The Hill Articles: January 22, 2019

Los Angeles teachers end strike after approving contract deal Duckworth calls Supreme Court decision on transgender military ban ‘disheartening’ Coast Guard chief: ‘Unacceptable’ that service members must rely on food pantries, donations amid shutdown Dem lawmaker apologizes after saying it’s never been legal in US to force people to work for free Grassley to hold drug pricing hearing Ex-Labor secretary urges federal employees to stop working, picket Staffer shares video of Kamala Harris dancing to Cardi B in office New York passes bill expanding abortion access Union says IRS worker absences expected to surge amid shutdown DC market offers temporary work for furloughed federal workers Louisiana governor sends formal complaint to NFL over call in Rams-Saints game Ocasio-Cortez among progressives joining House Oversight: report EU official trolls UK over Brexit with Spice Girls lyrics Mellman: Lynching and defective representation Tennessee state lawmaker proposes bill to make parents follow a dress code at schools Trump congratulates Mariano Rivera on being voted to Baseball Hall of Fame School shooting victims file lawsuit against Kentucky school district Pavlich: Mueller’s indictment of the media Overnight Defense: Supreme Court allows transgender ban to be enforced | Trump missile defense plan faces reality check | Experts warn of persistent ISIS threat TSA calls for backup help at airports facing callouts during shutdown: CNN Lobbying World House passes bill expressing support for NATO Budowsky: Pelosi can break shutdown stalemate Overnight Health Care: HHS chief refuses to testify on family separations | Grassley to test GOP on lowering drug prices | PhRMA spends record on lobbying in 2018 GOP seeks to change narrative in shutdown fight Hillicon Valley: Lawmakers worry as ‘deepfakes’ spread | New intel strategy sees threats from emerging tech | Google fined $57M under EU data rules | WhatsApp moves to curb misinformation State Dept. forced to cancel border security conference amid shutdown On The Money: Shutdown Day 32 | Senate to vote on dueling funding measures | GOP looks to change narrative | Dems press Trump on recalled workers | Kudlow predicts economy will ‘snap back’ after shutdown Judge rules Iowa’s ‘fetal heartbeat’ abortion law is unconstitutional PhRMA spends record high $27.5 million on lobbying in 2018 Poll shows 25 percent view McConnell favorably, lowest among leaders in survey Federal judiciary has enough funds to operate through end of January Former White House aide: Trump offered NASA unlimited funding to go to Mars Why Ocasio-Cortez should make flood insurance reform a priority Voters split on need for ‘security barrier’ on southern border, oppose ‘a wall’: poll Florida State apologizes for photoshopped tweet of MLK doing ‘tomahawk chop’ Documents indicate detailed plans for Trump Tower Moscow: report Immigration is top issue facing country: poll Is the space industry moving beyond SpaceX? Study: Puerto Rico received slower, less ‘generous’ disaster aid than Texas, Florida Nadler sends Whitaker questions on possible contacts with Trump over Mueller probe Poll shows 36 percent support Trump’s reelection, 43 percent prefer generic Democrat Sinkhole opens up a block away from White House Overnight Energy: Polls highlight growing worries about climate change | Watchdog asked to probe recall of furloughed Interior workers | Canada allows preliminary work on Keystone XL New intelligence strategy identifies emerging tech as major threat 3 Michigan residents arrested for conspiring to provide material support to ISIS: DOJ Majority of voters see Trump’s border proposal as ‘good faith’ start to negotiations We need diplomacy not sanctions for peace in Syria Trump’s approval rating holds steady at 45 percent amid government shutdown: poll Congress: Americans in Puerto Rico still need our help Library of Congress apologizes for tweeting about Confederate general on MLK Day USDA to recall more than 9,000 furloughed workers to provide farm aid Hugh Hewitt: Biden has ‘transgendered’ into Ocasio-Cortez Shutdown could delay SNAP benefits in February Mueller asked Trump campaign about ties to NRA: CNN How the Clinton machine flooded the FBI with Trump-Russia dirt … until agents bit Top Trump adviser predicts economy will ‘snap back’ after shutdown Senate Dems introduce bill to keep DACA info private Smithsonian secretary: Institution losing $1 million a week