The Hill Articles: September 13, 2017

‘Racism is as American as baseball’ banner displayed at Fenway Park Trump: Clinton blames everyone but herself for election loss Trump: US ‘should do everything possible to match’ China’s business tax For Hill staffers, Cruz’s ‘liked’ porn tweet a nightmare scenario Agreement reached with Trump on young immigrants, Dems say DNC slams Trump’s National Hispanic Heritage Month proclamation as ‘hypocritical’ Miami mayor rips Pruitt climate change criticism in light of Irma Ex-ethics chief ‘disgusted’ by reports of new WH policy on anonymous gifts Ethics office allows WH staff to accept anonymous gifts for legal defense funds: report Security for ex-Sheriff David Clarke has topped $220K in 2017: report Memo reveals McMaster crackdown on leaks Trump steps up courtship of Dems New Yorker reveals cover it would have run if Clinton won Lawmakers huddle on replacing Dreamer legislation Trump tells lawmakers to move quickly on DACA without linking it to border wall Journalism group voices support for ESPN host blasted by White House Top intel committee Democrat wants testimony from Twitter, Facebook Trump is ‘open’ to ObamaCare fix, lawmakers say Mnuchin requested government jet for European honeymoon: report Under Contract Republican senator warned Trump about ‘affirmation of hate groups’ The Memo: Comey allies accuse Trump White House of smear Lin-Manuel Miranda sings show tunes, lobbies lawmakers on congressional train Overnight Regulation: House moves to block methane rule | Senators wrestle with allowing driverless trucks | EPA delays toxic waste rule It is time to make domestic terrorism a federal crime Overnight Tech: Senate looks at self-driving trucks | Facebook to keep ads off fake news | House panel calls Equifax CEO to testify Senate defense bill at standstill over amendment fight Overnight Finance: GOP plans to unveil tax framework in late September | Critical stretch for Trump tax team | Equifax CEO called to testify | Sanders unveils single-payer bill Flynn’s son calls latest twist in Russia pxrobe a ‘nothingburger’ Has President Trump passed enough tests as yet? Overnight Health Care: Sanders enjoys big moment with single-payer bill | Five things to know about Sanders’s plan | Trump applauds senators’ latest ObamaCare repeal effort GOP worries as state Dems outperform in special elections ESPN in political hot seat after host’s Trump remarks Shkreli ordered to await sentencing in jail Budowsky: How Dems can win it all Clinton: Trump ‘immature’ and ‘unqualified for the position that he holds’ Trump blocks sale of US chip company to China-backed firm GOP chair: House to vote on air traffic control overhaul next month Rice told investigators she unmasked Trump officials in undisclosed UAE meeting: report The Dreamers will win in court Overnight Cybersecurity: DHS bans agencies from using Kaspersky software | Panel calls Equifax CEO to testify | Facebook pulling ads from fake news Overnight Defense: Senate votes down Paul’s bid to repeal war authorizations| Mattis wants to keep all three parts of nuclear triad | Boeing wins Air Force One design contract Get ready for socialized medicine, if Republicans don’t fix ObamaCare McConnell: Blue slips shouldn’t ‘blackball’ circuit court nominees Overnight Energy: House moves to block methane rule | EPA delays toxic water standard | Pick for FEMA No. 2 withdraws nomination Five things to know about Sanders’s single-payer plan Sanders enjoys big moment with single-payer unveiling Cruz on porn tweet: ‘The media and the left seem obsessed with sex’ Paul Ryan wants to ‘start 2018 with a new tax system’ Flynn promoted Middle East nuclear power project during WH tenure: report House Judiciary Dems want panel to review gun silencer bill Ryan, Pelosi meet on DREAM Act Dem senator calls on FTC to probe Equifax GOP senator: Trump has ‘obviously reflected’ on his Charlottesville remarks Harvey, Irma show the skyrocketing costs of climate change Vice casting ‘Real World’-style DC reality show Senators, take a closer look at Trump’s Civil Rights Division pick EPA delays toxic waste rule for power plants Lawmaker fears self-driving trucks could be leveraged by ‘out-of-state actors’ Watch: Dem rep to press Schumer to add DREAM Act to