The Hill Articles: July 20, 2017

Dem lawmaker to Elon Musk: Build your hyperloop in Texas Dem senator: Pardoning targets of Russia probe would be ‘crossing a fundamental line’ Holder defends Mueller: ‘No basis to question the integrity of Mueller’ Trump officials: Russia meddled in the election Trump to name Scaramucci as WH communications director: report Kushner’s White House status being used to lure Chinese real estate investors: report Trump lawyers looking into special counsel’s potential conflicts of interest: reports Trump lawyers asking about presidential pardon powers: report Trump legal team spokesman resigns CIA director: ‘I don’t love’ Wikileaks Trump to nominate Turkey envoy for ambassador to Afghanistan Dem rep: Trump threatened Mueller by trying to set limits for Russia probe Bush ethics lawyer: Congress must tell Trump not to fire Mueller ‘Arrested Development’ said to focus on Trump in new season Ryan: CBO’s healthcare estimate is ‘bogus’ Overnight Defense: Trump gets briefing at Pentagon on ISIS, Afghanistan | Senate panel approves five defense picks | Senators want Syria study in defense bill Overnight Cybersecurity: DOJ takes down two online criminal markets | Kansas breach exposed 5M Social Security numbers Chamber CEO issues tax reform warning: ‘Failure is not an option’ DeVos calls protests ‘a badge of honor’ Dem senator: Trump acting like he’s still on ‘The Apprentice’ Overnight Regulation: Trump administration reveals first regulatory agenda | GOP lawmakers introduce measures to repeal arbitration rule | Exxon gets $2M fine for sanctions violation Trump and GOP wise to keep tax reform and infrastructure separate OPINION | Trump’s chaos, mixed messages more dangerous than his policies   In outer space, the US is vulnerable to China and Russia Special counsel looking into possible money laundering by Manafort: report Overnight Tech: FCC withholds some documents on cyberattack | Musk claims he has approval for NYC-DC Hyperloop | SCOTUS grants filing extension for telecoms in net neutrality case Graham and Kushner met to discuss immigration differences: report Kushner speech to congressional interns delayed Overnight Healthcare: CBO predicts 22M would lose coverage under Senate ObamaCare replacement FTC examining allegations that Amazon prices are misleading: report Schwarzenegger tweets to McCain: ‘You’ll be back’ Senate Dems warn potential Missouri GOP recruit with opposition research dump The private alternative to the National Flood Insurance Program  OPINION | Shailene Woodley: US should run on renewable energy by 2050 Top Dem slams Trump for touting ‘Made in America’ while outsourcing Booker wants more scrutiny of Amazon-Whole Foods merger Over 5 million Social Security numbers exposed in Kansas breach: report The mounting costs of nationwide immigration enforcement WATCH: ‘In some ways it’s a compliment,’ Alabama rep says of Trump’s Sessions criticism Gulf turmoil, Trump agenda set to rattle energy and steel markets Overnight Energy: Exxon sues feds over $2M fine | Deputy Interior pick advances | Oil concerns hold up Russia sanctions push Cruz offers bill to weaken labor board’s power United lands Exxon Mobil’s top lobbyist to lead Washington office Overnight Finance: GOP offers measure to repeal arbitration rule | Feds fine Exxon $2M for Russian sanctions violations | Senate panel sticks with 2017 funding levels for budget | Trump tax nominee advances | Trump unveils first reg agenda OJ Simpson heard about Trump’s ‘two scoops’ in prison OJ Simpson knocks Trump out of the cable news spotlight Trump-Mueller tensions escalate Obama’s immigration legacy still hurting America Ryan: 20 percent corporate tax rate ‘very realistic’ Kasich mourns Linkin Park singer’s death: ‘This is a sad day’ Trump’s attack on one class of immigrants won’t make America great Trump tests new healthcare tech in White House demonstration Dem to seek investigation into Interior staff reassignments The Qatar boycott is not a humanitarian crisis Democrats release roster for ‘election security task force’ Trump called McCain to wish him well after cancer diagnosis House briefed on anti-ISIS campaign progress Realtors