News Alert: Trump takes new tack to weaken ObamaCare

View in your browser     Trump takes new tack to weaken ObamaCare The Trump administration is turning to regulations as their last, best hope of chipping away at ObamaCare in 2018, with congressional Republicans unlikely to pass full repeal. A proposed rule released Thursday targeting the health law is likely the first step in a new effort to undermine the law. And advocates for the health law worry that another forthcoming rule could cause even more damage. Read the full story here           Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for News Alerts     Forward News Alerts     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.

News Alert: Rush to defend Trump from book’s claims creates more debate

View in your browser     Rush to defend Trump from book’s claims creates more debate Trump administration officials on Sunday were playing defense for their boss against shocking allegations reported in a new book detailing the first year of Trump’s presidency. Multiple individuals close to President Trump hit the Sunday show circuit, including two Cabinet officials, but White House policy advisor Stephen Miller became the talk of the morning after Jake Tapper abruptly cut off a contentious interview with the Trump aide during CNN’s “State of the Union.” Read the full story here           Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for News Alerts     Forward News Alerts     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.

Sunday shows - CNN's Jake Tapper cuts off Trump aide Stephen Miller after heated interview

View in your browser     Tapper cuts off Trump aide Stephen Miller after heated interview By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   “I think I’ve wasted enough of my viewers’ time. Thank you, Stephen,” Tapper added as he ended the interview. Read the full story here     Miller rips Wolff book as ‘grotesque work of fiction’ By MALLORY SHELBOURNE    White House senior adviser Stephen Miller on Sunday slammed a new book about President Trump and his administration, calling it a “grotesque work of fiction” and a “pile of trash.” Read the full story here     Wolff: Concept of 25th Amendment 'alive every day' in Trump's White House By MALLORY SHELBOURNE    “This is alarming in every way,” the author said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Read the full story here     Wolff: I have no politics when it comes to Trump By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   “I tried to be inobtrusive. So I tried not to have anyone quite notice me,” the author said. Read the full story here     Haley: 'No one questions the stability of the president' By OLIVIA BEAVERS    "These people love their country and respect our president. I've never seen or heard the type of toxic language that they are talking about,” she said. Read the full story here     CIA director pushes back on claim in Wolff book: Trump reads By JULIA MANCHESTER    CIA Director Mike Pompeo pushed back Sunday on a claim that President Trump does not read, calling the assertions made in author Michael Wolff's explosive new book on the White House "absurd."  Read the full story here     Republican senator slams Wolff's 'looseness with the truth' in new Trump book By OLIVIA BEAVERS    "This is a book by a New York gossip columnist who has been known to fabricate stories, who says in his own preface that looseness with the truth is an elemental thread of the book," Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said. Read the full story here     Top Dem: 'We have a seriously flawed human being in the Oval Office' By MALLORY SHELBOURNE    “Will those flaws be allowed to permeate the whole of government?” Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) asked. Read the full story here     Sanders: Trump rhetoric 'so offensive' By OLIVIA BEAVERS    “What bothers me about this president is not so much what he says, although he is so offensive," Sanders said on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”  Read the full story here     Bharara: I believe Trump 'doesn't listen to his lawyers' By OLIVIA BEAVERS    Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara on Sunday said President Trump appears to ignore the advice of his legal counsel as he takes to social media to defend himself amid special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe.  Read the full story here     Pompeo: Trump’s nuclear button tweet ‘entirely consistent’ with US policy By JULIA MANCHESTER    "We want the regime to understand that, unlike before, we are intent on resolving this and it is our firm conviction that resolving this diplomatically is the correct answer but that this administration is prepared to do what it takes to assure that people in Los Angeles, in Denver, in New York are not held at risk from Kim Jong Un having a nuclear weapon," the CIA director said. Read the full story here     Haley: 'No turnaround' in Trump’s position on talks with North Korea By OLIVIA BEAVERS   “What he has basically said is, ‘Yes, there could be a time we could talk to North Korea, but a lot of things have to happen before that actually takes place,’" Haley said on ABC's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos." Read the full story here     Graham: I would not serve in Trump's Cabinet By MALLORY SHELBOURNE   Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said Sunday that he would not serve in President Trump’s Cabinet. Read the full story here     Gingrich: 'Elites' don't know how to deal with Trump freezing Pakistan aid By JOSH DELK    Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) slammed "elites" in an interview broadcast Sunday for not knowing how to deal with the Trump administration's decision to freeze government aid to Pakistan. 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.