The Hill Articles: June 19, 2018

Dem scores upset over Republican in Florida county commissioner race Maddow breaks down on-air while describing ‘tender age’ migrant shelters Fox’s Ingraham sees no advertiser boycott despite outrage over child migrant comment Conservatives express concern over House GOP immigration bill Trump administration sending babies, children to ‘tender age’ shelters in Texas: report Charleston city council adopts resolution apologizing for slavery Poll: McSally holds 14-point lead in Arizona GOP Senate primary DC voters approve minimum wage hike for tipped workers Trump defends Nielsen amid criticism over family separations Madeleine Albright slams Trump over immigration Sanford hits back at Trump over ‘biased, demeaning’ attack Chanting activists confront DHS secretary during dinner at Mexican restaurant China-based hackers breached satellite, defense firms: study New Hampshire GOP gov: I won’t send National Guard troops to ‘separate families’ Lewandowski says ‘womp womp’ at story of young girl being separated from mother at border US prepping to receive war dead remains from North Korea: report Actress Marcia Gay Harden urges Congress to boost Alzheimer’s funding Cohen tells associates legal fees ‘bankrupting’ him, wants Trump to pay fees: report Microsoft employees demand company cut ties with ICE Overnight Health Care — Presented by the Association of American Medical Colleges — Trump officials move to expand non-ObamaCare health plans | ‘Zero tolerance’ policy stirs fears in health community | New ObamaCare repeal plan Texas billboard telling ‘liberals’ to get out goes viral Giuliani: FBI asked me about tease of a ‘surprise’ before election GOP congressman blasts Trump’s attack on Sanford as ‘classless’ GOP senators introduce bill to prevent family separations at border Warren on family separation policy: Trump is ‘taking America to a dark and ugly place’ Canada’s Senate votes to approve legal weed Trump angers biz groups with $200B tariff threat Republicans tear into IG finding on Clinton probe Overnight Defense: States pull National Guard troops over family separation policy | Senators question pick for Afghan commander | US leaves UN Human Rights Council Trump vows to stand with House GOP ‘1,000 percent’ on immigration Lobbying world Senate GOP tries to defuse Trump border crisis Webb: Honesty on immigration reform Dem group plays audio of children crying at detention facilities outside Trump hotel Hillicon Valley: Verizon, AT&T call off data partnerships after pressure | Tech speaks out against Trump family separation policy | T-Mobile, Sprint make case for $26B merger Trump rips into Sanford as a ‘nasty guy’ after primary defeat Studio to release new Kevin Spacey movie despite sexual misconduct allegations Cohen ally says he may cooperate with investigators against Trump Dem plays audio from child detention center on Senate floor On The Money — Sponsored by Prudential — Markets roiled by Trump’s new tariff threat | Trump lashes out at Canada over trade | Warren looks to block Trump pick for consumer agency ICE chief: Parents who break the law are responsible for separations Trump admin to pay Texas nonprofit more than $450M to house migrant children: report Heckler yells ‘Mr. President, f— you’ as Trump arrives at Capitol Libya serves as lesson to focus on North Korea human rights abuses Overnight Energy: Senate panel sets Pruitt hearing | Colorado joins California with tougher emissions rules | Court sides with Trump on coal leasing program 13 GOP senators ask administration to pause separation of immigrant families US law is not on the side of Mueller’s appointment as special counsel Selling government assets would be a responsible move in infrastructure deal Consumer watchdog agency needs to get back to doing its job US pulls out of UN Human Rights Council Top Trump aide to leave White House De Blasio announces NYPD will no longer arrest people for smoking weed in public FBI agent Peter Strzok escorted from building amid internal review New York to sue Trump administration over immigrant family separation Florida lawmakers blocked from entering facility holding migrant children ZTE and US government working on escrow account agreement: report Cambridge Analytica-linked researcher: Data wasn’t helpful to Trump campaign Facebook launches feature connecting users with opioid treatment information Trump trade adviser says he has no knowledge of iPhone tariff exception Rush Limbaugh accuses media of spreading ‘fake’ photos of crying children Ignore the naysayers trying to disrupt US diplomacy with North Korea AMA will oppose CVS-Aetna merger 10-year-old migrant girl with Down syndrome separated from family: report Major tech lobbying group urges Trump to end family separations at border Pruitt to testify before Senate panel in August Transportation Department watchdog to examine airplane cabin evacuation standards Recently discovered ancient sea creature named after Obama ‘Modern Family’ co-creator denounces Fox, says he’ll be ‘setting up shop elsewhere’ Merkel responds to Trump claims: German crime stats ‘speak for themselves’ Senators introduce bipartisan bill to detect supply chain risks posing threats to national security Negotiators must redouble efforts as clock ticks on NAFTA More than half of Americans back impeachment if Trump pardons himself: poll An attack on the free press is an