The Hill Articles: March 5, 2018

March 5
Federal judge dismisses challenge to Trump’s move to end DACA Haley: Israel getting ‘bullied’ by the UN Two dozen arrested in brawl ahead of Richard Spencer speech Carter Page responds to Nunberg: Some people have been ‘intoxicated for over a year and a half’ West Virginia teacher strike plows on into Tuesday Dating app Bumble bans profile photos with guns North Korea praises ‘openhearted talk’ with South GOP urges Trump to abandon tariffs Nunberg: I would go before House Intel Committee Erin Burnett to ex-Trump aide: I can smell alcohol on your breath Lewandowski scheduled for second interview with House Intel Overnight Tech: Feds order national security review of bid for Qualcomm | Video game execs heading to White House | Reddit purged Russian accounts | Washington state passes net neutrality law Fla. Senate approves arming school personnel, gun sales restrictions Australian diplomat whose tip prompted FBI’s Russia-probe has tie to Clintons Immigration group accuses ICE of illegally jailing 18-year-olds State Dept details Tillerson’s multination African tour Overnight Energy: Trump to consider elephant trophy imports ‘case-by-case’ | Zinke makes ‘acting’ directors official | Senator says Arctic refuge drilling auction could start next year Sanders says new health-care plan shows Dems moving toward ‘Medicare for all’ Utah state lawmakers advance bill naming highway after Trump Trump is right on UN refugee aid More than 100 stakeholders press Senate for action on driverless car bill Overnight Finance: Trump says he won’t back down on tariffs | GOP pressure to pull back grows | Trading partners promise payback | Dems divided over bank rules | Cochran to resign next month Overnight Health Care: Arkansas Medicaid work requirements approved | HHS chief vows action on health costs | Shkreli ordered to forfeit $7.36M in assets | Jon Stewart pushes for 9/11 bill Five things to watch on Trump’s tariffs Ex-Trump aide insults aides, makes wild claims in series of bizarre interviews Ex-Trump aide calls Huckabee Sanders ‘a fat slob’ in interview On tariffs, Trump stays in his economic advisors’ protectionist bubble Overnight Cybersecurity: Ex-Trump aide says he won’t comply with Mueller subpoena | Uber sued over breach | Putin won’t hand over indicted Russians Bottom Line American foreign policy lacks strategy, not funding Overnight Regulation: National security review delays bid for Qualcomm | Trump to consider elephant trophy imports ‘case by case’ | Arkansas Medicaid work rules approved | More companies sue to save net neutrality University of Michigan gymnast is first man to accuse Larry Nassar of abuse Feehery: Tips for Trump Washington becomes first state to pass net neutrality law after FCC repeal House Intel Republicans appear close to ending Russia probe Trump to consider elephant trophy imports on ‘case-by-case’ basis Rhode Island legislature considering $20 fee on accessing online porn Federal vacancies and faulty beliefs exacerbate HIV prevention efforts Overnight Defense: Kim Jong Un meets South Korean officials | US, S. Korea to negotiate over military costs | US carrier makes historic visit to Vietnam | ISIS claims to have video of Niger ambush Video game execs to visit WH, argue product is not to blame for gun violence Investing in our energy future is a requirement, not an option Feds to auction off $25 million in bitcoins Cochran to resign from Senate next month Police: Supporter of Richard Spencer aimed gun at protesters CNN’s Tapper tells ex-Trump aide he should cooperate with Mueller subpoena Office of Compliance offers new anti-harassment training for congressional employees Ann Marie Buerkle’s nomination hurts the Consumer Product Safety Commission Acosta to Sanders: ‘This is the third briefing you have not taken a question from CNN’ The Memo: Trump tariff move may pay dividends in 2020 White House sidesteps questions on Michael Cohen Dems accuse IRS of ‘political payback’ against blue-state taxpayers Ex-Russian spy critically ill after exposure to unknown substance: reports EPA aide cleared to do outside media work If Andrew McCabe lied, could he be charged like Michael Flynn? Trump on DACA deadline: Democrats just don’t care White House disputes former campaign aide’s collusion claims Great Lakes Chambers of Commerce: Congressional leaders need to support transit funding WH backpedals on Trump’s ‘due process’ remark on guns Financial analysts urge caution in defanging Dodd-Frank WH: GOP lawmakers ‘haven’t been listening’ to Trump on trade Alaska senator: Arctic refuge drilling sale could start next year Manchin unveils bill to change controversial opioid enforcement law Instability beneath the surface – Germany’s Grand Coalition continues WTO chief: World at risk of trade war Facebook says asking users about ‘sexual pictures’ from children was a mistake Dems: ‘Significant questions’ about Kushner loans Jon Stewart makes Capitol Hill appearance for 9/11 bill Ex-Trump campaign adviser says he will refuse to comply with Mueller subpoena How poverty and disease is impacting human rights in the American South Reddit removed a ‘few hundred accounts’ linked to Russian propaganda The end of abortion? In your dreams, Mike Pence WATCH: Getting House Republicans to pass DACA fix a ‘tall order,’ key GOP rep says  Manchin hits W.Va. state Senate Republicans over teachers strike Six tech companies filing net neutrality lawsuit Bank flagged Trump lawyer’s payment to porn star as suspicious: report Trump business evicted from Panama luxury hotel: report Beyond the games: Five observations from the 2018 Olympics Trump lawyer complained he wasn’t reimbursed for Stormy Daniels payment: report The case for a hard, preemptive American strike on North Korea Watch live: White House holds press briefing With