SHOCKER:

UPDATE: Another split.

GREAT MOMENTS IN MULTICULTURALISM: MN Lt. Governor Flanagan puts on hijab, declares Somalis built Minnesota.

BUREAUCRAT GAMES AT VA, FEHBP: Officials at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) used “novel” interpretations of law and regulation to get around long-standing bars on government funding of abortions.

It’s one thing for a President to countermand decisions percolating up from deep within the bureaucracy, but that’s a short-term solution to a problem that cries out for a long-term resolution. As it happens, Trump is actively countermanding, but, as I explain in a lengthy news analysis on The Washington Stand, he’s also pushing a permanent reform for which future chief executives will thank him.

BORAT’S GUIDE TO THE UNITED NATIONS:

PRETTY MUCH, YEAH:

FASTER, PLEASE:

NATIONAL LAMPOON’S NIGER VACATION HAS BEEN CANCELLED:

KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: It’s the Feast of Stephen and I’m Full. “I will continue to do a ‘Best Of’ rerun of a classic Morning Briefing post on holidays and the day after holidays, but with a twist. I’ll be recording video greetings for each one. These won’t be behind the paywall. Still, I would encourage everyone to join us over there. This doesn’t apply to those Monday Post Office holidays that I barely know are happening.”