The Hill Articles: February 17, 2019

February 17
McCabe says he was fired because he ‘opened a case against’ Trump Experts warn of deadly disease infecting deer across US McCabe: Trump said ‘I don’t care, I believe Putin’ when confronted with US intel on North Korea UK lawmakers accuse Facebook of intentionally violating data privacy laws McCabe: Trump talked to me about his election victory during ‘bizarre’ job interview Mulvaney told Trump officials their ‘highest priority’ will be deregulation: Axios Florida sixth-grader charged after confrontation with teacher over Pledge of Allegiance Female Dems see double standard in Klobuchar accusations Miami Herald publishes names of all kids killed by guns since Parkland shooting Private insurance plays a critical part in home mortgage ecosystem Graham: More urgent for kids in Kentucky to have secure border than new school New York hates Amazon Democracy and health care is under attack in Utah GOP Green New Deal stunt is a great deal for Democrats Senate Dems introduce bill to prevent Trump from using disaster funds to build wall Klobuchar, O’Rourke visit Wisconsin as 2020 race heats up The U.S. must continue to invest in artificial intelligence to compete with China Sherrod Brown pushes for Medicare buy-in proposal in place of ‘Medicare for all’ Chris Wallace calls out Limbaugh for being ‘outraged’ when Obama took executive action Anthony Weiner released from federal prison Virginia can be better than this Syria used chemical weapons more than 300 times, researchers say Rubio in Colombia to push for delivery of humanitarian aid to Venezuela Biden: ‘The America I see does not wish to turn our back on the world’ White House, GOP defend Trump emergency declaration Iran hits back at Pence comments, calling US ‘biggest source of destabilization’ in Middle East Schiff: Evidence of collusion between Trump campaign, Russia ‘pretty compelling’ McCabe’s shocking claims prove the bloodless coup rolls on El Chapo’s lawyer fires back at Cruz: ‘Ludicrous’ to suggest drug lord will pay for wall 2,000 asylum seekers return home, decide to stay in Mexico: report DNC chair defends debate schedule after Biden says election process starts ‘too early’ Democrats have a chance of beating Trump with Julian Castro on the 2020 ticket US asked Japanese leader to nominate Trump for Nobel Prize: report De Blasio blames Amazon for pulling out of New York We need an immigration policy for the 21st century, not the 12th century GOP rep: Trump emergency declaration puts US in ‘uncharted territory’ GOP senator says Republicans didn’t control Senate when they held majority From border to Mueller, Barr faces challenges as attorney general Tech looks for lessons from Amazon HQ2 fight Don Cheadle wears Trump Soviet Union hockey jersey on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Stephen Miller signals Trump ready to veto resolution against emergency declaration Mueller subpoenas former Cambridge Analytica employee Senate Dem: 25th Amendment talks don’t reflect ‘some deep state conspiracy’ Limbaugh calls 25th Amendment discussions ‘silent coup’ Schiff: ‘Hard to imagine a poorer case’ than Trump’s on emergency declaration The national emergency will haunt Republicans come election season Stephen Miller calls George W. Bush’s immigration record ‘astonishing betrayal’ of American people California AG says state will ‘definitely and imminently’ sue Trump over national emergency declaration Dem senator thinks Senate may be able to block emergency declaration Fox’s Wallace presses Stephen Miller for example on Trump emergency declaration ‘Tax-the-rich’ policies are all the rage in the US Graham: McCabe revelations ‘beyond stunning’ GOP lawmaker: Amazon would be moving into NY if Ocasio-Cortez wasn’t elected Russia’s latest ‘wonder weapon’ is more propaganda than power Acting Pentagon chief: ‘We have not made any decisions’ on wall funding Maine paid for dozens of rooms for governor, staffers at Trump luxury hotel: report Trump: McConnell should keep Senate in session until nominees are approved Trump rips ‘Saturday Night Live’ over ‘total Republican hit jobs’: ‘This is the real Collusion!’ On unilateral executive action, Mitch McConnell was right — in 2014 Graham: Trump made ‘persuasive case’ that border is broken NBA: Obama involved in plans to launch Basketball Africa League ‘Saturday Night Live’ mocks Trump’s ‘fake’ national emergency: ‘Wall makes safe’ Dershowitz: Trump’s emergency declaration was a ‘mistake’ Harris off to best start among Dems in race, say strategists, donors