Tipsheet — Will Mueller play hardball with Trump?

View in your browser     The Memo: Will Mueller play hardball with Trump? By Niall Stanage   Special counsel Robert Mueller wants to interview President Trump — but how far is he willing to go to get the president's testimony? Some legal experts believe Mueller might have gathered sufficient evidence for indictments even without a Trump interview. They say Mueller could be reluctant to get bogged down in the months-long legal battle that would ensue were the president to resist a subpoena. Read the full story here     Trump Jr. met with Gulf adviser who offered help to win election: report By Josh Delk   President Trump's eldest son Donald Trump Jr. reportedly met with a Gulf emissary months before the 2016 presidential election who said that the crown princes of the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia were eager to help Trump win. Read the full story here     Democratic senator: Trump Jr. meeting with Gulf emissary 'absolutely crazy' By Max Greenwood   Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) dubbed the Trump campaign "absolutely crazy" after The New York Times reported on Saturday that President Trump's eldest son met with a Gulf emissary in 2016 who offered to help the real estate mogul win the presidency. Read the full story here     Schumer: GOP efforts to identify FBI informant 'close to crossing a legal line' By Luis Sanchez   Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Saturday said Republican lawmakers’ efforts to uncover the identity of an FBI informant in order to obstruct special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into possible collusion between Russia and the Trump campaign comes close to "crossing a legal line." Read the full story here     Obama Education secretary: Pull children out of schools until gun laws change By John Bowden   In a tweet, former Education secretary Arne Duncan asked what would happen if no children went to school until "gun laws changed to keep them safe."  Read the full story here     Dem senator: I support 'real' Second Amendment, not 'imaginary' one By Max Greenwood   "I support the real 2nd Amendment, not the imaginary 2nd Amendment," Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) tweeted Saturday. "And the real #2A isn’t absolute. It allows Congress to wake up to reality and ban these assault rifles that are designed for one purpose only - to kill as many people as fast as possible." Read the full story here     Kim Jong Un surprises with savvy power plays By Rebecca Kheel   “It’s quite remarkable,” said Robert Manning, a senior fellow the Atlantic Council. “He’s been there [North Korean leader] for, what, five years, and the only person he’s hung out with is Dennis Rodman, and suddenly he’s this great statesman.” Read the full story here     Trump official on defensive as critics scoff at drug plan By Peter Sullivan   President Trump's health chief is struggling to show that the administration is serious about taking on drug companies after its proposals for lowering prices last week left big companies relieved and even spurred an uptick in their stock prices. Read the full story here     The Ebola superhighway: Why the new outbreak terrifies public health authorities By Reid Wilson   A new outbreak of the Ebola virus that has killed at least two dozen people has set public health officials scrambling to contain the epidemic as it threatens to spread far beyond the remote jungles of the Congo River Basin — and raises new questions about the World Health Organization’s (WHO) preparations for the next killer virus. Read the full story here     Trump misspells Melania's name in initial tweet welcoming her back to White House By Jacqueline Thomsen   “Great to have our incredible First Lady back home in the White House. Melanie is feeling and doing really well,” President Trump tweeted Saturday. Read the full story here     After year of investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication By Jonathan Turley   OPINION | Just as it is too early to support allegations of a conspiracy to frame Trump, it is too early to dismiss allegations of bias against Trump. As shown by many of the emails and later criminal referrals and disciplinary actions at the FBI, an open hostility to Trump existed among some bureau figures. Read the full story here     Democrats must choose electable candidates to win big in November By Douglas Schoen   OPINION | There is palpable energy on the left right now, and Democrats have an opportunity to make a significant comeback in this year’s midterms. Ultimately, it is now up to the voters to take advantage of this chance, and to do so by making wise choices in the primaries. Read the full story here     The New York Times: FBI informant used in 2016, but not to spy, as Trump says By Adam Goldman, Mark Mazzetti and Matthew Rosenberg   F.B.I. agents sent an informant to talk to two Trump campaign advisers after they received evidence that the pair had suspicious contacts linked to Russia. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Has the political climate improved, marginally, for Republicans? By Dan Balz   No one doubts Democrats will record gains in the House this November, but there’s fresh debate about what some recent statistics say about the midterm elections. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Not all GOP candidates want Trump to stump By Steve Peoples and Ken Thomas   He is the Republican Party’s most powerful political weapon. Yet as the GOP fights to defend its delicate House and Senate majorities, President Donald Trump is not welcome everywhere. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: China rejects US target for narrowing trade gap By Bob Davis and Lingling Wei   Beijing officials offer to step up purchases, but refuse to commit to Trump administration’s specific $200 billion cut from bilateral deficit.  Read the full story here     Reuters: South Korea, US to work closely on summit after Pyongyang's about-face By Jeongmin Kim   South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump held discussions on Sunday to ensure that the North Korea-U.S. summit remains on track after North Korea threatened to pull out of the high-level talks. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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News Alert: Trump official on defensive as critics scoff at drug plan

View in your browser     Trump official on defensive as critics scoff at drug plan President Trump's health chief is struggling to show that the administration is serious about taking on drug companies after its proposals for lowering prices last week left big companies relieved and even spurred an uptick in their stock prices. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar insists that the companies are misreading the administration's plan and that it will bring down drug prices.  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.

The 10 essential reads you missed this week

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View in your browser     The 10 essential reads you missed this week This week marks one year since Robert Mueller took over the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and a small international event in Great Britain drew U.S. attention on Saturday (Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has ideas for the royal honeymoon). Here's what else happened this week:     GOP split on immigration shows division in party An effort by centrist Republicans to circumvent GOP leadership on immigration legislation is exposing a fervent intraparty split in the GOP, reports Scott Wong and Melanie Zanona.       Why the new Ebola outbreak terrifies public health authorities The U.S. government is preparing its most direct response yet to an Ebola outbreak that has reached a major city in the Congo, reports Reid Wilson.       Companies regret hiring Trump attorney amid PR crisis After it turned out Michael Cohen was paid more than $2 million to provide consulting, access and insight into the Trump administration for blue-chip clients, those companies faced a political nightmare, reports Megan R. Wilson.     Trump administration appears to throw in the towel on infrastructure  “The infrastructure week’s been overtaken by the latest tweet,” a House Democrat told Mallory Shelbourne.     On cable news, the GOP can be more critical of Trump than Democrats Surrogates for President Trump’s former GOP primary competition are still criticizing him daily on cable networks, writes Amie Parnes.     GOP revolts multiply against retiring Ryan Only a month after Speaker Paul Ryan announced his retirement, he seems to be losing his grip as a leader of the party, report Scott Wong and Melanie Zanona.     Gina Haspel becomes the first female director of the CIA Despite the influential Republican Sen. John McCain urging his colleagues to vote against her, President Trump's nominee wound up getting bipartisan support to become the new head of the CIA, reports Jordain Carney.     Supreme Court opens path to legal sports betting A precedent-shattering decision by the Supreme Court could introduce online sports betting in multiple states as well as new legislation regulating it, Lydia Wheeler and Jordain Carney report.     Democrats try to block Trump's military parade plans Although the Pentagon has begun planning for a military parade as directed by the president, Democrats are now seeking to block those plans through amendments to the annual defense policy bill, reports Rebecca Kheel.     U.S. opens embassy in Jerusalem amid violence President Trump fulfilled one of his key campaign promises on Monday, but moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem inflamed tensions with the Palestinians, reports Jordan Fabian.         © Getty Images: Ivanka Trump and Steven Mnuchin attend opening of U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on Monday.

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