The Hill Articles: March 16, 2017

Exxon Mobil attorneys defend Tillerson’s use of alias email Julie Andrews: Trump’s proposed budget cuts to the arts ‘mind-boggling’ Judge denies request to apply previous travel ban block to Trump’s revised order Sen. Susan Collins comes out against House GOP healthcare bill State Department: Israel will not see foreign aid cuts under Trump budget plan Dem senator: Trump has lost credibility over wiretap claims Trump to name coal lobbyist as deputy EPA chief: report Maddow’s Trump’s tax return reveal delivers 4.1 million viewers for MSNBC Social media users challenge source of Irish proverb shared by Trump Overnight Finance: Inside Trump’s first budget | Reaction from Congress | Budget panel advances ObamaCare repeal | Debt ceiling returns House votes to make it easier to fire VA employees for misconduct Obama reportedly spending a month in French Polynesia Overnight Defense: Trump seeks $30B more for 2017 defense spending | Boeing VP tapped for Pentagon post GOP leaders want details before funding Trump’s border wall Dem rep asks White House for Sebastian Gorka’s immigration papers Congressional reporter for conservative IJR resigns The 19 federal agencies Trump wants to eliminate Armed Services chair: Military doesn’t fully grasp nude-photo-sharing scandal The White House budget plan shortchanges our economic future Rep. Steve King: GOP colleagues ‘patting me on the back’ after controversy Overnight Healthcare: Ryan huddles with GOP factions on ObamaCare bill | Budget panel advances bill Overnight Cybersecurity: Trump standing by wiretapping claim | Cyber gets boost in Trump budget | Bad bots on the rise | McDonald’s Twitter hack Sean Hannity once pointed a gun at Juan Williams: report Despite claims by Sessions and Trump, ‘broken windows’ policing is broken Overnight Tech: Trump’s tech budget – Cyber gets boost; cuts for NASA climate programs | FTC faces changes under Trump | Trump to meet with Bill Gates GOP chair: Not up to WH to decide whether to tie border wall to defense funding Protect lives, U.S. credibility: Pass the Keeping Our Promise to Our Afghan Allies Act Trump’s ‘Muslim ban’ rhetoric won him votes, but haunts him in court New York police chief pans Trump’s budget blueprint Saudi Arabia offers to contribute troops to ISIS fight Tax reform will be fight against special interests Why Trump’s defense budget is not enough to rebuild America’s military Overnight Energy: Trump’s budget aims for a 31 percent cut for EPA Monsanto and the EPA have been lying to us for years about Roundup Senate Intel leaders were ‘fully briefed’ on wiretapping allegations: report Glenn Beck on budget cuts: ‘I am so pro-Trump right now’ Dem resolution asks Trump, Sessions for evidence of wiretapping Trump appointee steps down at EPA Tax reform must reverse draconian expat rule Progressive group frustrated with DNC over transition team A look at the House GOP bill to partially repeal and replace the ACA House panel approves Postal Service finances legislation Five takeaways from Trump’s budget request Overnight Regulation: Trump’s budget proposes $2.5B in Labor Dept. cuts Here’s how Congress can get people to live healthy lifestyles Is it illegal to leak Trump’s tax returns? Well, it depends. Trump to Michigan gov: ‘I never forget’ those who didn’t endorse me Trump to meet with Bill Gates on Monday White House defends proposed cuts to programs for elderly, minorities and poor LGBT groups: Gorsuch more extreme than Scalia What we can learn from the Irish on mass migration and economies White House: Trump ‘stands by’ wiretapping claim Ryan huddles with GOP factions on healthcare bill Dems compare Spicer to ‘SNL’ parody Calling balls and strikes at the SEC GOP faces dilemma over ObamaCare tax credits in red states White House: Climate funding is ‘a waste of your money’ Trump proposes $2.5B in Labor cuts If President Trump kills public broadcasting, America loses Mulvaney: NY Times ‘in trouble’ for calling his sons girls Not all budget deficits are created equal, Trump’s sets stage for economic growth The war on drugs is a horrible metaphor for a nation’s response to addiction Trump to oldest living Pearl Harbor vet: ‘Keep going!’ Dem senator hopes Republicans oppose ‘TrumpCare’ Trump invites Congressional Black Caucus to White House meeting Russian spy ship spotted 50 miles off US coast CNN’s Chalian: Trump ‘looked like a third-grader’ in Fox interview Budget director: We can’t ask coal miners or single moms to pay for Public Broadcasting Occupational licensing reform will benefit millions of Americans How to CREATE generic pharma competition FBI chief expected to deny wiretapping claim, Dem says ‘Orphan Black’ star to advocate for sexual assault survivors in DC Graham: Trump should take travel ban issue to Supreme Court GOP rep: Coast Guard should be under Pentagon, not DHS Dershowitz: Why the Supreme Court will uphold Trump’s travel ban Dem introduces bill to tackle ‘revenge porn’ in military after Marines’ nude-photo-sharing scandal America’s top brass needs a code of conduct Solar has become America’s fastest-growing, nonpartisan energy source Trump’s NASA budget cuts earth, climate science programs Melania Trump’s hometown creates ‘First Lady’ wine in her