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View in your browser     Pompeo off to fast start as Trump's top diplomat By Morgan Chalfant       Mike Pompeo has hit the ground running in his first weeks atop the State Department, drawing a stark contrast with his predecessor by taking a decidedly public approach to his role as chief diplomat. Read the full story here     Trump close to wiping out TPS program for immigrants By Rafael Bernal With the end of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for 56,000 Hondurans earlier this month, the nearly 30-year-old immigration program is essentially dead.  Read the full story here     White House grilled over aide's mocking of McCain By Ben Kamisar The White House on Friday said special assistant Kelly Sadler has kept her job amid the controversy over her dismissive remarks about Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who has been battling brain cancer. Read the full story here     Politicians, media explode over White House aide's comments By Max Greenwood A White House aide's dismissive comments about Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) health, made while downplaying McCain's opposition to President Trump's pick to lead the CIA, Gina Haspel, have sparked outrage in Washington. Read the full story here     Stormy Daniels lawyer fires back at Giuliani over 'pimp' jab By John Bowden Michael Avenatti, the attorney representing adult-film star Stormy Daniels in her lawsuit against President Trump, fired back at Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Friday after he referred to Avenatti as a "pimp." Read the full story here     Trump unveils plan to lower drug prices By Peter Sullivan President Trump on Friday outlined his long-awaited plan to lower drug prices, stopping short of a full-scale assault on the pharmaceutical industry while floating several ideas that could give companies heartburn. Read the full story here     Trump picks billionaire military contractor to lead intelligence board By Katie Bo Williams President Trump on Friday announced that Stephen Feinberg, a New York billionaire who owns the giant military contractor DynCorp International, will chair a White House executive board that reviews the effectiveness and legality of foreign intelligence. Read the full story here     Ex-aide: Officials intentionally kept Pruitt meeting with accused Cardinal off his schedule By John Bowden A former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) official claims that top aides to Administrator Scott Pruitt intentionally left the presence of an Australian cardinal under investigation for sexual abuse off official descriptions of a dinner Pruitt attended for fear it would reflect poorly on the EPA chief. Read the full story here     Dem tears into Kelly over immigrant comments: 'He eats the vegetables that they pick' By Morgan Gstalter Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-Ill.) on Friday tore into White House chief of staff John Kelly’s comments about immigrants being poorly educated and unskilled while lauding immigrants who take up agricultural work. Read the full story here     Trump attacks media after reports of Cohen deal with AT&T By Josh Delk President Trump went after the news media on Friday evening for not reporting that his administration was opposed to the AT&T merger with Time Warner, following reports that his personal attorney Michael Cohen was paid by AT&T for consulting. Read the full story here         SPONSORED CONTENT   A message from FICO: With FICO, you know the score. Our decades-long commitment to high standards and proven practices makes FICO® Score the industry’s most trusted credit score. While others move to weaken standards to sell more scores, FICO is helping lenders expand homeownership responsibly while reducing risk in our system. Read more.       Support the moms who support us By former Rep. Mary Bono (R-Calif.) and Maria Contreras-Sweet OPINION | As moms are celebrated across the country this weekend, we hope those showering her with flowers and words of affirmation also think about the challenges she faces and works to overcome every day. With a national paid family leave policy, we could return the love and support for America’s working mothers that they so selflessly and endlessly give us. Read the full story here     Sorry, there’s not going to be any 'blue tidal wave' this fall By Jared Whitley OPINION | Conventional wisdom suggests the party out of power will pick up seats in a midterm election, which does seem reasonable. But keep in mind that the same people predicting disaster assured us two years ago that Trump could never be the nominee, and then could never win the White House. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Trump’s Plan to Cut Drug Prices Leaves Industry Relieved By Louise Radnofsky,  Stephanie Armour and Joseph Walker   President Donald Trump unveiled dozens of initiatives aimed at curbing high drug prices Friday, a raft of modest moves that left the pharmaceutical industry relieved and buoyed their stocks. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Speaking out on torture and a Trump nominee, ailing McCain roils Washington By Mike DeBonis    Sen. John McCain is 2,200 miles from Washington and hasn’t been on Capitol Hill in five months, but he showed this week that he remains a potent force in national politics and a polarizing figure within the Republican Party. Read the full story here     Reuters: Europe moves to safeguard interests in Iran after U.S. pullout By Paul Carrel, Leigh Thomas   Europe’s largest economies lobbied to protect their companies’ investments in Iran on Friday, seeking to keep the nuclear deal with Tehran alive after Washington pulled out and threatened to impose sanctions on European companies. Read the full story here     Bloomberg: How AT&T’s Desperate Hunt for Trump Insight Led to Cohen Fiasco By David McLaughlin  and Scott Moritz   With its future on the line as a media company after the 2016 election, AT&T Inc. turned to the president-elect’s personal lawyer for help, desperate for insight on the incoming administration’s approach to a range of policy issues, particularly its high-stakes takeover of Time Warner Inc. Read the full story here     NBC News: We read every one of the 3,517 Facebook ads bought by Russians. Their dominant strategy: Sowing racial discord Nick Penzenstadler, Brad Heath, Jessica Guynn The Russian company charged with orchestrating a wide-ranging effort to meddle in the 2016 presidential election overwhelmingly focused its barrage of social media advertising on what is arguably America’s rawest political division: race. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet           Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.