The Hill Articles: March 21, 2018

House expected to vote on omnibus Thursday afternoon House passes ‘right to try’ drug bill Spending bill rejects Trump’s proposed EPA cut Spending package extends FAA through September House Dem moves to force vote on bill protecting Mueller Collins: ‘Extremely disappointing’ ObamaCare fix left out of spending deal Zuckerberg: Maybe tech should face some regulations Mueller witness and GOP fundraiser sought to push UAE, Saudi agendas in White House: report Toobin goes off on Dershowitz for ‘carrying water’ for Trump Omnibus spending bill gives IRS $320M to implement tax law NY investigating Kushner Cos. properties after report on filing false paperwork Omnibus includes search-and-seize provision Pentagon to get some flexibility in spending $700B windfall Top Intel Dem: Minority ‘absolutely’ plans to continue Russia witness interviews Zuckerberg ‘open’ to speaking with Congress Spending bill would double child care funding for low-income families Funding bill gives $3 billion boost for NIH medical research Spending deal cuts $3.4 billion from State and foreign operations Spending bill prevents employers from pocketing tips under tip-pooling rule The Memo: Women create new legal woes for Trump Congress to boost opioid treatment, prevention dollars Austin police have recovered all of bomber’s devices Los Angeles mayor headed to Iowa Video released by police shows view from inside self-driving car before fatal crash READ: House releases 2,232-page spending bill House conservatives to introduce amendments to omnibus House Intel Dem criticizes Trump for not taking ‘responsibility’ for mistake in congratulating Putin Jake Tapper: Trump has been harsher to me than he has been to Putin House poised to vote on $1.3T spending bill Overnight Tech: Zuckerberg breaks silence on Cambridge Analytica controversy | Senate passes sex trafficking bill | EU pushes new tax on tech | YouTube toughens rules on gun videos Trump’s talk of possible Putin meeting caught advisers off guard: report Saccone concedes Pennsylvania House special election to Lamb Moderates see vindication in Lipinski’s primary win Overnight Regulation: Groups sue over decision to end pay-data rule | EU proposes tax on tech companies | Sessions issues memo on death penalty for drug cases | Pruitt spent $105K on first class flights GOP lawmaker blames ‘deep state’ for Carson’s $31K dining set CBS confirms Stormy Daniels interview to air on ’60 Minutes’ this Sunday Under Contract Overnight Health Care: What to expect in omnibus | HIV expert to head CDC | Sessions issues memo on death penalty for drug cases Mueller has identified four topic areas to discuss with Trump: report Dems offering bill aimed at curbing stock buybacks Mexican president congratulates Putin on election win Budowsky: Stop Trump from firing Mueller Overnight Energy: EPA says Pruitt’s security detail flies first class | Lackluster offshore drilling sales | Oil companies snag leases near Bears Ears monument Overnight Finance: Lawmakers race to finalize omnibus | What we know about funding bill | White House on board | Fed raises rates for first time under Powell EPA: Pruitt’s security detail flies first class It’s hard to be economically rational when you’re sick Trump to announce crackdown on China trade practices Thursday Hispanic Dems probe immigration agency on internal oversight division Schiff mocks Trump: Obama, Bush didn’t need staff warning ‘do not congratulate’ Putin Dem: Whistleblowers warn of broadcast board coup FIRRMA Act will give Committee on Foreign Investment a needed update Overnight Defense: Trump backing omnibus spending bill | Top US generals talk Syria with Russian counterparts | White House furious over leak about Trump, Putin call Trump can save Republicans and restore sanity to California in 2018 Hawaiian state lawmaker to resign after sexual harassment investigation Schwarzenegger: California GOP is like the Titanic ‘after it hit the iceberg’ Overnight Cybersecurity: Zuckerberg breaks silence on Cambridge Analytica | Senators grill DHS chief on election security | Omnibus to include election cyber funds | Bill would create ‘bug bounty’ for State Trump Tariffs are a notable beginning, but they can’t be the end Trump’s August New York trip cost NYPD nearly $4.6M: report Woman sues Facebook, Cambridge Analytica for misuse of personal data Steel, aluminum tariffs necessary to fight trade manipulation by bad actors Schiff invites professor accused of harvesting Facebook data to testify Global trade can make or break American farmers, Cambridge Analytica was offered hacked data on foreign politicians: report FBI raids home of white supremacist who claimed he trained Parkland shooter Sanders: Fox News ‘couldn’t handle’ town hall on economic