The Hill Articles: November 18, 2015

Trump mocks ‘seriously overweight’ protester Grassley ends blocks on foreign service nominees Travel industry lines up against refugee restrictions Jeb Bush goes all in on national security Obama, GOP amp up refugee fight Paul seeks to block refugees from welfare programs Trump: Hard for refugees to prove they are Christian Migrant crisis sets up trap for Democrats Overnight Cybersecurity: Paris attacker’s phone may have been unencrypted Under Contract Reid under investigation by Utah attorney Overnight Finance: Dems knock trade deal as ‘too big to pass’ Graham: Trump, Carson ‘not ready to be commander in chief’ Senate Dems push refugee alternative Sanders ahead of Clinton in New Hampshire poll Blue Dog Dems to back GOP refugee bill Trump way ahead, Carson sliding in NH Overnight Campaign: Attacks change dynamics of GOP race Overnight Defense: Battle lines harden ahead of refugee bill vote Treasury poised to issue new tax guidance National Guard could ‘gather up’ refugees, says state lawmaker House Ways and Means shuffles subcommittees Rider fights heat up as Congress grapples with highway bill Senate puts the brakes on longer trucks How to heal the lower chamber Huckabee: Ban travel visas for ISIS hot spots ISIS guides followers on how to hide online with 34-page manual Schedule House votes in real time Overnight Tech: Dem raises security concerns with wireless auction bill GOP Rep: Cruz willing to debate Obama overseas Manhattan DA: Congress should require tech companies to decrypt phones Brent Budowsky: We kill ISIS or ISIS kills us Court dismisses sexual harassment suit against Rep. Farenthold A.B. Stoddard: Why the youth vote is key Rubio: Obama has spent more time attacking GOP than ISIS Overnight Energy: GOP steps up climate fight ahead of UN talks Relying on cherry-picked data is both dishonest and damaging Overnight Healthcare: House Oversight digs into drug pricing States hint at lawsuits over Gitmo detainees Davis: Combating terrorism: Time to re-balance privacy and security Christie calls Obama a ‘joke’ on Syrian refugees Christie calls Obama a ‘joke’ over Syrian refugee situation Support Tunisia, the Arab Spring’s sole success story House votes to roll back mortgage rules Lawmakers fear lax vetting process for Syrian refugees White House threatens to veto refugee bill White House: ISIS ‘likely’ bombed Russian plane House Oversight to hold hearing on drug prices Tehran furious over Congress denouncing attack on Iran refugees in Iraq Liberal donor group looks to fund more minority groups Overnight Regulation: Sentencing reform moves forward in House Feds offer $5M for ‘key leader’ of ISIS House Democrats call TPP ‘too big’ to pass Congress How to tackle Islamic extremism, the root of the Paris attacks Jeb Bush’s national security gamble Keystone XL developer withdraws Nebraska route application Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Future – Continuing Conversation Jewish teacher allegedly stabbed by ISIS supporters in France Honoring courage Prison time doubles for federal inmates: report Dem mayor cites Japanese internment camps in defense of refusing refugees GOP rep blasts Obama’s ‘false’ claim ISIS is ‘contained’ California rep backs Rubio for president Poll: Over half reject refugee plan Normalizing criminality Another half-million people sign up for ObamaCare Report: Another major donor gets behind Rubio Honduras arrests five Syrians heading to US with fake passports: report Will America be the next Paris? Gun control advocates salute Clinton Senate Dems: GOP blocking ‘critical’ national security nominees McCain: Focus on refugees ‘misplaced’ Bush: ‘Appalling’ that US is not ‘superior’ in cyberspace Trump leads polls in New Hampshire, New Jersey, Florida Polls: Top GOP candidates lead Clinton in general election heats Warren: Large corporations have too many ways to avoid paying taxes In the aftermath of Paris, we need to heed Forest Gump Trump: Jindal was ‘a little nasty’ but is ‘a nice guy’ New chairman of House health panel vows to take on ObamaCare Fed minutes show officials prepping for December hike Tom Brady: Trump ‘just doesn’t lose’ at golf Oil, gas lobby groups to merge ISIS now the ‘most urgent terrorist threat,’ says ex-Obama official Budget deal could put science back on world stage Trump ads knock Obama as ‘out of touch’ Paris mastermind reportedly killed in predawn raid Dems pushing gun storage recommendations Muslim advocate in American flag hijab slams Trump’s mosque plan Bangladesh’s Chowdhury was prosecuted fairly Graham to roll out ISIS war legislation Pentagon: No plans to coordinate Syrian strikes with Russia Dem: Paris a ‘chilling reminder’ we need tighter gun laws Dems line up against GOP bill on Syrian refugees Researchers deny FBI paid them $1M to unmask dark Web users How do ISIS terrorists finance their attacks? Latest foreign money complaint to FEC: ‘Deja vu all over again’ Report: Paris attackers may have used unencrypted devices Kerry compares anti-ISIS fight to WWII, Holocaust Speaker Ryan: Syrian refugee bill does not have a ‘religious test’ Bill to ban microbeads in soap advances in House Rubio backs push to delay NSA reforms after Paris attacks Carson camp mixes up states on map The Hill’s 12:30 Report Obama official objects to GOP conservation bill Employees need relief now from the Cadillac tax Millionaires back Dems in call for end to tax ‘loophole’ White House defends Syrian refugee plan on Twitter Automakers to Congress: Stay away from the ‘Internet of cars’ Eagles of Death Metal has ‘new family’ after Paris terror Senators aim to protect consumers who post negative reviews online 5 GOP candidates who should follow Jindal out the door State enterprise subsidies: Harmful to US and the world Cruz to Obama: Insult me to my face October is eighth month to break temperature record in 2015 Sentencing reform bill advances in House Senate heads to conference on No Child Left Behind rewrite Feds seize hundreds of tamales smuggled from Mexico Millennial unemployment: The crisis the candidates ignore Trump: ‘Absolutely no choice’ but to close mosques CIA director assails Snowden Lawmakers promise to put the brakes on temporary highway fixes Huckabee: Syrian refugee vetting ‘amounts to fairy dust’ ISIS claims soda can bomb downed Russian plane House panel approves bills undoing Obama climate rules Central Europe’s call: Free up energy trade GOP doubtful about Paris climate talks Air Force general: Bomber flight in South China Sea ‘routine’ New regs for Thursday: Nuclear power reactors, air conditioners, housing McConnell sets up vote on No Child Left Behind overhaul conference Afghanistan’s bubble of optimism bursts Christie: Kerry ‘needs to get some sleep and shut up’ Poll: US leads in support for uncensored Internet VA secretary defends paying out $142M in bonuses Christie: Kerry should ‘get some sleep and shut up’ Poll: Trump up double digits in Connecticut Yahoo drawn into NY fantasy sports probe EPA head vows to defend climate rules to lawmakers Fiorina: Obama hitting GOP over refugees ‘outrageous’ Nuclear agreement with Iran is a done deal, at least for now An American in Paris – reloaded House Dem: China committed to ending corporate hacks Sanders plans speech on democratic socialism White House, Fox host spar over ISIS Bush: Obama has ‘no intention of victory’ against ISIS Negotiators meeting to initiate highway talks Millennials and the workforce TPP means economic growth and US leadership Air France flights diverted due to bomb fears Getting perspective on America’s long-term care financing crisis Carson leads GOP field in Colorado For the Chibok schoolgirls The FCC flexes its privacy muscles Why hamper generic drug market? Poll: Trump tightens grip in NH Discredited rape data overshadow what’s accurate Common sense college savings legislation Obama’s Keystone decision shows why we should reject TPP Presidential candidates should pledge to make Obamacare affordable for the middle-class Female suicide bomber and another jihadist killed in Paris raid We need to fix our crumbling infrastructure Building a better sandbox The tricky task of defeating ISIS Feds fight to end phone secrecy after Paris attacks Uproar over drug pricing puts GOP in the hot seat Paris attacks force Sanders to adjust campaign strategy Pollsters defend craft amid string of high-profile misses The FORM Act will help the market — and the economy