The Hill Articles: July 15, 2019

GOP Massachusetts governor calls Trump tweets ‘shameful,’ ‘racist’ Hundreds in Hawaii protest construction of telescope on sacred land South Bend police officer resigns after killing of black man Booker brings in $4.5 million in second quarter Cruz in 2016 said ‘something fundamentally wrong’ with Christians who back Trump: book O’Rourke raises $3.6 million in second quarter Parents say Border Patrol asked migrant toddler to pick which parent got to stay with her in US: report George Conway calls Trump a ‘racist president’ in new op-ed Death of African American history advocate ruled a homicide: report House Democrats introduce resolution condemning Trump for ‘racist’ comments Tech executives to take hot seat at antitrust hearing Progressives at Netroots say this year, it’s anyone but Trump Star-studded fundraiser for Buttigieg to be hosted by Ellen DeGeneres, Sean Hayes Court calls for neo-Nazi writer to pay $14M in anti-Semitic harassment case Biden rolls out plan for older Americans Trump’s family separation policy has taken US to ‘lowest depth possible,’ says former immigration lawyer Trump administration begins formally enforcing new abortion restrictions Feehery: Trump inspires temporary House Democratic unity Overnight Energy: Scientists flee USDA as research agencies move to Kansas City area | Watchdog finds EPA skirted rules to put industry reps on boards | New rule to limit ability to appeal pollution permits Press: Acosta, latest to walk the plank Trump can’t ‘block’ Twitter users, but he can still use it for divisive rhetoric Overnight Health Care — Presented by PCMA —Biden unveils health care plan | Proposal pitches subsidies, public option | Biden vows if you like your health insurance, ‘you can keep it’ | Sanders protests planned Philadelphia hospital closure Scientists flee USDA as research agencies move to Kansas City area Trudeau rips Trump over attacks on Democratic lawmakers: ‘That is not how we do things in Canada’ Bottom Line Member of Senate GOP leadership says Trump tweets are racist Democrats erupt over Trump attacks Did slowing Chinese growth just ensure a July rate cut? Mexico distances itself from Trump’s asylum rule change GOP senator: ‘Outrageous’ to say Trump’s tweets about Democratic congresswomen are racist Sanders fundraises for congresswomen targeted in Trump tweets Watchdog finds EPA skirted rules when appointing industry leaders to science boards Congress must work together and solve humanitarian crisis at the border Hillicon Valley: Twitter says Trump ‘go back’ tweet didn’t violate rules | Unions back protests targeting Amazon ‘Prime Day’ | Mnuchin voices ‘serious concerns’ about Facebook crypto project | Congress mobilizes on cyber threats to electric grid WH projects $1 trillion deficit for 2019 Trump tweets prompt Twitter users to share times they were told ‘go back to your country’ House passes bills to boost small business cybersecurity Ending asylum protection won’t do anything to stop illegal border crossings Ilhan Omar calls Trump’s ‘blatantly racist’ attack on minority lawmakers ‘the agenda of white nationalists’ Overnight Defense: Esper officially nominated for Defense secretary | Pentagon silent on Turkey getting Russian missile system | House, Senate headed for clash over defense bill George Conway’s group: Trump tweets ‘should be rejected by every American’ Biden: If you like your private health insurance, ‘you can keep it’ On The Money: Mnuchin says debt ceiling deal ‘close’ | GOP scrambling for backup plan | Facebook crypto chief vows to clear up regulatory concerns | Dems mull bill to block cryptocurrency project | Unions back protests targeting Amazon ‘Prime Day’ Trump lashes out at as progressive Democrats blast him in press conference MSNBC guest: ‘Trump is more racist than neo-Nazis’ Navy secretary takes over as acting Pentagon chief after Esper formally nominated Biden, Harris and Warren in a statistical tie atop New Hampshire poll Twitter says Trump’s ‘go back’ tweet doesn’t violate its rules Anti-Defamation League warns Trump to stop ‘throwing around accusations of anti-Semitism’ Communities no longer able to appeal pollution permits under forthcoming EPA rule: report Two GOP lawmakers back Trump’s comments on Democratic lawmakers: ‘I’ll pay for their tickets out of this country’ Al Franken: It’s time to start taking Trump ‘literally’ Mayor promises ICE raids ‘will be met with fierce resistance from Chicagoans’ Kellyanne Conway defies congressional subpoena at Trump’s direction Watch live: Female minority Democrats hold press conference after Trump criticism Harris campaign accepts money from partners of law firm she criticized over Epstein case Fox personalities blast Trump’s remarks Ocasio-Cortez condemns congressional Republicans for ‘spineless complicity’ Fox News’s Shep Smith blasts Trump over ‘xenophobic eruption’ on minority lawmakers Italian police seize Nazi material and air-to-air missile from far-right group Biden support slips below 30 percent in new poll Schumer plans Senate resolution condemning Trump tweets Pressley on Trump tweets: ‘I’ve moved on’ House Oversight panel demands DeVos turn over personal email records Romney won’t say if Trump’s attacks against minority lawmakers are racist UN: 20 million children worldwide missed out on life-saving vaccines last year Trump campaign, RNC raise $108 million in second quarter Sanders protests planned Philadelphia hospital closure as example of corporate greed The narrow way to a better banking system Top North Carolina newspapers editorial board to GOP: ‘Are you OK with a racist president?’ Border Patrol investigating over 60 employees for involvement in secret Facebook group Schumer blisters Republicans over response to Trump tweets: ‘Where are you?’ NBC’s Andrea Mitchell to receive Lifetime Achievement Award at News & Documentary Emmys Mnuchin says debt ceiling deal ‘close’ 2020 Democrats call Trump’s tweets about female Democrats racist Ex-‘Fox & Friends’ co-host leaves country amid legal scrutiny over real estate deals Pink defends her children running in Holocaust Memorial as ‘a celebration of life after death’ Gillibrand raises $2.3 million in second quarter A better way to fix gerrymandering: math Labor unions back strikes, boycotts targeting Amazon ‘Prime Day’ E. Jean Carroll reportedly considering pursuing legal action against Trump To fight human trafficking, follow the money Tim Scott, black Republican senator, calls Trump’s tweets ‘racially offensive’ The New Republic drops out of presidential climate summit after Buttigieg op-ed controversy Top Democrat demands answers on election equipment vulnerabilities Mnuchin: I don’t find Trump’s tweets racist Ocasio-Cortez fires back at Lindsey Graham: ‘Graham wants to bring back 1950s McCarthyism’ Mnuchin voices ‘serious concerns’ about Facebook cryptocurrency project Finish the work of building a renewable fuels industry Security officer charged for pulling gun on black police officer in uniform #RacistPresident trends amid criticism over Trump tweets Ocasio-Cortez: ‘It’s time to move on’ from Trump’s conception of America Trump steps up attacks on minority congresswomen Rick Scott: PhRMA hasn’t provided ‘a single answer’ on lower drug prices Man who drove car into Charlottesville rally counterprotesters sentenced to life plus 419 years: reports Second GOP lawmaker calls Trump’s tweet ‘racist’ Trump accuses Pelosi of ‘racist statement’ for saying MAGA means ‘make America white again’ Trump’s Huawei concession is ‘the rope that could hang America’ ICE chief under Obama: Border Patrol has ‘been dealt an un-winnable hand’ Biden proposes tax increases for wealthy as part of health care plan What America’s Thinking: July 15, 2019 Graham tops personal fundraising best in reelection bid Trump claims Omar is ‘never happy’ Meghan McCain knocks Lindsey Graham for defending Trump’s tweets: ‘This is not the person I used to know’ Yes, spending time alone can be good for you House Democrats mull bill to ban Facebook cryptocurrency project Inslee raises over $3 million in second quarter Celebs rip Trump’s ‘racist’ tweets Susan Rice: Chinese diplomat a ‘racist disgrace’ Al Green to force impeachment vote following incendiary Trump tweets Collins: Trump should delete tweets on Democratic congresswomen Brit Hume: Trump’s ‘go back’ tweets ‘nativist, xenophobic, counterfactual and politically stupid,’ but not racist Susan Collins raises $2M in second quarter fundraising, surpassing 2014 reelection bid Crucial for Congress to fund life-saving diabetes research The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Trump creates new firestorm with ‘go back’ remarks Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy announces book on gun violence