The Hill Articles: January 4, 2019

Shutdown may jeopardize tax refunds, food stamps: report FBI investigating after someone impersonating Pence aide texted GOP lawmakers: Wall Street Journal Proud Boys founder asked neighbors to take down anti-hate signs: report Police investigating alleged sexual assault after woman in coma for 14 years gives birth: report House Homeland Security Committee chairman asks Nielsen to testify on ‘flawed’ border agenda Dem rep asks for asks for pay to be withheld during shutdown Recently reelected Maine state lawmaker leaves Republican Party Sanders campaign staffer who ignored harassment complaints resigns as new Dem’s chief of staff: report Three have died in accidents at national parks that were closed during past shutdowns Jayapal introduces bill to repeal pay-go Health care in 2019: 3 predictions for the year ahead Ending the shutdown presents opportunity for a solution on immigration Trump administration presses ahead with Alaskan drilling plan despite shutdown Court schedules March arguments in Trump emoluments case Trump says Jim Webb is not under consideration for Defense secretary Senate throws hundreds of Trump nominees into limbo Poll: Record number of Americans want to leave country TSA agents working without pay during shutdown are calling in sick Pentagon plans to cut troops, airstrikes in Somalia: report Blockbuster jobs report puts fears of the economy’s demise to rest Partial shutdown, pay freeze reveal administration’s attitude toward federal workers Hillicon Valley: Marriott cuts breach estimates, but says millions of passports exposed | Los Angeles sues Weather Channel app over data collection | Bill would create office to fight Chinese threats to US tech | German politicians hit by major breach Marines boot camp to have first gender-integrated battalion Overnight Energy: Zinke denies lying to investigators | Interior won’t take FOIA requests during shutdown | Ocasio-Cortez makes pitch for ‘ambitious’ Green New Deal Court extends Mueller grand jury Irish law making making psychological and emotional abuse a crime is commendable Interior Department won’t accept FOIA requests during shutdown GOP lawmaker calls Warren ‘Sacagawea’ during Fox News appearance Overnight Health Care: House files motion to defend ObamaCare in lawsuit | Trump Medicaid director leaving after three months Trump spars with CNN’s Collins over border wall: ‘You’re not into the construction business’ Overnight Defense: Appeals court sides with Trump on transgender military ban | Trump threatens years-long shutdown | Trump floats declaring national emergency to build wall with military Pence says he won’t accept scheduled pay raise during shutdown Dem says Trump should give up ‘medieval’ wall for modern security technology Economist says Dems need candidates who talk more about decline of industrialization Conor Lamb had to hurry ‘back from DC’ to get married On The Money: Stocks soar on strong December jobs report | Trump threatens years-long shutdown | Fed chief says he won’t resign if Trump asks End the shutdown with huge bipartisan immigration deal Dem secured policy commitments from Trump environmental nominees Beyoncé and Jay-Z music video helped boost record attendance at the Louvre Sotomayor inspired Ocasio-Cortez to wear red lipstick, hoops to swearing in Economist says there is concern recent economic growth is artificial New Dem chairman seeks info on shutdown’s impact on tax-filing season Warren hires former digital strategist for Obama campaigns: report Trump says he may call a national emergency to build border wall December’s rise in unemployment is good news O’Rourke signals support for ‘concept’ of Green New Deal Supreme Court to take up gerrymandering cases Economist says unemployment is higher than reported Economist says the Fed will ultimately determine direction of stock market Kamala Harris defends Ocasio-Cortez video: ‘I’m for more dancing in politics’ Kevin Hart rules out hosting Oscars: ‘I’m done’ Swastikas, racist graffiti found on trees in Massachusetts conservation area Trump’s Medicaid director leaves to join incoming Florida governor’s office Trump, Afghanistan, Syria and radical Islam Dems to introduce gun background checks bill on anniversary of Gabby Giffords shooting Trump: Dem congresswoman ‘dishonored’ herself with profane call for impeachment A lesson from Syria: US military, political goals must align Dem Budget chairman casts doubt on economic feasibility of Green New Deal Democrats launch ‘drain-the-swamp’ agenda Pence privately pushed House Republicans to stand by Trump on shutdown: report Joy Behar defends freshman Dem’s impeachment remarks: ‘I identify with her’ Americans are unsure of where the economy is headed in 2019 Climate movement should focus on winning 2020 presidential election Watch live: Trump delivers remarks following meeting with Democratic leaders SC officers to be charged with manslaughter in drowning deaths of 2 women in police van McConnell: Trump will designate a team to find shutdown exit Washington governor announces plan to pardon marijuana misdemeanors Trump threatens to extend partial government shutdown for years German authorities looking into cyber leak of data from politicians, Merkel Junk-removal service takes on DC streets amid shutdown House formally moves to intervene in ObamaCare lawsuit Zinke: National park visitors should ‘grab a trash bag’ Lawmakers make second bipartisan push to elevate federal IT official House Budget chair: Border funding in exchange for Dreamers’ protections ‘an easy deal to make’ House Dems promise to end big-money influence, then run to special-interest receptions Two bills, one health plan: the Trump administration’s latest attempt to restrict abortion access First DACA