Tipsheet: Senate braces for showdown over ‘dreamers’

View in your browser     Senate braces for showdown over ‘dreamers’ By Jordain Carney   The Senate is barreling toward a battle on immigration with no clear end game in sight. The chamber is expected to turn to the issue Monday evening, but where the debate goes after it begins is anyone’s guess. Read the full story here     This week: Senate turns toward immigration battle By Cristina Marcos and Jordain Carney   The much-anticipated Senate floor debate over immigration will commence this week on the heels of Friday's brief government shutdown. Read the full story here     Listen: Five threads of the Mueller investigation By Alexis Simendinger WIRED’s Garrett Graff discusses the “known knowns” of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation; plus a look at the upcoming Senate immigration floor debate, as well as President Trump’s “infrastructure week.” Listen to The Hill's podcast here       The GOP has been corrupted by Trump By Juan Williams OPINION | Wow, what happened to Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.)? Read the full story here     The full impact of tax reform By Judd Gregg OPINION | There are an important series of side-products occurring as a result of the passage of the tax bill in December. Read the full story here     Trump officials do damage control after staff turmoil By Julia Manchester Trump administration officials on Sunday defended the handling of domestic abuse allegations against a former staffer while mounting a vigorous defense of White House chief of staff John Kelly. Read the full story here     GOP senators to introduce immigration plan mirroring Trump framework By Jordain Carney A group of GOP senators are preparing to introduce an immigration plan that lines up with President Trump's framework as the Senate barrels toward a heated debate over the issue. Read the full story here     Trump's budget to request border wall funding By Naomi Jagoda The budget request that President Trump is releasing Monday will propose more than $23 billion for border security and immigration enforcement — including funds for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, the White House said Sunday. Read the full story here     White House to unveil $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan By Mallory Shelbourne The White House on Monday will unveil its long-awaited $1.5 trillion infrastructure package aimed at overhauling U.S. public works. Read the full story here     Five questions about the new Trump budget and health issues By Rachel Roubein The White House is expected to release its fiscal 2019 budget request on Monday, and health advocates will be watching closely to see if this year’s proposal will contain deep cuts to the agencies charged with bolstering public health and finding cures for complex diseases. Read the full story here     North Korea wins, America loses, with our Olympic appeasement By John Bolton OPINION | Appeasing authoritarianism comes in many forms. All of them are ugly. Some are obvious and extremely dangerous, and some are subtle, indicating a mindset portending future danger because of a propensity to ignore reality. Read the full story here     IG is our best hope for criminal investigation of Clinton dealings By David Bossie OPINION | During the summer of 2015, I called for an impartial nonpartisan special counsel to be appointed to investigate Hillary Clinton’s private email server and related matters. It was clear to me that Attorney General Loretta Lynch at the time had a conflict of interest because President Clinton appointed her as United States attorney for the Eastern District of New York in 1999. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump’s $4 trillion budget helps move deficit sharply higher By Andrew Taylor President Donald Trump is proposing a $4 trillion-plus budget for next year that projects a $1 trillion or so federal deficit and — unlike the plan he released last year — never comes close to promising a balanced federal ledger even after 10 years. Read the full story here     CNN: Trump touts higher paychecks, worker bonuses as tax cut success By Aileen Graef President Donald Trump says the recently passed tax cuts are already showing up in the paychecks of millions of workers. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: The ‘shackles’ Trump took off ICE are going on to immigrants who thought they were safe By Nick Miroff and Maria Sacchetti The Trump administration promised to target immigrant gang members and drug dealers, and detentions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers surged. But the biggest jump in arrests has been of immigrants with no criminal convictions. Critics say such detentions are the agency’s attempt to meet the president’s unrealistic goals. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Pelosi wants to win House, but can she corral Democrats? By Sheryl Gay Stolberg    At 77, Representative Nancy Pelosi remains a dominant figure in the Democratic Party, its highest-ranking woman in the capital and the only woman to rise to House speaker. But she is increasingly polarizing. Read the full story here     Reuters: Pence raises prospect of talks with North Korea amid 'intensified' pressure By Christine Kim and Matt Spetalnick   The United States may be looking more favorably at diplomatic engagement with North Korea, possibly holding dialogue, as South Korea pushes forward with plans to establish grounds for a rare summit between the two Koreas. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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