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View in your browser     Kaine: Trump has made 'concerted effort' to divide people based on race By MICHAEL BURKE    Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Sunday said President Trump has made a “concerted effort” to use race to divide people. Kaine said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Trump has engaged in efforts “to divide people, including dividing them based on race.” Read the full story here     Cummings: Trump has 'got to be better' about condemning racism By BRETT SAMUELS   "I think it’s a low bar for the president of the United States to simply say he’s against racism," the Democrat said on ABC's "This Week." "He’s got to be better than that. He’s got to address the people who are espousing the racist comments and doing racist acts." Read the full story here     Ex-Trump aide: Trump's 'mixed messages' after Charlottesville rally were 'unfortunate and wrong' By BRETT SAMUELS    Former White House aide Marc Short on Sunday acknowledged the White House handled its response to last year's violent white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va. poorly. Read the full story here     Poll: Almost two-thirds say racial tensions are worse one year after Charlottesville By MEGAN KELLER   Nearly two-thirds of Americans said in a new poll that racial tensions have increased in the year since a deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., while respondents were heavily divided along political lines over President Trump's handling of racial issues. Read the full story here     Omarosa recorded chief of staff in White House situation room By MARY TYLER MARCH    Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman said Sunday that she secretly recorded chief of staff John Kelly in the White House situation room. Read the full story here     Omarosa: 'I was complicit' in helping White House deceive the country By BRETT SAMUELS    "They continue to deceive this nation with how mentally declined he is, how difficult it is for him to process complex information, how he is not engaged in some of the most important decisions that impacts our country," former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman said. "I was complicit and for that I regret." Read the full story here     Conway: Omarosa has 'undercut her own credibility' with book claims By BRETT SAMUELS    “The first time I ever heard Omarosa suggest those awful things about this president are in this book,” White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said, referencing Newman’s upcoming memoir that depicts Trump as a narcissist and a racist. “And I think that Omarosa, unfortunately, has undercut her own credibility.”    Read the full story here     Conway struggles to name top-ranking black official in White House By BRETT SAMUELS    White House counselor Kellyanne Conway on Sunday struggled to name any high-level African-American advisers to President Trump who work in the West Wing. Read the full story here     Giuliani: Mueller told us he'd wrap up Trump obstruction probe by Sept. 1 By MEGAN KELLER    President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that special counsel Robert Mueller gave him the deadline of Sept. 1 to end his probe into possible obstruction of justice on the part of the president. Read the full story here     Giuliani: It would take extreme action for Trump to obstruct justice By MEGAN KELLER    President Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that it would take some sort of extreme action for the president to obstruct justice. Read the full story here     Graham: DOJ official was 'unethical' in investigating Trump campaign because his wife worked for Fusion GPS By MICHAEL BURKE    Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday called for a special counsel to investigate the Department of Justice and FBI and said a DOJ official whose wife worked for Fusion GPS “should not have had any role in investigating the Trump campaign.” Read the full story here     McAuliffe: We should look at impeaching Trump over Putin summit By MEGAN KELLER    Trump should “stop bear-hugging Putin,” former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) told CNN’s Jake Tapper on "State of the Union." Read the full story here     Kasich: Ohio race results a message to Republicans to ‘stop the chaos’ By BRETT SAMUELS    Ohio Gov. John Kasich (R) said Sunday that a hotly contested special election in which a Democrat nearly won in a reliably Republican district should serve as a message to the GOP to  "stop the chaos." Read the full story here     Kasich on 2020 bid: ‘Maybe I will. Maybe I won’t' By BRETT SAMUELS   "What I’m doing now is -- look, I'm staying alive. I'm speaking out." Read the full story here     Avenatti on 2020 campaign: 'The truth is my policy issue' By BRETT SAMUELS    "What's happened unfortunately -- especially over the last two years, three years with this president, Donald Trump -- is, we‘ve lost track of holding him accountable as it relates to the truth and facts and evidence."  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.

News Alert: 5 things to know about today's 'Unite the Right' rally and counter-protests

View in your browser     5 things to know about today's 'Unite the Right' rally and counter-protests Far-right protesters and counterprotesters are expected to descend on Washington, D.C., on Sunday on the one-year anniversary of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Va. It was just a year ago Saturday that tiki-torch-carrying white supremacists protesting the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville shocked much of the country. The next day, hundreds of counter-protesters clashed with the far-right demonstrators. Heather Heyer, a Charlottesville resident taking part in the counter-protests, was killed after a car was driven into a crowd of demonstrators.  Far-right activists have moved this year's march to Washington, D.C. Here are five things to watch. 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: ‘Unite the Right 2’ exposes white nationalist movement in disarray

View in your browser     ‘Unite the Right 2’ exposes white nationalist movement in disarray A year after the deadly "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va., white nationalist groups are treading cautiously into the anniversary weekend. The violence in Charlottesville sparked damaging lawsuits against the organizers and a crackdown from tech companies that's complicated recruitment and fundraising efforts, splintering the movement just as it's trying to show solidarity heading into Sunday's "Unite the Right 2" demonstration in Washington. 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.