The Hill Articles: January 23, 2018

Trump: If there’s no wall, there’s no DACA fix Trump ‘blaming Samsung’ over missing FBI text messages Trump Commerce pick told lawmakers he would look at reversing Obama move on internet oversight: report Psychiatrist who briefed lawmakers on Trump’s mental state says she received death threats New Gates attorney seen meeting at Mueller’s office: report Schumer: Democrats ‘cut the best deal we could’ House Judiciary Republican: Comey could be called to testify again Trump to tap tax lawyer as next IRS commissioner: report Scientists sue EPA over its policy on advisory boards Weinstein Company in talks to sell studio to group led by ex-Obama official Ex-classmate says man who threatened CNN employees identified with Hitler Alabama state House votes to end special elections Sessions: Trump following through on promise to lower crime Trump nominates wife of ex-Louisiana senator to be federal judge Dems sour on shutdown tactics DACA advocates rally outside Schumer’s NYC home Stakes intensify: Mueller seeks to question Trump Trump asked acting FBI chief whom he voted for during WH meeting: report Trump action on tariffs triggers GOP alarm Senate faces difficult path to immigration deal House Freedom Caucus lobbied Trump for help in releasing FBI memo: report Lobbying world GOP senator claims to have informant alleging secret anti-Trump meetings Protests erupt in Switzerland ahead of Trump’s Davos trip Poll: Majority think Trump should testify in Russia probe if asked Overnight Tech: Dems push Facebook, Twitter to investigate Russian bots | Record lobbying year for tech | Uber hires chief diversity officer | Feds probe Tesla autopilot crash Pavlich: The NFL fumbles — again House Dems furious with Senate leaders US-led coalition kills 150 ISIS militants in Syria Airline lobbying soared more than 30 percent in 2017 Budowsky: A hard lesson for Dems Tech trade association tells lawmakers it will create a ‘director of diversity’ role Overnight Regulation: Trump’s former chemical safety nominee leaving EPA | Senate confirms Powell as Fed chair | NTSB ‘gathering information’ on Tesla crash Two staffers plead guilty after sharing explicit phone videos of congresswoman US official: Lebanon must ensure Hezbollah ‘not part of the financial sector’ Overnight Cybersecurity: Mueller interviewed Sessions in Russia probe | Comey met investigators last year | Dems demand social media firms probe Russian bots | Missing FBI text messages anger Republicans Overnight Finance: Senate confirms Powell as Fed chair | Mulvaney declares ‘new mission’ for consumer bureau | Trump says solar tariffs will boost jobs Study: Withdrawing from NAFTA will cost 1.8 million jobs in the first year Senate advances Trump’s health secretary nominee Marine Corps suspends certain jumps after fatal Arizona parachute accident Overnight Defense: Senators get classified briefing on nuclear arsenal | A-10s return to Afghanistan | IG says Pentagon backed Afghan units involved in human rights abuses The difference between ‘DACA’ and ‘Dreamers’: A primer Overnight Energy: Trump signs solar tariffs | Energy official say ‘bomb cyclone’ justifies coal push | Trump chemical safety pick leaving EPA NAFTA has helped grow American agriculture for two decades Minnesota Public Radio details allegations against Garrison Keillor Hispanic Caucus: Goodlatte bill is the ‘mass deportation act’ Senate confirms Jerome Powell as Fed chairman Trump can take a bow for current economic upswing Overnight Health Care: Community health centers await funding that expired months ago | Delaying ObamaCare taxes to cost $31B | NYC sues opioid producers Missing text messages inflame Republican anger at the FBI The global gag rule does nothing to protect life Listen: Immigration debate flares up post-shutdown FBI chief moves to fill key posts Sierra Club to release video calling out Ford’s ties to Trump admin The danger of Trump at Davos Acting consumer bureau chief declares ‘new mission’ in rebuke of predecessor House Dems ask DHS for details of voter fraud investigation takeover WATCH: GOP sen: Have to ask Schumer if there will be another shutdown Top committee Dems: GOP