The Hill Articles: June 19, 2017

Sanders slams ‘unprecedented’ process on GOP health bill Franken accuses Trump of flip-flopping on House healthcare bill Special counsel to meet with Senate Judiciary Committee members: report Warren cites ‘avalanche’ of opposition to GOP health bill House Dems: ‘Does not appear’ Flynn disclosed trip to Middle East Trump: Vote GOP in special elections because Dems have ‘no ideas’ Lewandowski near ‘high six-figure book deal’: report GOP fires opening attack on Dem reportedly running for Heller’s Senate seat McCain: North Korean government murdered Otto Warmbier Sanders to GOP on healthcare bill: ‘What are you afraid of?’ Poll: Bush, Obama popular in retirement Overnight Tech: Trump seeks tech’s help for ‘sweeping’ IT overhaul | FTC looks to block sports fantasy merger | Firm exposes nearly 200M voters’ data Trump seeks tech’s help for government IT overhaul Senate Dem: ‘Even the president’ calls GOP health bill ‘mean’ Trump legal team spokesman used Twitter to criticize Trump Sharing data protects our nation’s critical infrastructure Bottom Line Only ObamaCare insurer in most Iowa counties to hike premiums by 43.5 percent Access to palliative care needs to stay in new health bill Bipartisan group of lawmakers urge Treasury to keep state and local tax deduction GOP defense spending battle delays Republican budget Republicans and the lost promise of local control in education Ryan seeks manufacturing muscle for tax push Dems step up attacks on GOP ObamaCare bill Overnight Finance: Ryan seeks manufacturing muscle for tax reform | Warren targets Wells Fargo board | Senators raise concerns over Russian takeover of Citgo | Pelosi hits GOP for budget delays Press: Worse than Nixon Here’s what we can learn from the Scalise shooting A bipartisan approach to smart, principled gun safety is needed Feehery: Returning to civility Live coverage: Senate Dems hold talkathon to protest GOP health plan Trump offers condolences to family of Otto Warmbier What do Democrats stand for? Overnight Energy: Perry questions role of carbon dioxide in climate change Overnight Healthcare: Senate GOP leader expects health vote next week | Senate Republicans consider deeper Medicaid cuts | Dems vow to block Senate work Senate GOP leader: Health vote expected next week Washington state down to one bare ObamaCare county Rep. McHenry filling in as House whip at crucial time Overnight Defense: US moves deeper into Syrian civil war | Latest on deadly destroyer collision | Defense experts push for base closures Concerns over NAFTA: Much ado about (nearly) nothing Otto Warmbier, US student held in North Korea for 17 months, dies Overnight Regulation: Trump focus turns to scrapping regs | FTC moves to block fantasy sports merger | Pelosi wants net neutrality hearing in San Francisco Senators ask administration to probe possible Russian takeover of Citgo Overnight Cybersecurity: GOP contractor exposes data on 200M voters | Spyware targets Mexican journalists, advocates | White House hosts tech CEOs Pelosi asks FCC chairman to hold San Francisco hearing on net neutrality Trump calls out Ossoff for living outside of Georgia district Michelle Obama holds fitness ‘bootcamps’ for friends Hospital group warns of serious harm from Medicaid cuts Puerto Rico’s austerity trap Spicer interviewing replacements for press secretary role: report Supreme Court declines to hear Chevron, Ecuador case When a lesson on historical oppression takes an ugly turn Warren demands removal of Wells Fargo board members: report Senators pan Trump’s proposed cuts to rural airports Time for US tax code to catch up with competitors CNN’s Acosta: Spicer is ‘kind of useless’ Act now on No Regulation Without Representation White House reporters fume over off-camera briefings The State of Mental Health Care: Challenges and Solutions Wildfires won’t stop at the edge of public land — sustainability policy shouldn’t either Pelosi blasts GOP for budget delays Revive vocational vigor via college savings plan expansion White House declines to say directly that Trump has confidence in Rosenstein Pentagon working to re-establish ‘deconfliction’ line with Russia Trump’s 2018 budget will dismantle safety net for the poor and disabled White House looks to tamp down tensions with Russia over Syria Biden tops list of potential 2020 Democrats in new poll NYPD increasing presence around places of worship What the next round of American military base closures will look like Mechanic: Baseball