The Hill Articles: August 16, 2018

NFL players stand in tunnel during anthem, extending protests 12 former top intel officials blast Trump’s move to revoke Brennan’s security clearance NYT: Omarosa believed to have as many as 200 tapes NASA says Aretha Franklin’s asteroid will keep orbiting after singer’s death Avenatti stokes presidential speculation with new ‘The Fight 2020’ website ACLU claims ICE agents mistreated workers scooped up in Nebraska raid Google acknowledges it tracks users even with location setting disabled Satanic Temple brings demonic statue to protest Ten Commandments monument GOP groups have spent $1.7 million at Trump properties so far this year: report Male House candidates getting 17% more campaign donations than female candidates: report White House says Turkey must release American pastor to cool tensions Trump planning on revoking more security clearances: report FCC chief after Alex Jones controversy: Enforcement has nothing to do with content Trump’s military parade postponed to next year, Pentagon says Overnight Health Care: Supreme Court nomination reignites abortion fight in states | Trump urges Sessions to sue opioid makers | FDA approves first generic version of EpiPen Dem: Trump pardoning Manafort would be grounds for impeachment Ellison ex-girlfriend details abuse allegations Official says Trump raised issue of 2018 election meddling to Putin at meeting Civil rights groups sue for bilingual ballots in Florida Overnight Energy: Judge revives clean water rule | Keystone XL pipeline to get new environmental review | Nominee won’t say if he backs funding agency Papadopoulos’s wife wants him to scrap plea deal with Mueller: report GOP buys New York governor a bus ticket to Canada after he said America ‘was never that great’ Overnight Defense: Pompeo creates ‘action group’ for Iran policy | Trump escalates intel feud | Report pegs military parade cost at $92M Omarosa’s publisher knocks ‘hollow legal threats’ from Trump campaign Special master in Cohen case finds thousands of items privileged in final report Hillicon Valley: Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sits down with The Hill | Drama over naming DHS cyber office | Fallout over revoking Brennan’s security clearance | Google workers protest censored search engine for China Cohen resisted paying Stormy Daniels, but not after release of ‘Access Hollywood’ tape: report Suspect arrested in connection with anti-Semitic vandalism of Indiana synagogue Omarosa: Trump looked at me ‘inappropriately’ Trump escalates feud with intelligence officials Connect Beltway to America to get federal criminal justice reform done Manafort jury ends first day with questions, including definition of ‘reasonable doubt’ Mattis aide tapped to lead Southern Command Trump officials approve New Jersey plan to stabilize ObamaCare Twitter reverses decision to block GOP candidate from promoting video On The Money: US-China trade talks to resume | Mnuchin warns of more Turkey sanctions | How Turkey’s financial crisis could roil the US | Senate GOP seeks tax law fixes Russian troll account pushed ‘Q’ theory last year: report Dems urge tech companies to remove 3D-gun blueprints Department of Education launches investigation into OSU sexual abuse allegations Judge rules against Trump attempt to delay Obama water rule Plan to turn to imported natural gas will cost Puerto Rico dearly GOP lawmaker appears on right-wing radio show hosted by ‘anti-Islam’ commentators FBI chief: I’m trying to bring ‘normalcy’ in ‘turbulent times’ Threat made against Boston Globe after editorial condemning Trump RNC denounces Ocasio-Cortez ‘mini-Maduro’ GOP looks to injure Nelson over Russia comments Subsidies can’t save transit from its death spiral Steve Schmidt: Trump revoking Brennan’s clearance shows his ‘autocratic fetish’ Senate GOP candidate Corey Stewart called kneeling football players ‘thugs’ Senate panel spars with Trump administration over treatment of unaccompanied immigrant children Fire chief demoted for saying Maxine Waters gives the n-word a ‘bad name’ Gorka calls Trump’s comments on Mexican immigrants ‘fake news’  Melania Trump to speak at cyberbullying summit next week Sessions vows to prosecute makers of ‘undetectable’ 3D printed guns Afghan women key