The Hill Articles: June 1, 2018

Mattis accuses China of ‘intimidation and coercion’ in South China Sea Size of North Korea’s letter to Trump sparks jokes US searching for way to pay for Kim Jong Un’s hotel stay during summit: report White House planning for potential Trump-Putin summit: report US to call on Latin American, Caribbean allies to suspend Venezuela from OAS: report Kentucky GOP chief: ‘Nobody likes’ Trump’s tariffs on steel, aluminum Puerto Rico government releases data showing increase in deaths after Hurricane Maria Obama to attend his first DNC fundraiser of 2018 White House releases photos of Trump accepting Kim Jong Un’s letter Trump names Douglas Fears as homeland security adviser Schwarzenegger opposes top GOP California gubernatorial candidates US vetoes UN resolution offering ‘protection’ for Palestinians Firm discloses more EPA lobbying by advocate with ties to Pruitt condo rental Park Service boss apologizes to staff for ‘inappropriate’ behavior Apple eyes expanding digital ad business: report ABC weighs rebooting ‘Roseanne’ without Barr: report A call to service without debt Missouri gets new governor, capping off months of scandal Trudeau on Trump tariffs: ‘I don’t know’ what he wants to accomplish Hillicon Valley: Officials detail potential cellphone surveillance in DC | Google to drop AI drone warfare contract | Facebook investors vent over data handling Canada joins EU in filing challenge to Trump tariffs Hannity defends Joy Reid: She shouldn’t be fired Student loan debt and the cost of college are out of control and climbing Former Rubio campaign aide compares Obama to ‘Curious George’ Trump’s economy faces new threats ahead of midterms Harley warns of hit to sales as EU moves to retaliate against Trump’s tariffs Parkland students mock NRA response to #WearOrange gun violence campaign DOJ: Syria strikes not war in ‘constitutional sense’ McConnell warns Trump: Don’t get ‘snookered’ by North Korea Conservative Stanford professor conspired to conduct ‘opposition research’ on student: report Bannon: Sessions an ‘excellent’ AG, Trump ‘wrong’ about recusal Missouri governor signs ‘revenge porn’ bill hours before leaving office over revenge porn allegations Rhode Island gov signs law banning bump stocks Kushner’s father: Ethics watchdogs are ‘jerks’ who ‘can’t get a real job’ Overnight Health Care: Four more dead from E. coli outbreak | CVS stops donating to pro-Trump ‘dark money’ group | Judge temporarily blocks Iowa abortion law Trade wars don’t appear to be the easy wins we were promised Lobbyist tried to schedule Pruitt trip to Qatar Overnight Defense: Trump says Kim summit is on for June 12 | US could deploy missile defense system to Germany | Nearly 500 civilians killed by US military actions in 2017 Twin 33s are a common sense solution to modern transportation challenges Overnight Energy: Trump directs Perry to stop coal plant closures | EPA spent $1,560 on customized pens | EPA viewed postcard to Pruitt as a threat Beware of bailouts masquerading as national security investments Trump defiant on tariffs, touts job numbers McConnell: Trump should ‘pull back from the brink’ on tariffs  Clinton blasts Trump immigration policy separating kids from parents: ‘We have to act’ Google won’t renew drone AI contract with Pentagon: report Tomi Lahren slams Trump supporters who defend Roseanne: ‘Wrong is wrong’ Schwarzenegger mocks Trump on coal bailout: Protect pagers, Blockbuster too All signs point to an economy gaining significant steam At least 8 white nationalists running for office across US: report Poll: GOP leading Ohio governor’s race, but Dem senator up on challenger EPA looked into $10,000 charter plane for Pruitt mine visit on canceled Australia trip Paramedics were barred by Sheriff’s Office from entering Parkland high school after shooting: report The feds are failing when it comes to privacy protection Trump says summit is on before reading ‘nice’ letter from Kim Jong Un #MeToo, Congress and the Supreme Court: Who gets the last word on sexual harassment? Avenatti: Trump knows I’ll ‘hand him his ass’ if he tries to tweet at me Overnight Finance: Trump breaks protocol to tout jobs data | Economy adds 223K jobs in May | Trump defiant on tariffs | Battle begins over future of sports betting Former NFL cheerleaders sue team, allege unfair compensation, harassment Trump says summit with North Korea will take place on June 12 Puerto Rico agency sues government to obtain Hurricane Maria death data Theresa May hits Trump over ‘unjustified’ tariffs Four more people dead from E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce MSNBC, Joy Reid apologize for old blog posts but avoid hacking claim Let’s turn bad news on health coverage into a path toward change Police testing handgun-mounted cameras Poll: Two-thirds say they’d pay higher taxes to increase teachers’ salaries Obama calls on supporters to ‘take action’ to change leadership, laws on Gun Violence Awareness Day Ex-NASA employee says agency full of ‘fear and anxiety’ under Trump Spotify to reverse ‘hate conduct’ policy that banned R. Kelly New Holocaust Museum