Tipsheet: Trump job approval hits new low in poll

View in your browser     Trump job approval hits new low in poll By Jonathan Easley   President Trump’s job approval rating hit a new low in November and has declined for three months straight, according to the latest Harvard/Harris survey. The poll found that 41 percent approve of the job Trump is doing, compared to 59 percent who disapprove. That’s down from a 45 percent approval in September and the previous low of 42 percent, which Trump hit in October. Trump peaked in the survey at 49 percent approval in March. Read the full story here     Trump slams Franken after groping allegations By John Bowden President Trump slammed Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) late Thursday after a TV host and sports broadcaster accused Franken of kissing and groping her without her consent in 2006. Trump tweeted that the picture posted by Leeann Tweeden "speaks a thousand words," and questioned what Franken was doing in other pictures. Read the full story here     Democrats scramble to contain Franken fallout By Jordain Carney Democrats scrambled to contain the fallout on Thursday after sexual assault allegations against Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) shook the Capitol. The allegations turned the tables in the Senate, where Republicans had been facing a daily barrage of questions about Roy Moore, the GOP Senate candidate in Alabama Read the full story here       Senate panel approves GOP tax plan By Naomi Jagoda   The Senate Finance Committee late Thursday approved the chamber’s GOP tax bill, after the House passed its measure earlier in the day. The panel voted to send the tax plan to the full Senate on a party-line vote of 14-12.  Read the full story here     The 13 Republicans who voted against the GOP tax plan By Cristina Marcos and Naomi Jagoda The House vote on the GOP plan to overhaul the tax code Thursday was notable for the relatively few Republicans who voted against it. Only 13 Republicans joined with Democrats in opposing the measure, which gave GOP leaders a comfortable margin to pass their bill.  Read the full story here     Alabama GOP rebuffs pressure to abandon Roy Moore By Alexander Bolton The Alabama Republican Party is shrugging off pressure from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to disqualify Roy Moore as its nominee for Senate. Read the full story here     White House doesn't call for Moore to exit race By Jordan Fabian and Ben Kamisar The White House on Thursday stopped short of calling on Republican candidate Roy Moore to drop out of the Alabama Senate race, saying it should be up to the voters of Alabama to decide his future. Read the full story here     Feinstein seeks contact with FBI informant in Russia nuclear bribery case By John Solomon Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has sought access to an undercover informant who helped the FBI chronicle bribery, kickbacks and money laundering inside Moscow's nuclear industry as part of an Obama-era Russia corruption case. Read the full story here     Keystone pipeline shut down after spilling 5,000 barrels of oil in South Dakota By Devin Henry The Keystone oil pipeline spilled more than 5,000 barrels of oil on Thursday before workers took it offline, a large spill that comes days before operators hope to secure a key permit for a sister project. Read the full story here     Senate ethics panel resumes Menendez probe after judge declares mistrial By Jordain Carney The Senate Ethics Committee said Thursday that it will resume its probe into Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) after his bribery and corruption case ended in a mistrial. Read the full story here     Interior watchdog says Zinke did not properly document his travel By Devin Henry Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke has failed to keep complete records detailing his travel since taking office, the agency’s inspector general concluded in a memo released Thursday. Read the full story here     The feds need to return to the original intent of foreign investment review By Grover Norquist OPINION | Proponents of growth and free markets are worried about a backlog of deals at both the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and at the Committee for Foreign Investment in the U.S. Read the full story here     The false argument against higher education funding By former Rep. Steve Gunderson (R-Wis.) OPINION | The higher education community is in a heated debate about whether the current tax benefits for college students should be eliminated as part of tax reform. The House Republican plan says they should. Many in higher education disagree. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Moore targets female accusers as critics decry intimidation By Steve People and Kim Chandler Ever defiant, Republican Roy Moore’s campaign on Thursday lashed out at the women accusing him of sexual misconduct, declaring “let the battle begin.” Women’s advocates decried the talk as worn intimidation tactics in a desperate attempt to keep his imperiled Senate bid alive. Read the full story here     Reuters: White House plans to seek another $45 billion in U.S. hurricane aid By David Shepardson The White House plans to ask the U.S. Congress on Friday for about $45 billion in additional aid for disaster relief to cover damage from hurricanes that struck Puerto Rico, Texas and Florida and other disaster damage, a congressional aide said on late Thursday. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Homeland Security official resigns after comments linking blacks to ‘laziness’ and ‘promiscuity’ come to light By Eli Rosenburg A political appointee in the Department of Homeland Security abruptly resigned after the disclosure Thursday he previously made derogatory remarks about black people and Muslims on conservative talk radio. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Days of shrugging off sexual misconduct at the Capitol may be over By Carl Huse   Capitol Hill has long been an insular boys’ club known for tales of unwanted sexual approaches, wandering hands at crowded receptions and young women cornered in elevators. But the days when such actions are dismissed out of hand and escape scrutiny may be coming to an end. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Special counsel Mueller issued subpoena for Russia-related documents from Trump campaign officials By By Rebecca Ballhaus and Peter Nicholas   Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team in mid-October issued a subpoena to President Donald Trump’s campaign requesting Russia-related documents from more than a dozen top officials, according to a person familiar with the matter. 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.