The Hill Articles: March 14, 2017

Clinton ally offers $5M reward in exchange for Trump tax returns DNC: Trump’s ‘audit excuse is a sham’ Journalist mailed Trump’s tax return: ‘Entirely possible’ he leaked it himself Trump’s son thanks Maddow for proving his success to ‘Trump hating followers’ Leaked IRS form: Trump paid $38M in taxes on $150M in income in 2005 Ex-Clinton spokesman: Focus on ‘Trumpcare’ instead being ‘distracted’ by tax return WH releases Trump tax info ahead of MSNBC report Ryan: Trump and I working to ‘stick the landing’ on healthcare plan Ryan: Leaked audio bashing Trump ‘ancient history’ Overnight Healthcare: Pressure mounts for changes to GOP ObamaCare bill MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow teases Trump tax returns Top Navy official among eight charged with corruption in salacious bribery case Senate Finance takes step on Trump’s trade nominee GOP senator brushes off reporter asking about health plan Former GOP senator lobbying for Gorsuch’s nomination Overnight Defense: Senators grill top Marine over nude photo scandal Lobbying World Cruz: WH plan for ‘third prong’ health legislation won’t work in Senate Pavlich: Failure of Fast and Furious Three ways the Trump administration can quickly improve criminal justice Trump’s Labor nominee picks up Democratic vote Moulitsas: King is not an outlier Senate nixes Obama-era drug testing rule Overnight Cybersecurity: White House says Trump confident DOJ will hand over wiretapping evidence | Dems push for surveillance law reform Pressure mounts for changes to ObamaCare bill Judicial Conference recommends 5 additional judges for Calif. appeals court Overnight Finance: MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow teases Trump tax returns | Trump to draw battle lines with budget | CEOs’ optimism at highest level since 2009 | Trump trade pick heads before Congress Abbas tells US envoy historic peace deal possible under Trump GOP senator: ObamaCare plan not what Trump ‘promised’ Appeals court upholds decision not to toss Bergdahl case over Trump comments Overnight Regulation: Dems press DeVos over rule targeting for-profit colleges Space is bigger than NASA DC Metro rushed into yearlong repair program, watchdog finds Overnight Tech: WikiLeaks reaches out to tech companies | Germany weighs fining social media firms over hate speech | NYC sues Verizon Russia deploys forces near Libyan border: report Russia rips ‘odious’ CNN special on Putin Trump’s EZ answer to minority and Rust Belt communities Graham: FBI will ‘screw up big time’ by ignoring Trump wiretap questions Overnight Energy: Trump administration ponders deeper EPA cuts Helping people escape poverty Revamped ObamaCare threatens to throw out baby with the bathwater Club for Growth endorses Trump-aligned candidate in GA special election Dem senator: King’s ‘racist’ talk has ‘consequences’ Trump’s trade nominee unsure whether China is manipulating its currency Trump can employ a new strategy with North Korea Crowley registers as foreign agent for Ukrainian billionaire Dems call on DeVos to explain delay in career-training rule GOP lawmaker says she’ll vote no on ObamaCare repeal bill Critical to keep benefits of trade deficit in mind ahead of Merkel visit Trump’s sanctuary cities order threatens public services Trump’s Defense secretary calls climate change a national security risk Wind energy Production Tax Credit: A step toward an ‘all of the above’ energy plan Where is the sanctuary for our citizens? Top Senate Republicans ding CBO amid concerns over ObamaCare repeal Amnesty Intl to Trump: Don’t approve arms sales to Saudi Arabia, Bahrain Reversal of last-second Obama EPA rule will garner Detroit’s support McCaskill to ask Mattis for details on how military monitors cyber scandals Three ObamaCare replace myths Gingrich: ‘The deep state exists’ Hawaii’s case against Trump’s travel ban, debunked How Washington can change Dodd-Frank to boost small businesses Trump dropping climate change impact from government reviews: report Spicer: Conway’s microwave remark made ‘in jest’ GOP rep: Funds from Mexican cartels can pay for border wall McConnell: ‘Obviously’ Congress will increase debt ceiling Power plants’ methane emissions much higher than thought: study WH: Trump disagrees with Steve King’s ‘somebody else’s babies’ remark White House: Trump ‘confident’ DOJ will produce wiretapping evidence Social media is the driving force of the ‘TrumpCare’ story Wikileaks in contact with manufacturers on CIA security risks Top GOP senator to Democrats: Offer your own bill to fix ObamaCare White House: We’re working to change ObamaCare bill Trump trade nominee says he supports ‘America first’ policy Reagan’s Superfund research must get back to Bush II funding levels Dem rep gets emotional talking about how ObamaCare saved his intern’s life twice So far, federal job-training programs have been outright failures Tillerson: UN Human Rights Council must reform or US will leave Bannon: Conway standing by Trump was key to surviving ‘Access Hollywood’ tape Dem senator hopes to tie defense spending