The Hill Articles: May 1, 2017

DeVos to give commencement speech at historically black university Christie vetoes NJ bill seeking Trump tax returns Dems observe May Day as immigrant day of action Trump, Putin to speak on Tuesday phone call Congress increases NIH funding after Trump calls for cuts Trump: Andrew Jackson saw the Civil War coming Maxine Waters: Trump should do US a favor and resign WH denies it’s ending Michelle Obama’s ‘Let Girls Learn’ program Los Angeles burned 25 years ago, changing the city and the nation Overnight Healthcare: GOP struggles to find ObamaCare repeal votes | Abortion roils health plan debate | Patient groups denounce bill Obama to host Chicago roundtable Wednesday GOP senator questions Comey over ‘inconsistencies’ on Trump dossier Senate Republicans introduce anti-net neutrality legislation Trump camp has spent $274K on Trump Tower rent: report Hannity responds to speculation about future at Fox Elizabeth Warren’s hearing aid bill like a box to the ears Overnight Cybersecurity: Trump launches tech advisory council | Lawmakers offer IT modernization bill | Spending deal boosts DHS cyber funds Tomi Lahren settles lawsuit against The Blaze: report GOP struggles to find ObamaCare repeal votes Overnight Tech: Court lets net neutrality rule stand | Web giants duck fight over internet rules | Trump launches tech advisory council | Q&A with Box CEO Aaron Levie Overnight Finance: Spending deal winners and losers | Seven things to know about the deal | Trump mulls breaking up big banks Gillibrand rules out 2020 presidential run: report Trump: ‘Alt-left’ Bannon is sticking around Mark Cuban on Obama speeches: ‘Charge more’ FDA delays ObamaCare calorie-count rule Trump budget chief defends spending compromise with Democrats Airlines looking to land new top lobbyists Overnight Energy: Trump open to gas tax increase Top House Armed Services staffer going to Boeing Ross: Trump Syria strike ‘after-dinner entertainment’ Real populism was very different from Trump’s pseudo-populism today Healthcare access: Who needs it? America’s entrepreneurial hustlers Distortion of Trump’s Civil War comment is reason few Americans trust the media Overnight Defense: GOP hawks back spending deal | Opposition to Trump Army nominee mounts | Pentagon reports decrease in military sexual assaults Trump’s actions make American workplaces more dangerous Overnight Regulation: Trump rolling back Michelle Obama’s school lunch rules Warren: Trump admin is ‘rich guys making each other richer’ Dems to Trump, GOP: Work with us after spending deal Pentagon reports decrease in military sexual assault Trump on GOP health bill: ‘I want it to be good for sick people’ Interior secretary starts process for offshore drilling expansion plan Trump camp removes ad that may violate Defense Dept. rules In surprise, Republican says he’s a no on healthcare bill Funding deal includes $68M reimbursement for guarding Trump family Ethics office details conflict of interest rules for Ivanka Trump Abortion roils GOP ObamaCare debate Congress has an opportunity to right a wrong this week White House: Trump still committed to $1T infrastructure plan Internet’s biggest players duck net neutrality fight FBI employee married ISIS fighter she was asked to investigate House Dems slam Perdue’s rollback of healthy school meal standards Ambassador Haley needs to dole out some ‘tough love’ to United Nations Winners and losers of the government shutdown fight Trump’s tax plan a new death tax for the middle class? Multiple people stabbed at Austin university Top Secret Service official resigns amid leadership changes Scientists unite: Why scientists must become more politically active Seven things to know about the government funding deal Facebook taps former New York Times exec to lead news product team Cruz, Rand, Rubio sign letter praising DeMint: report Bottom Line Trump, after your ‘Civil War’ comments, crack a book To fight Goliath, David-sized businesses need help on retirement plans WATCH: Busy week teed up on Capitol Hill Spicer on Kim Jong Un: ‘He is still the head of state’ Fox News co-president exits network Castro: No plans to challenge Cruz Schumer: Trump’s border wall can’t pass Senate Dem senator calls on Trump to ‘immediately rescind’ Duterte invite White House: ‘Not there yet’ on healthcare bill Feehery: Realigning the parties Press: Obama making bank Giraffes need protection under the Endangered Species Act Medical marijuana supporters hopeful about government funding bill The hopeful signs in the first 100 days of a freshman congressman No. 2 House Dem to Trump: Withdraw Army secretary nominee Michael Moore brings new