The Hill Articles: September 18, 2017

GOP rep: North Korea wants Iran-type nuclear deal Eric Trump’s charity appears to hold secret event at Trump-owned golf club Top Louisiana health official rips Cassidy over ObamaCare repeal bill Biden slams Trump over golf gif hitting Clinton Senate’s defense authorization would set cyber doctrine WATCH: Reps talk ban on North Korea-connected companies from US banks Maria intensifies into a ‘potentially catastrophic’ Category 5 hurricane Trump Jr. declines further Secret Service protection: report Senate Dems hold floor talk-a-thon against latest ObamaCare repeal bill Overnight Defense: Senate passes $700B defense bill | 3,000 US troops heading to Afghanistan | Two more Navy officials fired over ship collisions Finance to hold hearing on ObamaCare repeal bill US opens first permanent military base in Israel IT modernization measure included in Senate-approved defense policy bill Lawmakers grapple with warrantless wiretapping program Report: Mueller warned Manafort to expect an indictment Ryan: Graham-Cassidy ‘best, last chance’ to repeal ObamaCare Overnight Cybersecurity: Equifax hit by earlier hack | What to know about Kaspersky controversy | Officials review EU-US privacy pact Ryan: Americans want to see Trump talking with Dem leaders Overnight Tech: Equifax hit by earlier undisclosed hack | Facebook takes heat over Russian ads | Alt-right Twitter rival may lose domain Dem asks airlines to cap airfares ahead of Hurricane Maria Senate passes $700B defense bill Lighthizer says NAFTA talks moving fast but no deal in the offing yet Government wiretapped Manafort during and after 2016: report Collins skeptical of new ObamaCare repeal effort Antifa leader hopes for ‘dead cops,’ while teaching cops for a living Hannity to O’Reilly: Would you consider coming back to Fox News? Equifax suffered hack months earlier than the date it disclosed In California, open primaries took the ‘politics’ out of politics Rhode Island announces plan to pay DACA renewal fee for every ‘Dreamer’ in state Grassley: ‘Good chance’ Senate panel will consider bills to protect Mueller How Senate relationships could decide ObamaCare repeal Overnight Health Care: New GOP ObamaCare repeal bill gains momentum Ex-Fox News contributor alleges anchor raped her in new lawsuit Overnight Finance: CBO to release limited analysis of ObamaCare repeal bill | DOJ investigates Equifax stock sales | House weighs tougher rules for banks dealing with North Korea Overnight Energy: Trump adviser affirms intent to leave Paris deal | Officials report leaks at Superfund site after Harvey | Hurricane Maria now a major storm Maria strengthens into Category 4 hurricane The danger of forsaking America’s civil service Paul ‘worried’ new ObamaCare repeal bill might pass McCain blasts latest ObamaCare repeal process Facebook censoring reports of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar: report Senate energy bill is misguided gift to Trump’s dirty fossil fuel agenda Dems fear lasting damage from Clinton-Sanders fight Mattis hints at US military options for North Korea Jimmy Kimmel: Cassidy flunks ‘Jimmy Kimmel test’ on health care Congress’s sloppy new internet bill is a step in the wrong direction Mich. Senate candidate opts for House run instead Overnight Regulation: Trump adviser affirms plans to leave climate deal | FDA to study new cigarette warning labels | DOJ investigating Equifax stock sales Officials report potential spills at Texas Superfund site after Harvey: report Schumer threatens to slow down Senate over ObamaCare repeal Bitcoin has risks, but it isn’t a ‘fraud’ US-Israel alliance key to prevent spreading Iranian influence GOP senator calls on China, 20 other countries to cut ties with North Korea Pushing for change on military assault DOJ: CitiFinancial to pay $907,000 for repossessing cars of active duty military Mattis: US to send 3,000 more troops to Afghanistan After 1988 massacre, Iranian political prisoners still await justice NAACP sues Trump for ending DACA House Dems ask FCC to investigate Russian news outlet Ex-Clinton campaign chief Podesta speaks with Senate Intelligence Murkowski still studying new ObamaCare repeal bill Trump considering holding DC military parade on July 4th Puerto Rico, a safe haven after Irma, braces for Maria CBO to release limited analysis of ObamaCare repeal bill next week Central African Republic turns a blind eye to the persecution of Muslim minority Spicer says he wore disguise while traveling to Emmys appearance Laura Ingraham to host Fox News show Bipartisan lawmakers ask Trump for flexibility on DACA renewals Politicians believe nonprofits can help the poor — but Americans don’t Spicer: ‘Of course’ I regret arguing with reporters over Trump inauguration crowd size GOP ads go after Dems on national security GOP state lawmakers meet to plan possible constitutional convention Planned Parenthood: New bill is ‘worst ObamaCare repeal proposal yet’ California governor compares Trump supporters to cave-dwellers Sen. Cassidy plans to bring down Medicaid Dem candidate rips GOP lawmaker with ‘Top Gun’ parody video Senate Dem: Graham-Cassidy is an ‘intellectual and moral garbage truck fire’ Pelosi shouted down by protesters during DREAM Act conference New GOP ObamaCare repeal bill gains momentum To protect state economies, now is the time for the Senate to fix duplicative ozone rules Arizona governor