The Hill Articles: December 16, 2015

Defense secretary used personal email for official business: report Fox News anchor confronts Cruz with 2013 remarks on immigration reform Obama meets with Bloomberg to talk guns Overnight Cybersecurity: Some lawmakers to reject omnibus over cyber bill Leadership allies reject effort to move funding bill to the right US, Cuba reach understanding on commercial airline travel Overnight Finance: Winners and losers in $1.8T deal; Fed finally hikes rates Lawmakers to oppose spending bill over cyber language It was Rubio vs. Cruz in latest GOP debate Overnight Tech: House presses Obama to counter ISIS on social media Senators push for background checks on social media Federal board raises key rate for music streaming services Senate to take up refugee bill early next year Nonprofits assail IRS rule Overnight Healthcare: Spending bill shakes up healthcare Overnight Defense: Inside the omnibus; Chattanooga victims to receive Purple Hearts Melania Trump not nervous for husband Senators battle over Russian rocket engines Overnight Campaign: Democrats swap roles Obama signs second short-term funding bill Omnibus calls for probe of Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee Fiscal deal winners and losers Overnight Energy: Spending package ends crude oil export ban Carson: ‘Very likely’ I’d be a one-term president Spending bill halts trucker scheduling rules Overnight Regulation: Regs on the chopping block in omnibus Public statements on Afghanistan rosier than classified briefings, senators say Bringing balance-of-power back to the Middle East Iran’s Rouhani claims victory after UN closes book on past nuke work Ryan sets deadline for Puerto Rico relief Cyber compromise sparks privacy feud Conservatives offer amendments to spending bill Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson buys Nevada’s largest paper Navy to award Purple Hearts to Chattanooga attack victims Senate Intelligence not investigating Cruz Intentional blindness? Cheers and jeers: Graham and McCain diverge on $1T spending bill Sen. Boxer blocks chemical safety bill, angering Inhofe Capitol Hill sledding ban lifted in spending bill New missile age calls for updated missile defense Trump threatens to sit out next GOP debate Sanders: Silicon Valley crucial to defeating ISIS House clears bill imposing sanctions on Hezbollah Sanders rips Trump’s ‘xenophobic,’ ‘racist’ comments GOP senators buck bipartisan spending bill To defeat Islamic extremism, empower moderate Muslims McConnell fails to push through campaign spending measure Dems introduce bill to ban assault weapons Baltimore judge declares hung jury in Freddie Gray trial RNC chief jokes about name after Carson slip Trump: I don’t want Jeb’s endorsement Obama will see Star Wars Tom Brady ends press event over Trump questions This liberal agrees with Newt Leaders lose out on pet provisions Feds report 1.3 million ObamaCare sign-ups, ‘unprecedented’ demand ‘King of Instagram’ praises ‘unfiltered’ Trump Sanders blasts Fed over interest rate hike Fed raises rates, ending era of stimulus Poll: Trump won fifth GOP debate The AEI/Brookings report: How did we do it? Fifth GOP debate wrap-up Obama to visit San Bernardino on Friday Christie’s debate comment turns back the clock 60 years WATCH LIVE: Trump holds first post-GOP debate rally Pentagon chief leaves door open for more US boots on the ground China’s president defends Internet restrictions US notices deal to eliminate tariffs on high-tech exports Senate Republicans eye Friday spending votes Intel chair watched ‘The Voice’ instead of debate Turing is committed to innovative biopharmaceutical research and development Lawrence O’Donnell: Charity work spotlights pettiness of politics Christie: Trump ‘sounded serious to me’ Planned Parenthood unscathed in spending bill Dan Rather: Trump’s rhetoric ‘helps ISIS tremendously’ Gingrich slams consumer protection panel’s data collection Airlines collected $1 billion in baggage fees in Q3 Critics seethe over end to oil export ban The Hill’s 12:30 Report Clinton proposes hiking taxes on wealthy House observes moment of silence for San Bernardino shooting White House praises sweeping omnibus, tax deal What’s inside the $622B tax deal 
Man carrying tripod causes gun scare at UT Arlington Dems opposing, not whipping against tax extenders Marijuana legalization sputters in government spending bill Protect political free speech Cruz defends mosque spying: ‘Constitution is not a suicide pact’ Paul: Christie ‘stretches credulity’ on Bridgegate Single-family housing construction hits a nearly eight-year high Deal blocks the IRS from cracking down on ‘dark money’ groups FBI: ‘No evidence’ Calif. shooters supported jihad on social media Funds for Obama climate deal survive in spending bill Feds roll out new terror bulletin system Two Paris attack suspects arrested in migrant camp GOP chair probes if Cruz unveiled classified info during debate President Underwood kicks campaign into high gear McCain: Pentagon silence on South China Sea patrol ‘puzzling’ House passes bill on combating terrorists on social media CNN says Tuesday’s debate was third most watched Spending bill increases public transit tax break Cruz’s debate win means it’s intervention time for Trump supporters Poll: Clinton crushing Sanders nationally We’re heading for scientific discovery shutdown New regs for Thursday: Financial, toys, water FCC extends small provider exemption for some net neutrality regs EMILY’s List launches new ad for Donna Edwards Spending bill will repeal contentious meat labeling rules Graham: Cruz is the GOP debate’s ‘biggest loser’ Mike Rowe: Bernie Sanders a ‘knucklehead’ Amazing Kreskin looks to 2016 and beyond Larry Wilmore to host Correspondents’ Association dinner Houses passes stopgap bill to avert shutdown Spending bill slams brakes on longer trucks Spending bill blocks SEC political disclosure rule Congress should reject gutting fair housing rule with riders Nobel Prize winner: Trump’s Muslim ban ‘full of hatred’ Conservation fund gets 3-year lifeline in spending bill Banks strike out in omnibus House to vote Friday on spending bill ObamaCare calorie rule delayed in funding bill Budget deal gives health insurers respite from ‘premium tax’ Sanders gets the most Twitter engagement in GOP debate Clinton emails reportedly still ‘top secret’ Advocates win labels for GMO ‘frankenfish’ Deal tells government to ignore new breast cancer screening guidelines We must now help coal communities transition from coal Christie: We are already in WWIII Christie: We are already in WWIII Omnibus does not delay contentious investment rule Spending bill restores DC Metro funding to $150M Spending bill keeps EPA funding flat in 2016 Spy policy bill to be included in omnibus Millennials and the war of our time RNC chairman ‘never doubted’ Trump would uphold pledge Carson behind cough during GOP debate Spending bill aims to bar Clinton-style email practices Help protect legal trade and travel Jeb: ‘This is a wide open race’ Israeli security in a second Cold War Time to address Senate’s sad diversity record The FCC’s merger mandate Administration nixed probe into Southern California jihadists Read omnibus spending bill text Time to revisit America’s sanctions on Sudan Obama is hurting Muslims by refusing to target ‘radical Islam’ Wednesday: Short-term spending bill Pathway to an economic ‘melt-up’ Businesses warn against shutting doors to US after terrorist attacks EU privacy deal sows US fears of cross-Atlantic chill Top lobbying victories of 2015 Name recognition could determine GOP primary Trump, useful idiot? House Dems lose fight to nix gun research ban in budget Long-delayed cyber bill included in omnibus Spending bill boosts NIH medical research by $2 billion Spending bill avoids net neutrality, extends Internet tax ban GOP leaders release spending bill Spending bill includes Rubio ban on ObamaCare ‘bailout’ Struggling homeowners regain tax break in extenders package GOP debate winners and losers GOP leaders unveil tax bill language