The Hill Articles: July 18, 2017

US military spending $130K a month to rent Trump Tower space: report Top US general warns against rogue killer robots GOP senator defends Dem challenger who was attacked for being Muslim Dem challenging Ryan mocks GOP for sending trackers: I hope they get healthcare Christie booed after catching foul ball at Mets game Warren: I’m not doing ‘touchdown dance’ after GOP healthcare collapse Trump attacks reports of private G-20 conversation with Putin Dem lawmaker wears Trump, Putin 2016 hat for ‘Made in America’ week Committee approves $31.4B Interior, EPA spending bill Christie: Trump should ‘move on’ from healthcare Top Clinton and Romney campaign heads to jointly fight election hacking Healthcare push leaves Republicans in disarray Schiff: Trump’s undisclosed talk with Putin ‘deeply troubling’ Krauthammer rips GOP’s ‘epic fail’ on healthcare With healthcare bill derailed, GOP wonders: What now? Overnight Tech: Groups clash over net neutrality ad campaign | Tech groups voice support for tax reform | China cracks down on WhatsApp Why is opioid addiction on the rise despite a decline in prescriptions? If Republicans don’t repeal ObamaCare, they’ll feel sick next election Overnight Cybersecurity: Dem campaign arm embraces encryption | Panel signs off on $1.8B for DHS cyber office | Dems want review of pipeline security GOP lawmaker blasts Sessions over asset forfeiture Workers remove ‘Trump’ sign from Toronto hotel Trump to nominate Jon Huntsman for Russia ambassador Trump to lunch with GOP senators after healthcare collapse Overnight Defense: Senate confirms Pentagon No. 2 | Uncertain future for Iran deal | Trump to visit Pentagon Thursday | Key general opposes military space corps Time for Congress to get tough on prison reform Trump’s unique, all right Kucinich: The president and the press Lobbying World Pavlich: Clinton’s Russia dirt When Trump touts ‘Made in America’ he should talk energy too Manchin organizing bipartisan healthcare meeting Tuesday night Four Trump Pentagon picks breeze through confirmation hearing House to consider ‘security’ spending bill before recess Trump to visit Pentagon Thursday President of Latino group: ‘La Raza’ name was ‘a barrier to our mission’ Freedom for Christian cake artist is freedom for all, even same-sex marriage backers McConnell: Senate to try to repeal ObamaCare next week Congressional staff should represent America Overnight Finance: Debate rages in GOP over $203B in cuts | Pence pitches tax reform to retailers | House to take up ‘security’ spending before recess | Trump hits Iran with new sanctions Qatar crisis is a test and Tillerson is failing GOP senator: Not ‘appropriate’ to repeal ObamaCare without replacement Overnight Healthcare: GOP’S repeal-only plan quickly collapses in Senate Poll: Little support for GOP healthcare effort in ‘Trump counties’ Tech groups voice support for tax reform Conservative critics of the Senate healthcare bill are still right Overnight Energy: Court rejects greens’ challenge to EPA pesticide decision How Trump’s repeal push came up short House bill includes funds for just 28 miles of Trump border wall Overnight Regulation: House Republicans look to repeal joint-employer rule | Perry downplays energy grid study | Greens lose appeal over pesticide House votes to roll back Obama-era ozone standards Trump to hold rally in Ohio next Tuesday Shepard Smith responds to Hannity: ‘Sometimes facts are displeasing’ Energy independence or dominance? What’s missing from Trump’s vision Debate rages in GOP over $203 billion in cuts  Donald Trump Jr. meeting revelation raises importance of Russia sanctions vote OPINION | GOP’s 7-year ObamaCare blood oath ends in failure Dem senator wants govt-wide use of email tool to thwart impersonating hackers A need to rethink spending on animal-based research at NIH GOP official apologizes for sharing article that called for McCain’s death Iran deal faces uncertain future under Trump ICE chief praises Trump, plans to send more agents to sanctuary cities Trump, Putin had second, undisclosed talk at G-20 Mistakes, misuse, mission creep: Biometric screening must end Conservative group warns of primaries for those who don’t back ObamaCare repeal FTC names new acting chief technologist District judge refuses to block voter fraud commission’s first public meeting Will Interior Secretary Zinke live up to expectation on oil and gas? How the post-9/11 GI Bill will help veterans close America’s skills gap GOP rep asks NASA panel if there were ancient civilizations on Mars Internet Association blasts net neutrality group over ad campaign House panel signs off on $1.8B for DHS cyber office Billions in student loan debt may be wiped away over missing paperwork: report Key Dem pessimistic Russia sanctions bill gets done before August Dems call for review of pipeline cybersecurity rules White House offers support for rolling back net neutrality Hannity calls Fox colleague Shep Smith ‘so anti-Trump’ The Interior Department is about to become a front group for oil and gas Waters demands Sessions recuse himself from Deutsche Bank probe Moderate Republicans, Dems huddle on healthcare A simple fix to encourage bipartisanship in the House NRCC uses digital ads to target California Dems who opposed Water Act bill Ex-governor who resigned over criminal charges: I was Alabama’s best ‘by far’ Callista Gingrich touts Trump’s commitment to environment despite Paris deal pullout House budget could lead to Alaska refuge drilling Sanders, Fox reporter exchange jabs over off-camera briefings Senate panel begins moving $38.4B energy, water spending bill The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s pro-lawyer power grab Murphy: If ObamaCare dies, Trump is ‘sole executioner’ McConnell says ObamaCare repeal vote will come ‘sometime in the near future’ Tropical Storm Don weakens as Hilary gathers strength Feinstein: Mueller says Senate Judiciary can interview