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The Hill Articles: April 15, 2019
April 15
ICE reverses decision to deport husband of US soldier after her death in Afghanistan: report
Maddow and Buttigieg discuss their coming out stories
Buttigieg says he hopes he and his husband have children
Man suing parents for $86K for throwing out his porn collection
French billionaire pledges 100 million euros to rebuild Notre Dame
2020 Dem hits back at Trump for giving ‘firefighting advice’ to Paris: ‘Do your own damn job’
Federal board votes to rename Georgia’s ‘Runaway Negro Creek’ to ‘Freedom Creek’
Notre Dame fire under control, key relics saved: report
NASA grants Elon Musk’s SpaceX $69 million to fly spacecraft into asteroid
AFL-CIO staffers fight back against planned furloughs
French officials reject Trump suggestion to use ‘flying water tankers’ on Notre Dame fire
Sanders town hall audience cheers after Fox News host asks if they’d support ‘Medicare for All’
Venezuela sells off $400M in gold amid sanctions: report
Michelle Obama: ‘I know that Notre Dame will soon awe us again’
Paul Ryan joins University of Notre Dame faculty
Members spar over sexual harassment training deadline
Sanders defends against criticism over income, taxes
Overnight Energy: Interior watchdog opens investigation into new secretary | Warren unveils 2020 plan to stop drilling on public lands | Justices reject case challenging state nuclear subsidies | Court orders EPA to re-evaluate Obama pollution rule
Shep Smith shuts down French commentator suggesting Notre Dame fire wasn’t an accident
Sanders on whether he’s too old to be president: ‘Follow me around the campaign trail’
Protesters bring inflatable Trump chicken to IRS building to demand tax returns
Dems, Trump harden 2020 battle lines on Tax Day
Wisconsin deserves full transparency about vouchers
O’Rourke releases 10 years of tax returns
Hillicon Valley: Mueller report coming Thursday | YouTube adds 9/11 info to Notre Dame fire video | New details on case against Assange | Thousands sign petition to ban Trump on social media | Conservatives side with big tech in GOP fight
Judge denies bail to Chinese woman arrested at Mar-a-Lago over ‘extreme’ flight risk
House Dems subpoena Deutsche Bank, other lenders for info on Trump: report
Swalwell stakes campaign on gun violence
Interior watchdog launches ethics probe into new secretary
Overnight Defense: US strike in Somalia kills ISIS deputy | Trump’s love of acting officials | Terrorist designation against Iranian military unit takes effect | Kim sets deadline for talks with US
Bernie Sanders releases 10 years of tax returns
Dems rally behind Omar as Trump escalates attacks
We wish Democrats were right on immigration and the border crisis
Obama on Notre Dame Cathedral fire: We will ‘rebuild for tomorrow, as strong as we can’
Officials say Notre Dame’s main structure is saved and preserved
Rupert Murdoch’s son among donors to Buttigieg campaign
IMF’s crystal ball shows potential trouble for Trump in 2020
Overnight Health Care: How 2020 Dems want to overhaul health care | Brooklyn parents sue over measles vaccination mandate | Measles outbreak nears record
Pro-trade groups slam Trump tariffs on Tax Day
Celebs lament Notre Dame fire
On The Money: Five things to watch on first Tax Day under Trump’s law | Trump lawyer disputes Dem reasons for requesting tax returns | Trump struggles to reshape Fed
Republican William Weld launches primary challenge against Trump
‘Late Night with Seth Meyers’ to run long Thursday for deep dive into Mueller report
Michelle Obama: America under Trump like ‘living with a divorced dad’ for the weekend
It’s time for a ‘Congressional Jewish Caucus’
Pelosi: ‘I intend to have this election won by this November’
Senate bill seeks to bring freedom back to banking
Court orders EPA to reevaluate Obama-era power plant wastewater rule
Consumer Product Safety Commission is politicized and buyers face safety risks
Kellyanne Conway calls out ‘Old White Male Career Politicians’ leading 2020 Dem field
Parisians kneel in the streets, sing ‘Ave Maria’ in honor of burning Notre Dame Cathedral
DNC chief says party will not reconsider holding Dem debates on Fox News
Unsealed docs reveal new details in case against Assange
Stoneman Douglas student newspaper praised by Pulitzer officials
Pulitzer Prizes awarded to newspapers investigating Trump
Sheriffs need to uphold our laws, rather than decide what they are
Students at Christian university urge administration to rescind Pence’s commencement invite
Trump attacks ‘very fake’ New York Times for tax law piece
Inslee’s 2020 campaign raises $2.25M in first quarter
Percentage of Americans who say Jews face discrimination up 20 points since late 2016: Pew
Supreme Court justices do verbal gymnastics to avoid saying ‘vulgar’ name of fashion brand
This is not the time to abandon NASA’s Space Launch System
Liberal think tank calls video criticizing Sanders ‘overly harsh’ after backlash
Castro raises $1.1M in first quarter for presidential bid
Omar supporters protesting Trump event in her home state of Minnesota
More than 100 economists, activists back Stephen Moore for Federal Reserve
Canada wrongly plays the victim on aluminum tariffs
Trump laments Notre Dame fire: ‘It’s a terrible scene’
3 signs the PBMs are desperately in need of reform
Poll: Only 18 percent say they are paying less under Trump tax law
Federal judge considers setting ex-Obama counsel’s trial for August: reports
Booker proposes broad expansion of middle-class tax credit
Entire interior of Notre Dame is burning, will likely be destroyed: cathedral spokesman
Election analyst says Trump has mastered attracting small-dollar donations
Analyst says Trump could find it harder to rake in small-dollar donations in 2020
Schiff, Nunes pressed DOJ for Mueller briefing
Black Caucus warns Trump is putting Omar’s life at risk
YouTube tags Notre Dame Cathedral fire livestreams with 9/11 info
Getting the US-China deal over the finish line
Pelosi: ‘There’s nobody in the country who knows better’ than Trump ‘that he should not be president’
Election analyst says Gillibrand doesn’t have ‘horsepower to go the full distance’
Analyst says voters look at fundraising when choosing 2020 candidates
White House says Jimmy Carter wrote Trump ‘beautiful letter’ on China
Climate change has already hit Latino communities
Supreme Court denies case challenging state nuclear subsidies
Bottom line
Trump says Tiger Woods will receive Medal of Freedom
Louisiana church arson suspect charged with hate crimes
‘Terrible’ fire breaks out at Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral
Trump ditches one-on-one meetings with vice president: report
Glamorization of the filibuster must end
Over 19K sign petition to suspend Trump from social media over Omar video
Gallego tapped as national campaign chairman for Swalwell presidential bid
Conservative business leader touts ‘permanent increase in earnings’ for firms under Trump tax cuts
Trump hits Mueller team’s credibility ahead of report’s release
A call to action for the opioid epidemic in the United States
The Special Olympics are safe, but what about other programs DeVos would cut?
