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The Hill Articles: August 16, 2017
August 16
Demonstrators sing during peaceful candlelight vigil in Charlottesville
Bush biographer: Trump has ‘moved the goal posts’ for society
Bannon: No military solution to North Korea
Ohio city to remove Robert E. Lee monument
Hatch urged Trump to ‘speak clearly’ against hate groups
Virginia governor encourages removal of Confederate statues
Trump lawyer forwarded email comparing Washington, Robert E. Lee: report
Assange meets US congressman, vows to prove Russia did not leak him documents
Rabbi who helped Ivanka convert shreds Trump’s Charlottesville statements
Mayor wants Trump to delay Phoenix rally
Man misidentified as Charlottesville driver by far-right sites in hiding: report
FBI opens tip line requesting information on Charlottesville rally
Bannon: I want Democrats to talk about racism every day
GOP chairman to discuss Charlottesville as domestic terrorism at hearing
The media couldn’t be more blatant in distorting Trump’s words on Charlottesville
GOP chairman: Tax reform could increase deficit
Ex-CIA chief: Trump will do ‘lasting harm to American society’
The Medicare drug benefit doesn’t need federal fixing
Richmond, former Confederate capital, to weigh removing statues
Fed officials concerned unclear Trump agenda could hurt economy
6 ways to know if State Department reform is real or fake
Trump’s isolation grows
Trump’s actions are more telling than his words on Charlottesville
GOP lawmaker: Trump ‘failing’ in Charlottesville response
VA chief: ‘Dishonor’ to US veterans for Nazis to go unchallenged
PayPal suspends accounts associated with Charlottesville organizers
Poll: Majority says Trump’s Charlottesville response ‘not strong enough’
A history lesson on the Confederacy for President Trump
Religious leaders call for keeping religious institutions apolitical despite Trump action
CEOs revolt against Trump over Charlottesville
US service member killed in Afghanistan — 11th this year
Ben Carson: ‘Be neighborly’ to fight racism
Trump’s air traffic overhaul would add $100B to deficit, says new analysis
CEOs stuck between a rock and a hard place on Trump’s councils
Fox’s Shep Smith: We couldn’t find a Republican willing to come on and defend Trump
GOP senator: Trump hasn’t ‘changed much’ since campaign
NY governor asks Army to reconsider Confederate street names after Charlottesville
Republican Jewish Coalition urges ‘greater moral clarity’ from Trump
Jennifer Lawrence raffling off wine-tasting date for donations to fix ‘broken political system’
New NAFTA must value the rule of law in trade disputes
Warren: Education Dept lawyer may have violated conflict-of-interest laws
Dem lawmaker: Trump showing signs of ‘mental instability,’ must be removed
Congress needs to assert the war power against a dangerous president
Ukraine hacker cooperating with FBI in Russia probe: report
No apologies needed: White supremacists aren’t, and never were, part of the right
Sessions rails against Chicago during visit to Miami
The Nation reviewing challenged DNC hack article
Congress, it’s time to step up on climate change
Internal surveys show Comey highly respected as FBI leader
Trump business panel was already disbanding before Trump decided to end it
CNN’s Don Lemon: Anyone supporting Trump ‘complicit’ in racism
OPINION | There is no Trump administration
Madeleine Albright calls Trump’s Charlottesville reaction ‘a new low’
Dems may force fight to fund groups combatting neo-Nazis
Trump to make ObamaCare payments to insurers for August
GE CEO calls Trump remarks on Charlottesville ‘deeply troubling’ as economic councils disband
Why we should all embrace gene editing in human embryos
Lawmakers push Interior to expand offshore drilling
Ellison: Trump has ‘level of sympathy’ for neo-Nazis, white supremacists
US must go on trade offensive with commercial diplomacy
Kim Kardashian says she and Kanye once sang karaoke with Obama
Missouri GOP criticized after praising Trump’s ‘both sides’ comment
Dem lawmaker hits Trump: ‘Who knew supporting white supremacists could be so complicated?’
How Trump’s new NAFTA could boost American farming
Trump to tackle Afghanistan strategy at Camp David
Airline industry braces for huge travel surge over Labor Day
Pence responds to Trump remarks: ‘I stand with the president’
High-ranking FBI official leaves Russia probe
Congress needs a bipartisan panel on violent extremism. Now.