Trump Jr., Manafort WATCH: Virginia reps call for funding to fight Beltway gang violence Trump administration is putting profits over students Bathroom bill opens deep rift in Texas GOP Give this Congress an opportunity to cleanly repeal ObamaCare Sen. Johnson won’t say if he has faith in McConnell as leader How the GOP would cut $203B in mandatory spending Pence: Inaction on healthcare ‘not an option’ German trade surplus with US far more complex than Trump makes it Dem rep: Kid Rock ‘would be a horrible senator’ The State of Mental Health Care: Continuing the Conversation Dem leaders amp up calls for bipartisan ObamaCare fixes Group of governors comes out against repeal-only plan Chris Christie to give first cable news interview since viral beach photo Chris Christie to give first interview since viral beach photo Why Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo could be not be silenced Senate confirms former Boeing VP as deputy Defense secretary China stifles WhatsApp with ‘Great Firewall’ House Dems call for Kobach’s removal from voter fraud commission OPINION | Dems are recklessly raging over Trump ‘treason’ Trump says he’ll ‘let ObamaCare fail’ Hugh Hewitt invokes ‘Game of Thrones’ listing ‘doomed’ GOP healthcare defectors GOP’s repeal-only plan quickly collapses in Senate Eighth person in Trump Jr. meeting ID’d as Russian real estate employee Why multi-level marketing companies fear an honest conversation The Hill’s 12:30 Report Voters trust media more than Trump: poll Business should back Larry Hogan’s veto of paid sick leave Laura Ingraham: ‘No point pretending’ GOP can pass healthcare on its own Pence sells Trump’s tax-reform plan to retailers OPINION | Latest McConnell healthcare plan is political suicide Top general opposes Space Corps plans The ‘consumer’ financial bureau chooses lawyers over consumers Club for Growth backs repeal-only ObamaCare option Net neutrality activists to target lawmakers OPINION | Can the GOP stop shooting itself in the foot on health reform? Poll: Trump trails Biden, Sanders, Warren, Harris, Booker in matchups Rasmussen: 1 in 4 voters think Pence would be better than Trump Ryan, McConnell to huddle on healthcare Three Dem senators call for ‘immediate review’ of Kushner’s security clearance Air and missile defense must be top priority for lawmakers OPINION | Iran keeps American hostages, yet Trump gives nuclear deal green light Let’s not roll back bipartisan progress on global food security Maya Rudolph debuts Ivanka Trump impression Trump accused Manafort of treating him ‘like a baby’ before firing him: book Special counsel turns to unidentified eighth person at Trump Jr. meeting: report Former Speaker Hastert released from prison Gingrich sees ‘real danger of having Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2019’ Kamala Harris slams Sessions on criminal justice Trump administration unveils new Iran sanctions Court rejects greens’ appeal of EPA decision not to ban pesticide Two GOP senators to vote against ObamaCare repeal-only bill Portman: ObamaCare repeal-only bill would ‘add to more uncertainty’ Trump administration should withhold aid to rein in Egypt’s Sisi Interior Department canceled climate expert meeting with Zuckerberg: report Top general: Transgender delay due to ‘disagreement on the science’ Perry on key electric grid study: ‘I haven’t seen it yet’ Former Uber public relations chief joins Facebook Key conservative would back bill to repeal ObamaCare General: North Korean missiles ‘clearly’ have range to reach US Former Bush press secretary: WH briefing should be less of a ‘red hot TV show’ Former Clinton, Romney campaign managers start anti-hacking project McConnell to set up vote for Trump’s FBI pick before recess 3 strikes and Maduro must be out in Venezuela Trump’s LA golf club sees big drop in business: report Colbert mocks Trump Jr. over changing details of Russia meeting ABC News launches White House press briefing analysis show California extends climate change law after bipartisan push Trump calls on Senate to end filibuster after healthcare defeat House Dem committee moves to encrypted messaging to try to avoid hacks Trevor Noah calls Ann Coulter ‘Airplane Rosa Parks’ after Delta tweetstorm Conservatives looking for primary challenger for Corker: report Netanyahu expressed skepticism to Macron on Trump’s Middle East peace efforts: report FBI: Be wary of smart toys California votes to extend cap and trade Trump called for end to Iran deal before recertifying it: report Fleischer on GOP healthcare failure: ‘Dismal day’ Al Gore: ‘I was wrong’ on Trump House GOP releases $1.1 trillion budget Pence: ‘The day will come’ when Trump moves embassy to Jerusalem Trump told senators GOP would look like ‘dopes’ if they didn’t pass ObamaCare repeal: report Gingrich: ‘We’ve had six months of patience. It’s time to perform’ GOP senator confident colleagues can rally around healthcare plan Dem senator: ObamaCare repeal without replacement would be ‘humanitarian disaster’ Graham: McCain ‘dying to get back’ The business traveler’s case for air traffic reform Poll: Few trust Trump to handle major North Korean conflict Trump blames Dems, ‘a few Republicans’ for collapse of healthcare bill Big data dominates our elections — but does it really belong in politics? Large majority in new poll worries of major war Poll: Clinton more unpopular than Trump Dollar falls to 10-month low amid doubts that Trump can fulfill promises Wall Street Journal: Trump and family repeating mistakes that ‘doomed’ Clinton Scarborough hits Trump: ‘Much easier to stamp your name on buildings’ than pass legislation Amid Russia storm, Trump pivots to Made in America In Cuba, Trump’s policy proving hard to follow Dem donors buzzing about Kamala Harris Republicans aim to kill off Obama franchise standard Trump’s steel push hits heavy opposition The normalcy of tech innovation OPINION | Trump recertified the Iran nuclear deal — now what?