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 Under Contract 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