must-pass bills Feds send air traffic control tower to Irma-hit St. Thomas Mueller investigation focusing on social media’s role in 2016 election: report Top House Dem asks Equifax rivals about security measures after record breach Trump, farmers need more free trade agreements, not fewer Clinton compares her treatment to ‘Game of Thrones’ walk of shame House votes to block aircraft sales to Iran Trump: Rich people ‘will not be gaining at all’ under tax plan US limiting visas in four countries for refusing deportations U.S. must not turn its back on disaster resilient, carbon free energy Jemele Hill shows ESPN isn’t trying to hide its political bent anymore Equifax CEO formally called to testify before Congress GOP senator ‘encouraged’ by meeting with Trump on race, Charlottesville Senators wrestle with including trucks in driverless car bill $20-trillion debt puts US fiscal house on very shaky ground Motel 6 hotels sending guest lists to ICE: report White House defends Trump-Schumer-Pelosi dinner One dead, others wounded in Spokane-area school shooting Boy who offered to mow White House lawn gets chance on Friday You don’t have to be a progessive to support Sanders’s Medicare plan White House: ESPN anchor that called Trump racist should be fired WH: Trump has done more for bipartisanship in 8 days than Obama in 8 years White House lays out case that Comey broke the law Trump will sign resolution condemning white supremacists In Bulgaria, Global Magnitsky Act could make a real difference White House rips Sanders’s ‘horrible’ single-payer plan Putin spokesman confirms Russian outreach to Trump Sanders unveils single-payer bill to cheers from supporters Pelosi: McConnell ‘unwittingly’ helped Dems win Trump deal Cruz lays out his tax reform goals Los Angeles awarded 2028 Olympics Drummer Max Weinberg brings appeal for cancer research to DC Dem: Trump firing Comey shows ‘consciousness of guilt’ It’s time for Congress to actually fix the individual health insurance market Robert Redford on Trump: ‘You can’t blame him for being who he is’ 21st Century Fox backs bill to stop online sex trafficking Mattis: US must keep all three legs of nuclear triad DHS bans Kaspersky software in federal agencies Sanders’s single-payer plan overpromises on health care — again Insurers rail against Sanders health-care plan House votes to block funding for EPA methane pollution rule Eying 2018 gains, Dems build on economic message Trump applauds Republican senators for latest ObamaCare repeal effort Clinton brushes off White House criticism: ‘I don’t pay much attention’ North Dakota Democrat Heitkamp to run for reelection Trump FEMA nominee withdraws following NBC report Colorado joins lawsuit to block Trump from ending DACA Watch live: White House holds press briefing before Trump bipartisan meeting Live coverage: Sanders rolls out single-payer bill Hatch announces support for medical marijuana in pun-laden statement Without proper oversight, hurricane aid to Puerto Rico can worsen fiscal disaster We need a new strategy for tackling peripheral artery disease Clinton defends marriage, tells critics to ‘mind their own business’ Clinton: Debate prep included Trump stand-in ‘stalking me’ Flynn’s son is a subject in Russia probe: report CIA head: Bin Laden’s porn stash won’t be released The UN stepped up in Mosul; the US must step up for the UN Shimon Peres’s son says dad’s posthumous book ‘will serve as a lighthouse’ for politically cynical world Senate votes down Paul’s bid to revoke war authorizations Justice blocks FBI officials from Senate interviews on Clinton, Comey Russia revokes parking privileges for US diplomats GOP senators make last ObamaCare repeal pitch Nevada could be first state to set up marijuana lounges Ryan: Deporting Dreamers ‘not in our nation’s interest’ House GOP campaign arm targets Dems on single-payer support The playbook for companies stepping into world of politics Francis Scott Key statue vandalized: ‘Racist anthem’ Scaramucci to co-host ‘TMZ Live’ Watch live: Trump hosts bipartisan meeting on tax reform at White House The Hill’s 12:30 Report Poll shows Flake down huge in primary and general election America’s Asian allies view NAFTA as litmus test for US leadership Chelsea Manning headed to Harvard