The Hill Articles: July 12, 2018

Giuliani: Trump interview with Mueller ‘further away’ ACLU calls for Trump officials to hand over info on immigrant children Kushner to join Pompeo for meetings with Mexican leaders US Navy lifts ban on dreadlocks, ponytails for women FEMA says in report that it was underprepared for Hurricane Maria Dems say they’ll vote ‘no’ on their ‘Abolish ICE’ legislation Arizona state lawmaker apologizes for saying he has ‘immunity’ from speeding violation Joe Arpaio says he was duped by Sacha Baron Cohen White House defends UK comments: Trump ‘likes and respects’ Theresa May MLB suspends deal with Papa John’s after founder uses n-word 5 takeaways from wild hearing with controversial FBI agent Poll: Majority want Mueller to take his time on probe, do it right Overnight Defense: Fallout from tense NATO summit | Senators push to block ZTE deal in defense bill | Blackwater founder makes new pitch for mercenaries to run Afghan war Poll: Majority of Americans say Trump ‘not tough enough’ on Russia Obama loses more than 2 million Twitter followers amid crackdown Trump pick for top NASA role has no past experience in space operations Kushner cut off from some sensitive info under security clearance: report Dem hits Republicans at Strzok hearing: New members of ‘Trump’s legal defense team’ India implements strong net neutrality rules Trump: Europe is ‘losing its culture’ because of immigration Hillicon Valley: DOJ appeals AT&T-Time Warner ruling | FBI agent testifies in heated hearing | Uproar after FCC changes rules on consumer complaints | Broadcom makes bid for another US company | Facebook under fire over conspiracy sites Trump says recent poll shows he’s more popular than Lincoln Trump says he feels ‘unwelcome’ in London due to protests Senate passes resolution honoring victims of Capital Gazette shooting Trump attacks London mayor over terrorism: ‘He has done a terrible job’ Trump’s harsh immigration policies are a gift for human traffickers Trump: Boris Johnson would ‘make a great prime minister’ Trump: May’s ‘soft’ Brexit plan would ‘kill’ any future US-UK trade deal Ryan: ‘My car was eaten by animals’ Overnight Energy: EPA watchdog won’t drop Pruitt probes | Exxon leaves conservative advocacy group | Lawmakers offer changes to Endangered Species Act Hillicon Valley: Justice Department appeals AT&T-Time Warner ruling | New report on election security | FBI agent testifies in marathon hearing Zealous Dems fail to hear out Trump’s constitutional rights Overnight Health Care: Official defends suspending insurer payments | What Kavanaugh’s nomination means for ObamaCare | Panel approves bill to halt employer mandate In bipartisan vote, House approves Intel funding Facebook fields fresh backlash over conspiracy sites remaining on its platform Billboard warns ‘There are NAZIS in our neighborhood’ in Washington city Stormy Daniels’s attorney says she won’t perform at Ohio club after arrest Western lawmakers introduce bills to amend Endangered Species Act Woman accused of attacking 92-year-old man with brick charged with attempted murder Alexis Ohanian: Congress and statehouses need to develop better family leave policies Ryan expects bill on tax fixes to come after midterms Viral video of officers handcuffing black boys in park prompts police investigation On The Money — Sponsored by Prudential — Lawmakers demand answers from Mnuchin on tariffs | Fed chief lays out stakes of Trump trade war | Consumer prices rise at highest rate in six years | Feds to appeal AT&T merger ruling Man accused of harassing woman wearing Puerto Rican flag shirt charged with felony hate crime Ted Koppel among those tricked into new interview with Sacha Baron Cohen Counterterrorism policy and strategy must move up the ‘innovation stack’ Bourdain gets posthumous Emmy nominations for ‘Parts Unknown’ Trump walks a tightrope with comments on NATO Justice Department appeals AT&T-Time Warner merger House panel advances bill that would temporarily halt ObamaCare’s employer mandate Roy Moore threatens legal action after ‘illicit scheme’ from Sacha Baron Cohen, Showtime Speeding state lawmaker asked cop to let him go because of his ‘immunity as a government official’: report Dem senator: Kavanaugh would ‘turn back the clock’ on women’s health care Protesters arrested after chaining themselves in office of ICE contractor Stormy Daniels to donate tips for other dancers’ legal fees after charges against her dropped UMITA is the bipartisan regulatory relief Americans need Elon Musk vows to help Flint homes with