attack on us all McCain, Coons: Trump should withdraw controversial refugee nominee Senate staffer charged with lying to FBI files for gag order on Trump, others Don’t let internet privacy disputes harm communities of color Kasich on audio of separated children: Seems ‘we have lost our sense of humanity’ Baltimore Dunkin’ Donuts removes sign asking customers to report employees not speaking English Women need compassionate, comprehensive health care — not lies Comey responds to Clinton: She still doesn’t get why she was under investigation Schumer rejects GOP proposal to address border crisis Seth MacFarlane donates $2.5M to NPR in response to Tucker Carlson attacks on media North Carolina governor recalls National Guard troops from border over family separation Avenatti shares letter from mother separated from 6-year-old Immigrant shelter worker: I quit after being told to separate siblings hugging each other Pelosi: GOP is ‘complicit’ in separating families Hoyer: GOP centrists ‘sold out’ Dreamers Free trade only works when fair trade is enforced Guatemalan woman sues Trump admin over alleged separation from son while seeking asylum Republican pollster: DNC’s fund-raising difficulties are unsurprising and shouldn’t concern Democrats Poll: Percent of Americans listing immigration as top concern rises Army accepts resignation of West Point grad who wrote ‘Communism will win’ on cap Detainee describes being separated from son at U.S. border McClatchy: Officials likely lost track of thousands more unaccompanied migrant children than reported The consumer data collection industry is about to explode New York Times slammed for spiking audio of Stephen Miller’s on-record comments on child migration AT&T, Verizon say they’ll stop sharing location data with third-party brokers Va. governor pulls National Guard copter, troops from border over family separation policy Dem pollster: Translating party base’s “hatred” of Trump into a slogan is difficult House GOP changes immigration bill to prevent DHS from separating families McConnell backs bill to keep immigrant families together Another chance to seek the return of fiscal sanity to the halls of Congress Lots of conservatives hate Trump’s coal and nuclear bailout — that’s a big political problem Democratic pollster: Trump hatred driving Dems, but may not be enough Republican pollster: GOP voters want their candidates to support Trump’s policies and not criticize his behavior Trump hugs flag at end of speech to business group Trump: ‘I don’t say mankind anymore, I say humankind’ Colorado joins states adopting stricter vehicle emissions standard Marine found guilty at court martial of attacking protestor at Charlottesville rally Meghan McCain calls out Ivanka Trump for silence on family separation policy Former US interpreter accuses Afghanistan government of releasing Taliban prisoners Poll: Melania Trump approval drops Pop quiz: More Democrats than Republicans want more women in politics but by what margin? Trump lashes out at Canada over trade Pollsters: Except for Trump, GOP voters really dislike their own elected officials Republican wants to know why Rosenstein delayed release of FBI agent texts Trump Jr. cancels fundraiser after Jeb Bush criticism on immigration No, Christopher Wray, we don’t trust you Trump’s campaign manager calls for Sessions to be fired Trump rejects calls for more immigration judges: ‘We have to have a real border, not judges’ Air Force clears B-1 bombers for flight after grounding over safety issue House GOP 2019 budget calls for deep Medicare, Medicaid spending cuts We will not go back on women’s health and rights Trump blames ‘fake news’ media for aiding smugglers, human traffickers Black lawmaker marks Juneteenth by demanding Trump stop family separation UN’s call for inquiry into Kashmir conflict is misguided US plans to withdraw from UN Human Rights Council: report FBI has no excuse to hide future scandals from American public Freedom Caucus chair unveils bill to end Trump family separation policy Trump admin discussed separating migrant kids from parents a month after inauguration: report The Hill’s 12:30 Report — Sponsored by Delta Air Lines — Trump to meet House GOP as backlash to ‘zero tolerance’ policy grows Senate panel approves bill with funds to implement tax law Interior ‘disappointed’ by billboards protesting uranium drilling in Grand Canyon With gerrymandering, Supreme Court hangs on Justice Kennedy’s words Former ICE director: Family separations ‘could be creating thousands of immigrant orphans’ State Dept’s Facebook event on ‘traveling with kids’ wins scorn amid border crisis What America’s Thinking: June 19, 2018 Trump threatens to shut down government over full border wall funding: report All the times Horowitz contradicted Wray — but nobody seemed to notice Colombia’s new leader has a tough road ahead, and Obama holdovers aren’t helping Dem lawmaker announces protests against Trump’s ‘zero tolerance’ policy Hatch circulates letter calling for freeze on border separations Trump admin floats changes to environmental review standards US Chamber of Commerce calls for Trump to end family separations at border Republican Maryland governor recalls National Guard resources from border over family separations We should allow all taxpayers to deduct charitable contributions West Virginia Dem who backed Trump sickened by family separations 22 state