The Hill Articles: February 7, 2018

Omarosa compares ‘Big Brother’ to White House: ‘A lot of people want to stab me in the back’ Anderson Cooper calls out Ron Johnson over text message ‘conspiracies’ Holder: ‘Technical’ case of obstruction of justice could be made against Trump Publishers move up date for Comey memoir Kelly ‘shocked’ by abuse allegations against top White House aide House GOP leaders confident budget deal has support Maxine Waters: Pelosi’s speech one of ‘most profound’ moments in history of Congress Russian contractors may have been part of attack on US coalition members in Syria: CNN House Freedom Caucus opposes GOP budget proposal Pelosi takes over House floor for 8-hour speech Senate to vote on two-year budget Thursday Holder redistricting effort aims to break GOP statehouse control  Vanity Fair: White House staffers questioning Kelly’s judgment after Porter’s resignation Trump nominates Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece to federal planning commission Planning begins for Trump’s military parade Uranium One informant makes Clinton allegations to Congress Cornyn ‘optimistic’ Trump will stay in NAFTA Democrat: I would fire White House chief of staff for keeping Rob Porter Overnight Tech: GOP bill would bar agencies from using Chinese tech | How Russian accounts used Tumblr during the election | Warren, Equifax spar over breach claims | Dem worries about tech addiction | New lobster emoji North Korea: No interest in meeting with US at Olympics Under contract House passes bill aimed at boosting cyber cooperation with Ukraine Hatch supports ousted Trump aide amid domestic abuse allegations Budowsky: The Devin Nunes scandals Overnight Health Care: ObamaCare enrollment drops 3.7 percent for 2018, health group says | Senate Dems push to expand ObamaCare subsidies | Budget deal includes opioid funds Senate headed for freewheeling debate on immigration bill Trump nominates new ethics office director Overnight Defense: Senate reaches budget deal with boost for defense | Defense hawks approve | Pentagon begins planning military parade for Trump | Mattis dodges question on cost | New transgender policy on the way Sotomayor: Gender pay gap among biggest issues facing our nation Top Ryan staffer praises Pelosi’s endurance after eight-hour speech Warren: Sessions leading Justice Dept in ‘bigotry-fueled attack’ on immigrants Republican senators want to bar US government from using ZTE, Huawei devices For Houston, Congress’s disaster aid package is long overdue Overnight Cybersecurity: DOJ charges 36 in cyber crime takedown | Russian hackers reportedly targeting defense contractors | Equifax, Dem senator spar over data breach Edwin Jackson’s senseless death was collateral damage in the quest for open borders Overnight Regulation: Dems demand EPA chief recuse himself on climate rule | FDA pushed to reject alternative cigarette health claims | Senate panel advances pick for No. 2 official at EPA Overnight Energy: Senate panel advances Trump pick for EPA No. 2 | Pruitt questions ‘assumptions’ on climate | Dems want Pruitt recused from climate rule review Listen: Bitcoin regulations loom States should team up with the private sector on infrastructure Big Tech deserves no gratitude for dodging its US taxes Nunes: We’ve ‘grappled’ with approaching Chief Justice Roberts Bush-era ethics lawyer: Putin should send soldiers to march in Trump’s military parade Shep Smith: Give Trump ‘little mini replicas’ of tanks instead of parade Pelosi sets record for longest speech in House history Trump officials to release new policy on transgender troops Study: Suicides spiked 10 percent after Robin Williams’s death FBI texts referred to briefing Obama on Russian interference, not Clinton probe: report The cruel reality of Trump criminalizing immigration Overnight Finance: Senate leaders agree to two-year budget deal | Fiscal hawks revolt | Pelosi wants assurances on immigration | Trump calls stock sell-off a ‘big mistake’ | Lawmakers push Trump to preserve NAFTA Lawmakers call on Trump to preserve NAFTA The crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman could succeed in restoring Islam Trust the people and the states on cannabis Senate budget deal includes $2B boost for NIH Senate budget deal includes $20 billion for infrastructure projects Russian accounts used Tumblr in election influence campaign DHS cyber chief: Russia ‘successfully penetrated’ some state voter rolls Raj Shah to fill in for Sarah Sanders at White House press briefing Dem senator introduces bill to help DHS identify terror threats Right revolts on budget deal Gates attorneys cite ‘irreconcilable differences’ in motion to leave case Eagles quarterback to speak at National Prayer Breakfast NPS official requested thousands in upgrades for park housing unit he planned to rent out Policymakers need to deviate from our tainted history and embrace the immigrants Court orders EPA to act on Connecticut air pollution petition Duckworth mocks Trump’s military parade: Troops ‘don’t need a show of bravado’ Senate Dems demand answers on cost of Trump’s military parade proposal Brown leads creation of pension-crisis committee Parading the American character Nunes says he’s ‘sure’ top Obama adviser knew about Steele dossier Angus King celebrates addition of lobster emoji Dem senator concerned about tech addiction US takes one step forward, two steps back on innovation Pelosi sets record with eight-hour House speech on immigration Equifax contests Warren claim that breach exposed passport numbers The United States must help Indonesia in fight against ISIS FBI chief, intelligence officials to testify before Senate panel next week Dem leaders pile on, press Ryan for DACA commitment We need a race-conscious populist economic agenda California judge rules in favor of baker who refused to make cake for same-sex couple Patagonia launches initiative to boost environmental activism The task of earning Americans’ rights and responsibilities GOP senator on military parade: When you’re the most powerful nation, you don’t have to show it off Boehner partnering with Xavier University to form institute: report House Intel Dem: Lewandowski breaking his pledge to answer questions Ex-Obama aide calls for congressional oversight after White House staffer resigns Senate Dems push for expansion of ObamaCare subsidies in deal It’s probably too late to save the polar bears, but what can we do to save others? Time to reform the extortionary cash bail system Ex-NATO commander: We don’t need a ‘North Korean-style parade’ ‘Fox & Friends’ host: Trump’s military parade ‘seems like a waste of money’ Sexual assault reports at West Point nearly doubled in last year Armed Services leaders endorse Senate budget deal Puerto Rico Rep.: Budget deal will fully fund Puerto Rico Medicaid for two years Israeli police recommend indicting Netanyahu for corruption: report Prosecutor: Trump tweet on NFL player’s death ‘ghoulish and inappropriate’ Repealing antiquated Jones Act would be a boon to all Americans Dershowitz: Mueller’s not partisan, but ‘can be an overzealous prosecutor’ Beware of the bank deregulation Trojan horse Let’s make Congress work again Mattis dodges on cost of military parade White House applauds Senate’s budget deal Congress can turn the Republican tax cuts into new middle-class jobs Graham: Military parade should focus on people, not ‘hardware’ Scarborough on Trump: ‘This is the Kardashians come to Washington’ Child abuse is not inevitable, but preventable — local policy changes prove that Budget deal includes $6 billion to fight opioid abuse White House staff secretary resigns amid abuse allegations American energy dominance won’t come from turning back the clock Dem senator: Online ad market needs to crack down on misinformation DOJ charges 36 in global cyber crime ring takedown ‘Law & Order: SVU’ star running for Congress EPA administrator questions ‘assumptions’ that global warming is bad Senate deal would fund children’s health insurance, community health centers We ask the most of families when they have the least The USDA is failing animals… and us GOP senators: FBI relied ‘heavily’ on Steele dossier for surveillance warrants McConnell: Immigration bill won’t be starting point for Senate debate The social media dilemma: With a child, how old is old enough? Senate leaders agree to two-year budget deal Poll: Dems hold 9-point lead on generic House ballot Quinnipiac Poll: Trump’s approval rating highest in seven months Poll: More say Trump responsible for economy than Obama Eleanor Holmes Norton to Trump: Fund veterans’ health care, don’t have a parade Dem senators demand EPA chief recuse himself on clean power plan rulemaking The Hill’s 12:30 Report The last vestige of a scoundrel Black Lives Matter leader fatally shot in New Orleans Ohio to vote on redistricting reform GOP