Why the Marijuana Justice Act legalizes marijuana the right way
Virginia Dem gov candidate calls for removing Confederate statues
Manufacturing workers depend on NAFTA
Hackers can shut down critical security features in most modern cars: report
Maersk says cyberattack to cost up to $300 million
Pence to end international trip early amid Trump controversy
The FCC must enforce standards that keep the web free and open
Trump disbands economic councils as CEOs flee
Trump’s ‘reverse bluff’ strategy is only fooling himself
Trump could demote Bannon instead of firing him: report
DOJ warrant of Trump resistance site triggers alarm
Twitter take down neo-Nazi news site account
Eighth CEO resigns from Trump’s manufacturing council
Trump’s business advisory council disbands
Sessions: Charlottesville car attack could be a hate crime
Chance of North Korea crisis escalation has investors’ attention
NY governor proposes new hate crime law after Charlottesville
House Dems push to censure Trump over Charlottesville response
EPA needs budget reform, less spending and better science
Additional CEOs leave Trump advisory board
Federal court: Arkansas can block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood
Charlottesville victim’s mother: ‘They tried to kill my child to shut her up’
Why rolling back fuel efficiency won’t benefit American drivers
Trump touts endorsement of second-place finisher in Alabama primary
Trump takes aim at China’s bad intellectual property practices
To grow jobs and incomes, invest in apprenticeships
Ex-Presidents Bush: America must reject hatred
Neo-Nazi website banned by Google gets Russian web domain
Court dismisses suit over missing animal welfare records
Michael Moore marches his Broadway audience to Trump Tower
OPINION | Steve Bannon is Trump’s indispensable man — don’t sacrifice him to the critics
Curtis wins GOP primary for House seat vacated by Jason Chaffetz
Graham: Trump’s Charlottesville rhetoric ‘dividing Americans, not healing them’
Adequate healthcare starts in our communities
Amazon shares drop after Trump tweet
Watch live: Memorial service for woman killed in Charlottesville protests
Trump on Charlottesville victim: ‘She will be long remembered by all’
Hope Hicks to serve as interim White House communications director
Top US general urges China to pressure North Korea
Road to renewable energy is filled with potholes of ‘magic thinking’
Clay Aiken apologizes for believing Trump ‘was not actually racist’
Four members of Joint Chiefs denounce racism
Axelrod: Obama would have given eulogy for Charlottesville victim
Senate GOP leader: ‘There are no good neo-Nazis’
America shouldn’t allow its partnership with Afghanistan to fray
Texas bathroom bill dies
OPINION: Congress should censure Trump for his unfit conduct
Poll: Republican voters back Trump in fight with McConnell
Georgia judge suspended for comparing anti-Confederate protesters to ISIS: report
Md. governor candidate arrested at immigrants’ rights rally
Brokaw: I don’t know if Trump can ‘stitch the country back together again’
Army helicopter reported down off Hawaii coast, 5 missing
Foes of birth control mandate deny Americans care
Poll: More think Trump supports white nationalism than opposes it
Direct descendants of Robert E. Lee denounce white nationalists
Trump lawyer denounces racism, posts photos of himself with black people
US, Japan conduct air drills after North Korea issues Guam warning
Congress should think twice on the Israel Anti-Boycott Act
NY papers rip Trump for defending ‘very fine people’ at Va. rally
University of Florida blocks Richard Spencer event over safety concerns
Wake up Republicans – Join Dems as co-equal branch to hold the White House accountable
Poll: Trump job approval at 35 percent
Feds to sell 14 million barrels from oil reserve
OPINION | Bill O’Reilly: On Charlottesville, media is the megaphone of the Trump-loathing left
Gary Cohn ‘disgusted’ and ‘upset’ by Trump’s Charlottesville comments: report
RNC chairwoman: ‘The second you join a group that has a Nazi flag or is joining the KKK, there is no good there’
OPINION | Trump has put America at moral crossroads
Alt-right calls off march on Google
Colbert: Trump’s Charlottesville remarks came from the ‘seventh circle of hell’
Why the next Fed chief will be a Republican who loves low rates
Bannon was proud of Trump’s Charlottesville remarks: report
Scarborough: Trump has chosen the ‘wrong side’
‘Fox & Friends’ guest: Anyone who defends Trump is ‘morally bankrupt’
Traffic deaths down slightly, but still historically high
Trump to hold rally next week in Arizona
Poll: No rise in Americans wanting N. Korea military action
What veterans have to lose in Trump’s national monument review
Kimmel: Let’s make Trump a king so he has no power
Kasich: Trump needs to ‘listen to the people’
Trump can’t withdraw from NAFTA without a ‘yes’ from Congress
Don’t let Congress amend the First Amendment
Trump: N. Korea’s leader made ‘very wise and well reasoned decision’
Baltimore removes four Confederate statues in the night
Meyers calls Trump presser ‘clinically insane’
Trump goes after Amazon on Twitter
Trump congratulates Moore, Strange in Alabama GOP primary
OPINION | Richard Haass: There are no good options left on North Korea
Liberal coalition launches ‘Stop Trump Tax Cuts’ website
THE MEMO: Trump reignites race firestorm
Black lawmakers say Confederate statues should come out of Capitol
Why this US-North Korea standoff is different
White House to pressure McConnell on ObamaCare
GOP thinks it has winning message on taxes
DeVos charges ahead on school choice