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The Hill Articles: January 18, 2018
January 18
Blame game ramps up as shutdown nears
GOP senator flips on House funding plan
Hannity tells Mueller: ‘Your witch hunt is now over’
Senate takes shutdown drama into final day
Trump to host gala marking anniversary of inauguration at Mar-a-Lago
Trump scheduled to depart Friday afternoon for Mar-a-Lago
GOP lawmaker: ‘Something’s not adding up’ on Las Vegas shooting
Ex-Watergate prosecutor: ‘No such thing as president-elect privilege’
Mexican presidential candidate threatens Twitter tit-for-tat with Trump
McConnell: Democrats holding country ‘hostage’
Ryan to Schumer: Don’t shut down the government
Arpaio officially files for Senate run
Trump winery asks to hire more foreign workers
Dem senator on shutdown talks: Trump is on the sidelines pretending Obama is president
Trump administration asks Supreme Court to rule on DACA decision
Overnight Tech: Senate extends NSA spy program | Apple to allow customers to disable phone slowdowns | Amazon down to 20 HQ2 finalists | Facebook gets first black board member
Newsweek says DA raided its offices for computer server information
House approves spending bill, shifting shutdown drama to Senate
Former Comey aide grilled by House panel for over seven hours
Overnight Defense: Latest as shutdown looms | Ryan says budget fights pushed military past ‘breaking point’ | Lawmakers seek military hotline with North Korea | Judge bars transfer of detained US-Saudi citizen
Overnight Cybersecurity: House panel releases Fusion GPS testimony | Senate votes to extend NSA spy program | Russian hackers find new political targets
Fighting human trafficking, together
Trump appointee Carl Higbie resigns
Supreme Court halts redrawing of North Carolina congressional maps
Trump lawyer used private company to pay adult film star: report
Overnight Regulation: Trump creates new religious protections for health workers | Senate confirms FCC commish to full term | Mulvaney asks Fed to withhold additional consumer bureau funds
‘Steele dossier’ firm suspected Trump-Russia money laundering
Religious liberty report card: The Trump administration’s first year
Freedom Caucus backs funding bill, clearing way for House passage
What if March for Life participants were forced to advertise for Planned Parenthood?
President Trump is getting things done and leading our country in the right direction
Overnight Energy: Last year was second-hottest on record | Keystone XL hits milestone | GOP lawmaker to bring Bill Nye to State of the Union
Listen: Odds of a shutdown spike
Congress doesn’t need the president’s permission
Overnight Health Care: Trump creates new religious, moral protections for health workers | Trump scrambles shutdown talks with tweet | HHS delays spark fear for family planning groups over funding
Feinstein: ‘People die’ in a government shutdown
Overnight Finance: Latest as shutdown looms | House Freedom Caucus may have deal with GOP leaders | Senate Dems look to force McConnell to negotiate | Whip list – Tight vote in Senate | Trump baffles GOP with tweet
Poll: Obama’s ratings up since leaving office
Navy chief: On scale of 1 to 10, adequate funding ‘scores an 11’
Dem shutdown strategy: Force McConnell to deal
Prosecutors drop charges against more than 100 inauguration riot defendants
Jeff Flake’s Stalin-Trump comparison needs a fat dose of facts
Shepard Smith on possible shutdown: ‘Single party is in charge’
Va. lawmakers introduce bill to guarantee back pay for furloughed federal workers
Stopgap funding endangers key federal program for health care shortage areas
Trump evangelical board members unite with Pelosi on DACA
Live coverage: House, Senate in scramble as shutdown looms
NASA vote will show whether Doug Jones is really above party politics
House Intel Committee postpones Hope Hicks’s testimony: report
Christie stopped for security check at Newark airport: report
Ex-Uber CEO nets $1.4B as company closes Softbank deal
USA Gymnastics to move training facilities following sexual abuse
North Carolina Republicans clash over whether House has GOP votes for funding bill
WATCH: Republicans at odds over who would face blame for a shutdown
We march to ensure birth control access for all
The Senate Finance Committee advancement of Azar to HHS is a public health crisis
