The Hill Articles: September 30, 2015

Trump: A ‘certain segment’ of Muslims are a ‘problem’ Fiorina courts lawmakers, scoops up endorsements on Capitol Hill Obama signs six-month FAA bill Senate Republican blocks student loan extension GOP divided on ‘untethered’ Boehner’s role in budget talks Clinton raises $28 million in third quarter Obama signs funding bill to avert government shutdown Outsider candidates bring in huge fundraising sums Cruz wants Pentagon’s plan to combat alleged Afghan abuse Promoting cyber hygiene Trump: If I win, I’ll send Syrian refugees back The breach we could have avoided Under Contract Congress must protect cyberspace Hackers tried to trick Clinton into granting access to server Trump takes a shot at NYC’s LaGuardia Airport Overnight Cybersecurity: Privacy groups gear up to fight cyber bill Overnight Healthcare: Congress avoids shutdown over Planned Parenthood, for now Retailers swipe at banks over microchip mandate Overnight Tech: Tech groups push reforms as Librarian of Congress retires Overnight Defense: Russia launches airstrikes in Syria Carson: Hitler could happen in US GOP lawmaker wants to force leadership candidates to vacate posts Nearly four dozen lawmakers make push for more U.S. sugar access Push for biennial budgets wins House majority House panel advances measure defunding Planned Parenthood Trump: Melania will ‘very much’ campaign for me Overnight Finance: House passes bill to avert shutdown Ousted Brookings economist lashes back at Warren IG report: Secret Service sought to retaliate against congressman Hillary joked about Chinese hackers in email The federal plan to kill cyber attacks with mobile Overnight Energy: House panel approves energy overhaul Cruz: Label Iran military force a terrorist group GOP shifts Planned Parenthood attacks Prisoners could see phone bills go down Rep. Roskam won’t run for leadership Resilient Federal Forests Act treats symptom and disease Loss of Ex-Im Bank will hurt American competitiveness Brent Budowsky: Dem debate showdown Clinton opposed LGBTQ-friendly gender-neutral passport forms Amtrak imposing excess bag fees A.B. Stoddard: Jeb has to sink or swim A climate of Republican change GOP disappointment in Colorado as DA passes up Senate race Lawmakers: Keep U.S. troops on hunt for Kony The war on drones Pentagon, NSA warn shutdown fear harms cyber efforts WH phone operator didn’t believe Hillary was really Hillary Pentagon chief recommends veto of defense policy bill House committee OKs bill to help states fight cyber crime Obama redesigns visa process to appease tech lobby House votes to prevent shutdown — with 151 GOP ‘no’ votes Top GOP senator expands State Department holds Powell: I stay Republican ‘because it annoys them’ Clinton slams McCarthy’s ‘distressing’ Benghazi remarks Reps push feds to ‘swiftly address’ foreign flight subsidy allegations Overnight Regulation: Franchise owners storm Capitol Hill House panel approves energy reform bill Kerry asked to testify on Obama’s Syria strategy EPA drops water pollution rules The future of aviation weather forecasting Business, ag groups urge TPP nations to avoid exclusions Dem calls for ‘regulatory time-out’ for on-demand economy VW and GM scandals show why regulation matters Senators make deal on criminal justice reform EU court to rule soon on US data transfers State Department releases thousands of new Clinton emails CNBC sets threshold for main GOP debate George W. Bush: My golf game is ‘mediocre’ Protect Montana’s Badger-Two Medicine area Palestinian flag raised at UN for first time Carter: Russian airstrikes in Syria ‘pouring gasoline on the fire’ Judge in Wyoming blocks fracking rule Top Dems want investigation into war fund House moves toward final funding vote Defunding Planned Parenthood is economically sound Kanye West to perform at DNC fundraiser Huckabee rips outsider candidates as ‘amateurs’ Dems descend on McCarthy: Shut down Benghazi panel Time for the IRS to come clean Sanders touts 1 million online donations Trump: I haven’t cried since ‘I was a baby’ Over 4 in 10 Latinos dislike the GOP New regs for Thursday: Butterflies, toys, truck drivers Poll: Trump leads in Wisconsin GE can’t blame hiring