endorse House flood insurance extension OPINION | GOP healthcare attack is a vendetta against President Obama Poll: Women paying more attention to politics since Trump’s election Senate advances controversial Trump Interior nominee Fox News personality: GOP healthcare plan says ‘ideology is less important than victory’ Poll: Nearly half of liberals say friend supporting Trump would hurt friendship House to consider GI expansion bill next week GOP lawmaker turned down Rohrabacher’s request to travel to Russia last year: report From abstract to urgent, a test of U.S. global leadership On voter privacy, we’ve taken one step forward and two steps back Senate committee ignores Trump, House budgets in favor of 2017 funding levels Mar-a-Lago asks to hire more foreign workers DHS: Laptop ban put in place after explosive test destroyed airplane Supreme Court gives cable industry more time to appeal net neutrality ruling California sets the gold standard on good energy policy Senate panel approves five Trump Pentagon picks Bachmann: Muslim immigrants trying to undermine Western civilization 8 things you might have missed in latest Trump interview Dem senator questions Justice Department on warrantless surveillance Trump has confidence in Sessions, White House says A dubious doomsday scenario: Subprime autos won’t trigger crisis 20 attorneys general urge DeVos to keep college sexual assault protections 40 million fewer people expected to vote in 2018, study finds Rubio: Trump firing Mueller would be a ‘mistake’ Rand Paul opens door to backing healthcare bill on key hurdle Trump sent over 1,000 tweets in first six months as president Watch Live: Trump announces pharmaceutical glass packaging initiative Cornyn: Knowing health plan ahead of vote is ‘luxury we don’t have’ Your income paid for welfare fraud from sea to shining sea Defense leaders brief Trump on Afghanistan, ISIS fight at Pentagon FCC says it cannot provide more proof of claimed cyberattack Gore: Progressive ideas ‘gaining ground’ among Democrats The America I love is far better united than it is divided Harris, Paul seek to change bail system to help poor GOP Senate candidate attacks Anti-Defamation League for ‘witchhunt’ on far right Gore: Trump prompting ‘biggest upsurge’ of climate activism ever Republicans rally around Sessions after Trump criticism Lawmakers inch closer to deal on Russia sanctions Senate panel rejects Trump funding cuts on Energy Department programs Feinstein: Trump Jr. will be subpoenaed if he refuses to testify For reasons good and bad, Trump may intervene more in Venezuela GOP senator: Not important for Trump to understand healthcare policy details Senate panel advances Trump’s tax policy nominee House votes to reauthorize Department of Homeland Security Congress needs to provide Dreamers with permanent protection ACLU sues for draft of Trump religious liberty order RNC slams CNN’s Cillizza over Trump-Putin analysis McCain: Trump playing into Putin’s hands by canceling Syrian rebel program Warren: ‘I’d be very glad’ for Sessions to quit Gore wishes Mikulski a happy birthday at ‘Inconvenient Sequel’ premiere DHS implements first stage of new aviation security measures Independent voters have second-class status in American democracy Trump adviser: Russia not paying a high enough price for election interference House Dems campaign arm outpaces GOP by $3M in June Dem senator: Ask Trump basic questions on how healthcare works The Hill’s 12:30 Report Is Trump hiding behind his lawyers? And will that work? CBO: 22 million would lose coverage under Senate ObamaCare replacement Working together on children’s healthcare Lewandowski: Trump’s Putin meeting really just a conversation with first lady Trump says Japanese first lady doesn’t speak English despite video showing her speaking the language Conservative group urges Trump to stick with Sessions The Prescription Drug Delivery System: Continuing the Conversation GOP Rep under FBI investigation has spent $336,664 on law firms: report Warren gives Trump an ‘F’ on draining the swamp Trump’s Africa policy should end US aid to dictators, rights abusers Senators ask for Syria policy study in