The Hill Articles: May 11, 2019

May 11
44 states accuse drug companies of price-fixing Booker backpedals after comparing Warren’s Facebook proposal to Trump Leaked documents show more than $500,000 in alleged spending by NRA CEO Guaidó asks for ‘direct communication’ with U.S. military Evan Rachel Wood suggests men get ‘mandatory vasectomies’ in response to anti-abortion laws Warren, Nadler introduce bill to allow student loan borrowers bankruptcy relief 111-year-old woman gets free tickets to see Michelle Obama book tour Booker: ‘Thoughts and prayers’ after gun violence are ‘bullshit’ Co-founder’s call to break up Facebook energizes its critics Acting Pentagon chief: military is ‘not going to leave until the border is secure’ Mike Pence tells Liberty University graduates to prepare to be ‘shunned,’ ‘ridiculed’ for being a Christian Gates: ‘Real risk’ Taliban can retake Afghanistan if US troops withdrawn Harvard says law professor representing Weinstein won’t return as faculty dean Number of college-educated Mexican immigrants in US has risen: study Community will is critical when government fails to meet health needs Alyssa Milano endorses ‘sex strike’ to protest anti-abortion laws Jordan Peele, J.J. Abrams will donate proceeds of show filmed in Georgia to fighting its anti-abortion law Georgia gov issues first slate of vetoes, rejecting high-profile education bills Trump’s ‘four corners’ offense an effective strategy for 2020 Health industry to clash over surprise medical bills Trump: Voters in 2016 ‘didn’t care’ I withheld tax returns 187 countries sign plastic waste agreement Suspect charged in 8 Tennessee homicides Facebook responds to co-founder in NYT op-ed: Breakup won’t solve problems Trump administration makes a mockery of asylum system Arizona governor signs bill lifting ban on nunchucks Revisiting small loans rules crucial to maintaining access to credit for vulnerable consumers Trump Jr. subpoena spotlights GOP split over Russia probes Sanders to join Ocasio-Cortez in headlining Green New Deal rally Monday Congress must act against extremist social media content — before extremists strike again Trump seeks to limit judges’ powers on injunctions after legal blows Not ‘if’ but ‘when’ is the next Deepwater Horizon spill? Michael Bennet a welcome addition to the 2020 Democratic field Prospective 2020 Dem Steve Bullock teases ‘big announcement’ in new video Kim Kardashian is the hero that criminal justice reform needs Authorities using aircraft to relocate migrants due to overcrowding at US-Mexico border: report Tucker Carlson says Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez are ‘indisputably right’ on Loan Shark Prevention Act O’Rourke says he won’t unconditionally back Democrats Impeachment or investigation? Democrats send mixed signals Bill Maher: Dems look weak in fight with Trump Mad Magazine trolls Buttigieg for not knowing Alfred E. Neuman Patient health information needs to be readily accessible Buttigieg responds to Trump insult: ‘I had to Google that’ Three things you didn’t know about elections Down Under Pennsylvania college bans fraternities, sororities after allegations of racist, homophobic and misogynistic behavior Unlike China’s Xi, Trump is not president for life Retired Justice Stevens: Trump ‘exercising powers that do not really belong to him’ Modernizing citizen feedback makes for a more united nation Trump: It would be ‘appropriate’ for me to talk to DOJ about investigating Biden Fix air travel in America: Adjust the passenger facility charge Giuliani cancels trip to Ukraine to press Biden investigation Dem leaders feel squeeze on Trump strategy