as visiting fellow The Changing Face of America: Celebrating Latino Leaders West Virginia officials to re-examine controversial pipeline Consumers the big winners of Amazon-Whole Foods merger Rick Scott’s hurricane response boosts potential Senate run Google critics pushed out by think tank launch independent group America’s Opioid Epidemic: Continuing the Conversation Former Sen. Pete Domenici dies at 85 Group attacks Franken for objecting to judicial nominee Air Force awards $600M contract for initial Air Force One design The US and Europe demonstrating unity on energy security Homeland Security sued over warrantless phone, laptop searches at border Schiff: Russia wanted to ‘tear us apart’ with false stories, protests Poll: Two-thirds approve of Trump’s outreach to Democrats Bernie Sanders’s ‘Medicare for all’ bill needs to pass Trump having dinner with Schumer, Pelosi on Wednesday Clinton: A lot of ‘interesting coincidences’ between Russia, Trump campaign Trump: Tax cuts more important than ever in hurricanes’ wake Budget chair pushing for floor vote this month on House budget McCarthy blasts Gutiérrez over ‘disgraceful’ attack on Kelly Facebook to keep ads away from fake news, clickbait The Senate must act now to save Christianity in Iraq GOP eyes tax framework for Sept. 25 release 5 dead, 120 evacuated at Florida nursing home after Hurricane Irma Storm-torn cities can come back more dynamic than ever Top Latino congressional group snubs Trump, breaking decades-long tradition US ambassador to UK: You’ll like Trump ‘when you get to know him’ North Korea: UN sanctions aimed at ‘suffocating’ our people ‘Game of Thrones’ polling company takes on White House shakeups House GOP plan will boost tax revenue and satisfy businesses Government clearance backlog threatens our national security Defense chief visiting US nuclear base amid tensions with N. Korea Dems: Flynn did not disclose Middle East trip Tinker, scrap, or start over: Let states decide how to fix health care Obama to host global summit in Chicago America’s leadership needed in global health We should worry more about Pakistan than North Korea Poll: Most want ‘Dreamers’ to have a path to citizenship Clinton says Comey played ‘determinative’ role in her loss to Trump Clinton ‘dumbfounded’ by Comey letter days before election Intelligence director criticizes former officials for speaking out against Trump MSNBC anchor Tur on moment Trump won: ‘I can feel the bile in the back of my throat’ Trevor Noah: Cruz pretending to like porn ‘to blend in’ Jimmy Carter to Trump: ‘Keep the peace’ and ‘tell the truth’ State protection for citizen rights should temper ‘local control’ Berkeley City Council votes to let police pepper-spray violent protesters Dems flip two seats in state special elections Congress, don’t meet with the Muslim Brotherhood Senate Dem: Rejecting climate change is ‘denying reality’ Fox’s Guilfoyle: Clinton ‘mad at everybody’ Trump pushes Congress to ‘move fast’ on tax reform Exclusive: Polling shows Republicans will ‘go Dem’ without tax reform Twitter founder: Trump election shows social media helping to ‘dumb the entire world down’ Election commission official: ‘High possibility’ no changes will be recommended Bernie Sanders: ‘Now is the time to extend Medicare to everyone’ Stevie Wonder: Anyone who doesn’t believe in global warming ‘must be blind’ Baltimore’s failing schools are a tragedy of criminal proportions WATCH: GOP lawmaker predicts end of extreme left, right Bernie Sanders flexes power on single-payer Trump’s tax lieutenants face a critical stretch GOP senators make last-ditch bid to repeal ObamaCare Working together to defeat the opioid epidemic Declare a true state of emergency Parties struggle with shifting coalitions Battling addiction in the Cherokee Nation Fight the opioid epidemic with science Matching bold words with action to tackle opioids An antidote for the opioid epidemic A Q&A with Jamie Lee Curtis It’s time for new approaches to the opioid and heroin crisis State Attorneys General: Local responses to a nationwide crisis Combating the opioid epidemic: Why science should guide policymaking Fighting Ohio’s opiate crisis Trump stirs controversy with civil rights pick Proactive leadership is needed to fight epidemic