Tipsheet: Five lessons for 2020 from the 2018 exit polls

View in your browser     The Memo: Five lessons for 2020 from the 2018 exit polls BY NIALL STANAGE   The exit polls from the midterm elections are telling important stories, even as the final races are still being tallied. As attention begins to focus on the 2020 election cycle and President Trump’s reelection hopes, here are five key points. Read the full story here     Sinema widens lead over McSally in Arizona Senate race BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO Rep. Kyrsten Sinema (D) widened her lead over Rep. Martha McSally (R) in the heated Arizona Senate race after a new round of ballots were tallied in the Democrat's favor late Friday.  Read the full story here     Florida prepares for bitter legal fight over votes BY MAX GREENWOOD Democrats and Republicans are bracing for a bitter legal fight over vote tallies in Florida that have thrown the state’s hotly contested Senate race into chaos and made a recount a virtual inevitability. Read the full story here     Trump knocks Macron in tweet moments after landing in Paris BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO President Trump called out French President Emmanuel Macron in a tweet on Friday moments after landing in Paris for a weekend trip. Read the full story here       Flake: Whitaker shouldn't oversee Mueller probe BY JORDAIN CARNEY GOP Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.) said Friday that he does not believe Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, or any non-Senate confirmed official, should have oversight of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation.  Read the full story here     Trump defends choice for acting AG, but also says he doesn't know him BY JORDAN FABIAN President Trump said Friday he has not spoken to acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker about the Russia investigation, which Whitaker has criticized but now oversees.  Read the full story here     Groups sue Trump over order blocking asylum claims BY LYDIA WHEELER Civil rights groups are suing the Trump administration over its order blocking certain immigrants from claiming asylum. Trump on Friday signed a directive blocking certain immigrants from claiming asylum. Read the full story here     US to stop refueling Saudi planes in Yemen BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO The Trump administration has halted its inflight refueling support for Saudi-led coalition aircraft engaged in Yemen, U.S. and Saudi officials announced Friday. The refueling was among the most tangible and controversial aspects of U.S. support for the kingdom in its three-year war. Read the full story here     How Republicans who voted against ObamaCare repeal fared in midterms BY PETER SULLIVAN Twenty House Republicans broke with their party last year and voted against the GOP bill to repeal and replace ObamaCare, a measure that Democrats used to hammer vulnerable Republicans in the campaign this year. Read the full story here     Palm Beach judge orders elections official to turn over ballots in legal win for Scott BY MAX GREENWOOD A judge in Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday ordered the county's top elections official to turn over to the county canvassing board a trove of ballots deemed faulty by local officials, delivering a key legal victory to Gov. Rick Scott's (R) Senate campaign. Read the full story here     Is Emmanuel Macron the one to restore the liberal world order? BY KYLE EVANOFF OPINION | The better part of a century ago, the promise of peace proved fleeting, as “never again” gave way to the dissolution of order and the return of war. Paris will soon play host to another historic gathering. With the world again at a crossroads, peace cannot afford to fail. Read the full story here     With Matthew Whitaker playing Roy Cohn, DOJ could be Trump’s personal law firm BY GREGORY J. WALLANCE  OPINION | If President Trump tries to shut down the Mueller investigation, vet judges based on religious beliefs, and politically weaponize the DOJ, then Democrats should use every tool at their disposal to stop him. It would mean a huge brawl just when the country needs healing and unity. Even so, stopping the politicization of the DOJ is very much worth a fight.  Read the full story here     The Washington Post: A massacre and then raging fires: Thousand Oaks grapples with ‘nonstop chaos’ By Katie Mettler and Katie Zezima In a 24-hour span, Sgt. Eric Buschow worked two tragedies and slept no more than two hours. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Matthew Whitaker: An Attack Dog With Ambition Beyond Protecting Trump By Adam Goldman, Michael D. Shear and Mitch Smith President Trump first noticed Matthew G. Whitaker on CNN in the summer of 2017 and liked what he saw — a partisan defender who insisted there was no collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign. Read the full story here     CNN: Trump, Macron gloss over differences in France after rough start By Kevin Liptak   US President Donald Trump began his 48-hour visit to Paris on Saturday meeting with his host, French President Emmanuel Macron, a onetime friend who he chided on Twitter within minutes of landing in the French capital. Read the full story here     NBC News: The Trump admin thinks U.S. pressure could sink Iran's regime, but allies have doubts By Dan De Luce, Robert Windrem and Abigail Williams   Senior officials in the Trump administration are convinced the Iranian regime is vulnerable to collapse and that tough U.S. economic sanctions could hasten its demise, foreign diplomats and former U.S. officials told NBC News. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Civilian death toll in Yemen mounting despite US assurances By Lee Keath Airstrikes by Saudi Arabia and its allies in Yemen are on a pace to kill more civilians than last year, according to a database tracking violence in the country, despite the United States’ repeated claims that the coalition is taking precautions to prevent such bloodshed. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet     You might like         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.