The Hill Articles: June 27, 2019

Biden falters in Democratic debate Biden: Gun manufacturers, ‘not the NRA,’ are the ‘enemy’ Buttigieg: We don’t know what allies Trump ‘will have pissed off worst’ Swalwell presses Buttigieg on police-involved South Bend shooting: ‘You’re the mayor, you should fire the chief’ Harris spikes in Google search after Biden confrontation Trump campaign manager gloats after Biden-Harris exchange during Democrats’ debate Biden defends Obama’s climate record Bernie Sanders says he would move to ‘rotate’ Supreme Court justices if elected Dem candidates rip Trump on China ahead of crucial trade summit Buttigieg addresses South Bend police shooting in debate All candidates raise hands on giving health care to undocumented immigrants Harris attacks Biden’s record on civil rights in debate Delaney mocks Democrats at second debate: ‘These people are terrible at interrupting’ Trump slams Democrats over health care for undocumented immigrants Trump comments on Democratic debates during G-20 meeting with Merkel Buttigieg: Republicans have ‘lost all claim to ever use religious language’ over family separations #PassTheTorch trends after Swalwell swipes at Biden during Democratic debate Biden vows to oppose any Democrat or Republican who wants to dismantle ObamaCare Harris admonishes opponents: Voters don’t want ‘a food fight’ Democrats whack Trump in second debate Sanders, Harris only Dem debaters to favor eliminating private health insurance Swalwell urges Biden to ‘pass the torch’ to younger generation Buttigieg opens second night of Democratic debate with first answer in Spanish Taxes take center stage in first questions at presidential debate Michael Bennet taken by surprise with debate question: ‘Was that directed to me?’ Yang raises eyebrows with tie-less debate look Officer on trip with Brazil President Bolsonaro to G-20 summit caught with 86 pounds of cocaine Pennsylvania lawmakers approve bill to turn snow days into work-from-home days for students Klobuchar campaign promotes merchandise mocking Trump Sharon Osbourne rips Trump over ‘unauthorized use’ of ‘Crazy Train’ song to mock NBC, MSNBC on Twitter Grassley tells Trump to avoid personal attacks: ‘If somebody is stupid bite your lip’ Biden signs pledge against fossil fuel donations ahead of first debate Overnight Health Care — Sponsored by Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids — What to watch for in tonight’s debate | Warren uses debate stage to embrace ‘Medicare for All’ | Gottlieb elected to Pfizer board | Democrats investigate Trump Medicaid changes Progressives, centrists in open warfare after House caves on Trump border bill Hawaii adds nonbinary gender option to driver’s licenses Senate confirms commander of new Space Command Minneapolis suburb drops Pledge of Allegiance from meetings to be ‘more inclusive’ Man charged with criminal contempt, stalking after visiting Ocasio-Cortez’s office multiple times GOP senator threatens to change banks after Bank of America cuts ties with detention centers Overnight Defense: Senate passes $750B defense bill | Iran vote left for Friday | Democratic candidates talk Iran, Afghanistan at first debate | Congress moves toward tougher North Korea sanctions Warren, Booker, Castro see favorability jump after first Democratic debate: poll Senate set to vote on Trump’s power to attack Iran Live coverage: 2020 candidates face off in second night of Democratic debates Congressional Hispanic Caucus condemns migrants’ suffering at the border: ‘We see our children and grandchildren’ Arkansas sued over 18-week abortion ban Young Turks founder: ‘I actually really respect John Delaney’ Putin praises Trump as ‘talented,’ says liberalism has ‘become obsolete’ On The Money: House sends Trump border aid bill after Pelosi caves | McConnell dismisses one-year stopgap floated by White House | Mnuchin pushing Trump to put Secret Service under Treasury control Hillicon Valley: Twitter to tag Trump tweets that break its rules | Maker of police bodycams won’t use facial recognition tech | Google sued over medical data sharing | FDA issues cyber warning for company’s insulin pumps Analysis: Black homebuyers more than twice as likely as whites to be denied mortgages McConnell relishes role as 2020 debate villain Booker has second-best fundraising day after Democratic debate States removed 17 million from voter rolls in past two years, federal report finds Want to cut the prison population? Start by tackling probation reform Bipartisan bill would improve reporting of hate crimes Photo of mother bird feeding chick a cigarette butt used to spotlight litter Overnight Energy: Democratic debate takes heat for watered-down climate questions | Senate votes to force military, EPA to deal with ‘forever chemicals’ | Renewable energy production surpasses coal in US Swalwell: I won’t be ‘butchering Spanish’ during Democratic debate De Blasio apologizes for quoting Che Guevara in Miami Longtime designer Jony Ive leaving Apple House sends Trump border aid bill after Pelosi caves to pressure from moderates Inslee defends comments calling Trump ‘biggest threat’ to US security Democratic senator knocks NBC over debate’s lack of climate-related questions Democrats speak Spanish in risky bid to court Latino voters Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb joins Pfizer board Matt Gaetz says he will press charges against woman who threw drink at him O’Rourke urges voters to ‘reclaim this country’ from Trump during migrant center visit House passes sweeping Democrat-backed election security bill Trash, poop and potholes — parks need funding FDA warns of dangerous cyber vulnerabilities on Medtronic insulin pumps Serena Williams gets her own Wheaties box for the first time in career House holds moment of silence for drowned migrant father and daughter NASA announces lander mission to Saturn’s moon Titan House Democrats launch investigation into Trump administration’s Medicaid changes How can political leaders engage voters? Booker ‘disappointed’ debate didn’t discuss marijuana legalization Rapinoe reaffirms she won’t visit White House: ‘I stand by the comments that I made’ Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Hell no’ should House Democrats approve Senate-passed border bill Responding to Iran’s asymmetric threat McConnell dismisses one-year stopgap bill floated by White House Progressive Democrat after border defeat: Since when did Problem Solvers become ‘the Child Abuse Caucus’ Dalai Lama talks Trump, says European migrants should return to ‘their own land’ McConnell pledges to work with Democratic president on Supreme Court vacancy Warren uses debate stage to embrace ‘Medicare for All’ German chancellor seen shaking in public for second time Trump campaign official: Democratic debate a ‘two-hour infomercial’ for president’s reelection What’s Putin up to in the Arctic? USC gynecologist charged with sexually assaulting students 15.3M tune in to NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo combined for first debate Graham jokes after Democratic debate: Third term for Trump ‘looking better and better’ Congress moves toward stricter North Korea sanctions Leading police bodycam manufacturer bans facial recognition technology Senate vote requires military, EPA to deal with harmful ‘forever chemicals’ House Democrats cave, will take up Senate border bill Women’s reproductive rights are central to economic empowerment Senate passes $750B defense bill, leaving Iran vote for Friday Manafort pleads not guilty to state fraud charges in New York Holder rips Walker over Wisconsin gerrymandering Poll: 42 percent believe speaking Spanish during the debates is ‘pandering’ Making a BIG leap to improve school safety Hong Kong protesters have but one demand: The rule of law Study: Only 9 percent of House offices advertise paid internships Top Democrat urges Pelosi to take Senate border bill Trump approval at 45 percent, disapproval at 55 percent in poll NYPD substantiated zero incidents of biased policing in five years: report It is time to confront fiscal failure Kim Kardashian West accused of cultural appropriation for new shapewear line called ‘Kimono’ Mnuchin pushing Trump to put Secret Service under Treasury control: report Elena Kagan issues scathing dissent knocking ‘tragically wrong’ gerrymandering decision Trump wants delay on census in wake of Supreme Court ruling Moderate Democrats threaten to block liberal-backed border bill Trump to push for delay on census in wake of Supreme Court ruling Nearly half of Americans believe fact-checkers favor one side: Pew Ex-USC soccer coach pleads guilty in admissions scheme Delaney swipes at Warren: She ‘outsourced health care to someone who isn’t even a Democrat’ Democratic debate takes heat for watered-down climate questions Renewable energy production surpasses coal in US for first time Trump campaign official: Debate showed Democrats don’t ‘represent working Americans’ Justice Gorsuch channels his inner-Scalia, and that’s good for criminal defendants Pelosi says it’s up to GOP to address sexual assault allegation against Trump Tillerson told lawmakers Kushner didn’t alert him to Saudi meeting Holder: Supreme Court gerrymandering decision ‘tears at the fabric of our democracy’ Oversight Democrats seek answers on potential HHS/Gilead deal Today is HIV testing day — overcoming stigma to prevent new infections The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Sights and sounds from Democrats’ first debate night What America’s Thinking: June 27, 2019 Ocasio-Cortez pokes Democrats for ‘humorous’ use of Spanish in debate 10 years after the coup in Honduras, the US must reevaluate its policy GOP sen: Democrats talking about ‘Medicare for All’ shows they’re unhappy with ObamaCare Ford to cut 12,000 jobs in Europe by end of 2020 House Republicans line up on floor to call for unanimous consent on Senate border bill Pelosi becomes visibly emotional over photo of dead migrant father and daughter Twitter to tag, but not remove, world leaders’ tweets that break its rules Cuts to recreation violate detained immigrant children’s human rights Google, University of Chicago hospital accused of violating patients’ privacy Mark Morgan named new acting chief of