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The Hill Articles: January 17, 2020
January 17
National Archives says it altered Trump signs, other messages in Women’s March photo
DOJ releases new tranche of Mueller witness documents
Kansas City radio station signs deal to broadcast Russia state-owned media program
Dems plan marathon prep for Senate trial, wary of Trump trying to ‘game’ the process
Democratic lawmaker dismisses GOP lawsuit threat: ‘Take your letter and shove it’
Senate GOP mulls speeding up Trump impeachment trial
Sanders to headline Iowa event amid impeachment trial
House Democrats release second batch of Parnas materials
American elections need to look like the future population of this country
Trump warns of ‘attack’ on 2nd Amendment ahead of Virginia gun rights rally
Overnight Health Care: Trump reportedly lashed out at health chief over polling | Justices to hear ObamaCare birth control case | Trump rolls back Michelle Obama school lunch rules
10 years later, Americans stand opposed to Citizens United
Ron Reagan says his father ‘would have been embarrassed and ashamed’ of Trump
Lawmaker calls for hearing into MLB cheating scandal
Hillicon Valley: Biden calls for revoking tech legal shield | DHS chief ‘fully expects’ Russia to try to interfere in 2020 | Smaller companies testify against Big Tech ‘monopoly power’
Hill.TV’s Saagar Enjeti rips Sanders over handling of feud with Warren
Former Rep. Chris Collins sentenced to 2 years in prison for insider trading
On The Money — Presented by Wells Fargo — Sanders defends vote against USMCA | China sees weakest growth in 29 years | Warren praises IRS move on student loans
Trump lashes out at health chief over polling: reports
Republicans will pay on Election Day for politicizing Trump’s impeachment
DNC announces new criteria for New Hampshire debate
Trump warns Iran’s supreme leader to be ‘careful with his words’
Warren praises IRS move to expand tax relief for people with discharged student loans
Overnight Defense: Book says Trump called military leaders ‘dopes and babies’ | House reinvites Pompeo for Iran hearing | Dems urge Esper to reject border wall funding request
Relaunching the fight against medical errors
Schwarzenegger says Green New Deal is ‘well intentioned’ but ‘bogus’
Trump chooses high-profile but controversial legal team
Michigan governor urges Zuckerberg to enforce community guidelines after hate speech, threats surface
Overnight Energy: Appeals court tosses kids’ climate suit | California sues Trump over fracking | Oversight finds EPA appointees slow-walked ethics obligations
US airports begin screening passengers for Chinese coronavirus
Bloomberg receives 45-day extension for public financial disclosure report with FEC
Teachers sue Delta over plane’s fuel dump near school playground
Poll: Most Canadian taxpayers don’t want to pay for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s security costs
Pentagon to place new restrictions, monitoring on foreign military students
Hill.TV’s Krystal Ball on Sanders-Warren feud: ‘Don’t play to the pundits, play to voters’
Drinking low-fat milk could slow down aging
These are the most — and least — physically active states and territories in the US
An economic bragging rights referee
Can you freeze to death and be brought back to life?
Fox’s Chris Wallace asks if Trump legal team filled with people who have their own axe to grind
Men discussed opening fire at pro-gun rally in Richmond, say officials
Number of Americans ‘alarmed’ by climate change tripled in last 5 years
Poll: Overwhelming majority say news media making US more politically divided
Appeals court denies Mississippi request to reconsider 15-week abortion ban
Acting DHS secretary says he expects Russia to attempt to interfere in 2020 elections
Kudlow says Trump ‘looking at’ reforming law on bribing foreign officials
Why the chief justice must ensure a fair presidential impeachment trial
What America’s Thinking: January 17, 2020
Supreme Court agrees to hear ‘faithless elector’ cases
Supreme Court to take up Trump appeal in ObamaCare birth control case
House panel reinvites Pompeo to deliver Iran testimony
39 children have died during the 2019-2020 flu season
Congress should investigate the civilian casualties from US strikes
Oversight finds EPA political appointees slow-walked ethics obligations
Pompeo to investigate charges of surveillance against Yovanovitch
Surprising brain scans show what reading and screen time can do to the brain
Kudlow: Impeachment ‘could be an effort’ by Democrats to ‘obfuscate the economic progress’
Trump called top military brass ‘a bunch of dopes and babies’ in 2017: book
Warren calls for Rick Perry’s resignation from pipeline company
New Clean Water Rule needed for environmentally-friendly development
Bloomberg’s congressional endorsers grow to three
Kanye West is sharing the pulpit with anti-LGBTQ+ crusaders this weekend
Baltimore unveils plaques for courthouse to be named after Elijah Cummings
A More Perfect Union?