inequality NC nursing board tells state lawmaker to stop claiming she’s a nurse Russia leak raises questions about staff undermining Trump HIV expert named CDC director Trump golf club in New York asks to hire more foreign workers FEC probing Nunes for possible campaign violations Fostering clean water around the globe requires a long-term commitment GOP senator tears into Trump for congratulating Putin Dem senator responds to Zuckerberg: ‘You need to come’ testify Zuckerberg to discuss Cambridge Analytica scandal in CNN interview How Congress can shut down Trump’s latest power grab Mueller examining ties between Trump campaign, Cambridge Analytica: report McCabe oversaw criminal probe into Sessions over testimony on Russian contacts: report Senate passes controversial online sex trafficking bill Top US generals discuss tense Syria situation with Russian military leader The political economy has a stock market we should keep an eye on Study: Mumps outbreaks linked to vaccine losing efficacy Zuckerberg breaks silence on Cambridge Analytica crisis Trump admits he wrongly said unemployment among African-Americans reached its lowest levels Wray: McCabe firing was not politically influenced Breitbart News denies readership drop, alt-right label Trump defends congratulating Putin on election victory Mellman: The next war Stormy Daniels’s lawyer calls allegations of political motivation ‘laughable’ Forcing pro-life care centers to promote abortion is violation of the US Constitution Zinke and his wife took security detail on vacation to Turkey, Greece: report Blockchain will be key to security for ‘smart cities’ of the future YouTube introduces stricter policies on gun videos How technology can change the future of health in America Freedom Caucus Republican: Trump should veto spending bill White House backs omnibus spending bill Dem senator calls for action on guns in first floor speech Family of Austin bombing suspect ‘devastated and broken’ Idaho gov signs ‘abortion reversal’ bill into law Mississippi woman appointed to Senate, making Vermont only state to never have female lawmaker Lessons from Dan Lipinski’s victory Countering the false narrative around regulatory rollbacks Nearly 70 percent say Trump is a bad role model for children: poll Drillers snag leases near Bears Ears monument Republicans agree to clarify that CDC can research gun violence Rivals and consumers will rein in Facebook, not regulation Freedom Caucus chairman rips Gateway funding: Trump campaigned on a wall, not a tunnel Poll: Dems lead by 6 points on generic House, Senate ballots Fed raises rates for first time under Powell Saudi Arabia is a critical American security partner in the Middle East Miss. governor names state’s first female senator to replace retiring Cochran Poll: Majority confident in diplomatic solution with North Korea Clinton, Pelosi, John Lewis to eulogize Slaughter Podesta: Wikileaks dumps done to divert Fox News’s attention from ‘Access Hollywood’ tape Trump, Macron vow to ‘hold Russia accountable’ for nerve agent attack WATCH: McCabe’s ‘problems’ didn’t start with House Intel testimony, Gowdy says Watchdog: Bisexual and lesbian health information removed from HHS website Amazon’s HQ3 won’t be in the US unless something changes Obamas send handwritten note to Parkland students: ‘We will be there for you’ GOP lawmaker: ‘Mueller should be fired’ Analysis: More than 187,000 students have experienced gun violence at school since Columbine Spending bill to strengthen background checks for gun purchases Charlotte Pence says she bought John Oliver’s Marlon Bundo book House lawmakers introduce State Department ‘bug bounty’ bill Groups sue over decision to end Obama-era pay data collection rule GOP lawmakers blast Dems for opposing ObamaCare fix Trump not planning to back Mississippi gov’s pick to replace Sen. Cochran: report How to provide relief from ObamaCare while Congress dithers Hispanic Caucus lashes out at Gohmert over Cesar Chavez comments White House: Leaking Trump briefing materials a ‘fireable offense’ White House race to replace Hope Hicks has two lead contenders Austin bombing suspect wrote about opposition to gay marriage, abortion: report Gateway rail project could get $541M in omnibus despite Trump’s objections EU proposes major new tax on big tech companies The Hill’s 12:30 Report Judiciary Dem wants Zuckerberg to testify on Cambridge Analytica US defends decision to skip briefing on nerve gas attack: ‘Russia was responsible’ LGBT groups urge rejection of Trump judicial nominee who said same-sex marriages are ‘troubled’ Judge releases woman arrested by Border Patrol in front of daughters NYC mulls ban on smoking while walking Jeh Johnson: Media focused on ‘Access Hollywood’ tape instead of Russian meddling ahead of