overseas on Ex-Im’s lapse Senators eye short-term fix for conservation fund Coalition: US conducts more airstrikes in Afghanistan GOP budget leader: Spending bill doesn’t fund Planned Parenthood GOP lawmaker plots Ex-Im power play White House rips McCarthy for Benghazi comments White House warns of veto on defense spending bill Here the Clintons go again, using surrogates to smear opponents Clinton drug plan would backfire on patients White House carefully monitoring Russian airstrikes in Syria Romney: Trump won’t be Republican nominee Romney slams Obama on Syria amid Russian airstrikes GOP: Block Obama from lifting Iran sanctions over terror fines Poll: Trump stays aloft GOP field Kerry welcomes Russia in Syria — with a warning Protecting the freedoms of the sharing economy NTSB makes ‘urgent’ plea for federal oversight of DC Metro McCain: Obama to blame for Putin’s Syria strategy Republican fundraising after pope boycott Democrat pushes ObamaCare coverage for all immigrants Planned Parenthood president calls out GOP for ‘sexist’ remarks America needs a global missile defense plan New Portman ad targets Strickland’s support of Iran deal Franchisors descend on Capitol to fight labor ruling Candidates make last-minute pleas for money US offers $5 million reward to stop ISIS from plundering antiquities Senate bill filed to expand Visa Waiver Program Bush on Redskins: ‘I don’t find it offensive’ Solar: A smart investment in America Huckabee takes victory lap on pope’s meeting with Kim Davis How a government shutdown affects your kitchen table Shale energy on both sides of the pond Gore: GOP ‘denies the reality of science’ on climate change Manufacturers, mayors spar on ozone rule Fighting continues in fallen city of Kunduz GOP sets House elections for next week Zadroga Act expires: Congressional action urgently needed Gowdy’s office denies retirement Brady walks back support of Trump McConnell tees up vets funding bill Tech groups question plans for independent copyright agency Poll: Carson makes best impression among GOP’s outsiders House moves to delay deadline for automating the nation’s railways Private-sector employers added 200,000 jobs in September Senate passes funding bill to avert government shutdown Corker: Putin sees ‘no pushback’ on Syria Focusing the UN’s new poverty goals Christie: House leadership races like ‘Game of Thrones’ Congressmen call for reinstatement of discharged Green Beret Foxx: FAA funding patch ‘makes sense’ Congressman introduces bill to pay troops in event of shutdown Don’t let the Revolutionary Guards join Iran’s gold rush Francis spoke to me, just as Romero did Judge dismisses 9/11 charges against Saudi Arabia Tech group petitions Obama to oppose ‘backdoor’ surveillance Kimmel fools Hillary supporters into backing Trump’s tax plan Open letter from a cyber terrorist Trial of French Uber executives begins Wednesday: Spending bill, VA Russia conducts first airstrikes in Syria Poll: 60 percent oppose ObamaCare Cadillac Tax CIA pulled officers out of Beijing in response to OPM hack The Christian case for extending the solar tax credit McCarthy links Benghazi panel to Clinton’s falling poll numbers Fewer want government promoting traditional values Clinton Foundation president hospitalized after stroke Melania Trump: Donald ‘is who he is’ The dangerous precedents of a Jeb Bush presidency Fiorina’s record at HP confirms she’s what we need in a president McCarthy gives Boehner a ‘B-‘ as Speaker Kim Davis: Pope Francis told me to ‘stay strong’ Kim Kardashian: Kanye is ‘serious’ about 2020 bid The missing Israeli incitement against Palestinians Obama administration deserves an ‘F’ for its new college scorecard system Death row inmate dies after appeal from pope CFPB should be bipartisan commission Trump’s populist appeal vs. powerful business interests Anti-Muslim remarks not just offensive – they also affect policy Trump embraces role of renegade Hillary says she’ll work across aisle — and some in GOP agree How can a Speaker lead the unleadable? Feds set to impose major ozone rule K Street bullish on McCarthy Campaigns fail to excite 2012 big-money donors Short-term EB-5 Regional Center Program extension would defy logic