- U.S. economy shakes free of recession fears in striking turnaround since August (Washington Post)
- US trade representative says phase-one trade deal is ‘totally done’ and will double exports to China in two years (CNBC)
- Hidden by impeachment: One of Trump’s ‘best weeks yet’ (Washington Examiner)
- House Dems attend Trump’s holiday party amid impeachment (Axios)
- Sanders retracts endorsement of controversial congressional candidate (CNN)
- Student who sued NYU for anti-semitism: Trump has ‘empowered’ Jews on campus (New York Post)
- Britain’s divide isn’t North v South or red v blue. It’s between the ugly intolerant Left and the rest of us (Daily Mail)
- Opponents warn of staff exodus as US breaks up lands bureau (Associated Press)
- U.S. has world’s highest rate of children living in single-parent households (Pew Research Center)
- Cory Booker leads nine Democratic presidential hopefuls in asking DNC to change debate rules (Boston Herald)
- Is marijuana linked to psychosis, schizophrenia? It’s contentious, but doctors, feds say yes (USA Today)