to sustainable peace in Afghanistan Beto O’Rourke: Term limits can help keep politicians from turning into a–holes Pope Francis breaks silence on Pennsylvania Catholic abuse scandal Pollster: Despite flashy headline, Dems haven’t become more supportive of socialism Vulnerable Dem Sen. Heitkamp hits opponent on ObamaCare repeal votes Democratic legislator called Asian opponent ‘ching-chong’: report Senate Intel chief slams ex-CIA director for timing of claims about Trump-Russia ties Obama Education Secretary: US education system is ‘top 10 in nothing’ Biden: Aretha Franklin was ‘part of the soul of the civil rights movement’ NY state senator wants to criminalize calling 911 on law-abiding black people Rand Paul’s Russia visit displays advancement of peace through diplomacy Schumer to meet with Kavanaugh on Tuesday FDA approves first generic version of EpiPen Commander who oversaw bin Laden raid: It’d be ‘an honor’ for Trump to revoke my clearance The queen, Aretha Franklin, is dead Acting EPA Administrator Wheeler, please listen to your boss and approve year-round E15 Colombia needs help as it bears brunt of Venezuela’s refugee crisis WaPo columnist rips Trump for his ‘possibly stupidest tweet ever’ Top Dem demands info on White House decision to revoke Brennan’s clearance Fox News names ‘Hannity’ exec producer as VP of FOX News Digital Pollster: Dem party ‘rift’ won’t carry on to midterms Pompeo announces ‘Iran Action Group’ to steer post-nuclear deal policy Appeals board says woman who disparaged Mexicans can’t claim jobless benefits by citing Trump Watchdog files criminal complaint against Ross over stock holdings Public opinion analyst: ‘Media culture’ has helped give rise to controversial figures Largest DC Metro union calls for termination of Metro GM for handling of ‘Unite the Right 2’ rally Trump mocks Omarosa for latest tape reveal US bishops urge Vatican to investigate former DC cardinal Graham: Flynn should lose security clearance GOP leader criticizes Republican senators for not showing up to work Grieving orca carrying dead calf highlights slide toward extinction NYU will provide free tuition for all of its medical students CNN media reporter Dylan Byers jumps to NBC/MSNBC Trump jokes about ‘freedom of the press’ after slamming ‘collusion’ by papers Dems threaten to sue for Kavanaugh records North Carolina county school board ends spanking policy Cybersecurity: Cause for optimism, need for continued vigilance CNN poll: Kavanaugh has lowest public support of Supreme Court nominee since Bork Google employees organize against censored search service for China Lara Trump fires back at Omarosa: ‘I hope it’s all worth it for you’ DOJ releases emails of RBS bankers joking about crashing housing market before 2008 Searches for definition of ‘hogwash’ skyrocket after Brennan op-ed NAACP official says current voter system is ‘designed to create barriers’ The arc of moral progress may be long, but Argentina’s women will prevail Judge scolds newspaper for publishing details on Parkland shooting suspect Franklin Graham compares Chelsea Clinton’s views on abortion with Hitler’s views on ‘killing the Jews’ Senate GOP urges non-legislative fixes for tax law FiveThirtyEight says Dems have 75 percent chance of winning House Omarosa releases tape of Lara Trump offering her campaign job Kansas City school district to use gender-neutral restrooms Mnuchin: Turkey will face more sanctions if pastor not released ‘quickly’ Pollster: Social media is ‘coming of age’ in dealing with hate speech, hacking Ben Kingsley credits Elie Wiesel for new movie on Nazi hunters Reforms can stop members of Congress from using their public office for private gain Almost 80 overdose on synthetic pot in park near Yale: police Hill.TV: Majority say hateful or violent content should be censored on social media As the trade war worsens, the trade deficit increases What America’s Thinking: August 16, 2018 Senate takes shot at Trump, passes resolution affirming ‘press is not the enemy of the people’ Trump administration cracking down on production of prescription opioids Trump urges Sessions to bring federal suit against opioid makers ACLU of Georgia accuses county of making it harder for black people to vote NAACP leader: Trump is motivating minorities