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The Hill Articles: August 31, 2017
August 31
Those denied entry after Trump travel ban allowed to reapply for visas
NC governor declares state of emergency over gas supply concerns
Senate panel expected to hold hearing on immigration visas
Trump requesting initial $6B in aid for Harvey
Sotomayor spotted in ‘Judge’s Chambers’ section at Yankees game
Dem pushes to defund Trump’s voter fraud commission
Trump quietly growing irritated with some officials: report
Texas AG warns gas stations against raising prices in Harvey aftermath
Eric Trump predicts CNN won’t cover Trump Harvey donation hours after network report
Trump Jr. getting $100k to speak at UNT
Border Patrol defends role in Texas hurricane recovery
Zuckerberg-backed immigration group pushes Trump to keep DACA
Mueller teams up with IRS in Russia probe: report
Pence: Trump will make decision on DACA with ‘big heart’
Poll: Majority describe Trump as a ‘bully’ who ‘says what he thinks’
Dems blast Trump for trying to ‘sabotage’ ObamaCare
Trump learned from his health care fight and offered a winning tax plan
Mattis calls reports he contradicted Trump on North Korea ‘ludicrous’
Pence: ‘Deeply inspiring’ to see volunteer work in Texas
Sheriff David Clarke expected to join Trump administration: report
Federal judge blocks Texas from enforcing new abortion restrictions
Trump sets pay rate for federal workers
Spicer thanks Trump for ‘honor of a lifetime’ in White House exit
Former ‘West Wing’ star urges people to write ‘Harriet Tubman’ on $20 bill
Ex-Pentagon leaders back lawsuit against transgender ban
Natural disasters may cripple cities but they galvanize communities
White House braces for ‘long, frustrating recovery’ from Harvey
Microsoft urges Trump to keep DACA
Energy official who claimed online comments were result of hacking resigns: report
Amazon-Whole Foods merger is the start of a new era for the FTC
Sanders returning to Colbert next week
OPINION | Trump’s decision to end DACA creates a national security threat
McCain urges USDA to delay catfish inspections
Rising Dem star Tim Ryan splits with party, endorses corporate tax cuts
If US-led internet oversight crumbles, tech sector will suffer
Glenn Beck announces mass layoffs at The Blaze
Right accuses left of hypocrisy on antifa
DNC rips White House for removing sexual assault report on website
Trump’s border wall moves forward with prototypes
Trump civil rights official listed Clinton attacks as qualification on resume: report
In Ukraine, it’s time for a Holocaust memorial at Babi Yar
GOP lawmaker wants to force vote on bill protecting DACA recipients
No action on opioid emergency three weeks after Trump declaration
FDA alerts to recall of half million pacemakers over hacking concerns
How Americans respond to disasters like Harvey shows us who we are
Trump to slash ObamaCare outreach funding
Sheriff David Clarke resigns: report
Fed Chair Yellen takes premature victory lap with latest speech
Trump and Republicans have to make the tax code great again
Texas judge strikes down Obama overtime rule
Report: Lawsuit to target Charlottesville police over rally’s violence
Watch Live: White House holds press briefing
Trump to donate $1 million for Harvey relief efforts
Congress shouldn’t put a cap on medical malpractice suits
States push Jim Crow when they override minimum wage laws
White House: Price gouging of Harvey victims ‘will not be tolerated’
Pence goes hands-on clearing debris in Texas
Report: Manafort notes on Russia meeting make reference to ‘donations’
Google’s effort to undermine free speech strengthens case for regulating big tech
Press becomes part of the story in Texas
GOP chairmen: Comey may have cleared Clinton before interviewing her
Senate Health Committee schedules two more ObamaCare hearings
Top US commander says ISIS leader likely still alive
Texas lawmaker: Harvey may have ‘trillion-dollar impact’
Come Melania’s heels or high water, ‘stupid news’ rules the media
Republican National Committee loses chief of staff
Trump to end DACA: report
OPINION | Dershowitz: I’m not wrong about Mueller and Russia
Mnuchin: More tax details coming shortly
Mattis signs orders to send more troops to Afghanistan
