JUSTTHENEWS (Joseph Weber) - Trump wants Illinois Democrat Gov Pritzker to seek his help after deadly Chicago weekend shootings
Police say at least seven people have died and 38 others have been injuries since Friday evening,
JUSTTHENEWS (John Solomon) - Homeland boss says Iran tried to sneak IRGC-tied operatives into U.S. with World Cup soccer team
“These games that Iran plays makes them an adversary that you can't trust," Markwayne Mullin said.
REDSTATE (Nick Arama) - Jasmine Crockett Kicks Up a Firestorm With Remarks About James Talarico
NYTIMES (Annie Correal) - Abelardo De La Espriella, Trump-Backed Rightist, Headed for Win in Colombia
A victory for Abelardo De La Espriella, a lawyer with no previous political experience, would be a rebuke to the left and another win for the right in Latin America.
NYTIMES (The New York Times) - Oil Rises Amid Uncertainty Over Strait of Hormuz
Modest reactions in the oil and financial markets as Iran and the U.S. met in Switzerland for a first round of talks aimed at making a temporary cease-fire permanent.
REDSTATE (Ward Clark) - New Tax Stupidity: Will the Last Productive Person to Leave California, Please Turn Out the Lights?
NYTIMES (Elian Peltier and Kiana Hayeri) - The Women Running Businesses Under Taliban Rules
With secondary education and most jobs out of reach, thousands of Afghan women have turned to entrepreneurship as the only path to make money and maintain a social life.
REDSTATE (Jennifer Oliver O'Connell) - President Trump to Attend the Inaugural Celebration for the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library
REDSTATE (Ben Smith) - Ruben Gallego's Donor-Funded Lifestyle Is Drawing New Scrutiny
HUFFPOST - Heat, Wind And Drought Conditions Spark Wildfires In U.S. West
Much of the Western U.S. from the Rockies to the Pacific coast saw above-average temperatures this weekend with even hotter weather anticipated for early next week.