The Hill Articles: June 27, 2018

Mandela’s grandson honors his legacy at Library of Congress Dem Senator: Trump’s next Supreme Court nominee would overturn Roe v. Wade Trump: My supporters should be called the ‘super elite’ Trump: Heitkamp will be ‘told’ to vote against any nominee to replace Kennedy Trump: When will Clinton get over 2016 election? Defense Department asked to house thousands of immigrants Trump: ICE protesters ‘want anarchy’ Trump: Kennedy retired now because he’s ‘confident in me to make the right choice’ to replace him GOP Senator warns she will ‘carefully scrutinize’ Trump’s pick to replace Kennedy Trump stokes feud with Waters at North Dakota rally New York Daily News cover says ‘we are f—ed’ after Kennedy retires Durbin: Old court means vacancies ‘might happen any day’ Overnight Health Care: Anti-abortion groups see chance to overturn Roe v. Wade with Kennedy retirement | HHS watchdog to probe detention center conditions | VA pick vows to oppose privatization Durbin: Supreme Court fight will energize voters in both parties  Graham: Senate committee ready ‘go to work’ confirming Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Crowley stunner sets off new scramble among House Dems Kamala Harris doesn’t like Trump’s list for Kennedy replacements Progressives’ wins highlight divide in Democratic Party Hillicon Valley: Trump backs off Chinese investment restrictions | DHS declines to let official testifying on cellphone spying | T-Mobile, Sprint execs pitch merger | FTC urged to launch privacy probe into Google, Facebook Budowsky: Obama remains AWOL for Dems WATCH LIVE: Trump holds rally in North Dakota after Kennedy retirement announcement Government watchdog accepts Dem request to audit family separations Kennedy exit gives Trump chance to reshape court for decades Puerto Rico rep introduces bill to make territory a state FBI agent grilled over texts in long, closed-door hearing On The Money: Trump backs off investment restrictions on China | McConnell opens door to tariff legislation | Supreme Court deals blow to public-sector unions, ruling against ‘fair-share’ fees 10,000 reasons to protect students from religious bullying No one on Trump’s short list is fit to replace Kennedy Overnight Defense: VA pick breezes through confirmation hearing | House votes to move on defense bill negotiations | Senate bill would set ‘stringent’ oversight on North Korea talks Election Countdown: Kennedy retirement shakes up midterms | Big primary night for progressives | Fallout from Crowley’s defeat | Trump flexes his muscles in GOP primaries | The Hill’s Latina Leaders spotlights 2018 candidates Overnight Energy — Presented by Chevron — Pruitt wants to restrict EPA from blocking water permits | Deputy says he’s not angling for Pruitt’s job | Greens call GOP probe ‘abuse’ of power Court filings show Manafort received $10M loan from Russian lender Former Fox News exec Bill Shine accepts White House job: reports Are there long-term solutions to illegal immigration? Ex-GOP strategist Schmidt: Dems should ‘do everything conceivable’ to block Trump SCOTUS nomination Pompeo corrects Trump, says North Korea is a nuclear threat Green group: GOP reps looking for foreign ties ‘abuse their positions’ Dem lawmakers request briefing on reuniting immigrant families Collins: I look for judges who ‘respect precedent’ SCOTUS ruling on unions a win for both teachers and students Police chiefs group opposes Trump policy detaining immigrant families HHS watchdog launches probe into conditions at child detention centers DNC committee votes to limit power of superdelegates Trump on track to turn Kennedy’s retirement into another conservative win Iran reopens nuclear plant that had been idle for nine years Conservative groups prepared to spend big to boost next Supreme Court nominee Cruz: Mike Lee best choice to fill Supreme Court vacancy T-Mobile, Sprint execs pitch merger to Congress Trump urges student leaders to stand up ‘for your values’ The impacts of family separation last a lifetime for children VA nominee on treatment of women, minorities: ‘I will stand on my record’ DHS declined to let officials testify at hearing on cell surveillance, chairman says Feinstein: Senate should follow ‘McConnell standard,’ wait to vote on Supreme Court justice Households earning $117K now considered ‘low income’ in San Francisco Bay Area House Dems request ethics investigation into Commerce secretary Energy industry official: Trump’s proposed tariffs will increase energy costs ICE barricades office headquarters ahead of immigration protest: report NASA is one of the few government agencies that continues to enjoy bipartisan support Carl Cannon: Approval ratings sometimes reflect larger questions pollsters aren’t asking Incivility will not fix this crisis Poll: 88 percent of voters don’t want families separated at border Former FBI agent says she was harassed by supervisor Kamala Harris: Trump’s potential Supreme Court nominees ‘complete nonstarters’ Notre Dame students sue school, Trump