Read congressional testimony by co-founder of firm tied to Trump dossier
House Intel releases transcript from interview with Fusion GPS founder
Senate Dems say they have votes to block spending bill as shutdown edges closer
Tillerson: ‘We’re ready’ if shutdown happens
Macron dispatched adviser to sway Palestinians on Trump’s peace plan: report
Federal shutdown not an economic calamity but an avoidable nuisance
California feels targeted by Trump
Judge bars transfer of U.S-Saudi citizen being detained by military
Trump seeks to mend Kelly rift over immigration
Pelosi downplays DACA ahead of shutdown vote
Apple hiring, bonuses come at hefty cost to taxpayers
Poll: Trump job approval hovers near low point
Connecticut governor: Trump ‘Fake News’ awards are ‘fascist propaganda’
Poll: Majority thinks immigrant’s country of origin shouldn’t matter
Poll: Voters oppose bill combining DACA protections with border wall
Trump announces campaign rally for Pa. special election candidate
Keystone XL has sufficient customer demand to build, developer says
Arpaio: Flake’s anti-Trump speech could be seen as ‘treason-type situation’
California AG on reported ICE raids: Regardless of rumors, people have rights
Tillerson to talk Syria, North Korea during swing through Europe
As Russia looms, modernizing US nuclear arsenal is non-negotiable
Apple to allow iPhone users to disable battery slowdowns
House Democrats unveil resolution to censure Trump over ‘s—hole’ comments
Trump inaugural committee has yet to disclose where money went: report
Poll: Dems lead GOP by 11 points on generic 2018 House ballot
Paul opposes House GOP funding plan
Watch live: Trump gives speech in Pennsylvania
Senate panel approves FCC commissioner for full term
Jobless claims fall to nearly 45-year low
Ryan announces record fundraising in 2017, transfers $32m to NRCC
Lawmakers call for military-to-military communications with North Korea
People flocking to low-tax states could swing future elections
White House: Trump frustrated with media not Kelly over ‘uninformed’ comment
Trump on trade one year on: Hopeful signs of progress, big decisions yet to come
Lawmakers unveil landmark overhaul of sexual harassment policies
Judiciary advances 17 judicial nominees
Trump personally made decision to limit Bannon testimony: report
Scarborough: WH doctor came off as ‘a political hack’ in briefing
Medicaid ‘work requirements’ won’t improve health outcomes
ADL warns of rise in white supremacist violence
Pelosi to guest-judge ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’
Trump furious with Kelly for calling his immigration promises ‘uninformed’: report
Voters want unconventionality, but dignity, in leaders after Trump
Methane waste may be invisible, but it’s widespread impacts are not
Senate votes to extend NSA spying program
Graham: Trump judges people on whether they’re nice to him
Senators float days-long funding bill
Kaspersky files injunction challenging government’s software ban
Dem releases first special election TV ad ahead of Trump visit
Chamber makes case for gas tax increase to fund infrastructure
Poll: Biden holds double-digit lead over field of 2020 Dem presidential contenders
The Hill’s 12:30 Report
Hulk Hogan on Florida Senate run: ‘At this moment, it’s a flat-out no’
World should get on board with Trump’s strategy to defeat ISIS
Polish president thanks Trump for his fight against ‘fake news’
Former Trump adviser Gorka wanted for arrest in Hungary: report
Poll: Dems’ lead on House generic ballot shrinks to single digits
House Dems want to give cities the right to build broadband networks
White House: Trump backs House stopgap spending bill
Trump baffles GOP with tweet scrambling shutdown talks
White House denies Trump’s Pennsylvania trip is for Saccone campaign
Kaine, Warner say they will oppose House funding bill
The Creates Act: Lower drug costs without price controls
DACA is neither bipartisan nor in America’s interest
House Republican to bring Bill Nye to Trump’s State of the Union
Nuclear threats, climate change: We’re obligated to protect future generations
Dingell to bring deported Detroit man’s wife to Trump’s first State of the Union
African immigration is America’s gain, Africa’s loss
Gay couple sues printing company after receiving religious pamphlets instead of wedding programs
