The Hill Articles: February 16, 2020

Nevada lieutenant governor endorses Biden ahead of caucuses California moves to allow voters to switch party registration on Election Day Sanders hits Bloomberg for trying ‘to buy the presidency’ Trump attends Stephen Miller’s wedding at Trump International Hotel NASCAR postpones Daytona 500 due to rain after Trump visit Trump speaks with Turkey’s Erdogan amid growing tensions in Syria Ted Cruz takes aim at Alabama vasectomy bill: ‘Yikes’ Senate braces for fight over impeachment whistleblower testimony Worried about Coronavirus? Tell Trump to reverse cuts to critical US agencies Trump’s Germany envoy warns countries against using ‘untrustworthy’ 5G vendors amid Huawei tensions Trump greeted with applause, cheers from NASCAR fans upon arrival at Daytona 500 Sanders interrupted by anti-dairy industry protesters during Nevada rally ‘Medicare for All’ will turn into health care for none Trump wanted CIA to kill bin Laden’s son over other high-priority targets: report Judge in Roger Stone case orders Tuesday phone hearing NASCAR star Hailie Deegan poses with Trump at Daytona 500 Consensus forming for ambitious climate goal: Net zero pollution Klobuchar, Steyer unable to name Mexico’s president in pointed interview Trump administration eyes proposal to block jet engine sales to China: report Veterans should be involved in appropriation of VA funds and decision-making Trump takes track to open Daytona 500 Brazile ‘extremely dismayed’ by Bloomberg record NBA commissioner says games in China still possible this year Democrats redefine center as theirs collapses Near-record flooding expected in Mississippi Massachusetts Democrats question deployment of Border Patrol teams to sanctuary cities Speculation swirls around whether Bloomberg will make Las Vegas debate stage Pelosi: ‘I’m not counting Joe Biden out’ Conway: Reported sexist Bloomberg remarks ‘far worse’ than what Trump said on ‘Access Hollywood’ tape Bloomberg compared civil libertarians, teachers union to NRA ‘extremists’ in 2013: report Candidates make electability arguments, talk Bloomberg as focus turns to more diverse states The CFPB’s economic army to promote consumer welfare Buttigieg: Bloomberg will have to answer for reported sexist remarks Rouhani: War with Iran would ‘ruin’ Trump’s reelection chances 1 person killed in Connecticut nightclub shooting Rockets hit near US Embassy in Baghdad: report 70 more people diagnosed with coronavirus on quarantined cruise ship in Japan The ‘Palmetto Promise’: South Carolina will decide the race Klobuchar calls on Barr to testify in front of Senate after department rejects recommended Roger Stone sentencing Sunday shows – Spotlight shines on Bloomberg, stop and frisk GOP senator on Trump’s Roger Stone tweet: ‘Just because you can sing … doesn’t mean you should sing’ Biden: ‘Last time we ran’ African American votes were ‘basically taken for granted’ NIH official says coronavirus ‘on the verge’ of becoming global pandemic unless containment becomes ‘more successful’ Klobuchar: Bloomberg shouldn’t be able to ‘hide behind airwaves and huge ad buys’ Toward ‘Super Tuesday’ — momentum, money and delegates Short defends Trump’s tweets as a ‘very effective way’ to communicate with Americans Over 1,100 ex-Justice Dept officials call on Barr to resign for doing Trump’s ‘bidding’ Steyer says he expects better results in Nevada, South Carolina because of his ‘inclusive’ message It’s not too late for Lebanon: A view from the ground Democrats fear rule of law crumbling under Trump Buttigieg defends big-dollar fundraisers: ‘I am following’ same practices as Obama Clyburn on Steyer’s surge in South Carolina: ‘He has money, he has been spending it’ Democrats’ choice: Unite or go down to defeat Klobuchar says she raised $12M since New Hampshire debate Buttigieg: Electability argument will sway voters of color because ‘we dare not get this wrong’ Buttigieg says he’s not going to take ‘lectures on family values’ from Limbaugh Klobuchar on lack of minority support: ‘I need people to get to know me’ Conway: Trump is ‘toying with everybody’ by attacking Bloomberg for stop-and-frisk comments Texas oilman and former GOP gubernatorial candidate Clayton Williams dies at 88 Allies show US the price of reducing common defense funding Biden predicts media will focus on Bloomberg policies ‘relative to the African-American community’ Harry Reid: ‘People should not be counting Joe Biden out of the race yet’ Biden says he has to do ‘really well’ in South Carolina Biden targets Sanders’s gun votes in remarks near Las Vegas mass shooting A militant group you may not know kills hundreds of Christians every year First coronavirus death reported in Taiwan New coronavirus cases fall in China Sanders goes after Bloomberg: He won’t create ‘energy’ needed to beat Trump Former colleague Brit Hume on Sam Donaldson’s Bloomberg endorsement: ‘Never thought I’d see this’ Giuliani hits Bloomberg on stop-and-frisk: He’s ‘turned on the program’ Trump seeks split-screen moments in early primary states