The Hill Articles: June 20, 2018

Family immigration detention centers could be at capacity within days: report Trump likely to meet with Putin in July: report DOJ requests military lawyers to help prosecute immigration crimes: report RNC chairwoman, Labor secretary pull out of annual Latino conference Flake threatens to limit Trump court nominees: report Fox News takes jab at other cable networks for not airing Trump rally Trump mocks ‘elites’ at campaign rally Trump ridicules protester at rally: ‘Was that a man or a woman?’ Rally crowd chants ‘CNN sucks’ after Trump rips media Overnight Health Care — Presented by the Association of American Medical Colleges — Key ObamaCare groups in limbo | Opioids sending thousands of kids into foster care | House passes bill allowing Medicaid to pay for opioid treatments Trump backs down in rare reversal Trump taps nominee to lead Export-Import Bank Democrats protest Trump’s immigration policy from Senate floor Senate moving ahead with border bill, despite Trump Budowsky: God bless Laura Bush New disclosures show Pruitt spent nearly $3K on ‘tactical’ pants and polos: report White House to recommend combining Education, Labor departments: report Hillicon Valley: New FTC chief eyes shake up of tech regulation | Lawmakers target Google, Huawei partnership | Microsoft employees voice anger over ICE contract HHS division spokesman walks back comments on future of separated migrant families On The Money — Sponsored by Prudential — Senators hammers Ross on Trump tariffs | EU levies tariffs on US goods | Senate rejects Trump plan to claw back spending Overnight Defense: Trump orders Pentagon to help house immigrant families | Mattis says ‘space force’ needs legislation | VA pick gets hearing date Lawsuit alleges drugs were forcibly administered to migrant children US watchdog: ‘We failed’ to stem Afghan opium production Charlottesville rally organizer plans ‘white civil rights’ event in DC Poll: Dems lead by 8 on generic House ballot What the media isn’t telling you about Trump and immigration Senate moderates hunt for compromise on family separation bill Election Countdown: Family separation policy may haunt GOP in November | Why Republican candidates are bracing for surprises | House Dems rake in record May haul | ‘Dumpster fire’ ad goes viral Yemen conflict hits key turning point Microsoft employees unhappy with CEO response plan further action against ICE contract Trump, GOP launch full-court press on compromise immigration measure National Enquirer publisher subpoenaed in Michael Cohen investigation: report Top DOJ official: Government can only detain families together for up to 20 days Key Republican says House taking targeted approach to combating opioid epidemic Trump’s Health chief defends treatment of children in border detention centers Watch live: Trump participates in roundtable on protecting American workers Steel tariffs will harm U.S. energy production and American consumers Trump’s new ocean policy chooses plunder over protection ICE confirms it has temporarily shut down Portland facility over protests Watch live: Trump holds rally in Minnesota Meadows gets heated with Ryan on House floor Overnight Energy: Inhofe defends Pruitt after criticisms | Agency releases study on water contaminant | Trump rescinds Obama ocean policy Senate Intel requests more testimony from Comey, McCabe The science of family separation and how it can harm children Senators hammer Ross over Trump tariffs Trump needles ABC News over false Manafort graphic Atlanta mayor signs order blocking city jail from accepting new ICE detainees Calif. state lawmaker accuses fellow Dem of ‘gutting’ net neutrality bill Americans hate Congress, so why do members get re-elected so often? Mattis ‘not aware’ of North Korea taking any steps to denuclearize GOP rep refutes Trump’s account of Sanford attacks: ‘People were disgusted’ Pollster quiz: How many Americans heat their homes with wood? Senate panel schedules hearing on Trump VA pick Redistricting measure makes Michigan ballot Pollsters predict: Democrats will take the House in November Watchdog talks about millions spent by US to build idle power plant in Afghanistan House passes bill allowing Medicaid to pay for certain opioid, cocaine treatment Hollywood goes low when it takes on Trump Trump claims Sanford remarks booed by lawmakers were well-received Joe Kennedy tells Trump to consult a ‘not-white-guy’ on immigration Congress can show taxpayers they’re finally a priority with its rescission package White House misspells ‘separation’ on immigration executive order Pollster: People’s opinions about the economy are based on their individual circumstances Health groups sue Virginia over decades-old abortion restrictions Icebreaking ships are not America’s top priority in the Arctic Mnuchin: Tax-filing ‘postcard’ to be released next week Judge strikes down Kentucky’s new pension reform as unconstitutional Ian Bremmer: Trump tossed candy to Merkel at G-7, said ‘don’t say I never give you anything’ GOP rep sounds off on Republican deficit plan during budget markup Mattis: Legislation needed to create ‘space force’ Ivanka Trump thanks her father for ending family separations Mattis: Military will house immigrant