The Hill Articles: May 16, 2018

Giuliani says FBI may have placed spy in Trump campaign Giuliani: There is ‘nothing illegal about looking for dirt on political opponents’ Giuliani: If Mueller subpoenas us, we will challenge it Grassley fires back: Schumer ‘really misinformed’ on Russia probe Dem rep to launch discharge petition to force net neutrality vote in House Waffle House hero: My call with Trump was ‘lackluster’ FBI looking into payment from South Korean company to Cohen: report SNL cast member: Trump faked a phone call about book sales FBI looking into payment from South Korean company to Cohen: report Divisions deepen as Mueller probe hits one year Cruz slams proposal to end funding for space station North Korea’s threat casts doubt on Trump-Kim nuclear summit Hillicon Valley: Senate votes to save net neutrality | Senate panel breaks with House, says Russia favored Trump in 2016 | Latest from Cambridge Analytica whistleblower | Lawmakers push back on helping Chinese tech giant Charlottesville counterprotesters get married Cohen worked on Moscow Trump Tower deal for longer than he told Congress: report NYC Education Dept suggests DeVos should have visited public schools during trip FTC names lawyer who represented Facebook, Equifax as consumer protection chief GOP leaders huddle with discharge petition backers, opponents Alleged Cohen documents leaker says they were motivated by missing files Under Contract Overnight Defense: New doubts about Trump-Kim summit | Senate panel approves Haspel for CIA chief | Study sets price tag for war against terrorism at $2.8 trillion Overnight Energy: Pruitt gets Senate grilling | Dems want investigation into Pruitt’s security chief | Interior officers arrested 13 in border surge | Advisers pan science ‘transparency’ plan Cohen asked Qatari government for $1 million in exchange for access to Trump: report The Hamas-led clashes at Gaza-Israel border are not a peaceful civil rights protest Pro-gun Kent State grad brings rifle to campus, tells officials to ‘come and take it’ Budowsky: Obama should lift the Dems, now Alabama congressional candidate holding a drawing to win an AR-15 Flake comes out against Haspel’s nomination to lead CIA Interior: Officers arrested 13 people in new border surge Indicted Russian company complains Mueller hasn’t handed over evidence FDA approves drug to help with opioid withdrawal symptoms Overnight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — ObamaCare premium wars are back Overnight Finance: House panel to take up bill toughening review of foreign deals | Trump acknowledges Cohen payment on disclosure form | Officials set for new round of China trade talks Trade experts, lawmakers say NAFTA deal within reach Giuliani says Mueller has informed him that Trump cannot be indicted Surgeon general comes to aid of passenger on Delta flight Livelihoods are at stake: Google must block illegal downloading websites Groups urge Senate panel to reject Trump’s pick for Louisiana-based appeals court Cambridge Analytica whistleblower says he’s been contacted by FBI, DOJ New leadership offers a chance for a US-Cuba reboot Trump officials set for new round of China trade talks at White House Pompeo touts ‘America’s essential rightness’ to State employees Trump asks Sessions to look into prosecuting Oakland mayor who warned about ICE raid Paris train attack hero running for local office in Oregon California governor slams Trump for ‘lying’ about immigration at ‘sanctuary city’ roundtable Infrastructure built our middle class and now we must build it yet again Conyers’s son in danger of missing ballot in Michigan Las Vegas police release eyewitness accounts of mass shooting Trump visits Melania at Walter Reed for third consecutive day Melania Trump says she’s ‘feeling great’ after kidney procedure Louisiana state lawmakers apologize after fist-fighting The EU and China will leverage renewable energy to create a new global order   Trump Tower transcripts show how one reckless meeting led to probe ICE targets husband of Army chaplain for deportation after he was granted marriage exception Trump on immigrant gang members: ‘These aren’t people,’ they’re ‘animals’ For aspiring immigrants, winning