The Hill Articles: May 12, 2018

Explosions at 3 Indonesian churches leave at least 2 dead: reports Chicago exhibit replicates bike-sharing with AR-15s in gun protest art US paid Trump’s Scottish resort for VIP hotel stays: report Parkland father blasts Oliver North for comparing gun activists to terrorists Michael Avenatti tweets, then deletes, Fox News booker’s phone number Former Trump aide working with Russian company to lift US sanctions: report Twitter users share immigrant success stories after Kelly says vast majority ‘don’t have the skills’ to assimilate Trump challenges Congress: Get spending done or skip August recess Vukmir gets boost with Wisconsin Senate GOP primary endorsement  Trump administration struggles to deal with US enemy combatant Trump: Iran’s military budget proves nuclear deal was ‘a big lie’ Green Beret, former UFC fighter livestreams being waterboarded to promote Haspel CIA confirmation Video shows white Wisconsin police officer punching black teenager in the face Trump thanks North Korea for vow to dismantle nuclear site GOP senate candidate dismisses ‘fake outrage’ over remarks against Democratic veterans Dem House candidate promises to curb ‘mansplaining’ if elected Two dead in Paris knife attack Questions linger over deadly Niger mission Pence touts economy, job prospects for college grads: ‘What good timing you have’ Man wearing makeup denied entry to Texas nightclub Klobuchar jokes Melania Trump displaced her as ‘most famous Slovenian-American’ Waffle House shooting hero posts photo with his hero, Emma González More than 80 women in the entertainment industry stage gender equality protest at Cannes Pakistan blocks US diplomat from leaving country: reports Dem to White House: Leaks could be prevented if officials were ‘behaving normally’ Liberal students, colleges should learn from Liberty University’s civility McCain memoir says immigration reform ‘a harder disappointment than other defeats’ Schwarzenegger warns against ‘falling toward our lowest instincts’ in response to Trump aide’s McCain joke First Indian-American congresswoman shares response to caller questioning her citizenship Gina Haspel should be confirmed Top UN nuclear official abruptly resigns Biden joins group of world leaders working to stop election meddling Honduran lives at risk Trump records robocall for Pennsylvania senate candidate ahead of primary Congress can make it better for Americans to do business in the international economy Malcolm X’s forgotten kindred soul Mulvaney defends White House aide over ‘dying’ McCain comment: It was ‘joke’ in ‘private meeting’ Poll: Most Americans believe poor people haven’t benefited from Trump policies Sanders scolded staff for leak of White House official’s ‘dying’ McCain comment: report Monica Lewinsky offers details on event she says disinvited her Booker emphasizes respect in leadership during address to grads North Carolina mayor defends police after video showing white officer choking black man in prom attire goes viral Dems worry Trump will win over economy ‘Respect your elders’ is a lot more than a banal platitude Romney: Those who mock McCain ‘humiliate themselves’ The politics of pensions in America US ramping up security at Middle East diplomatic posts: report Bloomberg blasts ‘epidemic of dishonesty’ in Washington during address to grads Big banks crying wolf over another key Dodd-Frank regulation Harvard investigating swastika pinned to public bulletin board North Korea will open air space, invite media to cover dismantlement of nuclear test site Connecticut’s ‘exceptionalism’ is nothing to be proud of Donnelly announces support for Trump’s CIA pick Gina Haspel Giuliani shows up in Florida to represent woman in insurance fraud case Anti-Trump group urges mothers to ‘talk to your child about the GOP’ Iranian diplomat kicks off tour to save nuclear deal Laura Ingraham: George Will’s column on Pence was ‘beneath him’ Congress needs to forgo recess to get more work done for Americans NASA to fly first helicopter on Mars Trump tasks Pruitt, Chao to negotiate emissions standard with California: report US intercepts Russian jets near Alaska Maher: Trump administration ‘is modeled on the mob’ Subsidies can’t make coal-fired plants reliable Giuliani says Trump ‘denied’ AT&T-Time Warner merger after DOJ insisted on independent decision Former Australian prime minister compares ’lock her up’ chant to Salem witch trials America can be a difficult place to be a mother GOP rep: Trump wouldn’t last very long under torture Trump administration rolls back rules protecting transgender inmates in federal prisons Tax reform gave Apple more cash than it knows what to do with Despite widespread incidence of kidney disease and kidney failure, government investment remains inadequate Tucker Carlson criticizes Stormy Daniels lawyer who snubbed him for Hannity Wisconsin senate candidates battle for key GOP endorsement Oklahoma governor signs law allowing adoption agencies to ban same-sex couples One month out from 2018 hurricane season — are we prepared? Pompeo off to fast start as Trump’s top diplomat The activists are wrong: Aquariums support conservation