Tipsheet: On Capitol Hill, few name names on sexual harassment

View in your browser     On Capitol Hill, few name names on sexual harassment By Cristina Marcos   Capitol Hill is facing a reckoning over sexual harassment, but hardly anyone wants to name names. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) became the first current lawmaker to be accused of sexual misconduct last week when a Los Angeles radio news anchor said that he had forcibly kissed and groped her during a USO tour in 2006. Read the full story here     The politics of impeachment By Juan Williams OPINION | Here is the big, year-end question for Democrats: Is the anger at President Trump that carried them to big wins in the 2017 off-year elections strong enough to make them even bigger winners in the 2018 midterms? Read the full story here     Dems eager to use tax bill against GOP in '18 By Ben Kamisar and Lisa Hagen Democrats see the passage of the House tax-reform bill as a potent weapon for the 2018 midterms. Read the full story here       Kushner under scrutiny in Russian probe By Katie Bo Williams Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and a senior White House adviser, is under increasing scrutiny in the myriad investigations into Russian interference in the U.S. election. Read the full story here     Mueller requested DOJ hand over documents related to Comey firing: report By Olivia Beavers Special counsel Robert Mueller asked the Justice Department within the past month to turn over a wide array of documents as part of its ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, ABC News reported Sunday. Read the full story here     Trump slams Flake over hot-mic comments: Senator's career is 'toast' By Olivia Beavers President Trump on Sunday took aim at Sen. Jeff Flake, blasting the Arizona Republican for comments he made about Trump on Saturday and claiming Flake's political career is "toast.” Read the full story here     Trump: I should have left UCLA basketball players in jail By Brett Samuels President Trump on Sunday lashed out at the father of a UCLA basketball player who downplayed Trump’s importance in getting his son released from shoplifting charges in China. Read the full story here     Trump renews call for border wall after patrol officer dies in Texas By Rebecca Savransky President Trump on Sunday reiterated his calls to build a wall along the country's southern border after a U.S. Border Patrol agent died from injuries he sustained on patrol in Texas. Read the full story here     Lin-Manuel Miranda to Trump: 'We still need your help' in Puerto Rico By Rafael Bernal Lin-Manuel Miranda wants President Trump to make up for a "lost weekend" delaying disaster relief efforts in Puerto Rico. Read the full story here     Trump dubs elephant trophy practice a 'horror show,' suggests he won't lift ban By Olivia Beavers "Big-game trophy decision will be announced next week but will be very hard pressed to change my mind that this horror show in any way helps conservation of Elephants or any other animal," Trump tweeted. Read the full story here     FBI 'special investigation' into Hillary Clinton's emails isn't that special By James A. Gagliano OPINION | The headlines scream that Puerto Rico’s governor wanted the $300 million “Whitefish contract” canceled. It should be canceled but not for the reasons the media claims. Read the full story here     Another Keystone oil spill, another obvious reason to fund the EPA By John O'Grady OPINION | The Keystone 1 pipeline spilled 210,000 gallons of oil near a small town in South Dakota Thursday. The last Keystone spill in April 2016 contaminated Hutchinson County, South Dakota with 400 barrels of oil, and took around 10 months to clean up. This disaster is expected to take longer. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Cutting mandate won’t necessarily pay for the tax cut By Kate Zernike and Abby Goodnough Americans dislike the requirement that everyone have health insurance. But eliminating it doesn’t mean that they’d stop buying coverage — or accepting subsidies. Read the full story here     Reuters: Trump open to dropping healthcare provision in Senate tax bill: aide By Lucia Mutikani and Valerie Volcovici U.S. President Donald Trump would not insist on including repeal of an Obama-era health insurance mandate in a bill intended to enact the biggest overhaul of the tax code since the 1980s, a senior White House aide said on Sunday. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: White House: Trump not stumping for Moore due to discomfort with bid By Hope Yen   President Donald Trump isn’t campaigning for Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore because of “discomfort” with the sexual misconduct allegations made by several women but isn’t calling on the controversial judge to drop out of the race because the state’s voters should decide, the White House says. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: ‘A long winter’: White House aides divided over scope, risks of Russia probe By Ashley Parker and Carol D. Leonnig   While some take solace in reassurances from White House lawyer Ty Cobb that the investigation will be over soon, others say that view is naive. Legal experts believe special counsel Robert S. Mueller’s investigation is still in its early stages, and witnesses questioned in the probe warn to expect a series of new revelations. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Checks on Trump’s court picks fall away By Joe Palazzolo and Ashby Jones Move to curtail ‘blue slips’ gives the president, and successors, wide leeway in picks for federal bench. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet     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.