the lottery just got a lot more complicated Trump blames Democrats for ‘bad laws’ separating undocumented immigrant families Google offers free cyber protection to US political groups North Carolina teachers march for more education funding Senate votes to save net neutrality rules Palestinian official: Nikki Haley not ‘the schoolmarm of the world’ Two Democrats on the fence over immigration discharge petition Shaub: DOJ must investigate if Trump knew about Cohen debt California high schoolers write gun control legislation, will introduce it to local government Lawmakers, to repair our polarized Congress, make DC your home Mueller subpoenas former Roger Stone media adviser Briefly: Infrastructure in the U.S. US sanctions Hezbollah chief in joint action with Gulf allies Pelosi: Ethics panel has power to investigate Cárdenas Seattle is attempting to kill its golden goose: Amazon Illinois officer hailed as hero for stopping high school shooting CNN to air fourth live town hall with Pelosi Judiciary Dems: Kremlin may have used the NRA to help Trump campaign House panel will consider bill to boost foreign investment review powers next week Scrapping Iran deal provides a trump card with North Korea Watch live: Trump hosts roundtable on sanctuary cities Schwarzenegger to Pruitt: Drink contaminated water ‘until you tap out or resign’ Oil magnate gave Pence tickets to NFL game he walked out of Yes, we can put chronic patients first and lower costs simultaneously Graham working on new ObamaCare repeal bill Trump’s short-term insurance proposal could cost more than expected Pruitt granted extension to file financial disclosure form Farm Bill hypocrisy mean more subsidies for the rich, greater food insecurity for the poor Ethics watchdog: Trump should have disclosed Cohen payment last year Weakening SNAP will leave some veterans going hungry FBI probe into Trump and Russia was codenamed ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ Vermont becomes first state to allow imported drugs from Canada Gap apologizes to China for selling T-shirt with map omitting Taiwan Pelosi: GOP discharge-petition holdouts helping Ryan ‘save face’ Killing the nuke deal won’t bring the regime change Iran hawks want Trump acknowledges Cohen payment on disclosure form Air Force offers $5,000 for leads on missing box of explosive grenades Court rules Dem states can intervene in ObamaCare lawsuit Two more Republicans back immigration discharge petition White House conducts sweeps to find staffers’ unauthorized cellphones New report finds US spent $2.8 trillion on counterterrorism since 9/11 Pruitt advisers pan science ‘transparency’ proposal Lawmakers raise alarm over Trump’s move to help Chinese tech giant ZTE Carter, Yoder advance in appropriations committee leadership reshuffle House Dem makes fiery call for Trump’s impeachment Judiciary transcripts offer detailed account of Trump Tower meeting Gaffes, threats should mean its time to take Avenatti off air Tillerson warns military grads of ‘growing crisis in ethics and integrity’ Samantha Bee, TBS launching ‘heart-pounding’ 2018 midterms trivia game The Hill’s 12:30 Report Net neutrality bill clears procedural hurdle in Senate Uber releases new commercials featuring CEO in effort to fix image Meet Kim Jong Un, the Korean G.O.A.T. House conservatives ask Trump to intervene in fight with DOJ over documents Senate panel breaks with House, says Russia sought to help Trump win in 2016 Trump on North Korea summit: ‘We’ll have to see’ Trump Jr. lawyer tried to coordinate stories on Trump Tower meeting with organizer President Trump’s historic rescissions package is a welcome step to cut wasteful spending Pruitt didn’t pay aide for apartment hunt Michigan State reaches $500M settlement with Larry Nassar victims Place your royal wedding bets: Website offers odds on surprise American guests New York to sue Purdue Pharma over opioid epidemic Pruitt: Meeting organized by Hugh Hewitt before EPA decision led to ‘good things’ Seattle’s war on business won’t help combat homelessness Lachlan Murdoch to serve as chairman, CEO of New Fox Leaders warn Republicans against forcing immigration vote Union files complaints against AT&T, Nexstar for failing