If you’re not alarmed by China’s tech invasion, you’re not paying attention
States say EPA’s climate rule guidance is ‘legally incorrect’
Pences pray with Hurricane Harvey victims
Apple breaks silence to defend net neutrality
Feds warn of Hurricane Harvey robocall scams
Ryan-Brady tax plan the right way to reduce federal revenues
Kerry races to save American cycling team
Politics getting more black and white — justifications for Trump getting harder
Mnuchin: Treasury could scrap plans to replace Jackson on $20 bill
Dems want Rohrabacher pulled from leadership of panel overseeing Russia
Federal debt increase wasn’t what Americans had in mind when they voted GOP
VIP tickets for Clinton book tour selling for $2K: report
Chamber official warns of ‘economic weakness’ if tax reform fails
Whistleblowers in the Energy Department can resist Trump, Perry from the inside
Harvey could move up debt ceiling deadline
The Hill’s 12:30 Report
Trump orders Russia to shutter San Francisco consulate, two annexes
OPINION | Why I’m sticking with Trump’s election commission
Georgia police officer: ‘We only kill black people’
Now is not the time for US-South Korea trade tensions
Kim Kardashian West: My daughter would make a better president than Trump
Conservative leader: Don’t tie Harvey relief to debt ceiling
Walmart selling ‘USA Trump hats’ at one-fourth of Trump’s price
W.Va. office settles with lesbian couple an official called an ‘abomination’: report
Pentagon releases name of missing soldier from Black Hawk crash
Children’s health is at stake unless both parties come together
Qualcomm lobbyist promoted to global advocacy chief
Poll: West Virginians approve of Dem senator more than Trump
Democrats need a roster like the Patriots to make waves in 2018
Watchdog: Iran complying with nuclear deal limits
Trevor Noah: US should add LeBron James dunking on Confederate monuments
Kasich, Hickenlooper release plan to stabilize ObamaCare markets
Conway: Case against Menendez is ‘stunning’
Charlie Hebdo cover: ‘God Exists! He Drowned All the Neo-Nazis of Texas’
Denmark, Sweden team up to counter Russian ‘fake news’
Gasoline spikes after Harvey shuts down Gulf Coast refineries
GOP rep: Congress should set limits for Mueller probe in appropriations bills
The Antiquities Act is not a blank check to create national monuments
Garcetti not ruling out run for governor in California
Dems hit Ivanka Trump for backing rollback of equal pay rule
Conway defends Melania Trump’s shoes: ‘She can wear whatever she wants’
OPINION | Houston’s recovery likely less daunting than New Orleans’ was
Wells Fargo: Nearly twice as many potentially fake accounts than originally thought
The nuances behind recent changes in Congress’s foreign policy role
Scarborough: ‘Democrats need to stop with the Balkanization of America’
China: Korean peninsula is not a computer game
Warren criticizes think tank for ousting scholar who ripped Google
Pranksters take advantage of FCC file-upload comment system
Motel 6 pays $250K to settle human trafficking lawsuit
Energy Dept. taps into emergency oil reserves after Harvey
NC state lawmaker: Bring back the electric chair
Conway slams CNN anchor for climate change questions during Harvey
Rather: Trump ‘seized with fear’ over Mueller investigation
Top Russian official tells Tillerson new N. Korea sanctions would be ‘dangerous’
Sanders to hold two events in New Hampshire on Labor Day
WH defends Trump’s ‘first hand’ comments on Harvey
Russia ambassador calls for resumed military contacts with US
Trump lawyer rebuts claims in Russian dossier: report
Harvey shuts down major pipeline supplying fuel to East Coast
Rather: Trump runs the risk of seeming ‘irrelevant’
Princess Diana’s enduring legacy will be William on the throne
Missouri state rep says person who vandalized Confederate statue should be ‘hung from a tall tree’
Poll: Majority opposes Trump’s decision to pardon Arpaio
US flies bombers over Korean peninsula after missile launch
Officials push back on reports of explosions at flooded chemical plant in Texas
Voters deeply disapprove of Trump, House leaders: poll
Book tours are testing ground for 2020 race
Businesses focusing less on Trump, says study
Five public health crises facing Houston after Harvey
Tillerson tries to find voice in Trump administration