The Hill Articles: February 17, 2016

Cruz: ‘Would it kill Republicans to crack a joke?’ Supporter confronts Cruz on his Canadian birth Ted Cruz breaks out his inner Stevie Wonder Cruz: Trump is no conservative Rubio: We need to address race as a society Trump: I’ll be ‘neutral’ on Israel and Palestine Obama may have dined with Morgan Freeman Trump: Cruz has no supporters in Senate and his filibuster did nothing Rubio pushes back on Obama over immigration Trump mistakes Sanders’s campaign for his own Carson hits Sanders on free college Trump ‘not blaming’ anyone for 9/11 Trump: Wall Street Journal has it out for me Pope Francis ends Mexican tour honoring migrants Carson would nominate replacement on high court: ‘Why not do it?’ Business leaders confident Congress, White House can iron out differences on Pacific trade deal Report: Obama to visit Cuba Crowd boos Haley at SC Trump rally Kamala Harris shoots down SCOTUS nominee rumors Kasich: Replacing Scalia ‘another political war’ Trump: Clinton cozying up to Obama to prevent indictment House Dem uses online poll to decide between Sanders, Clinton Kerry enlists Hollywood’s help to counter ISIS’s messaging Haley: Rubio will ‘bring a conscience’ back to GOP WATCH LIVE: Trump speaks before MSNBC town hall White House denies FBI seeking ‘back door’ to Apple iPhones Big stakes in Apple’s showdown with feds The Trail 2016: South Carolina cage match AFL-CIO withholding Clinton endorsement, report says Kasich picks up SC newspaper endorsement Obama to meet with Black Lives Matter activists GOP lawmaker pushes for allowing concealed guns in schools Judiciary chairman chides Obama over encryption Poll: Trump holds 19-point lead over Cruz in South Carolina Susan Sarandon: ‘Insulting’ to ask women to vote their gender Cruz slams Rubio over immigration in new TV ad Booker: Hillary’s Wall Street plan is better than Bernie’s Airlines lining up to fly to Cuba Hispanic groups launch get-out-the-vote push Executive in W.Va. chemical spill gets one month in jail Where the GOP candidates need to finish in South Carolina Surprise: Cruz tops Trump in national poll Southeast Europe: Congress must not allow another power vacuum Coulter rips Haley’s endorsement of Rubio Reid: GOP will ‘cave’ in SCOTUS fight Spy head: I didn’t lie to Congress After Flint, Dems question state’s use of CDC funds Scalia’s son slams ‘hurtful’ conspiracy theories about father’s death Pentagon chief: We watch ISIS’s chemical weapons capability ‘very closely’ Bush on dealing with Trump: ‘Punch him back in the nose’ Clinton and Sanders owe veterans an honest conversation Ayotte, Hassan battle over campaign spending Poll: Battleground voters back criminal justice reform Rubio: Democratic Party ‘taken over by radical left-wing elements’ GOP senator to Obama: Nominate justice that reflects ‘will of the people’ Kasich won’t be in South Carolina for primary: report Bush ‘disappointed’ Haley didn’t endorse him MSNBC schedules Biden interview against CNN’s Trump town hall The slippery definition of encryption ‘back doors’ Ben Jealous: ‘Every part’ of Sanders’s platform helps blacks White House rips Schumer over anti-terror funding Warning: Transportation devolutionists running in GOP primary Clinton adds ‘racial justice’ tab to website January breaks temperature record Hatch: GOP should shut down SCOTUS hearing Dating site launches for Bernie Sanders lovers Canadian island to Americans: Move here if Trump wins White House: Obama ‘regrets’ his filibuster of Supreme Court nominee Haley to endorse Rubio Sizing the independent workforce: A by-the-numbers breakdown ‘Highly dangerous’ radioactive material missing in Iraq: report Trump: Cruz campaign going ‘up in flames’ Scarborough: I’m not voting for Trump Report: Top House Freedom Caucus member endorses Cruz Obama to skip Scalia funeral, will pay respects Friday at court Amtrak requests $1.8B for fiscal 2017 Carson nets first congressional endorsement Obama picks Tom Donilon to lead cybersecurity effort Cruz misspells names of Dems he says Trump supported Big-money liberals vow to back Bernie whether he likes it or not GOP slams ‘incompetence’ at VA suicide hotline Diesel follows gasoline to the $2 per gallon mark FDA to test for weed-killer pesticide Poll: Trump beats Clinton head-to-head Olympian Shawn Johnson’s advice to politicians: Work hard Missed opportunity for accountable care organizations Cruz unloads on Trump after slipping in South Carolina polls The Hill’s 12:30 Report Hate groups on the rise, new count finds Sanders’s economic math doesn’t add up, say former White House economists Trump extends lead in SC in Monmouth poll Petition for hearings on Scalia’s successor gains 170,000 signatures Specialists caution against building MACRA on a flawed cornerstone Carson throws cold water on Trump lawsuit against Cruz Poll: Clinton dominating Sanders in early March primary states Trump knocks Bush for ditching his glasses Study: Pothole damage costs drivers $3 billion per year Clinton surrogate bashes Sanders for ‘newfound advocacy’ on immigration reform Snowden: Apple is defending citizens’ rights in terror case Jeb chest-bumps brother George Trump on Graham: ‘I can push him over with a little thimble’ US cost of ISIS war crosses $6B mark Plummeting coal use and peaking stockpiles No need to boost war budget Nuclear commissioner to leave in June Traffic fatalities up 8 percent Rubio defends GOP decision to block nominee: ‘Elections have consequences’ HHS chief to visit Flint to address water crisis Clinton downplays aide’s comments on Nevada’s diversity Trump’s DC hotel sees Election Day bookings surge Trump’s DC hotel sees Election Day bookings surge New regs for Thursday: Banks, railroads, nuclear Graham: GOP will get ‘slaughtered’ if Trump nominee Conservative watchdog presses for probe into Clinton’s campaign email Franken: Google should make student data collection ‘opt in’ US sends F-22s to South Korea Better foreign aid FLOTUS calls for national focus on ending mental illness stigma Obama faces tough choice on SCOTUS nominee Google spins off, rebrands think tank Fallon parodies Trump in ‘Full House’ skit Trump slams Apple for refusing to unlock San Bernardino phone The future of politics and regulation Poll: Americans oppose Iran nuclear deal 2-1 Sanders, Clinton in dead heat nationwide Colbert helps Trump solve his ‘potty mouth’ problem Trump: Obama criticisms a ‘badge of honor’ Hail to the TPP FCC’s set-top box proposal is really about a level playing field Trump hits new high in Quinnipiac national poll Trump up big in Nevada The war in Syria is not a civil war Sanders neck and neck with Clinton in Nevada Apple won’t unlock terrorist’s secrets Moving toward a free sugar market Despite low scores, new standardized tests deserve attention Does TCPA stand for ‘total cash for plaintiffs’ attorneys’? What Obama wants in a nominee Republicans face a no-win situation after loss of Scalia Clinton looks for likability with selfies and celebrities Attacks slow Cruz in SC Sports betting advocates play outside game Farm groups plow into trade fight In Nevada, polling uncertainty overtakes campaign narratives Republicans: Put Syria back on the table