to vote against him in midterms The Hill’s 12:30 Report Obamas: ‘Aretha helped define the American experience’ FCC chair says White House called him about Sinclair-Tribune merger LA Times: We won’t participate in coordinated editorials against Trump If you want cheaper housing, return to the a la carte menu Mike Huckabee tweets from onboard ‘quarantined’ aircraft Cotton: Reducing mandatory minimum sentencing isn’t reform, it’s jailbreak Entrepreneur: GOP tax plan has helped with hiring, cash flow Trump nominee won’t say if he supports funding agency he was selected to run Dem requests DOJ probe on law enforcement use of facial recognition technology Trump’s military parade to cost $80M more than initial estimate: report Trump: ‘Queen of Soul’ Aretha Franklin ‘will be missed’ Press needs to restore its credibility on the FBI and Justice Department Bill and Hillary Clinton pay tribute to Aretha Franklin Blue Lives Matter rejects partnership offer from New York Jets over player protests Trump, Obamas and Clintons among leaders mourning Aretha Franklin Gorka says all officials targeted by Trump should lose security clearances DOJ: Alleged ISIS member arrested in Sacramento CNN analyst agrees with Cuomo statement: ‘America has never been great’ Picking up the pace on Rx pricing reform To combat the opioid epidemic, focus on the forgotten addict Watchdog closes probe into alleged censorship of Park Service climate report Brennan is the first, but he won’t be the last Trump accuses Boston Globe of ‘collusion with other papers’ amid coordinated pushback to his rhetoric House Dems to invest in South Carolina race ICE seeking to restart deportation cases for immigrants arrested or convicted of a crime: report What’s really lost with Brennan losing clearance Gorka: I signed NDAs in the White House, during Trump campaign Fox News’s Ainsley Earhardt praises US victory over ‘communist Japan’ Mueller should indict Trump for obstruction before the midterms Clyburn: I’ll run for Speaker if Pelosi doesn’t have enough votes to win Aretha Franklin dies at 76 Voters will punish Congress for ignoring duty on war and peace Avenatti helps Guatemalan boy reunite with his mother New Malaysian government repeals ‘fake news’ law Personal responsibility added to Medicaid builds on previous welfare reform GOP super PAC hits Dem House hopeful as ‘Pelosi liberal’ in new Kansas ad Americans give Trump highest marks on economy, lowest scores on environment, Russia: Gallup US, China holding lower level trade talks later this month Tom Arnold: Trump called his son Eric ‘the R-word’ in a tape MSNBC analyst: ‘Virtually certain’ 10 percent of GOP would say it’s OK for Trump to ‘kill my parents’ Trump labels ‘fake news media’ the ‘opposition party’ as newspapers denounce his rhetoric With China, Google indeed must do the right thing Chinese hackers scanned business, government websites in Alaska Flights delayed after overnight power outage at Reagan National With bash-Trump day, press acts like opposition party State Dept. alarmed about Russian satellite’s ‘abnormal behavior’ Omarosa book: Ivanka wouldn’t stop complaining about ‘SNL’ sketch Trump: Dems ‘give up’ when I come to town for campaign rallies Free to Choose: US automobile market Judge orders new environmental review of Keystone pipeline Trump: I’d revoke a Republican’s clearance if they were ‘incompetent or crazy’ CDC opioid guideline is causing harm to people in chronic pain Rising: August 16, 2018 Newspapers join together to push back on Trump’s attacks on press as ‘enemy of the people’ Ronald Reagan’s daughter: My father would never have stood for Trump’s attacks on press Pelosi: Media’s focus on leadership ‘perplexing’ Brennan: We know Americans colluded with Russia When Assad asks Syrians to come home, here’s what he really means Trump ties revoking Brennan clearance to Russia probe Trump’s aggressive stance with visa holders and legal immigrants breaks with conservative principle The Hill’s Morning Report — Dems split on key issues but united against Trump Name change eludes DHS cyber wing, spurring frustration Pelosi sees defections from an unusual quarter — the left Five ways Turkey’s financial crisis could roil the US Supreme Court nomination reignites abortion fights in states