chairs trying to undermine Russia probe with FBI texts Celebrating a time when tax-cutting was the cause of Democrats US sends A-10 squadron to Afghanistan for first time in three years Manchin tells colleagues he’s running for reelection: report “Shining City Upon a Mountain” needs US help now v. US overreaction later Duckworth to become first senator to give birth while in office McMaster knocks down departure rumors Uber hires first-ever chief diversity and inclusion officer NTSB opens investigation into Tesla crash in Southern California NY to guarantee Medicaid for DACA recipients regardless of federal action Tillerson’s open-ended Syria war proves US is stuck in mideast quicksand IG says Pentagon backed Afghan units involved in ‘gross violations of human rights’ GOP rep told aide they were ‘soul mates,’ but denies harassment claim White House: Graham-Durbin immigration bill ‘dead on arrival’ Trump briefed on deadly Kentucky school shooting Mueller wants to question Trump on Flynn, Comey firings: report Chuck Schumer’s deal with the devil NYT reporter denies making alleged anti-Trump comments Top Philadelphia officials voice support for opening of safe-injection sites Obama officiates former staffers’ wedding in DC The HHS’s assault on patient health is unethical Chief of staff to Comey, current FBI director leaving government Dems want answers on White House security clearance process Study: Americans using less health care, but paying more for it Rapper Fat Joe says ‘f— Trump’ in new song A year after Trump’s executive order, American energy is surging Top Medicaid official to leave post next month Border Patrol recorded checking IDs on Greyhound bus in Florida Walmart, an e-commerce sleeping giant, is waking up Schumer: Offer on border wall is ‘off the table’ Tillerson blames Russia for allowing new Syrian chemical weapons attack Senate ends debate on Powell nomination ahead of likely confirmation New York City sues eight opioid producers, distributors Inslee’s carbon-tax plan is about revenue — not climate change Poll: Vast majority say mental health exam should be required for presidents Crime rates continue historic plunge Trump to host Macron in April for first state dinner: report Kaepernick named finalist for NFL Players Association ‘Community MVP’ award Emboldened conservatives press Ryan to bring hard-right immigration bill to floor Community health centers await funding that expired months ago Trump admin uses recent ‘bomb cyclone’ to push coal energy Facebook exec to retire, help Dems in midterms Trump on tariffs: You will ‘have people getting jobs again’ Trump’s solar tariffs won’t boost the government’s bottom line Watch live: White House press briefing NFL to highlight players’ work on equality issues Comey interviewed last year by Mueller’s team Trump: ‘Not at all concerned’ by Sessions interview in Russia probe Dem presses Homeland Security for update on Kaspersky ban Biden on Russia: Easy to say we should’ve said more Al Qaeda leader: Trump’s Jerusalem decision a ‘declaration of new Jewish-Crusader war’ Civil ballistic missile warning needs federal leadership NTSB ‘gathering information’ on Tesla crash in Southern California US drops to 8th on ‘best countries’ list GOP trolls Dems with ‘I shut down the government’ t-shirt Poll: Public blames Dem lawmakers, Trump for shutdown Next steps for Trump’s strategy in Central Asia CNN’s Camerota: Conservatives don’t care anymore about extramarital affairs Conservatives call for end to taxpayer-funded sexual harassment settlements Top House Judiciary Dem rips Nunes memo accusing FBI of bias A State of the Union that fights hunger AFL-CIO president: Trump has been a ‘disappointment’  Dems rip Trump’s Fed pick as Senate panel mulls three key nominees Trudeau announces Pacific trade agreement without US Poll: Biden, Sanders, Oprah all lead Trump big in 2020 match-ups Why Bulgaria’s EU presidency will be a litmus test for Brussels Schumer warns McConnell against immigration ‘breach of trust’ GOP senator releases additional messages from FBI agent removed from Mueller probe Rosie O’Donnell rips CNN’s Cuomo over Conway interview: ‘DO UR JOB DAMN IT’ Poll: Majority of