Customs and Border Protection 5 key questions ahead of Thursday’s Democratic debate 2020 Democrats celebrate Supreme Court citizenship question decision Dallas approves rainbow crosswalks in historic LGBT neighborhood CNN’s Van Jones on O’Rourke after debate: ‘I think he’s done’ House Democrats plan showdown with Senate over border aid Top Democrat praises Trump’s plan requiring drugmakers to list prices in TV ads Democratic lawmaker pushes back on Castro’s call to repeal law making illegal border crossings a crime Teamsters president: Many issues affecting working class ‘untouched’ in first debate Landmark Supreme Court decision revives property rights Booker says he ‘hit a solid double’ at first debate De Blasio calls Florida migrant shelter ‘a prison camp’ White House calls on House to pass Senate’s border funding bill First Democratic debate draws estimated 10M viewers for NBC, early results show US-China dispute: It’s not just about trade, and it won’t be easy to resolve New York police union blasts de Blasio’s comments on cops in debate The Fed is set to inoculate the economy Target giving teachers 15 percent off on classroom supplies for back-to-school shopping Schwarzenegger responds to SCOTUS ruling on gerrymandering: ‘We will continue to fight’ McConnell on Democratic attacks: ‘I love it’ O’Rourke to headline OZY Fest in New York McConnell on Democratic criticism: ‘I plead guilty’ Political interference at DOJ threatens the rule of law, and Congress needs to act Supreme Court rules against Trump on census citizenship question More than $200K in taxpayer money spent at Trump hotel for Secret Service in his first year: report What didn’t happen: Warren’s DNA, Booker’s biceps, Trump Panel: What to expect tonight O’Rourke: The Clash’s ‘Clampdown’ echoes what’s going on under ‘fascist’ Trump administration Ocasio-Cortez criticizes climate change questions in Democratic debate The Future of Medicare: Rep. Jan Schakowsky Special counsel member accused of anti-Trump rhetoric Trump campaign’s take on debate with Marc Lotter Pentagon IDs soldiers killed in Afghanistan Multiemployer pension bailout plan is fatally flawed Krystal Ball in Miami with inside scoop on last night’s debate Post debate takeaways, immigration extremism Meghan McCain praises Tulsi Gabbard’s debate performance Pelosi calls on Senate, White House to confer with House Democrats on border bill McConnell: Senate will not pass revised House border bill California governor moves to close racetrack after 30 horses die in six months Female candidates on average spoke more than men in first Democratic debate: report Trump, we live in a democracy  Supreme Court finds that courts can’t rule on partisan gerrymandering cases Eric Garner’s daughter’s Twitter account ‘noted and appreciated’ Castro saying names of those killed by police Trump should drain the G-20 swamp Missouri mayor resigns after Facebook attacks Duolingo offers to help Marianne Williamson learn Spanish for debate Two women discuss being told by E. Jean Carroll about alleged Trump assault No 2020 candidates websites are fully accessible to the blind: review Democrats’ debate: a calmer, gentler move to the left O’Rourke gives himself an A for debate performance France’s Macron says he’ll ask Trump to suspend some Iran sanctions Trump: ‘We’ve been very good to our allies’ Dalai Lama: Trump has ‘lack of moral principle’ Warren the reformer v. Sanders the revolutionary Over 120 million Americans voted in 2018, election agency survey finds Trump seeking to scale back deportation protections for military spouses: report Attorneys call for Trump administration to be held in contempt over border conditions Castro: ‘Clearly, I had a great night’ The Senate should stand up for all Americans and advance the Equality Act North Korea: South must stop trying to mediate nuclear deadlock with US O’Rourke says he doesn’t support a 70 percent tax rate in post-debate interview How much damage are smart phones, computers and tablets doing to our bodies? Rising: June 27, 2019 Gabbard is most searched on Google after Democratic debate New York automatic voter registration law can’t go into effect due to typo: report Drudge instant poll shows Gabbard winning first Democratic debate in landslide Why haven’t more teachers left the union after Janus? China to demand Trump remove Huawei ban, punitive tariffs to settle trade war: report MSNBC’s Deutsch: ‘Don’t see anyone’ at first Democratic debate who would beat Trump As Trump touts stocks, bonds send an ominous message Booker explains viral side-eye look at O’Rourke during Spanish-speaking moment Trump knocks NBC, MSNBC on debate glitch: ‘Truly unprofessional’ The fatal flaw in the Israeli-Palestinian peace plan The Hill’s Morning Report – Warren cements front-runner status in first Dem debate Democrats plot strategy to win back Senate Drugmaker challenges FDA on animal testing Trump’s health care pitch to focus on lowering costs Trump, Congress set for new showdown on Saudi Arabia Democrats crush GOP to win annual baseball game 2020 Democrats hold back on hitting Biden during first presidential debate