Tipsheet: Disaster aid becomes hostage to funding fight

View in your browser     Disaster aid becomes hostage to funding fight By Katie Bo Williams   A massive disaster aid package is getting caught up in a broader political fight on Capitol Hill over spending, immigration and other contentious issues. The stalled relief money may wind up in the next round of government funding, as the issue is quickly being overtaken by a race to prevent a shutdown and automatic across-the-board spending cuts.   Read the full story here     Trump strikes back at 'Fire and Fury' allegations from Camp David By Jordan Fabian THURMONT, Md. — President Trump on Saturday launched a defense of his fitness for office, striking back against a new book that portrays him as a man who is ill-equipped to handle the presidency.  Listen to The Hill's podcast here     The Memo: Trump can turn page on book storm By Niall Stanage For all the fire and the fury ignited in Washington this week by Michael Wolff’s book of the same name, the political landscape has been little changed. Read the full story here     ‘Fire and Fury’ author predicts his book will help end Trump’s presidency By Alicia Cohn Michael Wolff, the author of a controversial new book about President Trump’s White House, said Saturday that his book is creating “the perception and the understanding that will finally end ... this presidency.” Read the full story here       Sessions under fire from all sides By Alexander Bolton Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s job security is in question after taking withering fire from fellow Republicans this week, including from two prominent House conservatives who called on him to resign. Read the full story here     Trump on North Korea: 'I'd like to see them getting involved in the Olympics' By Julia Manchester President Trump on Saturday said that he would like to see North Korea get involved in the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea. Read the full story here     Trump reiterates 'Mexico will pay for the wall' after $18B request to Congress By Jacqueline Thomsen President Trump said Saturday that Mexico will pay for his proposed wall on the U.S.–Mexico border, one day after it was reported that he will ask Congress for $18 billion to fund the wall. Read the full story here     House GOP intensifies assault on Mueller probe By Katie Bo Williams House Republicans are intensifying a multipronged assault to chip away at special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. election. Read the full story here     Papadopoulos's fiancée says she interviewed with Mueller's team By John Bowden The fiancée of a former Trump campaign aide who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI last year revealed in a new interview that she spoke with investigators on Robert Mueller's special counsel team. Read the full story here     More than $100K raised for Moore accuser whose home was destroyed in suspicious fire By Avery Anapol In less than 24 hours, more than $120,000 was raised in a GoFundMe for the Roy Moore accuser whose house burned down in a suspicious fire. Read the full story here     Iranian protests give America chance to advance freedom By Frederick Kagan OPINION | The protests in Iran are dying down, but the opportunity they created to advance America’s interests in the region remains.  Read the full story here     Massive Intel software vulnerability is a reminder to always protect sensitive data By George Avetisov OPINION | The one way to deliver trust across our connected world is to put privileged data, and access to it, back in the hands of those to whom it belongs. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump washes his hands of insurgency against GOP incumbents By Jill Colvin President Donald Trump says he’s done campaigning for insurgents challenging incumbent Republican members of Congress. Read the full story here     Reuters: Trump, meeting with Republican leaders, says welfare reform may have to wait By James Oliphant   U.S. President Donald Trump and Republican congressional leaders said after talks on Saturday that they would make an election-year push this year for an immigration overhaul and infrastructure spending but that welfare reform may have to wait for later. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Trump’s extraordinary tweetstorms mark an unsettling start to 2018 By Dan Balz In a White House marked by a string of high-level comings and goings, there remains but one constant. That is the disorder at the center, perpetrated by a president who continues to break the norms of his office. It’s why this year could eclipse 2017 for political turbulence. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: SEC looks into Kushner Cos. over use of EB-5 program for immigrant investors By Erica Orden   Probe is being conducted in collaboration with Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office, which issued similar subpoena. Read the full story here     The New York Times: How North Korea’s nuclear pace caught the US off guard By David E. Sanger and William J. Broad For decades, American intelligence officials warned the North was making progress on a missile that could reach the United States. But the last breakthroughs happened much faster than they expected. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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