Flake urges Republicans to condemn ‘vile and offensive’ Trump tweets GOP lawmaker calls Trump’s remarks ‘racist’ Rising number of GOP lawmakers criticize Trump remarks about minority Dems Trump defends tweets as ‘not at all’ racist Pelosi announces House resolution to condemn Trump’s ‘xenophobic tweets’ We need a different kind of conversation on immigration CNN seeks Republicans to criticize Trump’s ‘racist comments’ Facebook says it will launch cryptocurrency after regulatory concerns ‘cleared up’ Congress, stop ducking war-declaration authority on Iran Biden’s cancer nonprofit suspends operations Fake passport, cash and diamonds found in Epstein’s home, prosecutors say Watch live: Trump hosts ‘Made in America Product Showcase’ We need equitable computer science education policies to close the gender gap in technology Head of miners union calls Green New Deal’s main goal ‘almost impossible’ Treasury risks dropping the ball on Opportunity Zones accountability Kasich calls on Republicans to condemn ‘deplorable’ Trump tweets CNN’s Camerota clashes with Trump’s immigration head over president’s tweet LA Times editorial board labels Trump ‘Bigot-in-Chief’ Trump complains of ‘fake polls’ after surveys show him trailing multiple Democratic candidates NYT’s Friedman repeatedly says ‘s—hole’ in tirade against Trump on CNN What Democrats should say about guns ACLU says it will ‘sue swiftly’ over Trump administration ending asylum protections Foreign-born lawmaker: Trump’s not going to tell me to ‘go back to my country’ Bank of England putting Alan Turing on new £50 note Amazon warehouse workers strike on Prime Day Elizabeth Warren backs Amazon workers striking on Prime Day GOP lawmaker: Trump’s tweets ‘obviously not racist’ Julián Castro: ‘Everybody knows that the president acts like a white supremacist’ Trump shares Graham quote calling Ocasio-Cortez ‘anti-America’ Appeals court asks DOJ to weigh in on Trump congressional subpoena fight UK sees ‘small window’ to save Iran nuclear deal Hong Kong leader calls protesters in weekend clashes ‘rioters’ Thiel calls for federal investigation of Google The world is taking a stand against China, freedom’s enemy Megan Rapinoe reveals what she’d say to fans who are Trump supporters Jewish group plans DC protest to occupy ICE detention centers Let women entrepreneurs be their own bosses Graham: Trump should focus on policy, not personal attacks Study: Tough gun laws result in fewer kids’ deaths Trump to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants at US-Mexico border On the USMCA, Pelosi can’t take yes for an answer Ocasio-Cortez: Trump comments ‘hallmark language’ of white supremacists Pence aide: Trump’s ‘intent’ wasn’t racist GOP senators ask for federal investigation into social media companies’ decisionmaking The fundamental flaw of ICE raids to deter immigration Founder of Louisiana African American museum found dead in trunk of car China warns it will cut ties with US firms that sell weapons to Taiwan Trump: Tariffs having ‘major effect’ on China’s economy Theresa May calls Trump remarks ‘completely unacceptable’ Former GOP lawmaker: Trump’s tweets have to stop Ex-Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker takes job as president of conservative group, won’t seek office soon Rising: July 15, 2019 Booker prison reform bill would give older prisoners a ‘second look’ Ted Lieu: Trump a ‘racist ass’ Procter & Gamble donates $529K to help close US women’s soccer team pay gap How Congress can expand access to addiction treatment — immediately Booker to unveil plan for older Americans’ long-term health care: report Ross in Trump’s crosshairs after census loss: report Trump’s Iran policy proves the primacy of US power — but to what end? Biden pitches new subsidies, public option in health care plan Majority of Americans opposes DC statehood: poll Trump asks when ‘Radical Left Congresswomen’ will apologize to US The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by JUUL Labs – Trump attack on progressive Dems draws sharp rebuke This week: House Democrats voting to hold Barr, Ross in contempt House Democrats’ campaign arm raises over $29 million in second quarter Judd Gregg: Counting the costs of Democrats’ desires Juan Williams: GOP in a panic over Mueller Advocates frustrated over pace of drug price reform House Democrats seek to move past rifts with minimum wage bill