The Hill Articles: January 12, 2020

January 12
Canadian CEO blasts Trump over downed plane in Iran: ‘I am livid’ Protesters interrupt Buttigieg at Iowa rally Business groups worry they won’t see a phase two Trump-China trade deal Cardi B: ‘I think I want to be a politician’ Trump says he ‘couldn’t care less’ if Iran wants to negotiate Democrats scramble to rein in Trump’s Iran war powers Pelosi: Trump is ‘impeached for life’ White House has reached out to North Korea to resume talks: official The ‘Trump doctrine’ being born Pentagon IDs two soldiers killed in Afghanistan Without Afghanistan, Pakistan and the US need a new basis for relationship Interior planning to halt use of drones over concerns about Chinese tech: report Local New Hampshire SEIU branch bucks national union to endorse Sanders Texas’s largest newspapers blast governor for rejecting refugees under Trump order Changes to CMS information website on nursing homes could lead to consumer confusion UK defense chief: Thought of US isolationism ‘keeps me awake at night’ Trump hits Senate for giving impeachment ‘credibility’ by holding trial Bannon says Trump should delay State of the Union until after impeachment trial Warren: ‘Disappointed’ to hear Sanders urging volunteers ‘to trash me’ Stepping back from the brink — and what’s next — in Iran Sanders fires back at Trump: Polling surge ‘means you’re going to lose’ Trump: ‘Crazy Bernie Sanders’ looking ‘very good’ against 2020 Democrats Amash: Trump claim about US embassy threats ‘seems to be totally made up’ Barack Obama urges help for Puerto Rico: ‘I hope you’ll support their recovery’ Mnuchin dismisses ‘rumor’ that China’s commitments in phase one of trade deal was changed in translation Putin urges Syria’s Assad to invite Trump for visit Weld says Trump wants reporters to ‘roam free’ in Iran, but not US Defense secretary: Iranians ‘standing up and asserting their rights, their aspirations’ Will we do better in the 2020s than we did in the last decade? 2 Democrats say they voted against war powers resolution ‘because it merely restated existing law’ Canadian officials say nuclear plant warning ‘sent in error’ US, China resuming regular talks to resolve conflicts: report Administration officials defend Trump claims, Soleimani intelligence as senators push back on briefing ‘Trade is Not a Four-Letter Word’: Fred Hochberg shows why bipartisanship is the answer Buttigieg picks up Iowa congressman’s endorsement ahead of caucuses Kerry: Sanders is ‘distorting’ Biden’s record over vote for Iraq war Trump bemoans ‘stigma’ of impeachment Kaine said he was ‘unaware’ of threats to four embassies Is Hollywood sanctimony boring viewers? GOP Senator said the ‘problem’ is with briefers, not Trump Schiff: House Intelligence Committee ‘considering’ Bolton subpoena Sunday shows – Administration officials grilled on Trump’s Iran claims Bennet: ‘Many people would say’ Iraq war support was not Biden’s ‘finest hour’ Only Iranian woman to medal in Olympics defects from country Paul: US ‘drifting away from’ founders’ desire that it be ‘difficult to go to war’ Sanders campaign official: Biden ‘actively courted pro-segregation senators’ to block black students from white schools Esper: Gang of 8 ‘did not think’ further intelligence on Iranian threat should be shared with Congress Has Facebook learned nothing? O’Brien defends ‘exquisite’ intelligence justifying Soleimani killing National security adviser: US embassies not evacuated because ‘we’re not going to cut and run every time somebody threatens us’ Steyer says ‘grassroots organizing’ in Nevada, South Carolina got him on debate stage Congress struggles on rules for cyber warfare with Iran Pelosi on Trump: ‘Every knock from him is a boost’ Democratic senator: Trump told Laura Ingraham more about Soleimani killing than we heard in briefing Pentagon chief says he ‘didn’t see’ intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack four US embassies Pelosi says she has no ‘second thoughts’ on delaying sending articles of impeachment to Senate Biden is the Democrats’ ‘only hope’ to defeat Trump Fox’s Wallace presses O’Brien on contradiction between Trump threat claims, briefing Pelosi: Dismissing impeachment case would be a ‘cover up’ Ex-Obama campaign manager claims Trump would be ‘excited’ to face Sanders Trump tells Iranian leaders: ‘DO NOT KILL YOUR PROTESTERS’ The US needs sustained strategy against Iran Sanders campaign urging volunteers to tell Warren supporters she only appeals to ‘affluent’: report Bloomberg touts appeal to moderate Republicans Iowa voters split on Trump impeachment, poll shows What the ‘economics of violence’ tells us about Soleimani’s death Critics warn Trump’s latest environmental rollback could hit minorities, poor hardest Majority disapproves of the way Trump is handling Iran situation: poll Sanders campaign: ‘Appalling’ that Biden ‘refuses to admit he was dead wrong on the Iraq War’ Supreme Court to tackle corruption questions in Bridgegate case The Memo: Four Democrats race for Iowa prize Trump wants To ‘deescalate,’ but will his supporters let him? McCarthy: War powers resolution has ‘no power whatsoever’ Five lingering questions as impeachment heads to Senate