Smaller companies testify against Big Tech’s ‘monopoly power’
Bloomberg wants all new cars to be electric by 2035
Poll: Sanders holds 5-point lead over Buttigieg in New Hampshire
Appeals court tosses kids’ climate change lawsuit
Trump to roll back Michelle Obama’s school lunch rules on vegetables, fruits
Lara Trump mocks Biden: ‘Let’s get the words out Joe’
Undercover Houston officer shoots black man who says he was asking to wash car
Iran banned from hosting international soccer matches: report
Greta Thunberg warns world leaders ‘haven’t seen anything yet’ ahead of Davos protests
Elon Musk is nearly halfway done with his Las Vegas loop
California sues Trump administration over fracking
Climate ‘religion’ is fueling Australia’s wildfires
Australian PM called for crackdown on environmental protests just as massive fires broke out
Panel: Obama breaks Andrew Yang’s heart
Panel: Bernie Up, Warren down in post debate polls
Advocate Jim Carroll: The best way we’ve seen to address the opioid crisis so far
Bernie’s Iowa State Director gives reality check: Voters don’t care about political gossip
Rep. Ro Khanna: You can’t claim you’re resisting President Trump and hand the Pentagon a blank check
The Hill’s Editor-in-Chief: Will Hunter Biden be called to the stand?
Brazilian cultural official fired after appearing to paraphrase Goebbels
Saagar Enjeti: Screw unity, Bernie Sanders is weak for not attacking Elizabeth Warren
CDC to begin airport screenings for cases of new Chinese virus
Klobuchar on missing campaigning for impeachment: ‘I can do two things at once’
Sanders campaign co-chair calls for progressive unity amid senators’ fallout
Senate Dems urge Esper to oppose shifting Pentagon money to border wall
Why the US needs Russia and China to help change Iran’s behavior
Buttigieg takes dig at Sanders working ‘for years’ in Washington
Microsoft CEO warns economy ‘will fundamentally be in jeopardy’ without sustainability plans
Chef goes from haute cuisine to creating affordable, nutritious school lunches
El Bloombito parody account says Bloomberg reached out with proposal to work together
The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Trump beefs up impeachment defense with Dershowitz, Starr
Krystal Ball: The polls are in, Warren’s ploy backfires spectacularly
Let’s prevent irreparable harm to an irreplaceable wilderness area
Trump welcomes LSU to the White House: ‘Go Tigers’
Krystal and Saagar call out NYT for covering up for Joe Biden
Sanders defends vote against USMCA: ‘Not a single damn mention’ of climate change
How we can keep the world’s largest migrants safe
Bill Kristol on McSally calling CNN reporter a liberal hack: ‘I guess I’m liberal’
Trump drug policy director touts first decline in overdose-related deaths in 30 years
Bloomberg plan would make all new cars electric by 2035
Hong Kong-based airline apologizes for requiring passenger to take pregnancy test before flight
Pompeo says he ‘never heard’ about any efforts to surveil Yovanovitch
Gabbard defeats man in push-up contest at New Hampshire town hall
Equal Rights Amendment will replace equality with enforced sameness
Philadelphia professor accused of spending $185K in federal grants on strip clubs, iTunes
Martin Luther King’s daughter will devote holiday to targeting voter suppression
Monica Lewinksy after Ken Starr joins Trump impeachment team: ‘Are you f—ing kidding me?’
Biden calls for revoking key online legal protection
Lawmakers call for FTC probe into top financial data aggregator
The Hill’s Campaign Report: Sanders, Warren feud rattles Democrats
Trump: Impeachment timing intended to hurt Sanders
Knock the halos off government services
Jared Kushner’s sister-in-law Karlie Kloss says she will vote against Trump in 2020
Ukrainian PM offers to resign after tapes surface of him criticizing country’s president
Border patrol agents deny sick 6-year-old entry to the U.S.: report
CNN analyst says GOP lawmaker ‘mansplained’ to her on-air
170 people ill in possible norovirus outbreak at Yosemite National Park
Texas elementary school teacher charged with inappropriately touching two girls
Russia’s shakeup has implications for Putin, Medvedev and the US
Australia’s fires may release enough carbon to equal the country’s total yearly emissions
Rising: January 17, 2020
Security for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago visits cost local taxpayers $13 million
Have you read the most checked-out books from the New York Public Library?
Trump to add Dershowitz, Ken Starr to impeachment defense team
McSally dismisses calls to apologize to CNN’s Raju for ‘liberal hack’ comment: ‘Called it like it is’
First MLB full-time female coach hired by San Francisco Giants
Florida GOP lawmakers submit late batch of anti-LGBTQ bills just ahead of 2020 deadline
Biden’s new campaign ad features Obama speech praising him
Energizing diplomacy with China
Barack Obama shares birthday message to Michelle: ‘In every scene, you are my star’
Trump lashes out at Bloomberg over ads: ‘Vanity project for him to get into the game’
Judge: Referring to transgender people by chosen pronouns ‘courtesy,’ not law
Flu closes entire school district in Illinois
Bipartisan group of senators introduces legislation to boost state cybersecurity leadership
Improving federal environmental impact assessments
Gun rights group files emergency appeal on weapons ban at Virginia rally
China sees weakest growth in 29 years amid trade war with US
Bring on the brokered convention
Iran supreme leader: Americans are ‘clowns’ who will ‘push poisonous dagger’ into Iranian backs
Building comprehensive Homeland Security efforts
Eminem releases surprise album, recreates Las Vegas shooting in video calling for changes to gun laws
More than 8 in 10 black Americans describe Trump as racist: poll
100 years since Prohibition: Could it happen again?
Biden gains endorsement from Alabama’s lone Democratic House rep
The Hill’s Morning Report — President Trump on trial
GOP threatens to weaponize impeachment witnesses amid standoff
Trump trial poses toughest test yet for Roberts
Biden could be winner in Warren-Sanders fight