contaminated water China claims Trump’s trade actions make US ‘enemy to all’ Pollster: People need more time to ‘digest’ Kavanaugh pick Senators push to block Trump’s ZTE deal in final defense bill Teen who had his MAGA hat stolen gets one signed by Trump Mark Penn: Trajectory of Trump’s approval rating differs from past presidents A political crisis looms over Brexit Poll: Plurality want next justice to be ‘more conservative’ than Kennedy Powell: Business concerns over trade tensions are rising Pompeo to meet with Russian, Finnish foreign ministers in Helsinki CNN political director: Strzok’s claim that Trump texts aren’t biased ‘flat wrong on its face’ GOP senators introduce resolution endorsing ICE Jordan, Strzok engage in fiery exchange over Trump-Russia dossier We can’t control where storms hit, but we can harness nature to better protect us GOP lawmaker asks FBI agent about lying to wife over affair Sacha Baron Cohen character appears to tweet at Sarah Palin following interview complaint Protesters seek to fly ‘Trump baby’ blimp in Scotland during Trump vacation Pelosi: Jim Jordan ‘should have known’ about OSU abuse Trump’s Reagan moment in Helsinki: Tell Putin to free political prisoners Mark Penn: Working class blames China for low wage growth Scalise: Embarrassing that Dems were acting like ‘cheerleaders’ for Strzok Flake: Trump’s flattery of Putin ‘simply bizarre,’ ‘unconscionable’ Jane Fonda: Kavanaugh confirmation would be a ‘catastrophe’ Trump admin investigating border agent for computer misuse after obtaining journalist’s travel info: report Group carves ‘F— Trump’ in Russian into crop circle ahead of UK visit Africa has key role to play in a prosperous global future Dem pollster: Kavanaugh nomination outcome won’t impact how people vote in November EPA watchdog to continue Pruitt probes Secret Service releases ‘operational guide’ for schools on student violence Cohen purchases $6.7M New York apartment: report Gawker.com sells to Bustle co-founder Goldberg in bankruptcy court Facebook removes ‘treason’ advertising tag after algorithm labels thousands of Russian users ‘interested’ in category Probe found Fla. police chief told officers to pin unsolved crimes on random black people: report Buck Wild: President Trump gives NATO a little tough love Homeland Security should consider filling vacancies at the top before tackling department reform Economist: Starting a business in former Soviet republic easier than in some US states Trump health chief defends suspending ObamaCare payments House GOP to bring Dem ‘abolish ICE’ bill up for vote Turkish bankers try to drag Erdogan toward monetary sanity to no avail Ireland becomes first country to divest from fossil fuels Blackwater founder makes new pitch for mercenaries to take over Afghan war US service member killed in Afghanistan, 2nd within week Dems introduce bill to eliminate ICE, shift duties elsewhere Trump shares ‘very nice note’ from Kim Jong Un FCC passes controversial rule changing how it handles consumer complaints Charges dismissed against Stormy Daniels hours after arrest at Ohio strip club Ex-FBI lawyer Page agrees to testify before House this week What America’s Thinking: July 12, 2018 Seeking asylum does not make illegal entry into America legal Lawmakers demand answers from Mnuchin on Trump tariffs Administration to brief Senate panel on family reunifications GOP senator moves to restart Pentagon report on NATO allies’ spending The Hill’s 12:30 Report — Sponsored by Delta Air Lines — GOP spars with FBI agent at tense hearing Manafort mugshot released Exxon Mobil leaves conservative advocacy group ALEC Ryan: Dems trying to abolish ICE have ‘jumped the sharks’ New SCOTUS nominee, Kavanaugh, will make religious liberty great again California reaches greenhouse gas reduction goal ahead of schedule Conservative analyst: ‘High likelihood’ that Nicaraguan crisis will impact US migrant flow Russian hackers used fake accounts disguised as local news: report Despite the debate over measuring it, the pain of poverty is real Oregon ranchers pardoned by Trump fly home on Pence donor’s private jet FBI agent gets Dem applause in contentious hearing after forceful defense of agency Trump administration says it has completed reunifying migrant kids under 5 Panel strikes down Dem motion to subpoena Bannon in testy hearing Woman unleashes anti-Muslim tirade on bus: ‘She thinks she has rights she doesn’t have’ Report shows 1.6B doses of opioids shipped to Missouri from 2012 to 2017 McConnell accuses Dems of trying to ‘bork’ Kavanaugh Strzok hearing