due to shutdown Dem lawmaker calls on Democrats to ‘give Trump the money’ for border wall Trump administration asks Supreme Court to decide on 2020 census citizenship question Trump has one final chance with American partners of first resort Obama ICE chief: Trump’s border wall proposal makes ‘so little sense’ Senate to vote on dueling government funding bills WhatsApp rolls out changes to curb spread of misinformation WHCA condemns Trump’s ‘retreat from transparency’ after he says he told Sanders to halt briefings House Dems send McConnell shutdown stories, press for spending bill vote McConnell blocks bill to temporarily reopen DHS ‘War on drugs’ doesn’t tackle the drug problem Group asks watchdog to investigate recall of furloughed Interior workers Senate Dem introduces ‘Stop Stupidity’ act to end government shutdowns Tlaib: ‘Right wing media is now targeting my little sister’ Ginsburg: Oscar nomination for ‘RBG’ movie is ’eminently well-deserved’ Native American at center of controversy offers to meet with Covington students Analyst says any deal involving amnesty would mean betrayal to Trump’s base Kansas state lawmaker who left Republican Party: ‘I don’t have that pit in my stomach’ anymore Trump HUD official: ‘I don’t care if I’m not supposed to be tweeting during the shutdown’ Furloughed workers won’t be counted as unemployed on jobs report Political analyst: Trump is ‘terrified’ of certain members of his base Breast cancer is not a partisan issue — we need to work together to address it Pollster says Trump’s approval rating will suffer in economic downturn because he is not widely liked on personal level Family of 10-year-old boy who killed himself after bullying plans to sue school district Florida man arrested after drawing gun, using racial slurs during MLK Day event Pollster says shutdown has highlighted workers living paycheck to paycheck Chelsea Clinton pregnant with her third child Poll shows independents increasingly against Trump on shutdown Pollster says shutdown’s economic effects will negatively impact Trump Airbnb is doing the Democrats’ dirty work Business leaders waking up to extreme risks posed by climate change Insulin costs doubled over five-year period: study FBI Agents Association shares first-hand accounts of shutdown’s impacts McConnell urges Dems to ‘take yes for an answer’ on funding offer HHS chief refuses to testify on child separation policy Cohen will not answer questions about ongoing probes involving Trump, GOP lawmakers say Kamala Harris raised $1.5M in first 24 hours of 2020 bid A US-China deal will do nothing to shrink our trade deficit LA teachers reach tentative deal to end strike Second US service member killed in Afghanistan in 2019 NC judge rules against certifying results in disputed House race Former Obama energy advisor warns EPA is being ‘hollowed out’ Equity, not equality, will advance cancer care What America’s Thinking: January 22, 2019 Pot website offers free medical marijuana to government workers amid shutdown Rep. Omar apologizes for tweet about Israel The Hill’s 12:30 Report — White House requests walk-through for State of the Union | Justices allow transgender ban to take effect | Trump vows to not ‘cave’ on wall White House asks to do walk-through for State of the Union Will a Democratic woman break the glass ceiling in 2020? Poll: Trump trails several possible 2020 Dem opponents Cardi B to conservatives: ‘Admit that your president is f—in up this country’ Dem demands Trump justify recalling furloughed workers John Kerry on his message to Trump: ‘Resign’ University of Oklahoma students who made blackface video will be leaving school Conservative groups press Trump to reduce capital gains taxes Steyer to hold DC summit to pressure lawmakers to impeach Trump Poll: Record number of Americans consider climate change a personal issue Harris: ‘We have to fight back to reverse’ Supreme Court transgender military decision Voting is up, volunteering is down: Midterm lessons for civic engagement Trump administration’s top European diplomat to resign in February Cannabis company says CBS refused to run its Super Bowl ad advocating for medical marijuana Odds of border agents being corrupted grow as shutdown continues Supreme Court agrees to review NYC gun restrictions Virginia Senate repeals Jim Crow minimum wage law seen as targeting African-Americans Official says there needs to be balance of infrastructure and manpower at border Pence urges Venezuelans