to disclose plans for tax savings Trump plagued by whistleblower, leaker and Deep Throat dangers Zuckerberg to appear before European Parliament Schumer: Senate probe intended to let Trump ‘peek’ at potential evidence Paul Ryan weighs in on ‘Yanny vs. Laurel’ debate ‘Roseanne’ star John Goodman featured as voice of new ABC News promo Dem urges House Oversight to subpoena Cambridge Analytica Pruitt confirms he has a legal defense fund Pruitt’s EPA disregards the science behind the Clean Air Act GOP candidate’s ‘Deportation Bus’ ad briefly removed from YouTube for violating ‘hate speech’ policy Dems claim Pruitt’s former security chief intervened to hire business associate Dem senator mocks Pruitt over alleged security threats: ‘Nobody even knows who you are’ Pruitt: ‘I don’t recall’ asking security agents to use sirens Poll shows tight race to replace Tiberi in Ohio White House downplays North Korean threat to scrap nuke talks Pruitt tells senators: ‘I share your concerns about some of these decisions’ Cruel comment on McCain shows White House rots from head down California judge overturns assisted suicide law When you see blue, run if you are black Protesters hold up ‘fire him’ signs behind Pruitt during hearing Ohio Republican to join House Ways and Means Committee Realtors’ top lobbyist stepping down The Senate will have a chance to vote on a budget that really balances Trump Jr.: I don’t know if Trump had role in statement about Trump Tower meeting San Francisco nurses protest to get Zuckerberg’s name off hospital Senators should be unanimous in their support of Haspel for CIA chief Kamala Harris grills Homeland Security secretary on separating parents from kids at border READ: Donald Trump Jr.’s testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee Keith Ellison releases study showing CEOs average 339 times median worker’s salary Woman running to become first Native American governor wins Dem primary Top EU official slams Trump: ‘With friends like that who needs enemies’ Senate panel advances Trump’s CIA nominee The experience of black immigrants foretells what’s to come for Central Americans GOP sen: Possible deal with ZTE ‘a bargaining chip for Trump’ Senate Judiciary releases transcripts from Trump Tower meeting interviews Sanders: White House ‘leakers’ should be fired Senator weighs in on viral audio debate: ‘I hear Laurel’ Bill Gates spent $44M to reform state education: report Art of the Deal co-author on McCain drama: Trump views apologizing as weakness Trump congratulates ‘special guy’ Barletta on win in Pennsylvania Following US lead, Guatemala moves embassy to Jerusalem Chlorine suspected in February chemical attack on civilians in Syria Democratic overreach is key to rising Republican prospects in November GOP lawmaker who gave up seat to run for governor loses primary GOP rep: North Korea likely ‘doing a little bluster right now’ Russian lawmakers introduce legislation to make observing US sanctions a crime Want to know the future of learning? Tap into #RemakeDays Amazon lowering prices at Whole Foods for Prime members Graduation Season: The anti-intellectualism in America Top lawyer leaving Novartis over Cohen payments Only a quarter in new poll say Trump should get Nobel Police don’t need more protections — they need to build trust with black America Four socialist-backed candidates win Pennsylvania legislative primaries Poll: Confidence in Trump’s ability to handle North Korea rising Democrat wins Philadelphia-area state House seat for the first time in decades America will be stronger with our immigration policy based on facts The Hill’s Morning Report — Sponsored by CVS Health — Big night for women in primary elections Dems step up efforts to avoid California primary shutouts Trump expected to cut Planned Parenthood funding through regs Can Jim Jordan become top House Republican? Alcohol industry pushes lawmakers to uncork excise tax relief Frustrated Trump wants action on border wall, immigration US allies fret about losing Iran business Premium hikes reignite the ObamaCare wars Two-thirds of Americans support Trump’s CIA pick — let’s not ignore the will of the people Former Dem rep’s comeback bid foiled by Neb. primary loss