The Hill Articles: February 25, 2016

Cruz: Rubio would be better president than Trump Rubio, Cruz throw everything they can at front-runner Trump Cruz: Trump ‘curses like a sailor’ Trump says audits might be linked to his religion Carson: Can somebody attack me, please? Rubio to Trump: Israeli-Palestinian conflict isn’t a ‘real estate deal’ Romney: ‘No legit reason’ Trump can’t release tax returns Cruz attacks Trump University Trump knocks debate moderator Hugh Hewitt’s show Rubio store hawks broken ‘Trump watch’ Trump: I can’t release tax returns because of audit Rubio mocks Trump for repeating himself Trump dominates Twitter chatter during GOP debate Cruz backer Glenn Beck praises Rubio’s debate performance Trump: Planned Parenthood helps ‘millions of women’ Trump hits Cruz on John Roberts — a court ‘disaster’ Trump: ‘I don’t believe anything Telemundo says’ Rubio slams Trump for making ties in China Senate Dems split with White House on Israel trade provisions Trump: Former Mexican president should apologize for ‘f—ing wall’ remark Cruz won’t block Flint aid from moving forward Google: 1,700 percent spike in searches for ‘self-deportation’ Trump: Cruz ‘should be ashamed’ by lack of senator endorsements Trump to Rubio: ‘You’ve hired nobody’ Rubio attacks Trump over immigration at GOP debate NY Daily News rips Trump over David Duke support Orders pour in for Sanders action figure Overnight Cybersecurity: Apple-FBI fight escalates Report: At least three killed in Kansas workplace shooting America Ferrera: Trump started ‘race to the bottom’ in GOP field Overnight Defense: Officials grilled on Gitmo, budget Obama: “World will be watching” planned halt to Syrian fighting Florida Senate candidate changes tune on Trump GOP donors pour cash into Rubio super-PAC Overnight Finance: House conservatives want to break spending deal Huckabee: ‘Absurd’ to force Trump to release tax returns House GOP grounds plan to spin air traffic control from FAA Overnight Healthcare: Senate to vote on drug abuse bill Overnight Energy: Cruz among senators holding up Flint deal Al Sharpton: Trump would probably deport me Overnight Tech: Dems concerned about Charter-Time Warner Cable merger House conservative leaders want to break spending deal NYT to Clinton: Release paid speaking transcripts The Trail 2016: Fireworks in February GOP marks net neutrality anniversary with repeal bill Poll: Trump up huge in Southern Super Tuesday states Clinton regrets using term ‘superpredator’ in 1996 crime speech Sanders voices outrage over Flint water crisis DC area lawmakers press for more new Metro rail cars Biden to introduce Lady Gaga at Oscars Bill Clinton: Going vegan has kept me alive Overnight Regulation: Tensions in administration over financial adviser rule Former top deputy at consumer bureau quietly joins Capital One Rubio campaign preparing for contested convention: report Government’s financial report can’t pass audit Dem leader backs legislation to settle encryption debate Feds: California methane leak largest in US history Top US commander: Russia wants to ‘rewrite’ international order Lawmakers push officials on No Child Left Behind rewrite Finally letting FDA be FDA Former Iowa lieutenant governor mulls challenge to Grassley Apple files motion to dismiss FBI court order Comedian Adam Carolla predicted President Trump 8 years ago Huckabee’s daughter joins Trump campaign Poll: Clinton 50 points ahead of Sanders in SC Trump up 7 in Florida: poll Senate passes resolution honoring Scalia Liberal group, House Dems slam Pfizer for tax dodging Obama strikes optimistic tone in fight against Zika Senate leader tees up drug abuse bill New regs for Friday: Farmers, gas leaks, endangered plants Cruz among senators holding up Flint deal We can’t keep losing farmland and agriculture students Time to embrace mandatory GMO labeling Zuckerberg scolds Facebook staff for defacing Black Lives Matter slogans Carson PAC pushes for VP slot Dems look to beef up protections for Wall Street whistleblowers Reid surprised Romney has ‘the gall’ to go after Trump’s tax returns Biden: GOP immigration rhetoric ‘dangerous’ How the White House lost McCain on Gitmo Justice Department gets earful from Congress over Microsoft case Obama to