Tipsheet: Five takeaways from Stormy Daniels’s big interview

View in your browser     Five takeaways from Stormy Daniels’s big interview By Niall Stanage   The controversy over President Trump’s alleged affair with Stormy Daniels reached new heights on Sunday evening when CBS’s “60 Minutes” aired an interview with the adult-film star. Daniels, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, detailed the sexual liaison she says she had with Trump in 2006. Read the full story here     GOP senators fuel Justice Kennedy retirement talk By Alexander Bolton Senate Republicans are privately saying they hope Justice Kennedy announces his retirement in the coming months, before the fall midterm elections, arguing the move would give Republicans something to rally their base as they work to maintain control of the Senate. Read the full story here     The GOP's tired Farrakhan smear By Juan Williams   OPINION | Republicans need some new material. Seriously. Their latest effort is a desperate attempt to use 84-year-old Louis Farrakhan, the racist leader of the cult-like Nation of Islam, to silence President Trump’s critics in the Congressional Black Caucus. Read the full story here     Bipartisan 'No Labels' group aims to protect moderates in primary fights By Ben Kamisar The bipartisan No Labels group is looking to expand its fight for political moderates to more than a dozen primaries this year after being emboldened by Rep. Dan Lipinski’s (D-Ill.) primary victory last week. Read the full story here       Costello won't seek reelection in Pennsylvania By Brandon Conradis Rep. Ryan Costello (R) on Sunday announced he wouldn't seek reelection in his Pennsylvania district in the upcoming midterm elections, in another blow to the GOP as fears mount over the possibility of a Democratic sweep in November. Read the full story here     Trump: ‘I need allies’ in Congress By Brett Samuels President Trump following a Republican's loss in a special Pennsylvania congressional election is encouraging voters to elect candidates who will support his agenda in the midterms. Read the full story here     Republicans fear Cochran replacement puts Senate seat at risk By Lisa Hagen President Trump and Republican leaders are concerned that retiring Sen. Thad Cochran's (R-Miss.) replacement will be vulnerable in a special election because she was once a Democrat, making the seat vulnerable for a candidate opposed by the Republican establishment. Read the full story here     Biden supporters are thrilled over his fight with Trump By Amie Parnes Joe Biden is voicing regret for suggesting he wanted to have a schoolyard fight with President Trump, stark words that provoked the president and stoked the idea that the former vice president wants to challenge Trump in 2020. Read the full story here     Trump to fire Shulkin: report By Julia Manchester President Trump is preparing to fire Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin, according to a report from The Associated Press. Read the full story here     Trump claims many lawyers want to represent him: 'Don’t believe the Fake News narrative' By Rebecca Savransky President Trump on Sunday claimed that many lawyers want to represent him in the special counsel's Russia investigation. Read the full story here     The 'Teen Party' can change Congress like the Tea Party By Former Rep. Steve Israel (D-N.Y.) OPINION | Election outcomes, particularly midterm congressional elections, are decided by two factors: mechanics and mystery. The mechanics are easily assessed and driven by data, such as the number of canvassers deployed and amount of money raised, voter contacts made, and polling, phone banks and television points reserved. Read the full story here     Feds prohibit candidates from commenting on Trump, despite constitutional questions By Eric Wang OPINION | As the midterm congressional elections unfold, candidates are also running in 36 states for governor and competing for more than 6,000 state legislative seats. How many of these state candidates do you think will say something good or bad about President Trump? Probably more than you can count. When they do, they will break an obscure federal law. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Cambridge Analytica sent foreigners to advise US campaigns, former workers say By Craig Timberg and Tom Hamburger   The 2014 effort to provide campaign strategy and messaging advice to Republican candidates came as executives were cautioned by an attorney to abide by U.S. laws limiting foreign involvement in elections. Whistleblower Christopher Wylie said the “dirty little secret was that there was no one American involved in it, that it was a de facto foreign agent, working on an American election.” Read the full story here     The New York Times: With Trump as a prize, how a top fundraiser peddled access By Kenneth P. Vogel and David D. Kirkpatrick Elliott Broidy, an investor and a defense contractor, marketed his connection to President Trump to politicians and governments, including some with unsavory records. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Mueller probe witness secretly backed UAE agenda in Congress By Desmond Butler, Tom LoBianco and Bradley Klapper A top fundraiser for President Donald Trump received millions of dollars from a political adviser to the United Arab Emirates last April, just weeks before he began handing out a series of large political donations to U.S. lawmakers considering legislation targeting Qatar, the UAE’s chief rival in the Persian Gulf, an Associated Press investigation has found. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: US, China quietly seek trade solutions after days of loud threats By Lingling Wei and Bob Davis   Wide-ranging discussions aimed at widening market access follow Washington’s vow to use tariffs, which sent U.S. stocks sharply lower. Read the full story here     Reuters: US House panel to probe China military footprint in Africa: chairman By Reuters staff U.S. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes said his committee will investigate China’s efforts to gain military and economic power in Africa. 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.