lawmaker: US parade should celebrate bringing troops home from ‘unauthorized wars’ Vice Media misses 2017 revenue target by $100 million: report Watch live: White House holds press briefing DHS pushes back against Kaspersky motion to overturn federal ban Planned Parenthood begins search to replace Cecile Richards Ex-CIA analysts rip Nunes’s credibility in op-ed Deep Dive: What the GOP tax law means for inequality If weed is no longer a crime, why are people still behind bars? Holder: Trump’s Arpaio pardon was ‘misuse’ of presidential power Trump aide hits media for questioning military parade FBI official texted ‘POTUS wants to know everything we’re doing’: report Maryland gov tweets photo after undergoing cancer procedure D.C. Council hits Trump on military parade: ‘Giant Tank Parade is cancelled’ Battery technology will define the future of renewable energy Trump: Newly released FBI texts are ‘bombshells’ Despite solid fundamentals, learn from latest market turmoil Hatch: Rethinking legal immigration ‘a question of allocation’ Solar power industry lost nearly 10,000 jobs in 2017 The US can’t afford to reduce global public health funding Sessions’ war on marijuana a handout for illegal operators Quincy Jones claims he ‘used to date Ivanka’ DC mayor’s office: Like the wall, Trump would have to pay for military parade Pelosi threatens to oppose budget deal without immigration Senate panel advances Trump pick for No. 2 official at EPA Russian hackers targeting US defense contractors: report Gay US Olympian declined meeting with Pence: report Senate Dems push FDA to reject alternative cigarette health claims ObamaCare enrollment drops 3.7 percent for 2018, health group says Walgreens now allows bathroom use corresponding with gender identity Truly honoring black history Trump: Wall Street sell-off would be ‘big mistake’ Holder won’t rule out presidential run Kim Jong Un’s sister to attend Olympics: report Impeach Trump if he fires Mueller? Looks like just a Democratic dream Carson said North Korea could knock out electrical grid, make US ‘like “The Purge” all the time’: report CNN’s Don Lemon makes emotional return following death of sister As you fret over the stock market, the economy keeps chugging along Manchin: Pence attacking because bipartisan image ‘plays too well with the public’ Chipotle announces new employee bonuses, citing tax cuts GOP super PAC launches ad tying Pa. Dem to Pelosi on taxes Tennessee sheriff caught on tape saying ‘I love this s—‘ after telling deputies to shoot unarmed man NY bill would require Tide Pods to look less appetizing to children Ex-State Dept. spokesman: Military parade ‘is beneath us as a nation’ Dem rep mocks Trump on military parade: His last one ‘not very well attended’ Cuccinelli to Ana Navarro: ‘I’m sick of hearing your shrill voice in my ears’ Why does Trump hate Russia? Ex-intel chief: Nunes memo is a ‘hit job’ Trump campaign releases ad calling Dem State of the Union response ‘disgraceful’ DACA recipient: Kelly sounded like a bully with ‘lazy’ comment Gowdy: Dems ‘smart enough’ to add content to memo that will require redactions Despite lawyers’ warnings, Trump still wants sit down with Mueller: report Open the banking system to the marijuana industry Eagles receiver on White House boycott: I don’t think Trump is a good person Colbert to Trump: People will think you’re ‘chicken’ if you don’t talk to Mueller Our partisan bickering gives Vladimir Putin a powerful tool of political influence FBI officials praised Comey, mocked lawmakers in texts Detroit a model when it comes to solving the opioid epidemic Federal charges filed against undocumented immigrant in NFL player’s death Meghan McCain: I don’t believe Trump will attack my dad again Pence promises ’toughest and most aggressive’ sanctions against North Korea Macron to make US state visit in late April: report President Trump: Raising wages and helping consumers the American way SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launch is one giant leap for space exploration A fiscally responsible paid leave policy even Paul Ryan could love Listen: Trump weighs releasing Dem memo Senate nears two-year deal on spending GOP worries about top recruit facing McCaskill Pressure builds on Trump to release Dem countermemo Dems shrug off recent good news for GOP Gay rights groups pressure Amazon over HQ2 location Abortion fights loom in states How to grow the economy in 2018