administration over birth control Janus could destroy some public-sector unions, and that’s a good thing HUD official who objected to Carson’s redecorating resigns in protest Anti-abortion groups see opening to overturn Roe v. Wade with Kennedy retirement VA nominee pledges to oppose privatization Schumer: ‘Height of hypocrisy’ to vote on Supreme Court nominee this year Pollster Lee Miringoff: Don’t place much stock in “worst president” poll results since they are very present-biased House moves forward on defense policy bill negotiations How private sector innovations can improve health care Time for Congress to bolster Trump’s roadmap for rebuilding America Durbin: Supreme Court confirmation should wait until after election Chuck Todd: GOP ‘may fully pull that hypocrisy muscle’ by confirming SCOTUS pick in election year Audio reveals DNC committee reaction to Kennedy retirement: ‘This is not good news’ GOP pollster: Call Rasmussen Reports biased, but they were most accurate in 2016 Senate set for intense fight over Trump’s pick to replace Kennedy Carl Cannon: Americans used to scoff at alternative energy, now U.S. policy is “all of the above” Mike Lee open to being nominated to Supreme Court Chris Matthews: Dems must do to Trump on Supreme Court what McConnell did to Obama Dem who defeated Crowley to sit down with Colbert on Thursday Trump Jr: Jeanine Pirro on Supreme Court ‘would be pretty awesome’ Dem lawmaker hits McConnell for saying vote on Supreme Court justice to come this fall A nation of empty promises Is President Trump’s Twitter usage helping or hurting him with the public? Todd Snitchler talks about energy policy in the Trump presidency Duckworth hits McConnell: Americans should have voice in selection of next Supreme Court justice Dem senator: Justice Kennedy’s resignation a ‘disaster’ for vision of ‘We the People’ Harley-Davidson shows Trump’s trade fantasies at odds with reality McConnell: Senate will vote on Supreme Court nominee this fall READ: Trump list of candidates to replace Justice Kennedy Bernie Sanders: Sarah Sanders has the right to ‘go into a restaurant and have dinner’ EPA deputy says he’s not interested in Pruitt’s job Trump says he will immediately begin search for Kennedy replacement Jeffrey Toobin predicts ‘abortion will be illegal’ in 20 states soon after Kennedy retires Controversy over VA nominee’s past distracts from its real problems Trump admin rejects Massachusetts drug pricing proposal Elaine Plott: moderates sparked movement behind GOP immigration bills Alleged mastermind of Benghazi attacks sentenced to 22 years in prison Kennedy announces retirement from Supreme Court Trump, use the travel ban ruling to turn back migrants at the border NASA administrator says he supports Trump’s space force Steel group files lawsuit challenging Trump tariffs Former NYT editor: Missing Ocasio-Cortez ‘akin to not seeing Trump’s win coming in 2016′ House rejects second GOP immigration bill Bernie Sanders calls for Trump’s ‘disastrous’ immigration policy to be ‘abolished’ Schumer: Roberts is ‘demeaning’ the Supreme Court Poll: Incumbent Dem leads Pennsylvania Senate race by 15 Bolton says election interference likely to come up during Trump-Putin summit Perez: ‘Time will tell’ if Ocasio-Cortez win signals need for new Dem leadership It’s here: A working-class takeover of the Democratic Party Bill O’Reilly: Trump must listen to Shine if he gets White House communications job We can’t go back to the dark days of discrimination based on a pre-existing condition Court orders Trump voter fraud panel to turn over docs to Dem member Liberal Senate Democrat shields Trump from trade blowback Free speech wins again at the high court What America’s Thinking: June 27, 2018 Consumer groups urge FTC to probe Google, Facebook data-consent tactics Speech laws stand in the way of student gun advocacy Headlines: Democrats rocked after Rep. Joe Crowley loses primary Harvard Business alumni hold DC dinner honoring Ross House to vote on measure demanding Justice turn over documents Justice Department signs off on Disney-Fox merger The Hill’s 12:30 Report — Primary night fallout | Justices deliver blow to unions | Kremlin has time, place for Trump-Putin summit Ana Navarro spars with Rubio over Trump criticism: You have ‘NO SPINE’ An attack on public sector unions is an attack on democracy Charlottesville suspect charged with federal hate crimes in 30-count indictment Poll: Trump approval rating ticks up to 47 percent Former Fox News exec Bill Shine in talks to join White House: reports Jamal Simmons: Black caucus leaders say they are creating too many minority districts Conway takes aim at congressional intern who yelled ‘f— you’ at Trump Pompeo: Protesters in Iran fed up with country’s leadership Markets surge after Trump backs off new restrictions on foreign investments Trump Jr.: Dems are now the party of ‘unbridled socialism’ National HIV Testing Day — tests are lagging and the end of the epidemic is far away Kagan accuses Supreme Court majority of