children if asked Lawmakers urge Google to drop partnership with Chinese phone maker Huawei READ: Trump’s order to keep undocumented immigrant families together Kansas officials told to keep enforcing voter ID law that was ruled unconstitutional Tax reform’s full impact not known but early returns are promising Trump faces criticism for photo with mostly white male lawmakers discussing migrant family separations Flight attendant: ICE agent initially lied about transporting migrant kids from border Federal agency releases ‘public relations nightmare’ water contaminant study Trudeau sets date for marijuana legalization in Canada Trump gives in, signs order ending family separations Women’s March organizers plan protest against family separation Daniels denied request to restart case against Trump, Cohen that is currently on hold Stop foreign outsourcing of government travel: How a GSA decision is costing American jobs, harming our military Pollster: US-North Korea summit won’t show up in surveys for a while MSNBC’s Melvin: ‘President Trump is waving the white flag’ on migrant children Disney ups bid for Fox to $71.3 billion, tops Comcast offer Frontier says it will not ‘knowingly allow’ feds to use its planes to transport migrant children As Mexico moves to political left, American relationship put to test Kate Spade New York to donate more than $1M to suicide prevention causes after founder’s death Symantec warns of China-based espionage campaign targeting satellites DHS: Airlines ‘buckling to false media narrative’ on family separations Former archbishop of Washington accused of sexual abuse, removed from public ministry Lawmakers banned from talking to detained migrant kids Scaramucci ‘very proud’ of Trump decision to end family separations Mulvaney defends family separations at border Tiananmen anniversary a time to revisit China’s human rights record Kushner meets with Saudi crown prince to discuss Mideast peace ABC News apologizes for false graphic saying Manafort pleaded guilty to manslaughter Religious leaders, former judges asks DC to revoke Trump Hotel’s liquor license due to president’s ‘lack of good character’ Trudeau on Trump family separation policy: ‘This is not the way we do things in Canada’ Senate rejects Trump plan to claw back spending Party polarization top issue as voters more energized about midterms than previous years The East rises: Chinese cities quickly becoming global hubs Democrat leads in deep-red W.Va. House district Cohen resigns from RNC committee position: report Bloomberg will spend $80M to help Dems in midterms United asks feds not to use their aircraft to transport migrant children Melania Trump contacted Secret Service after Peter Fonda tweets Obama: Are we a nation that rips families apart? Manchin up 9 points over GOP challenger in W.Va. Senate race Koch-backed group fighting public transit projects across US Dems press EPA nominees on ethics, climate Biden: Trump family separation policy could make the US a pariah Democrats’ education agenda would jeopardize state-level success Senate moderates push for meeting to discuss border crisis FTC plans to reexamine how it polices tech companies Top Finance Dem wants panel to investigate Trump Foundation Scaramucci: Lewandowski should apologize for mocking girl with Down syndrome Customs and Border Protection: Minor with Down syndrome not separated from mother under zero tolerance policy Walmart says former facility being used to hold kids is ‘disturbing’ The Supreme Court will not save our democracy Huckabee praised Qatar without mentioning he received $50K for visiting the country: report Former top Treasury official to head private equity group What America’s Thinking: June 20, 2018 Ending the ‘Theater of the Absurd’ at the UNHRC El Salvador calls on Trump to end family separation policy The next wave of labor reform is swelling in the Midwest Trump postpones congressional picnic amid immigration debate The Hill’s 12:30 Report – Sponsored by Delta Air Lines – Trump says he will sign ‘something’ to end family separations Trump to meet with Queen Elizabeth during UK visit, ambassador says NY, Mass. to sue over Trump health plans skirting ObamaCare requirements West Virginia Supreme Court justice indicted on 22 federal counts Michael Grimm: Audio of migrant kids the ‘exact same’ as sounds heard at daycare Here’s how Trump’s tax law is raising health insurance premiums Texas official compares Trump family separation policy to kidnapping Cardi B: Trump ‘has proven himself to be a madman’ American Airlines asks government not to use planes to transfer migrant children Top House Dem: GOP promoting ‘psychological torture’ of kids on border Fla. governor won’t suspend National Guard deployment to border over child separation policy Are banks that engage in political activism really ‘private’? Dems down to three possible 2020 convention host cities Trump’s America fights back Fourth Senate Dem calls for Nielsen to resign over family separation policy Mellman: Trump can fix it Trump says he will sign executive order to end family separations House GOP struggles to win votes for compromise immigration measure GOP senator demands details on ‘damaging’ tariffs Columbia mayor: I’m prepared