Tipsheet: House passes deal to end shutdown

View in your browser     House passes deal to end shutdown By Melanie Zanona and Cristina Marcos   The House approved a sweeping budget deal early Friday morning that would fund the government through March 23, sending legislation to President Trump that would end a brief shutdown of the government that began at midnight. Read the full story here     The Memo: Knives come out for Kelly By Niall Stanage Sources close to the White House say chief of staff John Kelly has suffered a serious blow to his standing from the bungled resignation of staff secretary Rob Porter, who has been accused of domestic abuse. Kelly’s most vehement critics even suggest the episode could herald his demise within the administration. Read the full story here     Listen: Lawmakers move at slow pace to avert shutdown By Alexis Simendinger   Today on The Hillcast AM View: An update on Thursday’s efforts to avert a government shutdown; and a former to President Obama joins us to discuss White House security clearance procedures in the wake of controversy over Rob Porter, a staffer who resigned this week. Listen to The Hill's podcast here       McConnell tees up immigration debate By Jordain Carney Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is turning attention in the Senate toward a fight over immigration as lawmakers struggle to secure a deal that could get 60 votes. Read the full story here     Congress again misses deadline to avert government shutdown By Jordain Carney For the second time in less than a month, Congress has blown past a deadline to avert a government shutdown. But this time it was a Republican forcing Congress to miss the deadline, not Democrats. Read the full story here     Frustrated Republicans accuse Paul of forcing pointless shutdown By Jordain Carney Frustrated Senate Republicans lashed out at Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) early Friday for refusing to speed up a budget deal and forcing a temporary government shutdown. Read the full story here     Budget deal is brimming with special tax breaks By Alexander Bolton The Bipartisan Budget Act that Congress passed early Friday is brimming with tax provisions for a variety of special interests, including racehorse owners, small private colleges and television and film companies. Read the full story here     White House to give phones to senior advisers for political calls By Jordan Fabian The White House will allow as many as a dozen senior advisers to receive additional cell phones so that they can contact the Republican National Committee (RNC) regarding the fall midterm elections, officials said Thursday.  Read the full story here     Ex-wife says White House staffer asked her to ‘downplay’ blog post describing abuse By Josh Delk An ex-wife of former White House staff secretary Rob Porter says he was in contact with her earlier this week and that he urged her to "downplay" some of her past allegations of domestic abuse. Read the full story here     McGahn, Kelly knew of Porter allegations for months: report By John Bowden White House counsel Don McGahn and chief of staff John Kelly knew about domestic abuse allegations against White House staff secretary Rob Porter for months before he was forced to resign, according to a new report. Read the full story here     Obama holdovers at the Justice Department still run the show By Christian Adams OPINION | It’s one thing to stop the worst abuses of the Obama-era Justice Department. It’s quite another to implement the policies that won an election in 2016. It’s time for the Senate to get to work and finally bring an end to the Obama administration. Read the full story here     Will the FISA memo turn into Obama's Watergate? By Sebastian Gorka OPINION | Although Barack Obama is no longer president, the abuses that occurred within the FBI and Justice Department under his watch already have the potential to eclipse the Watergate scandal in their historic significance and damage done to American government. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Union leaders protesting DeVos are left out in the cold By Erica L. Green It’s been a year, but the air is still frigid between the education secretary, Betsy DeVos, and the leaders of the nation’s teacher unions. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump proposes reduction of drug costs under Medicare By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar and Matthew Perrone President Donald Trump will propose lowering prescription drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries by allowing them to share in rebates that drug companies pay to insurers and middlemen, an administration official said. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Top White House officials knew of abuse allegations against top aide for months By John Dawsey and Beth Reinhard White House Counsel Donald McGahn knew one year ago that staff secretary Rob Porter’s ex-wives were prepared to make damaging accusations about him but allowed him to serve as an influential gatekeeper and aide to President Trump without investigating the accusations, according to people familiar with the matter. Read the full story here     Reuters: Trump administration may target immigrants who use food aid, other benefits By Yeganeh Torbati   The Trump administration is considering making it harder for foreigners living in the United States to get permanent residency if they or their American-born children use public benefits such as food assistance, in a move that could sharply restrict legal immigration. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Global stocks set for biggest weekly fall in two years By Lucy Craymer and Riva Gold   Stocks in Europe and Asia were on pace for their worst week in two years after a late slump on Thursday pushed the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 into correction territory. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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