* In what appears to be the biggest strike in West Virginia history, thousands of teachers walked off the job, closing schools in all 55 counties.

* Homeschoolers rise up against criminal background checks - Bob Unruh.

* David Clarke: Fla. students' gun control push has 'George Soros' fingerprints all over it' - John Bowden.

* Trump Tweets: ‘Gun free school is a magnet for bad people,’ Arm ‘Only the Best’ Teachers.

* Nancy Pelosi’s border wall alternative includes ‘mowing the grass’ - Washington Times.

* Border wall work begins in downtown Calexico.

* Keith Schiller, who was Trump's personal bodyguard for almost 20 years, is being paid to advise the RNC on security for potential sites for its 2020 convention.