Trump: ‘Worst thing’ about possible shutdown is effect on military
YouTube removing videos of people eating Tide Pods
VA has a tendency to manipulate science for its own benefit, not the veterans
Ryan: Budget fights have pushed military ‘past the breaking point’
WHIP LIST: Shutdown looms as Senate lacks votes to pass House spending bill
Bob Dole belongs in the pantheon of our American humanitarian heroes
2017 was world’s second-hottest year on record, federal scientists say
Connie Britton: Running for office is ‘the ultimate sacrifice’
House Intel panel votes to release testimony of co-founder of firm tied to Trump dossier
‘Trump Big Lie Award,’ a response to ‘Fake News Awards’
Mulvaney asks Fed to withhold additional consumer bureau funding
Trump isn’t reporting CO2 emissions, ending an era of global transparency
CNN announces plans to expand Moscow bureau amid US-Russia tensions
Study: White House abandoning science advice at unprecedented levels
Aetna to pay $17 million settlement after revealing HIV status of some customers
Turkey warns of action in Syria unless US halts aid to Kurds
Any DACA deal must include an end to chain migration
Beijing: Trump admin lacks ‘objectivity’ in dealing with Chinese businesses
Top Intel Dem: Bannon will need to testify again
Images of Trump, Weinstein and Spacey used in new Justin Timberlake video
With Kazakhstan, US ignores rights at its peril
Trump administration creates new religious, moral protections for health workers
Jimmy Kimmel spars with Ryan aide: ‘Using kids’ lives’ as bargaining chips is ‘disgusting’
Warren leads Senate Dem call for sexual harassment hearings
Amazon narrows list to 20 cities for HQ2
Dem senator puts hold on Trump nominees over offshore drilling plan
Trade policy in 2018 requires a scalpel, not a hammer, Mr. President
Tillerson: Trump avoiding UK so May can focus on Brexit
Trump tweets support for GOP Pa. House candidate
Time cover features first-time female candidates on Women’s March anniversary
Washington Post ‘thanks’ Trump for 3M more uninsured under his watch
Obama planning to campaign and fundraise for Dems in 2018: report
Pope Francis marries couple during flight
Facebook appoints American Express CEO as first black board member
2018 midterms, not Mueller, remain biggest threat to Trump presidency
Tech trade groups push Trump to allow H1B spouses work
Republican senator to oppose GOP’s short-term funding bill
Trump tweets CHIP should not be in short-term funding bill
Human Rights Watch warns world’s dictators are encouraged in Trump era
Trump may keep national parks, monuments open without staff if government shuts down: report
Brigitte Bardot: ‘Vast majority’ of actresses claiming sexual harassment are hypocrites
Journalistic standards decline as the industry obsesses with war against Trump
King on stopgap funding measures: ‘This is no way to govern’
GOP senator: Say no to return of earmarks, the ‘original Swamp Thing’
Global approval of US leadership falls to new low
Keep our family immigration system out of Dream Act negotiations
Poll: Majority says Trump’s first year in White House was a failure
Medication and other tangible solutions offer hope in combating opioid epidemic
FBI looking into whether Russian banker gave money to NRA to support Trump: report
Poll: Nearly 9 in 10 want DACA recipients to stay in US
WikiLeaks: Trump administration a ‘frequent source of false information’
Lawyer: Trump very eager to talk to special counsel
Dear media, you wanted to play the ‘fake news’ game — hope you enjoy it
NAFTA 2.0 needs to protect American business patents
Trump: Vision of border wall ‘has never changed or evolved’
The Supreme Court’s coming decision could put unions past the point of no return
Bitcoin’s real story isn’t the rampant speculation, but its untold potential
Gun control advocates see opportunities in states
GOP sees omens of a Dem wave in Wisconsin
Russian hackers move to new political targets
Listen: Rattled by Wisconsin loss, GOP looks toward upcoming races
House panels to grill Comey’s former chief of staff on FBI probe of Clinton
GOP looks to avoid PA upset
Trump admin delays spark fear for family planning groups over funding
Feinstein challenger faces uphill battle
Major battle over new tax law expected in Ohio Senate race
Congress must reinvent retirement savings for the gig economy