recipient to become Rhodes scholar fears he won’t be allowed to return to US Dems call freshman’s impeachment remarks ‘inappropriate’ LA accuses Weather Channel app of deceptive data collection 2019 will be a mess for America, thank God What America’s Thinking: January 4, 2019 Senior Trump officials to get $10k raise amid shutdown: report Senate poised to rebut Trump on Syria Bipartisan bill proposes new White House office to fight Chinese technology threats The Hill’s 12:30 Report — Lawmakers meet Trump on Day 14 of shutdown | Trump demands wall in letter | Pelosi sets bar high for impeachment An open memo for Sec. Pompeo: Five opportunities for the United States in 2019 Egypt demanding CBS not air interview with country’s president Pat Roberts won’t seek Senate reelection GOP leaders call on Pelosi to condemn Tlaib’s remarks on Trump Stocks soar on strong December jobs report NY lawmakers reintroduce bill to restore full SALT deduction Ocasio-Cortez posts new dancing video outside congressional office CNN’s Axelrod on Dem rep’s ‘Impeach the motherf—er’ comment: ‘Is this helpful?’ Schiff throws cold water on impeaching Trump Watchdog group wants Rosenstein to investigate Ivanka Trump’s alleged conflicts of interest New Democratic House majority is looming specter for small business Pelosi on Tlaib ‘impeach the motherf—er’ comment: ‘I’m not in the censorship business’ Ocasio-Cortez touts dancing skills following viral college video Schiff says Kushner, Bannon invoked ‘bogus privileges’ in testimonies before Congress Mark Ruffalo eyed on Capitol Hill Trump demands wall in letter to Congress Schumer: McConnell is ‘abdicating his responsibility’ in shutdown talks Election violence in Congo hinders Ebola response Minnesota mom says 26-year-old son died because he couldn’t afford the cost of insulin House Dems unveil election security, voting measures in sweeping anti-corruption bill Colorado’s marijuana policy lesson for other states: Pay attention to potency Clinton meets individually with potential 2020 Dems: report State Dept halts cooperation with UN probes into potential US human rights violations: report Fed chief Powell says he won’t resign if Trump asks Congressional Black Caucus now has 55 members Sarah Sanders: Dems talk impeachment because they ‘know they can’t beat’ Trump Panel: Kelsey Harkness and Jennifer Holdsworth discuss politicians’ social media videos House approves additional portion of Dem rules package Learning from Trump’s Syria debacle White House adviser Hogan Gidley discusses immigration plans Appeals court sides with Trump on transgender military ban Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff previews House Intelligence Committee’s new agenda 2020 Election: Democrats can’t afford to ignore their Israel problem Rep. John Yarmuth says President Trump is an unreliable negotiator McConnell: House funding bill couldn’t pass Senate Criminal justice reform advocates discuss impact of First Step Act Panel: Former Sanders staffers make light of sexual harassment allegations during campaign Congressional Management Foundation’s Bradford Fitch explains group’s role in coaching new members Economic alarmists tell tall tales of a rigged economy Chief Border Patrol Agent Brian Hastings discusses proposed border wall, caravan conflicts Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) calls shutdown ‘outrageous’ Kudlow: ‘No recession in sight’ NY Times’ Maggie Haberman: Chances of Defense Secretary Jim Webb ‘not high’ North Dakota governor tearfully announces Native American Tribal flags to now be on display in Memorial Hall Nadler on Tlaib’s ‘motherf—er’ comments about Trump: ‘I don’t really like that kind of language’ Marriott says data breach impacted fewer guests, but millions of passport numbers were exposed Pat Roberts set to announce whether he will pursue reelection Congress must take the next steps on federal criminal justice reforms The Memo: Romney moves stir worries in Trump World Trump rips impeachment talk after Dems take House WSJ editorial blasts Trump for ‘utterly false narrative’ on Soviet invasion of Afghanistan White House press deputy says he expects bipartisan movement on infrastructure Ocasio-Cortez on push for changes: Only radicals ‘have changed this country’ The system of checks and balances is finally waking from its two-year slumber Trump blames stock market slide on Dems taking House House GOP leader: ‘Nancy has not been serious’ about any offer on shutdown A looming threat to the US-South Korea alliance College Board invalidates student’s SAT after she retakes test and improves scores Hart reconsidering decision to step down as Oscar host Economy adds robust 312K jobs in December, well above expectations To lower drug costs in 2019, ignore Elizabeth Warren Dem rep: ‘Partial wall’ is fine Statehood for Puerto Rico must be in the 116th Congress’ agenda Petition calls to rename street in front of Trump Tower after Obama Mulvaney presses Trump to hold firm in shutdown: report East Coast governors wrong to oppose Trump’s plan for seismic testing in Atlantic Ocasio-Cortez says she wore all white to swearing-in to honor suffragette movement Rising: January 4, 2019 Swalwell: Trump will be impeached by Congress or by ballot box New House Dem Rashida Tlaib on Trump: ‘Impeach the motherf—er’ Trump’s Fed attacks show why markets should set interest rates GOP Sen. Collins shows support for parts of House-passed funding package NASA’s New Horizons sends science back from the far edge of the solar system The Hill’s Morning Report — Shutdown Day 14: Dems return to the White House Senators warm to immigration deal as shutdown solution Pelosi takes power and sets high bar for Trump impeachment Pain may be coming from shutdown — except for Trump and Democrats