to go to jail for helping children at border ICE arrests 100 in Ohio raid Holocaust survivor: Border separations are just ‘as evil’ as what happened to me Ryan: House voting Thursday on bill to keep families together GOP lawmaker: Trump could reverse policy of separating families if he wanted to Wilbur Ross shorted stock after learning negative story was coming: report On World Refugee Day let’s figure out what really makes America great Chelsea Clinton on congressional picnic steaks: ‘Let them eat cake’ Former Trump adviser refers to migrants as ‘invaders’ Protesters shut down Portland ICE facility Elected leaders must stop putting party over country in foreign policy and national security Nobel Committee member: Trump is no longer ‘moral leader of his country or the world’ Education Department ordered to stop collecting debts from defrauded Corinthian College students ‘Avengers’ star compares Trump to ‘Infinity War’ villain Thanos New Labor rule will be a big health care boon for small businesses Trump backs narrow bill halting family separations: official Inhofe: Pruitt got ‘wake-up call’ after showing ‘questionable judgment’ Pentagon identifies sailor killed in Africa Trump rescinds Obama policy protecting oceans Dem lawmaker: Trump treating Latinos like ‘second-class citizens’ Corey Lewandowski refuses to apologize for mocking disabled child separated from family George and Amal Clooney donate $100K to aid children separated at border CNN congressional correspondent talks about her early love of trolls and family The conversation we should be having about child separation Dems bring children to House floor to demand end to family separations Geraldo Rivera to Hannity: ‘When did we become the party of child abuse?’ New Amazon-led health care company names surgeon Atul Gawande as CEO Pompeo releases statement marking World Refugee Day EU levies tariffs on $3.2B on US goods over metals duties China ‘expresses regret’ over US withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council EU panel approves controversial copyright legislation Ascendance of China and Russia marks loss of American leverage EPA says it abandoned plan for office in Pruitt’s hometown Texas officials grant permission for immigrant youth shelters to operate over capacity Peter Fonda calls for protests against ICE agents’ families Ted Lieu to Trump administration: ‘End your #BabyJails’ Emily Tisch Sussman and Antonia Okafor debate immigration policy John Lewis: History will not be kind to us if we continue to go down this road Majority against border wall, favors pathway to citizenship for Dreamers: poll Bolton on leaving Human Rights Council: US doesn’t need ‘higher judge’ of our performance Utah’s GOP lieutenant governor slams family separation policy: ‘I want to punch someone’ My battle with Parkinson’s shows why federal funding for research matters Activist Dorian Warren on Trump’s family separation policy House Dem: GOP will be ‘cowards,’ won’t stand up to Trump on immigration Iran’s supreme leader criticizes Trump over family separations Maxine Waters thanks members of Sessions’s church for writing immigration policy complaint Facebook group raises $8 million for detained immigrants Colbert to Sanders: ‘You’re allowed to leave’ New Kid Rock film explores political divide Schiff invites Strzok to appear before House Intelligence Committee Trump: Dems ‘will do anything’ to obstruct on immigration Microsoft leadership tries to quell employee backlash over ICE contract We can go fast in space before the ‘Space Force’ Schwarzenegger: Kids shouldn’t be pawns while ‘adults’ figure out immigration Its time for Congress to act on refugees Eric Holder: Trump administration has ‘brought shame to the nation’ with family separations Holding migrant children in tent cities costs more than keeping them with parents: report Full interview: Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) discusses the Trump administration’s new policy of separating families of illegal immigrants at the border Where steel tariffs will hit hard: your gas tank American Medical Association condemns ‘zero tolerance’ policy Theresa May: Trump separation of migrant families is ‘wrong’ DHS: Protesters who confronted Nielsen at restaurant ‘share her concern’ about current immigration laws GOP strategist Steve Schmidt denounces party, will vote for Democrats Trump alone to blame for family separations, but entire GOP will pay Michigan receiving detained immigrant children as young as 3 months old Rising: June 20, 2018 Pope criticizes family separations: ‘Populism is not the answer’ Former first lady Laura Bush should read a book before wading into immigration debate The Hill’s Morning Report — Sponsored by PhRMA — GOP lawmakers race to find an immigration fix Parkland survivor: ‘We have to get morally just leaders elected’ Dem presidential hopefuls seize on Trump border policy Key ObamaCare groups in limbo as they await funding Opioid crisis sending thousands of children into foster care ‘He’s dangerous’ — House race in Pa. heats up as candidates aim to define each other No longer in ER, health lobbyist still gets rush The Memo: Religious right hits Trump on border crisis Making tax reform work for small businesses