The Hill Articles: April 20, 2016

April 20
Uber ramps up lobbying spending at the start of 2016 Rosario Dawson, Gabrielle Union among guests for pre-correspondents’ dinner benefit Embattled former lawmaker spotted in Georgetown Sanders aide: We can win nomination before convention Sanders will be Democrat for life, campaign says Trump: I would look at Clinton indictment as president Trump: Kasich would get slaughtered by Hillary Firestorm brewing over GOP convention rules Bernie faces a choice: Ease up or attack Hillary more Kasich camp: Cruz has more delegates, but no chance to win in November Overnight Finance: Harriet Tubman bumps Jackson on the new $20 RNC head: ‘We don’t want to put our hands on the scale’ Overnight Defense: House panel seeks $610B for defense spending Lobbyists capitalize on election scramble A.B. Stoddard: Why the Clinton-Sanders race isn’t over yet Brent Budowsky: A Sanders People’s PAC to elect liberal Democrats Overnight Healthcare: Senate making headway on Zika funding Under Contract FCC to take look at mobile network’s security Feds open Panama Papers-related criminal investigation Salma Hayek: Only Clinton’s ready for ISIS WATCH LIVE: Trump rallies supporters in Maryland after big NY win The Trail 2016: The road ahead Overnight Cybersecurity: Silicon Valley digs in against encryption bill Dem lawmaker: ‘We are all tainted’ by campaign finance system Top Dem: Don’t name new FBI HQ after J. Edgar Hoover Overnight Energy: Senate passes energy reform bill Bill introduced to spare veterans from deportation Report: Marla Maples wants Secret Service detail Trump Capitol Hill surrogate says Cruz should drop out Senate votes to increase energy research funding Overnight Tech: Comcast cuts deal with Roku — and takes a shot at the FCC EPA’s actions put US commitment to rule of law under scrutiny Davis: Sanders and Trump are wrong: The system isn’t rigged DRC’s path forward requires unity Ryan meets with Hispanic Caucus to talk Puerto Rico Safety advocates slam plan to allow longer work hours for truckers Reports: VW to pay $1 billion to owners for emissions scandal RNC head: ‘No one should feel sorry for me’ Trump tells Indiana: I’ll bring back your manufacturing jobs NY opens probe into ‘voting irregularities’ Senate leaders in talks to approve Zika funding Cruz: Trump ducking debates Trump family auctioning off 10-week internship House’s opioid response will not include new funding, aide says Russia accuses US of intimidation in Baltic Sea incident House votes to restrict IRS hires and funding Overnight Regulation: Supreme Court grapples with overtime pay case Cruz says despite NY win, Trump won’t get nomination Senators seek to avoid confirmation fight for Obama’s library nominee Treasury to replace Jackson with Tubman on $20 GOP blocks Obama sanctions czar DNC head: Republicans ‘dropping like flies’ from convention Justice weigh overtime pay for auto service advisers at dealerships Weathering the Storm: Continuing the Conversation DNC head: No difference on Clinton, Sanders fundraising Senate Dems introduce water bill in light of Flint crisis Senate panel approves identity-theft, taxpayer protection bills Watch: Rep. Castro on twin’s VP chances Democrats applaud move to put Tubman on $20 bill Senate Dem calls for household protections for children Gingrich: Trump is presumptive nominee Carson defends Andrew Jackson, calls for ‘another way’ to honor Tubman Clinton, Sanders celebrate news that Tubman will appear on $20 bill WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks at Indianapolis rally one day after NY win Republicans on the offensive over timing of FCC fine Tony Romo, Matthew Morrison headed to DC for Nerd Prom Trump campaign projects 1,400 delegates at convention: report Sanders defiant: ‘We still have a path to the nomination’ Justices grapple with Breathalyzer laws Walker would support Trump as GOP nominee Kasich argues he and Cruz are on equal footing after NY Report: GOP Senate candidate used campaign funds for $2K family vacation Silicon Valley unites against encryption bill US wary of renegotiating data deal with Europe Cruz campaign to report $9 million in bank The Hill’s 12:30 Report After meeting Garland, Graham stands by Supreme Court strategy RNC to discuss holding more debates Key Dem criticizes reversal of troop cuts Crunch time: Will Congress rescue America from the Paris Agreement? Clinton up 13 points in Pennsylvania poll House panel hears testimony from victims of immigrant crime Top Republican takes aim at EPA rules at budget hearing 3 charged in Flint water crisis Dems hammer GOP for ignoring public health crises Hamilton to remain on $10 bill: report House Dem lashes out at company behind flawed government software Obama to talk terrorism with European leaders Lawmakers press for attribution on govt software security hole Trump: I’d want to replace Fed’s Yellen House panel seeks $610B for defense spending in 2017 Senate, House face time crunch on energy bill Obama rule helping workers unionize more quickly: study Clinton aide: Sanders has no pathway after New York loss Cruz mocks Trump’s win: ‘Manhattan has spoken’ Treasury CIO: No data stolen through backdoor in govt networks Supreme Court rules US terror victims can collect $2B from Iran Kerry to sign Paris climate deal on Friday Clinton ad features daughter of Sandy Hook principal Energy bill gives DOE greater power to fight grid hackers Republicans, Dems battle over new documents in fetal tissue probe Pro-Clinton super-PAC raises $11M in March AP declares Cruz mathematically eliminated from first-ballot delegate race Supreme Court upholds Arizona voting map House lawmakers take up fight to stop shrinking airplane seats Senate passes energy reform bill All we are saying is give women a chance to bring peace Obama warns GOP against blocking water rule EU files antitrust charges against Google Cruz aide: Trump campaign a ‘hot mess’ Slow down medicare home respiratory therapy cuts New regs for Thursday: Infrastructure, disability, endangered Larry Wilmore ‘bummed out’ Trump skipping Nerd Prom IRS website hit with tax filing extension downloads on deadline NY county that showed Carson beating Cruz corrects numbers US ranks 41st on global press freedom list Adverse effects of Gold King Mine spill still impacting Navajo nation Cruz’s dad: Trump ‘would be worse than Hillary Clinton’ RNC announces $135M haul for 2016 cycle Portman focuses on drug abuse epidemic in new ad Trump: All Cruz can do is play ‘spoiler’ Trump hints at replacing Yellen if president Obama meets with Saudi king Trump’s 73 hand gestures Ryan leaving door open for future White House bid Charges expected Wednesday in Flint water crisis Clinton camp calls for ‘civil tone’ in Dem race Clinton leads Sanders by 9 points in Connecticut Why welfare’s failing the poor and what to do today Poll: Trump up by 20 in Connecticut Weathering the Storm: A Forum on Navigating Volatile Markets Myths and misconceptions about end-of-life care and laws Hitting the wall 10 years of the US-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement America’s business community is watching the Clinton-Sanders battle Does the GOP nomination end ‘not with a bang but a whimper’? GOP donors not enthusiastic about Trump in Nov. election Trump nearly sweeps NY delegates Paul Ryan pressed by Colbert on presidential prospects Clinton moves closer to nomination Cruz spokesman: GOP race will go to contested convention Consumer bureau study: Online loans can lead to bank woes