42 Lobbying • Trump Sets Tougher Restrictions on Lobbying by Officials Military Modernization/Defense • Is Beijing Outflanking the United States in the South China Sea? • Does China Have a Nuclear Submarine That Could Beat the U.S. Navy? • Defense Budget: Steve Pieczenik • Lockheed Martin CEO is Seeing a ‘Trump Effect’ as NATO Members Boost Defense Spending Lockheed Martin CEO: Trump the Reason for F-35 Price Drop • Trump’s Proposed Increase in US Military Spending is Almost as Big as Russia’s Entire Defense Budget Intelligence Agency Modernization and Reform • The CIA vs. Donald Trump Immigration/Wall • Trump Moves Ahead with Wall, Puts Stamp on U.S. Immigration, Security Policy Crime • Trump Orders Weekly Publication of Crimes Committed by Illegals in Sanctuary Cities • Trump Says He Will ‘Send in the Feds’ if Chi- cago Doesn’t End ‘Carnage’ • House Votes to Void Obama Administration’s Social Security Gun Background Check Rule Education/Common Core • Common Core and School Choice: Predictive Analytics – A Texas Mom’s Perspective Other • Trump Administration Tells EPA to Cut Cli- mate Page from Website: Sources • Trump Drives a Wedge in the EU • Game-changers Ahead on the (long) Maritime Silk Road ISIS • Mattis Conducts 31 Air Strikes On ISIS In First Day On Job • ‘Assad must go’ no more: US Gov’t Shifts Priorities in Syria III. The Shift to the Multipolar World • Donald Trump Rattles Europe by Branding the NATO Alliance ‘Obsolete’ • Beijing Warns Trump: One-China Policy ‘Non-negotiable’ • German Press: “That Was No Presidential Speech; That Was A Declaration Of War” • Saudi King Agrees in Call with Trump to Sup- port Syria, Yemen Safe Zones: White House • Commando Dies in U.S. Raid in Yemen, First Military Op OK’d by Trump • Putin: Speech to UN 2015 ‘Do You Realise What You’ve Done?’ – English Subtitles • Top of the World: Britain to Outpace G7 for ‘Next Three Decades • Theresa May and Donald Trump Prove Oppo- sites can Attract as UK and US Leaders Usher in New Era of Special Relationship • Trump’s New World Order • Israel’s David’s Sling Missile System to be Operational in Weeks • Assad’s Fate ‘to be Decided by Syrian People,’ says Tillerson • Retired Russian Colonel Warns Trump: “We’re Seeding The US Shoreline With Nucle- ar Mole Missiles” • North Korea Missile Test Ends in Failure as Projectile “Explodes within Seconds” of Launch • Obama Used Cyberattacks To Sabotage North Korean Launches For Years A. The Big Picture: B. What’s Next for the EU? • The Scottish Pioneer whose Plan for a Basic Income could Transform Britain • Theresa May Confirms: Britain is Heading for Brexit Max • HSBC, UBS to Shift 1,000 Jobs Each from UK in Brexit Blow to London • Draghi Admits EU May Breakup For First Time IV. News Trends & Stories “Lockheed Martin CEO is Seeing a ‘Trump Effect’ as NATO Members Boost Defense Spend- ing ”