union fees ruling, SCOTUS may become a champion of free-riders ISIS releases video claiming to show attack on US troops in Niger Trump’s health chief warns hospital execs about health care costs: ‘Change is coming’ Lanny Davis: I agree with Trump that ‘narcissist’ Comey should have been fired Scarborough: Trump doesn’t have the attention span to ‘collude with a ham sandwich’ Pence to promote GOP candidates in Iowa, Kentucky and Nebraska Shkreli ordered to forfeit $7.36M in assets, could include Wu-Tang Clan album Senate panel to take up Homeland Security reauthorization Putin’s nuclear posturing part of effort to win back displeased public Carson: Running HUD is more complex than brain surgery Trump: ‘We’re not backing down’ on steel tariffs Senators introduce gun safety bill after Florida shooting Schiff rips Trump: Not acting on Russian election interference is ‘dereliction of duty’ Zinke signed order in January making ‘acting’ directors official Trump approves Arkansas Medicaid work requirements Trump says he ‘may’ attend Jerusalem embassy opening Former lawmaker joins Trump-connected firm The Hill’s 12:30 Report Ryan presses Trump to pull back on tariffs Jailed Belarusian escort says she has tapes that prove Russian meddling GOP’s proposed Medicare voucher program would lead to demise of the system Trump aide dismisses inflation fears from tariffs: ‘It’s like a nothing burger’ Abbas’s co-conspirators in the Peace Process Cartel US, South Korea to begin negotiations on sharing military costs States are passing more policies to help Americans jumpstart careers Flake: ‘Trade wars are not won, only lost’ Oscars ratings sink to all-time low Dem holds slim lead in Pa. special election: poll Perez pushes DREAM Act as Trump’s DACA deadline passes Ex-CIA director to Trump: Accusation against Obama admin shows your ‘paranoia’ It is time for Trump to send H.R. McMaster to Afghanistan Senators mock photo of ‘Brooklyn barbecue’ National security review delays Qualcomm shareholder meeting on Broadcom takeover Latest assault on Dodd-Frank has bank lobbyists beaming Amazon talking to banks about checking account-like product: report Illinois gun show bans AR-15 sales Navigating the US collision course with Turkey Parkland survivors talk gun violence with Chicago high schoolers Conservative groups rip Trump’s tariffs Scarborough: Trump wasn’t joking about wanting to be president for life Ryan targets Trump tariffs with email highlighting story on stock drops At a crucial time, the US must uphold its commitment to Bosnia Russia says it stopped Mitt Romney from becoming secretary of State: report Lewandowski: ‘Somebody knew’ about Porter abuse allegations Allowing off-duty law enforcement personnel to lock and load should be national standard Eric Trump cites ratings report, calls CNN ‘totally irrelevant’ Women’s History Month encourages difficult conversations: race, equity and power in the US Congressional interns required to sign nondisclosure agreements Pa. attorney general sues Uber over 2016 data breach Baldwin rips NRA spokeswoman: Second Amendment isn’t a ‘moral credit card’ To keep our cities safe, reauthorize and reform the NFIP The method to Trump’s seeming tariff madness Trump Organization orders tee markers featuring presidential seal Trump, May call Putin’s nuclear weapons talk ‘irresponsible’ Public safety needs a pitcher and catcher: NG911 and FirstNet German automakers: Trade war must be avoided at all costs The booming economy is slowly but surely splitting Trump’s opposition South Korea to bring up trade frictions with US at G20 US aircraft carrier arrives in Vietnam for first time since end of war Poll: Americans list North Korea, cyber terrorism as top threats Banking on bipartisanship to strengthen economic growth Trump renews charges of unfair Obama investigation ‘bigger than Watergate’ Netanyahu to discuss Trump attendance at Jerusalem embassy’s opening Kelly questions what Kushner, Ivanka Trump do all day: report Big Pharma’s lobbyists are losing despite their ‘pass the buck’ campaigns US Embassy in Turkey closes due to security threat Time to stop the whining and find our national backbone South Korean envoys to meet North Korean leader John Oliver: NRATV creates a ‘bleak vision of America’ The Sex Offender Registry: Vengeful, unconstitutional and due for full repeal NRA stresses commitment to veterans in response to Common Russia: US tried to interfere in presidential election GOP rep: Trump’s negotiating style somewhat like a ‘pinball machine’ Melanoma isn’t just skin cancer There’s nothing to fear about modest banking reform Florida teacher removed from classroom after being linked to white nationalist podcast Trump: Tariffs will ‘come off’ if Mexico, Canada sign ‘new & fair’ NAFTA deal Theatrics or threat? Putin leans on nuclear hysteria to mask insecurity China’s great leap backward Medicare should permit its beneficiaries who use continuous glucose monitoring to view the readings on their smartphone Judd Gregg: Has Trump wandered into a foreign policy for this century? Juan Williams: The right’s hypocrisy on money America’s Enigma problem with China: The threat of quantum computing This week: Congress takes up banking reform as gun debate stalls Action on guns and immigration screeches to a halt in Congress Week ahead: Trump poised to sign new tariffs | Dodd-Frank rollback bill set for Senate vote Week ahead: House takes up bills targeting EPA regs Week ahead: Military brass to defend budget request Week ahead: Health officials to testify on flu season response Week ahead: Trump seeks meeting with video game execs about violence Week ahead: Senators make new push to improve election cybersecurity The six most memorable political moments from this year’s Oscars Frances McDormand asks women to stand during Oscar acceptance