field shooter ranted about Trump before attack Redskins owner ‘thrilled’ over Supreme Court’s trademark decision Jonathan Taplin misses the mark on corporate dominance in tech RSC warns Senate: Healthcare changes may ‘jeopardize’ bill Supreme Court strikes down state law barring sex offenders from Facebook Senators offer bipartisan bill on retirement savings for grad students DHS: London, Paris attacks ‘reprehensible’ Cuba blasts Trump policy: ‘We will never negotiate under pressure’ Japan investigating delay in report of deadly US destroyer collision Trump: US did a ‘good job’ building Panama Canal The Hill’s 12:30 Report FTC files to block merger of fantasy sports sites Driver faces terrorism charges in London mosque attack GOP exploiting Virginia shooting in Georgia election Erick Erickson: Political left is becoming the American ISIS Defense experts call on Congress to allow military base closures Justices rule ex-Bush officials can’t be sued in terrorism case OPINION: Gerrymandering harms all American voters, regardless of party Business leaders slam Trump’s air traffic control plan OPINION | Bill O’Reilly: Sandy Hook families deserve better than Alex Jones Megyn Kelly’s Alex Jones interview a ratings flop Car hits police van on Champs-Elysees in Paris Dems threaten to gum up Senate over ‘secret’ ObamaCare bill Megyn Kelly’s interview with Alex Jones was a mistake These GOP senators need to stand up to their party on healthcare Manafort met with Ukraine associate amid Russian election meddling: report OPINION | Newt Gingrich: GOP, slow down on killing ObamaCare Energy Secretary Rick Perry: Carbon dioxide is not ‘primary’ driver of climate change Supreme Court sides with band The Slants in fight over disparaging trademarks BAT is a swing and a miss, time to scrap GOP’s import tax plan Mexican journalists, lawyers targeted with government phone spyware Senate GOP considers deeper Medicaid cuts than House bill US spy agencies linked 14 UK deaths to Russia: report London mosque attack is a tragedy we should all condemn Ex-Bush official expected to be deputy EPA head Chaffetz: Trump administration ‘almost worse’ than Obama’s on transparency Senate Democrats pressure GOP to hold healthcare hearings Supreme Court to consider Wisconsin gerrymandering case ‘I came home wounded’ Trump tweets support for GOP candidate in House race Thought Russian hacking was bad in 2016? Just wait for 2018 Retired general says Russian Syria warning is ‘rubbish’ Poll: Most Americans trust US government to protect them against terror attack Brexit negotiations kick off nearly a year after referendum GOP senator says political rhetoric ‘out of control’ We can turbocharge our technology industry with immigration reform Data on 198M voters exposed by GOP contractor Americans are better off with consumer protection in place Russia says it will treat US-led planes in Syria as targets after US downed Syrian Jet Apple CEO likely to talk immigration, encryption at White House: report Huckabee: Trump like a doctor with gruff bedside manner Conway: Russia investigation starting to waste ‘tens of millions’ in taxpayers’ money Dem rep: President’s tweets ‘uncertain and confusing’ Rebooting American government Georgia GOP district chairman: Shooting will win us the special election Conway: Congress should be thinking about ‘solutions’ instead of midterms DNC chairman backs Puerto Rico statehood Theresa May condemns latest ‘sickening’ UK terror attack Lets put patients first by holding pharmaceutical companies accountable Kushner to travel to Middle East in push for peace Fox News host considers Senate run Kushner contemplating shakeup of legal team: report This World Wi-Fi Day, let’s celebrate the progress we’ve made Police now call London attack a ‘terror incident’ Democrats in overdrive to flip Georgia House seat Apple, Amazon CEOs to White House as Kushner initiative gets underway Juan Williams: GOP fumbles on healthcare Judd Gregg: A rogue agency at risk This week: Senate plots path on healthcare GOP considers canceling August recess to salvage agenda Week ahead: Senate work on ObamaCare repeal intensifies Week ahead: House digs into annual defense bill Week ahead: Interior, Energy chiefs to defend Trump budget Week ahead: FCC looks to help cops crack down on threatening calls Week ahead: Obama DHS chief to testify on Russian meddling Week ahead: Ryan to give ‘major’ tax reform speech | Panel takes up flood insurance bill | Trump trade rep heads before Congress