weaponizing the First Amendment Maxine Waters: If you want to talk about civility, start with Trump Trump to Harley-Davidson: ‘We won’t forget, and neither will your customers’ Why Trump’s pardon of Alice Johnson’s may not bode well for democracy Pelosi says Ocasio-Cortez win shouldn’t be ‘viewed as something’ larger McConnell: We need more immigration judges US, Russia agree on time and place for Trump-Putin summit New GOP campaign ad targets ‘unhinged’ Dems Senate panel approves Dem nominee for FCC Chris Cuomo confronts GOP lawmaker over claim that Dems support MS-13 What do Justice Kennedy’s concurrences mean for the future of the Supreme Court? Flake: Just because travel ban is constitutional ‘doesn’t make it wise’ Congress must put Puerto Rico on a path toward statehood, it’s long overdue Ryan throws weight behind two-year spending reform Biden leads 2020 Dem field in new poll IRS watchdog: Next commissioner should focus on improving customer service Crowley loss warns of volatile voters Watch live: Trump delivers remarks at Face-to-Face With Our Future event Supreme Court ends term with no retirements The Hill’s Jonathan Easley talks about Rep. Joe Crowley’s Democratic primary loss George Will is right: Vote the GOP out Pruitt seeks to limit EPA’s authority to block water pollution permits Why not merge the Departments of Education and Defense? Senators introduce bill to set ‘stringent’ oversight of North Korea talks American power at stake in great innovation race Ivanka Trump donates $50K to megachurch caring for migrant children separated from families Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Twitter fights with Trump don’t move the nation forward Pittsburgh firefighter suspended over racist remarks about police shooting protesters Supreme Court deals blow to public-sector unions, ruling against ‘fair-share’ fees Former FBI agent: There is a ‘good old boys club’ in law enforcement agencies Design picked for first national monument to Native American veterans Bill Clinton: Trump has poured ‘poison’ down ‘America’s throat’ McConnell opens door to tariff legislation The ad-based Internet is dead, but not because of privacy regulations McConnell: Votes aren’t there to nix filibuster Ocasio-Cortez: I would support Trump impeachment Bankrupt and shame Kim Jong Un for his Singapore con job Texas county ends partnership with ICE, local detention center Ocasio-Cortez: Dems need to be ‘explicit’ in their vision to win in midterms McConnell: Russia shouldn’t be allowed to rejoin G-7 Mattis: Talks with Chinese counterpart about North Korea ‘very open and honest’ Pa. officer accused of shooting, killing unarmed black teen criminally charged Former FBI agent on gender bias: Male supervisors think women agents are ‘weak’ Red Hen owner resigns from Va. business group Poll: Trump sees low support for reelection in key states Republicans are dangerously playing with fire on amnesty Acosta: Trump supporter at rally said media is going to cause ‘civil war’ Poll: 72 percent say traditional outlets ‘report news they know to be fake, false, or purposely misleading’ Trump backs off investment restrictions on China GOP incumbents voted out in Oklahoma after voting against teacher raises Congress shouldn’t silence American workers at the behest of corporate interests Maxine Waters does not speak for Democrats or liberals Ethel Kennedy joins hunger strike against Trump immigration policies Real ‘America First’ policy includes a Marshall Plan for our neighbors Poll: Dems lead by 7 points on generic House ballot 6-year-old’s lemonade stand raises $13K for migrant kids Bolton in Moscow to discuss possible Trump-Putin summit White woman who called cops on black 8-year-old is stepping down as CEO after viral video Trump’s message to Maxine Waters: Thanks for the 2018 victory GOP chairman demands information on ‘any contacts’ between FBI sources and Trump campaign associates MSNBC’s Kornacki on millennial challenger beating Crowley: ‘This is a seismic political upset!’ Trump: Maxine Waters’s ‘crazy rants’ make her ‘face’ of Democratic Party GOP lawmaker won’t apologize for retweeting prominent British neo-Nazi We’ve failed to secure our coasts — we must build resilience before it’s too late Rising: June 27, 2018 Poll: Support overwhelming for Trump’s decision to end family separations Trump putting booming economy, own popularity in jeopardy The Hill’s Morning Report — Sponsored by Better Medicare Alliance — Wild night of primaries reshapes 2018 midterms TSA predicts it will screen more than 28M passengers over holiday Huge trade deficits reflect and create bigger problems GOP set to grill agent who vowed to stop Trump Latina Leaders to Watch 2018 Republicans target green groups over foreign ties Dem, GOP groups prepare spending blitz for midterms Harley-Davidson move bolsters Trump critics Retirement speculation shadows court’s final day Poll: Pre-existing condition protections a top health issue Crowley surprise tops huge night for left Trump congratulates Romney on primary win