attorneys general demand Trump end policy of separating families at border Senators question Afghanistan commander nominee on turning around 17-year war Faith & Freedom Coalition calls on Congress to end family separation at the border You pick: What question of the week should our pollsters answer? HHS official says family separation policy will have ‘deterrence effect’ T-Mobile, Sprint file for approval of $26 billion merger Elon Musk launches investigation into sabotage at Tesla: report Stephen Baldwin: Running for office would be Alec’s ‘best comedy performance’ An alternative to Trump’s family separation policy Watch live: Trump speaks to National Federation of Independent Business GOP senators drafting legislation to keep immigrant families together DHS: Nielsen hasn’t visited child detention center since family separation policy Kushner meets with king of Jordan Court rejects greens’ climate case against federal coal mining Rhode Island governor would not deploy National Guard over Trump family separation policy Pope Francis took the climate crisis to those who can fix it: oil and gas execs Obama Homeland Security secretary: Trump border policy is ‘un-American’ and ‘ineffective’ Zinke linked to investment backed by Halliburton chairman: report An easy farm bill Fix to feed Americans in need Conservative groups outline new ObamaCare repeal plan Cummings slams family separations: ‘We will not keep kids in child internment camps’ Trump: Dems want illegal immigrants to ‘infest our country’ House Dems raise record $11.3 million in May Texas House Speaker calls for Trump to end family separation policy Senate DHS bill includes $1.6 billion for ‘fencing’ on border French-American Foundation announces 2018 ‘Young Leaders’ Demonstrators burn Mississippi state flag in protest against racism The case for a ‘Presidents’ Club’ to advise Trump Trump falsely claims Germany has migrant-driven crime wave Couple raises more than $4M for free legal services for separated immigrant families ‘Fox & Friends’ host: Many migrant children ‘turn into MS-13’ Ex-GOP lawmaker: Trump blaming Congress for his border separation policy is ‘a bunch of bull’ France on US border separations: We don’t share ‘certain values’ with America Trump’s midterm suicide plan: Make children cry and mothers mad George Takei compares separation of migrant families to Japanese internment camps Warren to put hold on Trump consumer bureau nominee Live coverage: Justice IG testifies before House on report criticizing FBI Gillibrand on Trump family separation policy: ‘It is an evil, dark thing’ Dem lawmaker calls on Nielsen to resign over ‘volume of lies’ about family separations Former US interpreter: US is losing war in Afghanistan Trump and Kelly ‘barely tolerating’ each other: report Tucker Carlson: Ruling class cares more about foreigners than their own people Trump officials move to expand non-ObamaCare health plans NY Magazine reporter plays audio of immigrant children crying during White House press briefing The Onion editor-in-chief: ‘There’s nothing funny’ about family separations Dem candidate denies W.Va. is racist for rejecting Obama CNN’s John Berman hits Trump for ‘lie’ about family separations South Korea: Drills with US suspended to help talks with North Trump leading us further down the trade rabbit hole Erik Prince says he ‘cooperated’ with Mueller Smoking cigarettes decreases among U.S. adults, new government data shows Clapper: It’s getting ‘harder and harder to believe’ Trump didn’t know about Russia contacts Dem House candidate in West Virginia voted for Trump A short pause in US-South Korea military exercises won’t harm our readiness GOP senator calls frequency of family separations ‘exaggerated,’ then backs down Kim meets with Xi in Beijing How Puerto Rico misses the mark in latest attempt to privatize broken power authority Elementary school named after Confederate general renames itself after Obama Most Americans satisfied with Trump, Kim summit Celebrating the truly unique US patent system Congressional candidate Richard Ojeda talks about running as a red state Democrat Judd Apatow calls out Fox News coverage of migrant family separation Trump cannot blame policy of separating children on Obama China labels Trump tariff threat as ‘extreme pressure and blackmailing’ Bipartisan group of ex-US attorneys calls for Sessions to end separation of migrant families Feinstein on family separations: ‘This is the United States of America. It isn’t Nazi Germany’ US intelligence officials: North Korea will sell nuclear tech to Iran Rising: June 19, 2018 Hundreds of members at Sessions’s church write formal complaint over immigration policy Wall Street Journal warns GOP may lose House and Senate over immigration Stop labeling babies as ‘born addicted’ — it stigmatizes them and is inaccurate The Hill’s Morning Report — Sponsored by PhRMA — Defiant Trump meets with House GOP amid border blowback Women speak of pervasive harassment in DC lobbying culture Veteran New York Dems face upstart challengers Lawmakers, businesses await guidance on tax law Republican senator calls for face-to-face with EPA’s Pruitt The Memo: Child separation crisis risks ‘Katrina moment’ for Trump House GOP headed for showdown with DOJ over key documents PTSD awareness month — an average of 20 veterans per day commit suicide 20 weeks out from midterms, Dems and GOP brace for surprises