exhibit challenges us to continue asking hard questions Big mystery of our economy is whether it can keep up on jobs Harvey Weinstein accused of rape in new class-action lawsuit Little evidence to support the efficacy of more gun control EPA spent $1,560 on customized fountain pens for Pruitt: emails GOP senator to back bill to ‘rein in’ Trump’s trade authority Top North Korean official visits Trump at White House The sense of duty and loyalty likely driving Trump’s Asia director GOP lawmaker holds women’s summit with topics including weight loss, gardening Trump orders Rick Perry to take ‘immediate steps’ to stop coal plant closures Company creates six-pack rings that are edible for sea animals White House press briefings have gotten shorter every month in 2018: Washington Post Don’t kick the can down the road on prison reform — now is the time for change CVS will no longer donate to pro-Trump ‘dark money’ group UN poverty official: Trump exacerbating inequality How going to a liberal college made me more conservative Antarctica to hold first-ever Pride event in June Cutting Title X funding promotes unethical medical practices US military actions killed nearly 500 civilians in Trump’s first year: report EPA saw postcard addressed to Pruitt as ‘potentially threatening’ The Hill’s 12:30 Report — Sponsored by NSSF — Trump breaks protocol to tout jobs report Odds are Trump re-enters the Paris Agreement in 2020 Facebook removing ‘trending’ topics feature Dem leaders demand end to family separations at border Trumping China on technology theft is necessary for American security Attorneys general sue EPA, claiming illegal delay of landfill regulation Avenatti says he turned down $200K from GOP donors looking to harm Trump GOP lawmaker faces primary challenger with the same name NAACP calls on Greitens to commute death sentence on last day in office Bill Clinton: It’s possible foreign countries tampered with election results RNC aide: Samantha Bee ‘a hateful provocateur that should not be given a platform’ Judge temporarily blocks Iowa’s six-week abortion ban Police say Uber driver shot and killed passenger In Egypt, when social media gets shut down, democracy gets shut out Punk band loses sponsor, festival spot after joke about Vegas shooting victims Samantha Bee: People focusing on ‘one bad word’ instead of border crisis GOP senator: Work during August recess to help confirm judges Trump issues proclamation for African-American Music Appreciation Month Paul Ryan raised $700k for House Republicans in Ohio fundraising swing Officials disclose potential cellphone surveillance activity near White House Stormy Daniels’s attorney sought funding from Democrats: report Exports to US allies, not sanctions, would better counter Russian arms sales London ‘bridges’ falling down: Curious origins of FBI’s Trump-Russia probe Ways and Means chairman endorses McCarthy for Speaker Koch brothers group launches ads thanking vulnerable Dem senator Supreme Court needs to recognize 21st century marketplace Trump war against Mueller will make Dem midterm turnout soar Johnny Damon: Trump ‘not there to be your friend’ Koreas set up additional meeting to discuss military and first aid Roger Stone: Trump pardon of D’Souza was a signal to Mueller ESPN warning talent to be careful on social media after Roseanne controversy: report Trump fires back at Trudeau: Canada has treated U.S. agriculture ‘very poorly’ Socialist takes over as Spain’s prime minister after corruption scandal Trump applying 19th-century remedies to 21st-century problems Trump signals jobs data before report’s release, breaking with protocol Roseanne says she ‘begged’ ABC to save jobs on her show Apple turns down invite to EU hearing US in talks to move missile defense system to Germany: report Costco raising minimum wage to $14 an hour Corker’s Senate seat is up for grabs — and Republicans are worried Pope to meet with oil execs to discuss climate change: report D’Souza after pardon: Trump wants me to be ‘a bigger voice than ever’ Economy adds 223K jobs in May, unemployment down to 3.8 percent The trade war we don’t need, but perhaps deserve John Brennan pens op-ed vowing to criticize Trump ‘until integrity returns to the White House’ The right to choose E15 Mueller looking into hedge-fund manager close to Kushner: report Trump considering emergency authority to boost coal plants Pressure mounts on MSNBC, Joy Reid after old blog reveals attack on Wolf Blitzer, AIPAC Parent of Texas shooting victim: Trump kept mentioning arming teachers Jeff Sessions shows no good deed goes unpunished in Washington Trump: Cost of ‘Russian hoax’ is ‘going up fast’ Trump: Why hasn’t TBS fired Samantha Bee? Macron to Trump: Tariffs are ‘economic nationalism that will penalise everyone including the US’ The Hill’s Morning Report: Takeaways from Trump’s pardons Americans must finally get a grip on the sexual revolution’s excesses The Memo: Trump flexes power of pardon Clinton allies open to backing Warren for president in 2020 Hillary Clinton’s ‘ass-covering’ on bin Laden raid ‘rattled’ Biden Battle begins to shape future of sports betting