Tipsheet: How abortion could tip the scales in Alabama

View in your browser     How abortion could tip the scales in Alabama By Ben Kamisar   Abortion has emerged as a firewall issue for Roy Moore in Alabama, where the embattled GOP Senate candidate is framing support for Democrat Doug Jones as a blow to the anti-abortion rights movement. Abortion is a sensitive issue in Alabama, and one that favors Republicans. A 2014 poll by the Pew Research Center found 58 percent of those polled in Alabama say abortion should be illegal in most or all cases — higher than in all but three states in the country. Read the full story here     Listen to the HillCast AM View: Trump puts 'Art of Deal' into practice By Alexis Simendinger   What has President Trump learned about the art of the deal with Congress? The Hill's White House correspondent, Jordan Fabian, explains to host Alexis Simendinger why an answer is elusive until debates over tax cuts and a budget get resolved. Read the full story here     Chances for government shutdown rising By Scott Wong The odds of a government shutdown grew dramatically Tuesday as President Trump tweeted that he saw no path to a year-end deal with Democrats “Chuck and Nancy,” who then promptly backed out of a meeting at the White House. Read the full story here     GOP gains momentum on tax cuts By Naomi Jagoda Senate Republicans have significant momentum ahead of a possible vote this week on tax legislation following a meeting of their caucus with President Trump. Read the full story here       Trump opens GOP eyes on tax reform By Alexander Bolton Senate Republicans think President Trump is playing a constructive role in the tax debate and are optimistic about their chances of winning a big legislative victory. Read the full story here     Court sides with Trump in consumer agency fight By Sylvan Lane A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit from an official who claims that she, and not President Trump appointee Mick Mulvaney, is the rightful director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). Read the full story here     North Korea fires its highest ICBM yet By Katie Bo Williams North Korea on Tuesday fired what has been initially assessed by the Defense Department to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) — the first such launch in more than two months. Read the full story here     Conservative pressure on Sessions grows By Jonathan Easley Frustration is mounting on the right over Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s apparent reluctance to open investigations into Hillary Clinton and the Democrats. Read the full story here     Warren sees stock rise with Trump insults By Amie Parnes President Trump’s latest “Pocahontas” insult of Sen. Elizabeth Warren is a political gift for the Massachusetts Democrat, who has seized the moment to build capital in the 2020 presidential race. Read the full story here     Clintons understated support from firm hired by Russian nuclear company By John Solomon and Alison Spann The Clinton Foundation’s donor disclosure site vastly understated support that the Clinton Global Initiative received from APCO Worldwide, a global communications firm that lobbied on behalf of Russia’s state-owned nuclear company. Read the full story here     Trump health nominee steps into the ObamaCare wars By Rachel Roubein Alex Azar on Wednesday will make his first public appearance since being nominated by President Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the agency tasked with managing ObamaCare. Read the full story here     Stop worrying and learn to love robots By Eli Lehrer OPINION | Even as unemployment falls throughout the United States, many people fear that their jobs will soon vanish. An October 2017 poll from Pew Research, for example, found that seven out of ten Americans were worried about a future where robots do more jobs. Broader measures of financial insecurity also remain high for a country with low unemployment and a booming stock market. Read the full story here     CIA and NSA codes are on the web, and the leakers could be in the agencies By Eric O'Neill OPINION | WikiLeaks published new information thought to be from the CIA in mid-November, releasing source code from a tool known as “Hive,” which allows operators to control malware. The dump, dubbed Vault 8, marked the first time WikiLeaks has released source code for a CIA spying tool. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Facing tax vote in Senate, Trump seizes on cultural fights By Ken Thomas President Donald Trump sized up his coming week on Sunday and tweeted that it was a “big week for Tax Cuts and many other things of great importance to our Country.” Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Opponents of GOP tax bill find a rich target in Trump By Julie Bykowicz Ads taken out by groups opposed to the tax overhaul are portraying the president as a beneficiary of the proposed rate cuts and repeals. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: ‘He creates his own reality’: From ‘Access Hollywood’ to Russia, Trump paints the rosiest possible picture By Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker   When facing setbacks, President Trump has sought to depict everything as brightly as possible and has tried to will others to see it his way, like the salesman he once was. Critics accuse him of creating an alternative reality, though people close to him say he is simply a savvy marketer protecting his brand. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Trump, in private, claims vulgar tape is fake, aides say By Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Martin   President Trump is said to still be casting doubt on the validity of the “Access Hollywood” tape that surfaced during the election. His changing story, as well as his shifting views on how sexual harassment claims should be treated, have stunned advisers. Read the full story here     Reuters: US Supreme Court weighs major digital privacy case By Lawrence Hurley The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday takes up a major test of privacy rights in the digital age as it weighs whether police must obtain warrants to get data on the past locations of criminal suspects using cellphone data from wireless providers. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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