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The Hill Articles: July 8, 2015
July 8
Trump: Bush’s wife influences his immigration positions
Pennsylvania man gets 14-year sentence for tax scam
RNC asks Trump to tone down immigration remarks
Menendez worried Obama will upgrade Malaysia in trafficking report
Day of ‘technical’ glitches puts lawmakers on edge
Dems downplay Iran deal delays
Obama video chats with Iran negotiating team
Jeb Bush: ‘People need to work longer hours’
NJ lawmaker: Sandy victims unfairly cut off from grant money
Overnight Cybersecurity: Major outages drive security fears
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Overnight Finance: Rough day for the NYSE
Bush suggests he would close Cuban embassy
Feds throw cold water on GOP air traffic control privatization plan
Overnight Defense: Lawmakers point fingers over impending Army cuts
Republican blames ‘open-borders ideology’ for San Francisco killing
House narrowly votes to renew No Child Left Behind after drama
Last scientist in Congress has human genetic engineering warning
Obama taps Clinton to lead delegation to Bosnian genocide memorial
Watchdog: OPM ignored warnings about online background check system
Overnight Healthcare: Administration sparks debate on end-of-life care
GOP, Dems fight over planned troop cuts
Overnight Energy: GOP subpoenas Kerry for Keystone documents
George W. Bush charged $100K for speech at wounded veterans event
Overnight Tech: Random glitches or cyber breach?
Highway dilemma ignites new tax fight
GOP hopefuls enter the arena
White House offers initial support for medical cures bill
Brent Budowsky: A Bernie Sanders summer
Overnight Regulation: New rules target housing segregation
A.B. Stoddard: Is NH the key to 2016?
CEP enhances existing school lunch and breakfast programs
Grayson poised for Florida Senate run
Radical clerics can be sidelined
House bill would rewrite federal laws with gender neutral words
Medicare doctors could be paid to talk end-of-life options
Senate spy bill tells tech: Treat terror like child porn
Oversight Republicans subpoena Kerry for Keystone documents
Baltimore mayor fires police chief
Turkey’s safe harbor
Boxer: House bill is best option for chemical reform
Foxx hints at highway patch veto
Congress considers education overhaul
Sanders: ‘We have got to apologize for slavery’
FBI: More than 200 Americans have tried to fight for ISIS
Unions back oil export bill, break with AFL-CIO
Time to do away with employee drug testing
Sanders puts youth unemployment at center of campaign
Poll: Trump leads GOP field in North Carolina
Second federal workers union sues OPM over breach
The $750 million rule that Congress should nix
Senate Dem wants action to cut off ISIS’s money
Reid: Trump’s immigration comments ‘distasteful, disgusting’
House Agriculture chairman: No ‘downside’ to crude oil exports
Wyden slams FBI head for creating its encryption problem
Education reform for all students
House rejects lifting restrictions on ozone regulations
No rush in Washington to solve Puerto Rico’s status woes
Former NYSE chief: Rules needed for trading suspensions
Celeb chef drops business deal with Trump
Senate Dems to US Chamber: Stop lobbying against anti-smoking regs
Trump: Clinton is the worst
Kirk edges Duckworth in fundraising for Illinois Senate race
Rep. Joe Kennedy expecting first child
DHS refrains from blaming China for hack
Giuliani rips New York Stock Exchange for messaging
Global AIDS report showed risks of abandoning progress
Republicans assail DHS officials for focusing on climate change
Benghazi panel releases Clinton subpoena
Group calls on Obama to strip Bill Cosby’s Presidential Medal of Freedom
‘The Simpsons’ mocks Trump’s campaign
Administration spars with lawmakers over access to encrypted data
Marijuana foes agree: Pot research is needed
Dems push Congress to expand background checks for gun sales
Iran becoming a responsible international player – the mother of all mirages
Anonymous issued cryptic tweet on eve of NYSE suspension
Subpoena threat issued for ObamaCare files
JP Morgan pays $136M to settle claims of bad debt
Dems: Not voting to release Clinton aide’s transcript is ‘an abuse of power’
House panel advances bill targeting FDA regulations
Van Hollen trounces Edwards in second-quarter fundraising
A way out of the crisis in South Sudan
Russia: Hillary’s hacking accusations ‘unfounded’
Petraeus: Obama playing ‘roulette’ in Afghanistan
Senators question Obama ability to implement climate plans
Debate on smog pollution should be about health, not lobbying and politics
Court denies Redskins in trademark fight
Spending bill exempts e-cigs from FDA review
Trump: ‘I’ll win the Latino vote’
House Dem wants to nearly double gas tax
O’Malley unveils plan for debt-free college grads
Florida Dem raises $1.4 million for Senate bid
Investing in more than just a supermarket
Schumer calls for ban on gun-shaped iPhone cases
Primer: Will the GOP attempt to repeal ObamaCare via reconciliation?
McConnell won’t back down in EPA spending fight
GOP defeats amendment on horse slaughter
Internet domain transition could happen next July
New York Stock Exchange resumes trading after more than three-hour suspension
Central America’s child exodus: One year later the humanitarian crisis is far from over
Obama under fire for meeting with Vietnam Communist party leader
A-10 advocate shrugs off challenger’s announcement
Rick Perry: Trump ‘way out of touch with reality’
Feds tout Obama highway bill as deadline looms
White House offers inside look at Obama’s call to US women’s soccer team
Who is behind the push to repeal the estate tax?
Boehner hints at public view in pope’s visit
Ben Carson: ‘No sanctuary cities’
Environmental group finds asbestos fibers in crayons
House spending bill would block funding for immigration action
Emergency medical response program threatened by federal budget cuts
Boehner: Syrian rebel effort ‘isn’t working’
FLOTUS calls the shots on her hair
Reid, McConnell point fingers over No Child Left Behind fix
Feds set to protect 700,000 acres of Nevada land
Senators roll out international tax plan
Cinderella story: Medicaid at 50
Time Warner Cable hit with $229,500 judgement for 153 robocalls to Texas woman
House Dems want Medicaid to cover abortion
Wednesday: No Child Left Behind overhaul
House Democrat pushes new data breach bill
GOP Rep demands explanation of Dulles Airport luggage problems
Our Thelma and Louise government
EACH woman, every option
Lew: U.S. can’t relax when it comes to Wall Street
Study: ObamaCare saves women $1.4B on birth control
Lawmakers seek criminal probe of ex-chemical agency head
Rubio holds his nose for New York Times op-ed on Cuba, Obama
The real issue is still real jobs
New Obama housing rules target segregated neighborhoods
United Airlines flights briefly grounded
Conservative breaks with Heritage on medical research
Gun violence and the marketing of fear
Gun in San Francisco slaying reportedly stolen from federal agent
China moves to tighten control over data
Biden to celebrate gay marriage win in NYC
Boost support for TPP by rethinking ISDS
Poll: Most don’t think Confederate flag racist
The SEC’s curious view of the Constitution and privacy rights
Fiorina: Interview was ‘vintage Clinton’
Sri Lanka: Seize this opportunity for true reform
Sanders’s integrity and honesty worth more than Clinton’s billions
War, lies and courts
South Carolina shooting must be labeled domestic terrorism
Why encryption back doors threaten human rights
Income inequality is an issue that cuts across party lines
Killing roils immigration debate
Take on Trump? GOP senators opt out
GOP blames ObamaCare for health insurance merger-mania
Businesses flock to White House in bid to shape power plant regs
Obama administration policies exacerbate spectrum exhaust
When America competes, the world benefits