guard turns, gulp, 381.

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