devolves into partisan fighting after FBI agent declines to answer questions on Russia probe Midterms, solid fundamentals to propel markets into 2019 Top economic aide to become Trump legislative director Dem strategist: Papa John’s founder should have been fired months ago ‘Minibus’ spending conference committee abruptly canceled Top Dem displays posters of ‘guilty’ subjects in Mueller probe Latino groups intervene in Alabama census lawsuit McCain rips Trump: NATO actions ‘disappointing’ but not surprising Yale Law School students, alumni denounce Trump Supreme Court pick The little lizard threatening to derail the Trump agenda Former New Orleans mayor: It’s not my ‘intention’ to run for president Full interview: Former New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu speaks out on Confederate monuments and Donald Trump NATO chief: ‘Very frank and open discussion’ on defense spending ‘has made NATO stronger’ Buck Sexton: Press ‘baiting’ Trump on Putin White House releases commemorative coin for Trump’s NATO trip Landrieu declines to call Trump a racist Pivots and pitfalls as President Trump eyes new Mideast peace push through Gaza Ocasio-Cortez accuses defeated Dem of mounting third-party challenge House Dem amendment seeks to ensure Pruitt probes are completed Poll finds strong support for Roe v. Wade Trump makes Obama great for midterm voters Spicer describes Trump as ‘a unicorn, riding a unicorn over a rainbow’ in new book Fox’s Wallace lands exclusive interview with Putin after Trump summit Teens deserve better than abstinence-only sex ed Illinois officer resigns after not helping woman harassed for wearing Puerto Rico shirt Consumer prices rise at highest annual rate since 2012 North Koreans skip meeting to discuss remains of American troops: report Trump wants to ditch Air Force One paint scheme: report Kavanaugh lauded Rehnquist’s Roe v. Wade dissent in speech last fall: report Washington big names celebrate launch of Hill.TV Ohio Dem won’t back Pelosi if elected To the middle, not the mattresses GOP lawmaker: Accusations against Jim Jordan come from ‘deep state’ Let’s not talk about family leave without talking about child care Broadcom announces $18.9 billion deal to buy CA Technologies Live coverage: FBI agent defends anti-Trump texts in tense hearing Security wall erected around residence where Trump will stay in London MSNBC’s Joy Reid sees ratings drop more than 20 percent after blog hacking controversy Trump implementing new policy to turn away more asylum seekers at border Top Trump aide to leave as Kavanaugh battle heats up: report Dark money threatens our elections Trump administration says it has completed initial reunifications Ex-Trump aide: Stormy Daniels arrest ‘reeks of entrapment’ Trump: ‘Ultimate deal’ with Putin would be ‘no more nuclear weapons’ DOJ reopens Emmett Till case after ‘new information’ arises: report Revitalize our defense industrial base with mine permitting reform Three approaches for dealing with China’s unfair trade practices Macron: Trump never threatened to withdraw from NATO Nunes leaves in middle of hearing following questions on Russia probe Trump weighs in on Lisa Page testimony: ‘Where is the Attorney General?’ Peter Strzok plans to call scrutiny ‘another notch in Putin’s belt’: report Getting the most out of the Russia summit The Heritage Foundation’s Ana Quintana on escalating violence in Nicaragua Trump falsely claims for third time that Reagan didn’t win Wisconsin Trump again labels himself a ‘very stable genius’ Trump: ‘I think they like me a lot in the UK’ The real reason Scott Pruitt is gone: Putting a key voting bloc at risk Rising: July 12, 2018 Trump says NATO allies will ‘substantially up’ defense spending after tense summit Stormy Daniels arrested at Ohio strip club Trump vows to raise election meddling during meeting with Putin Can Trump refuse asylum to aliens who make illegal entries? Trump: I would not have allowed Russia to annex Crimea The Hill’s Morning Report — Trump denigrates NATO allies, floats 4 percent solution Creating American refugee camps is a terrible idea Violence in Myanmar poses major test for Facebook Dems in terrible bind on Kavanaugh nomination Kavanaugh nomination raises questions about ObamaCare’s fate Dems struggle with unity amid leadership tensions Paul faces tough privacy decision on Kavanaugh Dems need ‘big tent’ energy policies that appeal to American heartland Dems seek to rebuild Rust Belt ‘blue wall’ in governor races Papa John’s founder resigns as chairman after apologizing for racial slur