What America’s Thinking: April 15, 2019
Brooklyn parents sue over measles vaccination mandate
Klobuchar releases 2018 tax return ahead of Trump’s visit to Minnesota
US military confirms ISIS-Somalia deputy killed in strike
The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Washington braces for Mueller report
Warren attacks corporations (again) to boost her dismal poll ratings
Trump lawyer disputes Dem rationale for requesting tax returns
Progressive Jewish groups call attacks on Omar ‘dangerous and unconscionable’
Russian aluminum maker investing in Kentucky plant after sanctions lifted
Chelsea Handler ‘optimistic’ about ‘everybody being held accountable’ in Mueller report
Washington Monument reopening delayed by possible soil contamination
Ocasio-Cortez says she gave up Facebook, calls social media a ‘public health risk’
Mueller report to be released Thursday
The problem for Trump appointees
Dems demand documents on Trump ‘sanctuary city’ plan
Scarborough: ‘Brilliant move’ for Bernie Sanders to do Fox News town hall
Trump says he ‘finally’ agrees with Cher on something
Chinese scientists put human brain genes into monkeys
Trump lawyers urge accounting firm to refuse Dems’ financial records subpoena: report
Panel: How much does early campaign fundraising matter for 2020?
Conservative business leader says liberals did a better job in ‘messaging’ on Trump tax cut
Chelsea Handler discusses political activism in the age of Trump
Alexandra Thornton discusses impact of tax cut
Job Creators Network CEO Alfredo Ortiz talks how tax filings differ under Trump tax law
Lori Loughlin, husband plead not guilty in college admissions scandal
Omar controversy escalates
90 new measles cases reported as outbreak nears record
Trump knows Cuba Libre is more than a cocktail
Warren unveils 2020 plan to stop drilling on public lands
Graham advised McConnell to ‘keep positive’ when talking to Trump
Rep. Gaetz to Cher: ‘I got you, babe’
Tax expert calls for more IRS enforcement funding
Watergate grand jury foreman says Mueller information ‘should be made public’
With interests in Libya under threat, US must adopt urgency
Hillary Clinton jabs Mnuchin, IRS chief on Tax Day over Trump returns
Chelsea Handler on Trump election: ‘It represented to so many people their lives becoming unhinged’
Charges dropped against woman accused of Kellyanne Conway assault
Civics ed policy sets us on a path to the representative democracy America has never had
2020 is the Democrats’ to lose — and they very well may
Supreme Court won’t hear death penalty appeal alleging anti-gay remarks from jurors
MSNBC guest: ‘Voters will flock’ to Trump because Buttigieg ‘is so unusual and frightening’
Most people making less than $200K got small tax cut under Trump law, says expert
Congress has different April 15th deadline that it will miss this year
Trump blasts Pelosi for defending ‘out of control’ Omar
EU approves new copyright rules opposed by Google, Facebook
Ocasio-Cortez says prospect of Biden run ‘does not particularly animate me’
Conservatives celebrate as Cher questions California sanctuary policy
Poll: Sanders leads pack, followed by Biden and Buttigieg
Sending immigrants to sanctuary cities has consequences — and that’s a good thing
US denounces Chinese military drills around Taiwan as ‘coercion’
Trump campaign adviser: Omar’s ‘ill-thought-out words’ putting her in danger
Four questions on the Electoral College
Rising: April 15, 2019
China using artificial intelligence to track largely Muslim minority: report
Conway’s husband mocks Trump for giving advice to Boeing
Ivanka Trump mourns dead in Ethiopian jet crash
Avoid the slippery slope of ‘soft-on-crime’ policies that progressives want
Yang disavows support from white nationalists: ‘It’s been a point of confusion’
Lyft removing electric bikes from DC, other cities over braking problems
David Gregory: Omar facing death threats ‘because of something the president has directly done’
Tax Day trauma: Paying for our massive national debt
Ecuadorian president says Assange tried to use embassy as base for spying
Bernie Sanders accuses Trump of betraying working people
Trump eyeing crackdown on countries with high visa overstay rates: report
Trump urges Boeing to rebrand 737 Max jets
The Hill’s Morning Report – Mueller report will dominate this week
Five things to watch on first Tax Day under Trump’s law
Juan Williams: The high price of working for Trump
Secret tapes linger over Buttigieg’s meteoric rise