defense bill Elon Musk claims government approval for DC to NY ‘Hyperloop’ Arizona senator: McCain still focused on healthcare legislation Trump declines invitation to address NAACP Trump administration reveals first regulatory agenda McCain: ‘I’ll be back soon’ ‘Made in America’, free trade aren’t mutually exclusive — far from it Poll: Majority say charge smokers more for insurance, but not the obese Rohrabacher aide fired over Russia connections Russian official says talks on joint cyber group with US ongoing The next battle in the fight against human trafficking Arabs and Africans still see hope in President Trump Steve King defends Sessions: Trump agenda would be ‘crippled’ without him Trump ally LePage may run for Senate in Maine Feds fine Exxon $2M for violating Russia sanctions while Tillerson was CEO Murdoch wanted to tilt election to anyone but Trump: report White House details plan to roll back environmental regs Blackberry encryption approved for government use Mueller to examine Trump business as part of Russia probe: report CNN’s Begala: Trump a different kind of president like OJ’s a different kind of football player Trump’s FBI nominee passes committee, heads to full Senate Sessions will stay on as AG ‘as long as that is appropriate’ CBO says new healthcare score coming ‘soon’ DOJ takes down dark net marketplaces War epic ‘Dunkirk’ gets DC premiere Ex-ethics chief defends Sessions recusal: ‘He did the right thing’ Paul: Dems running ‘partisan witch hunt’ probes of Trump because they lost Berkeley agrees to host conservative speaker Ben Shapiro Bharara jokes he is ‘looking forward’ to having Sessions, Rosenstein as NYU colleagues GOP lawmakers introduce measures to repeal consumer bureau arbitration rule IBM leads technology firms pushing back on Texas bathroom legislation Study shows hacking techniques harder to keep secret than first thought Many of Trump’s NAFTA goals aren’t new — they’re from the TPP Obama intel chief promises the truth about Russian election meddling in new book Trump picks climate change doubter for USDA science job Colbert: Trump meeting Putin again is like OJ getting parole and going glove shopping Budget chief: ‘MAGAnomics’ the way to get US economy back on track Former intelligence chief Clapper: Trump Jr. meeting was ‘classic, textbook Soviet and now Russian statecraft’ Will Trump learn from his past and end the healthcare war once and for all? GOP lawmaker: Trump ‘is a distraction’ Greta Van Susteren hits CNN: ‘So tasteless’ for touting exclusive on McCain cancer diagnosis Sally Yates: Trump attack on Sessions violates ‘bedrock principle of our democracy’ Sen. Thune: McCain ‘a hero’ to ‘millions’ Trump campaign paid thousands to pro-Trump TV pundit’s firm: report Ex-Watergate prosecutor: Trump sounds like Nixon Johnson: Illegal immigration down because Trump rhetoric ‘scared off’ women, children Intel Dem suggests Trump Jr. had more undisclosed meetings, phone calls Obama produced plan to counter potential Election Day cyberattack: report Trump’s friendliness toward Russia puts him at odds with McMaster: report Report: Republican says Trump doesn’t even scare Senate pages Department of Homeland Security Authorization of 2017 needs your support Johnson: Sessions ‘had no choice’ on recusal Scarborough: McCain has ‘been a fighter his entire life’ Trump: Macron ‘loves holding my hand’ Kremlin: ‘Absolutely absurd’ to say Trump, Putin had secret meeting Poll: Opposition to GOP effort to repeal and replace ObamaCare growing OPINION | Gorka: America is back with the first 6 months of Trump Poll: Majority says federal government should ensure healthcare coverage Poll: 1 in 8 people who voted for Trump say they wouldn’t do it again Regulatory experts push Senate leaders for regulatory reform Dems see huge field emerging to take on Trump GOP reverses course on healthcare The Memo: Trump tries to bend Congress to his will Bipartisan beer caucus hops into debate over tax reform GOP signals infrastructure bill must wait Voter fraud commission starts amid controversy Cyber shakeup feared at State Department OPINION | Liberal hysteria over Trump’s voter fraud panel proves why it’s needed