meet McConnell, Grassley to discuss Supreme Court vacancy Trump, Clinton lead big in Va. poll What will happen in Iran on Feb, 26 is a selection, not an election Sanders overtakes Clinton in Wisconsin: poll Romney prods Trump: ‘Show voters your back taxes’ Emails suggest discord in administration over financial adviser rule Former Mexican president: ‘I’m not going to pay for that f—ing wall’ GOP Gov. Sandoval withdraws name from Supreme Court consideration Pelosi: GOP’s ‘disrespect’ for Obama ‘knows no bounds’ Hispanic groups challenge presidential candidates on policy Lawmakers grill officials on severity of Puerto Rico’s debt crisis Spy head: ‘Jury’s out’ on whether China quit hacking after deal Five things to watch at Texas’s GOP debate Holder used Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s name for emails while in office Dems push to fine auto emissions violators after VW scandal Clinton calls on Obama to nominate ‘true progressive’ to Supreme Court Microsoft plans to back Apple in court Treasury strikes balancing act on Puerto Rico relief Reports: Immigration programs benefit the economy, families Latinos underscore real issues amid season of anti-immigrant rhetoric McConnell moving forward with drug abuse bill Business groups form powerhouse coalition to lobby for Pacific pact Dem senator slams trucking ‘poison pill’ in FAA bill GOP senator blocks nominee to head OPM The Hill’s 12:30 Report Poll: Most voters oppose closing Guantánamo Brady: IRS ‘lost credibility’ but can regain it Rubio adviser predicts Florida win: ‘Take it to the bank’ Pipeline regulators pressed to act on gas storage leaks David Duke encourages listeners to vote for Trump Romney speaks up on Trump We can’t afford the myths behind the Affordable Care Act Comey: FBI not setting policy with Apple case Trump posts photo signing ‘recent tax return’ Spy leaders: Libyan politics complicating anti-ISIS fight Oregon Republicans no-show to block work on state climate bill Trump: Why doesn’t Romney endorse Rubio already? GOP bill seeks to block ‘midnight regulations’ Grassley chides Reid for ‘childish tantrums’ over court nominee Senate bill would end Army, Marines troop cuts Flight attendants to Obama: Address Zika concerns Poll: Cruz, Clinton hold big leads in Texas House panel approves bill to extend net neutrality exemption Obama looks back to first job as ice-cream scooper Tennessee governor endorses Rubio Two Texas papers endorse Rubio over Cruz Planned Parenthood launching seven-figure pro-Clinton ad buy New ‘Fox & Friends’ co-host Ainsley Earhardt: a bug-fearing churchgoer FBI director: Encryption ‘the hardest question I’ve seen in government’ Labor seeks to block proposed freight rail merger ObamaCare reducing extra hospital stays, study finds Rep. Matt Salmon won’t seek reelection Cruz: Romney has a ‘good point’ on tax returns Poll: Trump dominating in Florida A quarter-century of failed economic leadership How are for-profit pipelines fair use of eminent domain? Franken reads mean tweets about support for Clinton Trump ‘in no rush’ to release tax returns Thursday: Justice Scalia, sportsmen’s bill Senator’s convoy charged by elephants Biden, Lady Gaga to team up for Oscars presentation Rubio attacks Trump on ObamaCare, Israel Rove: Republican primary ‘far from settled’ Black Lives Matter activists interrupt Clinton event Rubio casts himself as child of Reagan revolution in new ad Poll: 8 in 10 Hispanics don’t like Trump How Trump wins the nomination in three weeks Kimmel mocks Trump’s love for the ‘poorly educated’ Apple chief: Government wants ‘software equivalent of cancer’ A lesson from Scalia: Regulatory reform is obstruction Trump up by 6 points in Pennsylvania Killing storytellers does not stop the stories Global monetary turmoil is hurting economic growth Benghazi panel schedules new interviews What Sanders should say about national security How Obama, Dems plan to win fight on high court Dems call racism in Supreme Court fight Defying ‘outsider’ label, some lobbyists give to Trump, Cruz and Sanders Apple fight puts Obama in a bind FBI accused of emotional manipulation in Apple encryption case By stifling innovation, the ‘cancer moonshot’ will fail Bitter rivals set for Calif. rematch