honor Perez calls Trump ‘a president of the rich’ over budget blueprint GOP senator asks IRS to review enforcement of limit on church political activity More millennials tuning in to cable news Freedom Caucus chairman: I’m less optimistic about entitlement reform Melissa McCarthy to host ‘SNL’ as it shifts to live nationwide Senate Intel chair: ‘No indications’ Trump Tower was wiretapped Internal administration data undercuts Trump travel ban: report Flynn took money from multiple Russian firms Ryan on Trump’s claims: ‘No such wiretap existed’ Washington must help the Navajo Nation prevent the loss of coal jobs Wednesday’s rate hike a turning point for US economy Dems offer bills to boost rural broadband Why Paul is right on NATO and McCain is wrong Trump proposed budget eliminates funds for Meals on Wheels Two-thirds of enterprises use advanced tech without securing data: report Found: $40 billion for the federal budget Dem: GOP pushing ‘judicial gerrymandering’ Dem lawmaker: Trump might’ve leaked classified information The Hill’s 12:30 Report Republicans move to curb Dem powers in the states Chirlane McCray and Patrick Kennedy: We urge Congress to fund opioid treatment nationally Pelosi: Trump budget a ‘slap in the face’ Pentagon to employees: No streaming March Madness games at work Senate Dems introduce bill to rescind Trump border wall, immigration order American Medical Association urges GOP to go ‘back to the drawing board’ Trump’s budget proposal is bad news for housing across the nation GOP senator slams Trump’s Yucca Mountain proposal Three airport security programs axed under Trump budget Trump nominates Boeing VP for deputy Defense secretary Want more affordable and sustainable food? 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Today’s less-competitive markets would anger Teddy Roosevelt Jennifer Garner makes pitch for early childhood education funding McDonald’s deletes anti-Trump tweet, says account was hacked Consumer savings to vanish If Congress pulls the plug on reforms for debit cards McCain: Trump budget can’t pass Senate Budget panel advances ObamaCare bill with three GOP defections White House budget head: Reported Coast Guard cuts ‘not accurate’ New regs for Friday: Tobacco, finance, temporary workers Trump calls for air traffic control spin-off in budget No criminal charges for New York mayor de Blasio Chelsea Clinton plans new children’s book: ‘She Persisted’ Yahoo breach illustrates Trump must confront Moscow over hacking Tomi Lahren: Trump called to thank me for comments on ‘Hannity’ Trump requests $30B more for defense spending for fiscal 2017 Cruz, Freedom Caucus chairman lay out health plan demands: ‘The time to act is now upon us’ Cutting red tape will help restore US mining, middle-class jobs Rand Paul: ‘Unhinged’ McCain makes ‘strong case for term limits’ Ryan-aligned group targets conservatives with robocalls McDonald’s tweets to Trump: ‘You are actually a disgusting excuse of a President’ Maddow: Trump tax return leak like ‘a drop of water’ in the desert Schumer on budget: Trump talks like a populist but helps special interests GOP senator: Trump travel ban doesn’t just apply to Muslims Make GOP plan’s tax credits count for direct-pay patients and doctors Secret Service agents investigated for taking selfies with Trump’s sleeping grandson: report 8 items on Trump’s foreign policy agenda that make US weaker Tenn. protesters drown out Trump backer by chanting ‘bless your heart’ Obama chief of staff: ‘The president cannot order a wiretap’ Transforming mental health and addiction treatment: We’ve only just begun Burma is still on the rocky road to democracy GOP senator: EPA ‘brainwashing our kids’ Tillerson: US has ‘failed’ to stop North Korea’s nuke program Public Broadcasting slams Trump budget for scrapping ‘essential national service’ Trump Defense budget unlikely to mollify hawks Trump budget proposes 13 percent cut to Transportation Dept Elected officials, not unelected staffers, should decide the fate of ObamaCare Tillerson: State Department funding ‘simply not sustainable’ The Hill’s History-Cast: Supreme Sherpas Trudeau hosts Ivanka Trump at Broadway show about international travelers Trump budget proposes $4.7B in cuts to USDA Worried about the national debt? It’s even worse for our cities. Trump proposes deep cuts to EPA, federal climate funding Trump budget blueprint cuts funding to NIH Give our veterans considering suicide help, not a gun Price defends tax cut in GOP ObamaCare repeal plan for health insurance executives Trump’s budget proposal gives DHS $1.5 billion for cybersecurity Violent threats against the president are OK now? How Trump’s FDA pick could make it easier for Americans to quit smoking Congress should stop trying to diminish public lands Second federal judge blocks parts of Trump’s revised travel ban Nervous GOP senators rooting for Ryan to fail FTC faces big changes with Trump Lobby fight focuses on contacts Top Dems prep for future while out of the spotlight New report finds that voter turnout in 2016 topped 2012 Trump budget cuts IRS funding despite Mnuchin’s call for more staff Debt ceiling returns, creating new headache for GOP Trump unveils first budget blueprint Trump makes $1.5B request for border wall