bill to visas for Afghans who helped US troops Pelosi calls on GOP leaders to take away Rep. King’s committee gavel GOP will follow path of Lincoln, our founder, not Steve King’s tweets Sanders lifts spirits in West Virginia WATCH: GOP rep’s bill to eliminate Education Dept. ranks high in popularity Tea Party leader: Trump risks losing base over healthcare push President Trump’s FDA nominee could mean better drugs sooner at lower cost Dem senator: Justice Department should investigate RT America Top GOP senators call for more low-income help in healthcare bill ‘SNL’ skit ‘Weekend Update’ to air in prime time in August Fuel cell cars aren’t as efficient as they seem Pence dismisses Assange allegation of White House ‘takeover’ Steve King: ‘People hyperventilate over a tweet’ Cronkite Award for Ramos signals a more partisan age in journalism Canada’s Girl Scouts banning trips to US over travel ban Five key findings from the CBO’s healthcare score GOP rep to man at town hall: ‘Shut up’ Trump touts increased optimism among CEOs Beijing is right to fear a rate-raising Federal Reserve The Hill’s 12:30 Report Dems urge changes to ‘backdoor search loophole,’ citing Flynn case Senators tear into Marines on nude photo scandal The problem with ‘rigorously enforced’ immigration law Cyber criminals catching up to sophisticated nation-state actors, firm says Ignoring the needs of mothers and babies at a cost to society – and the economy Schumer: GOP healthcare bill is ‘in trouble’ Trump friend says president should ditch House conservatives, seek bipartisan health plan Survey: CEOs’ economic optimism hits highest level since 2009 White House eyeing even deeper EPA cuts: report Ivanka Trump dropping fine jewelry line How H.R. McMaster can win on the political battlefield of Washington Germany proposes hefty hate speech fines for social media companies Paul Ryan’s health plan doesn’t care about the poor and sick — 24 million will lose insurance Steve King: ‘Hispanics and the blacks will be fighting each other’ before whites become minority Rove: House GOP healthcare bill is party’s best chance ‘Bipartisan road trip’ — Congressmen share 1,600-mile drive to DC Introducing The Hill’s History-Cast Say goodbye to affordable clothing if border tax is passed New York City sues Verizon over internet service commitments Drudge says GOP lied about tax cuts: ‘Can we get our votes back?’ Pharmacy: Health policy’s shot-in-the-arm? Univision’s Ramos, MSNBC’s Tur, CNN’s Tapper win 2017 Walter Cronkite Award ‘Morning Joe’ host asks if Trump lied about wiretapping Trump administration and Congress are hurting protections for our environment Obama makes surprise trip to Hawaii: report EPA to reconsider chemical plant safety rule New regs for Wednesday: Prepaid cards, nuclear, water Time for Trump to turn on the charm to win over Germany’s Merkel Ryan-aligned group launches ads after healthcare bill’s CBO score Aerospace, semiconductor groups back House GOP tax plan Fox & Friends: Pro-journalism newspaper slogans showing ‘anti-Trump bias’ Top Iowa newspaper: GOP must primary Steve King over race remarks Dennis Kucinich on Trump’s wiretap charge: ‘It happened to me’ A challenging road ahead for our new US trade representative Report: Katrina Pierson turned down top White House job Why the Republican version of ObamaCare is a sham Dem: Trump should apologize if no wiretap evidence emerges Ex-CBO head defends agency’s healthcare scoring Obama White House photographer pokes fun at Conway on Instagram Reid told Warren to run for president in 2020: report Cuomo: GOP healthcare plan could be ‘devastating’ for state governments It’s a big year for the Federal Reserve. Here’s what to expect. Tech workers set to protest Trump on Pi Day Trump budget head attacks CBO: ‘Terrible at counting coverage’ Trump, Tillerson must keep US on the human rights high ground Internal Issa poll suggested support for Trump hurt lawmaker: report Varney: Sanders is Dems’ ‘intellectual, ideological, driving force’ Richard Spencer’s white nationalist non-profit stripped of tax-exempt status: report Report: State Dept. cuts to be reduced in Trump budget proposal Briefly: How the CBO scores a bill Pass the Taylor Force Act to combat terrorism Price dodges on Trump promise that no one is going to lose healthcare coverage The public cannot afford to ignore foreign aid spending Colbert mocks Conway by replacing show’s cameras with microwaves Innovation and infrastructure are key to driving efficiency in trucking industry Obama administration spent $36M on FOIA lawsuits in final year: report North Korea warns US of ‘merciless’ attacks Special prosecutor should probe lawless Obama-era DOJ Trump should kill the Republican proposal for ‘ObamaCare 2.0’ GOP does damage control over healthcare score Trump to draw battle lines with his budget Dems launch attacks ahead of Supreme Court showdown Unity commission another challenge for Democrats Lawmakers eye cyber help for states Work begins on $1T infrastructure plan A homefront fighter for LGBT troops Federal government working on 3-hour delay