anti-Trump show to Broadway CIA head visited South Korea amid nuclear tensions: report Trump unwinding Michelle Obama’s school lunch program rules A May Day call for justice Trump defends inviting Philippines president to White House Despite a battle won, ‘War on Coal’ far from over Mnuchin: ‘Thank me for your bank stocks doing better’ Trump to ‘consider’ raising the gas tax Immigration protesters target Texas governor with sit-in FCC head to brief Congress on net neutrality rollback Muslim advocacy group joins push against Army secretary nominee Why Trump will lose on his push against the Antiquities Act CNN: Trump ending Michelle Obama’s girls education program Trump mulling breakup of Wall Street banks Congo inks $5.6 million lobbying deal amid election strife Breaking the silence surrounding mental health illness Trump open to direct talks with Kim Jong Un Trump spurs outrage, mockery with Civil War comments Warren accuses Obama, Dems of abandoning working-class voters Trump may spend weekend at his New Jersey golf course Trump drops the mother of all bombs on libraries The Hill’s 12:30 Report Older Americans Month — slashing funds for our seniors is the wrong thing to do Oil lobby pushes for offshore drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico Patient groups denounce ‘inadequate’ and ‘unaffordable’ GOP health bill Choice, fairness in workplace flexibility Spending deal boosts funds for DHS office securing cyber infrastructure Trump to name anti-abortion advocate to lead federal family planning programs Lawmakers create Digital Trade Caucus Spending bill requires Syrian civil war, ISIS strategies Federal court lets net neutrality regulations stand Justices deny review of case challenging polar bear habitat Pro-pot provisions survive spending deal negotiations Congress saves transportation programs from Trump’s proposed cuts First-quarter GDP may be cool, but housing market downright balmy Dem rep fires back at Trump: Civil War happened because my ancestors were enslaved Spicer: Press plays ‘who can stump the chump’ at daily White House briefings Liberal temper tantrums have replaced debate Justices order new look at fair lending lawsuit against Bank of America, Wells Fargo Trump Organization: Ivanka photo from Manila is several years old New regs for Tuesday: Legal, investment, FOIA Trump on Gorsuch: ‘Every 5-4 decision is because of me’ Philippines’ Duterte on Trump’s White House invitation: ‘I’m tied up’ Trump should seek to be the first to broker peace between Israel and Palestine Dems blast DOE study as biased toward coal, nuclear Trump creates tech advisory council MSNBC signs NY Times reporter Glenn Thrush On Canadian lumber tax, builders worried about profits, not buyers Trump says claims that Obama wiretapped him have been ‘proven very strongly’ Congress: Protect businesses like ours from abusive patent trolls Dem senator to give Trump plan to renegotiate NAFTA Trump: ‘Why was there the Civil War?’ Spending bill includes 2,500 new visas for Afghans The time is right to open Yucca Mountain for nuclear waste Trump: It took ’10 minutes’ with Egyptian president to secure prisoner’s release Ohio senator: Miners won ‘huge victory’ in spending bill Priebus hoping for healthcare vote this week Trump camp highlights first 100 days in new TV ad Liberal protesters must raise the bar if they expect to have any impact NY Dems introduce bill to force release of Trump’s state tax returns: report Jordan predicts ‘a lot of conservatives’ will oppose spending bill The business case for the State Department Trump reaching out to Silicon Valley: report Key Trump adviser: I think we have the votes for healthcare Resisting Trump and standing up for immigrants Trump and Obama haven’t spoken since Inauguration Day For better or worse, many are sure to embrace Trump’s policy reversals Trump on congressional Republicans: ‘I don’t dislike any of them’ Gunman kills one, injures others at San Diego pool party End-to-end encryption could be key to securing political campaigns Judd Gregg: An American Parliament Juan Williams: Dems need a better strategy GOP growing frustrated with Trump’s trade threats Week ahead in defense: Spending fight goes into extra time This week: Congress seeks to avoid shutdown Week ahead: Lawmakers move to pass spending deal | Senate to vote on SEC pick | Panel to mark up Dodd-Frank overhaul Week ahead in tech: FCC chief forces net neutrality showdown Week ahead: Comey heads to the Hill; Russia probes press ahead Week ahead: Republicans look for path forward on ObamaCare repeal Week ahead: House GOP to probe national monuments Week ahead: Battle lines drawn over net neutrality