The Hill Articles: July 2, 2014

July 2
Woman charged with plotting to help ISIS DOJ: Hobby Lobby ruling clears college from contraceptive mandate Lawmakers push FDA oversight of lab tests New report highlights challenges for women candidates CAMPAIGN OVERNIGHT: Early fireworks in Arkansas Treasury sanctions organized crime groups House Dems drafting legislation to reverse birth control decision Manchin Ex-Im bill to roll back coal restrictions Report: Bangladesh has more work ahead before duty-free trade benefits are restored Antenna firm offers free devices to Aereo customers Cochran campaign accused of ‘harvesting black votes’ on hijacked conference call GOP blasts $215M cost for consumer bureau office with waterfall Obama, Saudi king discuss ISIS threat Granger: Child migrant crisis ‘not about immigration reform’ Hagel calls Tim Howard: Thanks for defending US Study: 20M have insurance under O-Care Brent Budowsky: GOP sectarian civil wars House Dems warn Bangladesh on anti-union violence Conservative group disputes transportation funding outlook Obama: Civil Rights Act shaped the nation Top Dems push labor reforms abroad No ‘free rein’ for the EPA NJ lawmakers don’t want offshore drilling Senate Dems want answers on oil export approvals WH: No change to immigrant surge strategy ‘at this point’ GOP: Obama must rule out legal status TSA implementing ‘enhanced security measures’ on international flights GOP challenges IRS chief’s testimony Amazon to feds: We’ll see you in court Earnest: White House has ‘more work to do’ to ensure equal pay Farenthold: ‘No problem’ for path to legal status Alexander raises $900K in Q2, spars with Obama in new ad Biden coaches Iraq toward new government Grayson ‘disturbed’ by weak phone networks Israeli-Palestinian security collaboration called into question Ex-White House spokesman joins Steyer’s climate group Hanabusa questions Obama’s plans in Iraq Courts issued over 3,500 wiretaps last year White House: Soccer team an inspiration Nagorno-Karabakh: A threat to stability and US interests White House condemns killings Republican: ‘No problem’ for path to legal status Dem bill would pay for Highway Trust Fund by closing corporate tax breaks VA medical inspector steps down Credit unions deserve credit McCain meets Syrian rebels, presses for military aid to fight ISIS Industry gives Transportation chief an incomplete grade Obama lunches with economists Benghazi suspect held without bond Feds to auction Maryland offshore wind property Report: Electronics waste $80B in power annually Bill coming that would require lawmakers to disclose free travel Lawmaker fuming after HHS immigrant facility denies him entry Lights in the darkness on campaign finance reform Arkansas Senate rivals battle over faith White House dials up the pressure on Medicaid holdouts Shark week: Feds move to protect hammerheads Iran won’t accept ‘last-minute demands’ in nuke talks Plouffe joins Obama board Former CMS official joins insurer lobby Privacy watchdog: NSA foreign surveillance didn’t collect ‘bulk’ data When pigs fly? New rules protect animals on airplanes Target asks customers to keep guns out Gary Johnson named CEO of marijuana firm The GOP establishment strikes back US ship loading final Syrian chemical weapons for destruction NASA launches first carbon-tracking satellite EPA adds hearings on power plant carbon regs Paul: Fund infrastructure by lowering repatriation rate Perry endorses boycott amid Texas border surge New regs for Thursday: Animals on airplanes, sharks, coal plants Tim Howard for Defense secretary? Could Iowa rule change boost Hillary? Once again, the Roberts Court rules against American workers Student loan debt tarnishes the future of millennials States take lead on gas tax hikes GOP poll: Rep. Schneider trails Dold in Illinois Brown rakes in $2M with Romney’s help North Dakota gas flaring rules will hit companies on oil production Tropical storm could become 2014’s first hurricane Vitter’s bill criminalizes union violence Central America must do its part to help solve child migrant crisis Petition seeks to rename Ronald Reagan airport after Tim Howard Clintons raised $2B to $3B in two decades Facebook experiment draws UK legal probe Paul steps up call for cutting off Palestinian aid after Israeli deaths Private-sector employers added 281,000 jobs in June Requiring fiscal sanity from DHS From the Civil Rights Act to the Disabilities Treaty Poll: Obama worst president since WWII Benghazi suspect denounced US presence in Libya, prosecutors say A reality check for the Federal Reserve Climate regulations — a long road ahead Michelle Obama, food addiction and the battle over school lunches US turning the screws on tax cheats SCOTUS’s shellacking of Obama Immigration advocates to Obama: Go big The Middle East’s three-way war