The Hill Articles: September 15, 2019

Lottery no-bid contract roils Rhode Island politics Trump: US ‘locked and loaded’ following Saudi attacks Oil surges after attacks disrupt Saudi supplies Trump urges General Motors to reach deal with union as strike looms Trump denies reports he’s willing to meet with Iran with ‘no conditions’ Police charge suspect over fire at Minnesota synagogue Trump tariffs put 2020 Democrats in a bind Trump to meet with India’s Modi in Texas, Australia’s Morrison in Ohio Trump authorizes use of emergency oil reserve after Saudi attacks We must reframe how cerebral palsy is viewed for better health outcomes Sanders campaign overhauls New Hampshire team: report Justice Gorsuch is wrong — ‘originalist’ judges make stuff up too Why are we turning a blind eye to right-wing incitement of violence? 2020 Democrats call for Kavanaugh to be impeached Trump touts Washington Post story on GOP support California state lawmakers pass bill requiring public universities to offer abortion pill on campus Right-wing activist vandalizes EU embassy in Israel Amazon tribal chief nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for effort to protect rainforest I spent a decade addicted to opioids: Here’s why Pete Buttigieg gives me hope Reagan’s boyhood home ‘bleeding money,’ at risk of closing Kobach sent residents’ names to ICE during gubernatorial run: report Schumer, Pelosi push Trump to back universal background check bill Warren: Kavanaugh ‘should be impeached’ just like Trump Turkey confirms delivery of second Russian anti-missile system Sanders rips Biden for praising drug companies at fundraiser Trump team eyes Michigan hotel for G7 summit: report Shifts in tax policy need to address Puerto Rico’s status Rand Paul: Almost every mass shooter ‘is sending off signals’ Booker dismisses early surveys: ‘If you’re polling ahead right now, you should worry’ Pelosi says she’s optimistic on background checks Progressives call for impeachment inquiry after reported Kavanaugh allegations Harris bashes Kavanaugh’s ‘sham’ nomination process, calls for his impeachment after sexual misconduct allegation Celebrating ‘Hispanic Heritage Month’ in the Age of Trump O’Rourke responds to Buttigieg’s gun criticism: ‘That calculation and fear is what got us here in the first place’ Buttigieg: Biden gave ‘bad’ debate answer on slavery’s legacy Let’s not play Charlie Brown to Iran’s Lucy Biden bemoans white supremacy in remarks at civil rights movement site O’Rourke’s debate moment reignites gun debate on Sunday shows Cuomo announces executive action to ban flavored e-cigarettes Tear gas, water cannon fired at firebomb-throwing protesters in Hong Kong Gun control: Campaigning vs. legislating UAW votes to go on strike against GM Cucinelli: Bahamas ‘capable of taking care of their own’ Liz Cheney says world is more stable, ‘safer’ under Trump Sunday shows – Guns dominate after Democratic debate Omar responds to family of 9/11 victim who called her out at anniversary ceremony Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley dance to Lizzo’s ‘Truth Hurts’ in video Booker defends middle-ground health care approach: ‘We’re going to fight to get there’ Mattis dodges toughest question Schiff: Diplomacy with Iran ‘only way out of this situation’ Cruz on reported Kavanaugh allegations: There’s nobody Democrats don’t want to impeach O’Rourke says pushback to his mandatory gun buyback proposal shows Washington’s ‘screwed up priorities’ Klobuchar: Investigation into Kavanaugh ‘a sham’ America’s cyber blind spot Bolton exit provokes questions about Trump shift on Iran Cicilline: O’Rourke’s AR-15 comment ‘doesn’t help’ Yang defends $1,000 giveaway contest’s legality Cicilline on Trump investigations versus legislation: ‘We have to do both’ Buttigieg: Not too late for US to be ‘constructive force’ in Middle East Texas Democratic rep pulls Castro endorsement for Biden Conway: Trump keeping ‘many options on the table’ on Iran retaliation, meeting with Iranian leaders Authorities find body of black transgender woman, Bee Love Slater, burned beyond recognition: report Why populism is back in full force Buttigieg says O’Rourke is playing into GOP hands with comments about mandatory gun buybacks Conway: Mass shootings will not be ‘the excuse for liberals and socialists’ to ‘confiscate’ guns Trump needs a national security adviser who ‘speaks softly’ Sotomayor, Angela Davis formally inducted into National Women’s Hall of Fame Trump: ‘Radical left Democrats’ and ‘LameStream Media’ want to scare Kavanaugh into ‘turning Liberal’ Most in new poll say climate change needs to be addressed now Two senior Taliban leaders killed by Afghan, US fighters University of Tennessee marching band wears shirts with design made by bullied fan UK’s Johnson draws comparison to Hulk, promises Brexit 5 things to know about the heat ‘blobs’ threatening oceans Iran dismisses US claim that it was behind attacks on Saudi oil plants 2020 Democrats raise alarm about China’s intellectual property theft Dershowitz: ‘Too many politicians are being subject to criminal prosecution’ Trump faces dwindling leverage with China How to act against domestic terrorists — and their foreign supporters The 13 Republicans needed to pass gun-control legislation