to back opposition leader ahead of anti-government protests Online poll: 74 percent of Dems interested in voting for Ocasio-Cortez for president Brzezinski: ‘I suspect’ Dems will nominate woman in 2020, ‘past time’ to elect female president Unintended consequence: Federal cybersecurity workforce a potential casualty of the shutdown Dem chairman schedules hearing on pre-existing conditions Russia releases from custody model who claimed she had secrets on Trump: report Supreme Court takes no action on DACA Chris Brown arrested in Paris after being accused of rape: report Trump: I told Sanders to stop briefings because press covers her ‘rudely’ Washington Monthly editor says income inequality has caused Dems to struggle in Senate races, Electoral College KISS bandmates offer free meals to unpaid TSA workers Google opens new Berlin office, plans to expand Leslie Jones rips new ‘Ghostbusters’ movie that will reportedly ignore 2016 version: ‘Like something Trump would do’ Lackluster auto show doesn’t bode well for the industry’s future Virginia bill would make cruelty to cats and dogs that survive abuse a felony White House: Press briefings will resume when ‘we need to come to the podium’ Poll: Extreme weather events changing Americans’ climate change views CNN hosts give dramatic reading of Giuliani’s New Yorker interview Supreme Court allows appeal over mystery grand jury subpoena to be filed under seal Washington Monthly editor argues Dems need to put more effort campaigning in GOP strongholds Ex-GOP lawmaker joins Florida lobbying firm Alan Dershowitz: Time to tell the truth about the Palestinian issue Supreme Court refuses to hear coach’s free speech case USA Today’s Susan Page to write Pelosi biography Canadian ambassador says US moving to extradite Huawei executive Dem senator: ‘Putin had something on’ Trump which may account for ‘plainly false’ statements Republican state lawmaker introduces bill that would tax porn to fund Trump’s border wall Supreme Court allows transgender military ban to be enforced MS-13 member who helped law enforcement as informant is deported: report Border patrol official says ‘holistic’ approach is needed to curb flow of drugs at the border Giuliani says he worries his gravestone will say ‘He lied for Trump’ Christian Bale gets Oscar nomination for Cheney portrayal Green dreams and energy reality Does it matter that President Trump’s social media pages alter photos of him? Panel: Longer video prompts reappraisal of confrontation at anti-abortion protest Ex-Trump Organization exec: ‘Trump has always felt that men are superior to women’ Washington Monthly editor Paul Glastris discusses Democrats’ geographic dilemma Accused US spy denied bail in Russia Elgie Holstein of the Environment Defense Fund discusses lawsuit over regulatory rollbacks Here’s what it’s actually like at the US-Mexico border Republican lawmaker claims blacks, whites were lynched in ‘nearly equal numbers’ for being Republican How long can the government shutdown continue? Mueller’s report: Release enough, but not too much Republicans coalesce around small-dollar online fundraising system: report U.S. banker tied to Russia sought access to Trump transition team: report Top House Dem calls Trump ‘grand wizard of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.’ As new Congress begins, federal-state connections are as important as ever Ocasio-Cortez: ‘World will end in 12 years’ if climate change not addressed Trump: ‘No cave’ on wall demands In a divisive country, our kids have a better way Ocasio-Cortez: I give ‘zero’ f—s about pushback from other Democrats CNN to host Kamala Harris town hall event in Iowa Sen. Risch has unique chance to guide Trump on foreign policy Rising: January 22, 2019 Fox News anchor Baier, family in car crash, released from hospital Trump: Kentucky students ‘have become symbols of Fake News and how evil it can be’ Ocasio-Cortez: Economic system that allows billionaires is ‘immoral’ Small but powerful amendment could lessen immigration detention Alyssa Milano: ‘The red MAGA hat is the new white hood’ Time to update the pledge of allegiance The Hill’s Morning Report — Trump’s new immigration plan faces uphill battle in Senate This week: Congress heading in opposite directions on shutdown plans New momentum for Equal Rights Amendment US faces key test as global support for Venezuela opposition leader grows Oregon Dem top recipient of 2018 marijuana industry money, study finds