Tipsheet: Trump tries to turn back clock on Obama era

View in your browser     Trump tries to turn back clock on Obama era By Niall Stanage   President Trump is trying to turn back the clock on the Obama era, even as he has been frustrated by the slow pace of progress on his legislative agenda. In a 24-hour period beginning Thursday evening, Trump took aim at Obama’s major domestic and foreign policy achievements — the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as ObamaCare, and the nuclear deal with Iran. Read the full story here     Trump gambles with ObamaCare moves By Jessie Hellmann and Rachel Roubein   Frustrated by Congress’s inaction on ObamaCare repeal, President Trump is taking a big political risk in using his authority to dismantle the health-care law piece by piece. Read the full story here     Trump is becoming a failed president By Juan Williams   OPINION | An old proverb says a leader with no followers is “only taking a walk.” If that’s the case, then the strutting President Trump has turned his presidency into a very lonely walk. Read the full story here     Putting SALT in the wound on tax reform By Judd Gregg   OPINION | Tax reform is the last train leaving the station before the election cycle kicks off. Read the full story here       This week: Senate aims to kick off tax reform By Jordain Carney Senate Republicans hope to get the ball rolling this week on tax reform, a key priority after their efforts to repeal ObamaCare collapsed earlier this year. Read the full story here     Conservative army bolsters Trump on tax cuts By Naomi Jagoda Conservative groups are going all out to help President Trump and congressional Republicans get a tax-reform bill across the finish line. Read the full story here     White House paper: Corporate tax cut would boost wages By Naomi Jagoda   The White House on Monday is rolling out a paper arguing that the GOP’s plan to slash the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 20 percent would “very conservatively” increase average household income by $4,000 per year. Read the full story here     Tillerson defends his role after Trump controversy By Julia Manchester Secretary of State Rex Tillerson took to Washington's Sunday talk show circuit to demonstrate his comfort in his role in the Trump administration despite President Trump's criticism and reports he might exit the State Department in the near future. Read the full story here     Calif. Dem announces Feinstein challenge By Mallory Shelbourne The president pro tempore of the California State Senate on Sunday launched his primary bid against Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.). Read the full story here     Kimmel on losing Republicans: ‘I would do it again in a heartbeat’ By Mallory Shelbourne Late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel in a new interview said he doesn't regret talking politics even if it is decreasing his popularity among Republican viewers. Read the full story here     America needs tax reform now By Douglas Holtz Eakin OPINION |Poor economic growth is the top problem facing policymakers. From the end of World War II to 2007, the trend growth rate of per capita gross domestic product was about 2.1 percent. This meant workers could expect their standard of living to double every 30 years to 35 years. Today, projections for population and GDP growth indicate that it will take 70 years, or about twice as long, for workers to double their income. The opportunity to get ahead in America has been badly diminished. Read the full story here     Whether it upholds authority over war power will be a crucial test for Congress By Justin Talbot-Zorn and Michael Ostrolenk OPINION | If there’s been a single, clear, consistent foreign policy message that’s emerged from the last decade of U.S. elections, it’s simple: Voters are exhausted of open-ended, expensive, destructive, and unaccountable foreign wars. From President Bush’s “thumping” in the 2006 midterms to the resonance of retrenchment rhetoric from leaders ranging from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to President Trump, it’s evident that Americans across the political spectrum want the federal government to exercise more prudence and humility when it comes to foreign conflicts. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Health care back on Congress’s front burner By Stephanie Armour and  Kristina Peterson Trump’s move to stop subsidy payments ratchets up pressure for a bipartisan deal. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Showdown over Affordable Care Act raises specter of government shutdown By Paul Kane Democrats vowed to use negotiations on federal budgets as leverage to reinstate payments to insurers halted by President Trump, who on Monday will meet with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to discuss health care. Read the full story here     Reuters: Trump ObamaCare move seen harming Americans, bipartisan prospects By David Morgan U.S. President Donald Trump will hurt low-income Americans by doing away with ObamaCare subsidies and make it harder for him to engage in bipartisan talks with Democrats as Congress edges toward a possible government shutdown, lawmakers said on Sunday. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Collins: Trump should back effort to resume health subsidy By Hope Yen A key moderate Republican is urging President Donald Trump to support a bipartisan Senate effort to reinstate insurer payments, calling his move to halt the subsidies an immediate threat to millions of Americans who could now face rising premiums and lost health care coverage. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Aiding transgender case, Sessions defies his image on civil rights By Matt Apuzzo In an unusual move, the attorney general has sent a federal hate crimes lawyer to Iowa to help prosecute a man charged with murdering a transgender high school student. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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