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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