backs new ObamaCare repeal bill Home builder confidence slips after hurricanes Moore laments racial division between ‘reds and yellows’ PTSD may have stopped Salinger, but it shouldn’t haunt today’s vets Trump, Netanyahu talk Middle East peace at UN meeting Driverless Uber in Pittsburgh involved in crash Take Turkey’s Kurdish group off the US terror list for good Clinton won’t rule out questioning legitimacy of election Schumer calls for gas price ‘gouge watch’ after hurricanes Pence hires Freedom Caucus adviser for press secretary Biden rejects universal basic income idea popular in Silicon Valley Virginia gov: Cassidy-Graham bill ‘nothing more than a tax cut for the rich’ NY Times’s WH reporter to delete ‘distraction’ Twitter account Drudge: Ingraham set to host new prime-time Fox News show Democratic leaders want full CBO analysis of ObamaCare repeal bill Alt-right Twitter rival may lose its web domain The Hill’s 12:30 Report House bill stands to jump-start mining projects Iran’s president warns US will pay ‘high cost’ if Trump ditches nuclear deal Soviet officer who prevented possible nuclear war dies at 77 Cracking the Tax Code: Prospects for Reform Meghan McCain in late-stage talks to join ‘The View’: report The Federal Reserve is setting America up for economic disaster St. Louis police officers chant ‘whose street, our street’ during protests Liberals, learn from Ben Shapiro at Berkeley and enter enemy territory FDA to study warnings for cigarette packaging Senate committee schedules hearing on health care block grants Google proposes auctioning off search result placements after EU fine: report March of Dimes, American Heart Association oppose new Senate repeal-and-replace bill UC Berkeley faculty calls for boycott when conservatives speak Dem reintroduces breach notification law in Equifax wake Make more room at the table for women in health care Hurricane Maria upgraded to Category 3 storm Justice Dept investigating Equifax stock sales: report Colbert-hosted Emmys on track to be least-watched in history Liberals abandon logic to weaponize ‘white supremacy’ Lawmakers, pick up the ball on health care and reform Medicaid New ad targets Heller on support of ObamaCare repeal bill Top US security official targeted in Cuba Embassy covert attacks: report Brzezinski: Trump’s Hillary golf shot tweet ‘abominable, rude behavior’ Trump: Mismanagement, bureaucracy keep UN from meeting its potential Trump begins first UN remarks by mentioning his nearby building Conway: Americans are ‘tuning out’ politicized sports, awards shows Graham: Trump trying to sell governors on latest ObamaCare repeal plan Bootleggers and Baptists: How left and right are aligning to regulate ‘big tech’ Bringing Spicer up on Emmys stage was Colbert’s idea: report On missile defense, now is the time to do more for less! (Not less for more) NY Gov. Cuomo eyes expanding cyber regs to credit reporting agencies NJ House candidate takes dig at Trump’s Charlottesville response in campaign ad Trump adviser tells foreign officials no change on Paris climate deal The art of the small deal Two more Navy officers fired amid investigations into ship collisions Obama election commission leader gives Trump voter fraud panel an ‘F’ Dreamers sue Trump for ending DACA Flynn family sets up legal defense fund GOP rep: Trump trying to get under N. Korean leader’s skin with ‘Rocket Man’ jab Refugees stay in Trump’s childhood home Peacekeeping under Trump could be difficult with less resources Five biggest political moments from a Trump-dominated Emmys Obama making big-money speeches to Wall Street firms: report House Dems break fundraising record with $6.26M August haul Trump at the United Nations: A moment to be truly presidential Democrats must denounce the rise in violence against Republicans Ex-NYT reporter mocked for critical tweet on 11-year-old moving WH lawn N. Korea: We’ll speed up nuclear plans if more sanctions imposed WH officials fear colleagues wearing wires for Mueller: report Watch live: Trump joins meeting on reforming the UN Bringing the American election experience to Democratic Republic of the Congo When ‘draining the swamp’ means nothing to reform money in politics Donald Glover at Emmys: Trump made black people ‘No. 1 on the most oppressed list’ Over 80 arrested after St. Louis protest Zach Braff slams Spicer as ‘evil, opportunistic liar’ Congress should use its free time to focus on the nation’s debt crisis Dem senator: Not funny that Spicer ‘lied aggressively and frequently’ Poll: Majority doesn’t trust Trump to handle North Korea Health workers go unnoticed at UN General Assembly US, allies send fighters, bombers over Korean Peninsula in show of force This week: Senate wrapping up defense bill after amendment fight Judd Gregg: The art of legislating Juan Williams: Momentum builds against gerrymandering Trump at the UN: What to watch for Monday Antifa should take a cue from history and drop its tantrums Trump bets base will stick with him on immigration Week ahead in finance: Clock ticking for GOP on tax reform Week ahead in energy: Senate panel to vote on Trump nominees | Cohn to meet foreign climate officials Week ahead: Senators near deal to stabilize ObamaCare markets Week ahead in tech: Debate over online sex trafficking bill heats up Week ahead: Crunch time for defense bill’s cyber reforms | Equifax under scrutiny Week ahead: Senate to wrap up defense bill