election In latest federal spending bill, Congress must protect immigrants America has a retirement crisis Congress to waive three-day rule on omnibus Omnibus to include election cybersecurity funds Spending deal is imminent, leaders say Western-trained economists can help China tame financial risks Ryan invites Macron to address joint session of Congress Bids for offshore drilling rise slightly Snow scrambles Senate schedule Dem introduces bill to protect White House whistleblowers Trump calls author of book aimed at debunking ‘Fire and Fury’ Sessions issues memo on use of death penalty in drug-related cases Rand Paul: ‘I would not have appointed Mueller’ House members urge Senate to confirm Trump’s NASA nominee GOP rep introduces bill to address national security risks of artificial intelligence Report: Trump officials overrule regulatory czar in releasing tip pooling rule Fallon encourages viewers to take part in March for Our Lives Grassley on Trump calling Putin: ‘I wouldn’t have a conversation with a criminal’ Biden: I would have ‘beat the hell’ out of Trump in high school for comments about women Breitbart’s readership drops in half in six months Congressional accountability measures for ICE are long overdue Poll: More view NRA negatively than positively for first time since before 2000 Austin bombing suspect identified as Mark Anthony Conditt Fix 340B drug discount program if we want to improve care for those who need It most Washington VIPs gather to celebrate Mark Penn’s new book Amtrak to rename Rochester station after Louise Slaughter Bring community voices into disaster rebuilding and infrastructure planning CNN: Trump, Kelly furious after leak that Trump was not to congratulate Putin South Korean president raises possibility of three-way talks with US, North Korea Professor who harvested Facebook data says he’s a scapegoat Koch groups push last-minute DACA deal Former CIA director: Trump has shown a lack of integrity Why the FBI appears politicized, and what to do about it Unarmed black man holding cellphone shot by Sacramento police: report Two words may unfairly haunt Fed Chairman Powell: dual mandate Kansas agency backs bill allowing adoption agencies to refuse LGBT couples California school district fires teacher who ripped military PPP poll: Dem leads by 5 points in Tennessee Senate race Whistleblower claims Bannon oversaw early efforts to collect Facebook data: report State legislative proposal would mandate constitutional-style review of new regulations Hannity rips Mueller’s career: ‘Anything but impeccable’ Kimmel: Trump goes through Cabinet members like cheeseburgers, hair spray Carson: Some ‘not comfortable’ with transgender people in homeless shelters Lawmakers in Kosovo release tear gas in parliament to prevent vote Obama successor wins Dem primary for Illinois attorney general Hannity: Mueller can’t ‘honestly investigate scandals’ that Comey, Rosenstein are ‘directly involved in’ Is America giving up on manufacturing entrepreneurship? Omnibus to include $641M in funding for non-concrete border barrier Republican National Committee spent $271K at Trump’s businesses last month: report Ex-CIA chief: Russians may have something incriminating on Trump Pruitt spent $105,000 on first-class flights in first year: report Judge tosses defamation lawsuit brought by Carter Page Trump cites Dershowitz in claim that Mueller should not have been appointed Stars of ‘The Americans’ talk US-Russia relations at DC premiere GOP lawmaker: ‘We might need to build a wall between California and Arizona’ Trump’s infrastructure plan focuses on reforms, not just more spending White House cancels public events due to forecast of snow Is this the end of EU history? Trump knocks DOJ over DACA driver’s license case University of Wisconsin campus proposes elimination of majors such as English, history Student protests could test social media and free speech Co-founder of WhatsApp: ‘It is time. #deletefacebook’ The infrastructure answer: Fair federal funding with state and local accountability California city votes to exempt itself from state’s sanctuary law Trump congratulates law enforcement after serial bombing suspect’s death: ‘Great job’ Trump is right: The special counsel should never have been appointed In the battle to end gun violence, why does violence in media get a pass? How many ways are there to leave the Trump administration? Lawmakers zero in on Zuckerberg Trump takes heat after cordial call to Putin Industries unite in battle against Trump’s tariffs Dems aim to turn ObamaCare hikes into election weapon Austin bombing suspect dead after police standoff Koch-backed group launches six-figure ad buy against Heitkamp Anti-abortion Dem wins primary fight Lipinski holds slim lead in tough Illinois primary fight