Americans oppose more big trucks on roads It’s School Choice Week, and Michigan is at the fore of the celebration The Hill’s 12:30 Report Senators get classified briefing on America’s nuclear arsenal Schumer withdraws offer to boost funds for Trump’s border wall: report Study: Vaping can lead teens to cigarette smoking Bipartisan support for conservation partnerships enable greater protections of our pristine land After ‘foreign surveillance’ law, Congress must demand answers from intelligence community Conway: Trump taking ‘America First’ message to Davos American carmakers sabotage pledges on climate standards CIA director: Trump grasps intelligence at same level as 25-year veteran ‘We won’t stand by as women die’ projected on Trump hotel Top Dems call on Twitter, Facebook to investigate Russian bot campaign Kimmel slams Dems: Shutdown deal was in exchange ‘for nothing’ Multiple Americans killed in Taliban attack on Kabul hotel: report Drudge: Trump loves his job, can’t wait to run for reelection in 2020 Purdue is benefiting at the expense of vulnerable patients and taxpayers Florida voters to decide if felons should have voting rights ​A Reagan-style playbook for Trump’s second year​ Trump’s former chemical safety nominee leaving EPA Federal prosecutors recommend 21 month sentence for Rand Paul attacker Border Patrol arrests man who gave aid to immigrants crossing the desert Sanders rips Vanity Fair over Kelly report: I wouldn’t use it for much other than a coaster Tech giants spent record sums on lobbying in 2017 Supreme Court agrees to expedite briefs in Trump administration’s DACA appeal Congressional scorekeeper: Delay of ObamaCare taxes in spending bill will cost about $31B Americans are catching on to Dems’ tax bill smear campaign Man with loaded gun arrested near White House Trump to address RNC members at meeting at Trump hotel: report Conan O’Brien lets Haitians fire back at Trump Indian PM: Wave of trade protectionism ‘worrisome’ Woman who inspired ‘Rosie the Riveter’ dies at 96 2 dead, others wounded in Kentucky school shooting For thousands of students in public charter schools, DC’s school reform works UK regulator looks to block Murdoch takeover of Sky TV Sessions interviewed in Russia probe Michael Wolff: Trump does not want to be president Combat the global economy’s major weakness before it’s too late Report: Anti-LGBT violence surged in 2017 Trump backs Kelly, who is doing a ‘fantastic job’ Poll: Trump drops below 40 percent approval in Michigan Gorsuch has dinner at GOP senator’s home Time for Democrats to go back to leading America on the economy Veterans group says NFL rejected ‘#PleaseStand’ Super Bowl ad Mulvaney: Trump’s DACA position ‘depends on what we get in exchange’ CNN’s Cuomo, Conway spar over Trump Women’s March comments Increasing access for low-income students at our nation’s top schools Hawaii gov slow to retract false missile alert because he forgot Twitter password Tony Perkins: Evangelicals gave Trump a ‘mulligan’ on past behavior Pence: Timing of US peace plan’s release depends on Palestinians Kimmel mocks Trump’s Women’s March tweet: ‘Boy is he bad at reading women’ Poll: 60 percent don’t trust Trump with authority to order nuclear attacks Pence in Israel: ‘The time has come for changes in the Iran nuclear deal’ Opioid commission member says group’s work is a ‘sham’ Trump slams ‘Crazy Jim Acosta’ in tweet claiming shutdown win US Embassy in Haiti temporarily closed after anti-Trump protests 10 ways the Trump White House has waged war on smart climate policy Trump labels missing FBI texts ‘one of the biggest stories in a long time’ Comey tweets MLK quote about people standing up for what they believe Congress needs bipartisanship to fully investigate Russian influence Alaska earthquake prompts tsunami warning Better cybersecurity is critical to protecting future elections Schumer comes under fire over funding deal Listen: How lawmakers embrace shutdowns as political weapons Senate moderates see influence grow after shutdown fight Scott faces GOP headwinds ahead of potential Senate bid Sex and the City: The ‘Pyongyang Games’ Year two of Trump revolution will make or break ‘America First’