Tipsheet: Senate overcomes late drama to approve spending bill — Sponsored by CVS Health

View in your browser     Senate overcomes late drama to approve spending bill By Jordain Carney      The Senate rushed to approve a $1.3 trillion government funding bill early Friday morning, sending the mammoth legislation to President Trump's desk less than 24 hours before a deadline to avert another government shutdown. Senators voted 65-32 on the measure, well over the simple majority needed to approve it, despite late drama after the bill easily cleared the House on Thursday afternoon.  Read the full story here     Winners and losers from the $1.3T omnibus By Melanie Zanona Congress has passed a $1.3 trillion omnibus that would fund the government through September and provide the biggest federal spending increase in years. Here are the winners and losers of the spending bill fight. Read the full story here     The Memo: Lawyer’s exit signals harder line by Trump By Niall Stanage The resignation of the lead attorney on President Trump’s personal legal team is the strongest sign yet that Trump wants to pursue a harder line in confronting special counsel Robert Mueller. Read the full story here     House Republicans grumble about the 'worst process ever' By Scott Wong During his maiden speech as Speaker in 2015, Paul Ryan vowed to change the way the House does business. Those words were on the minds of many Republicans Thursday as Ryan and his GOP leadership team rammed a $1.3 trillion spending package through the House — just 16 hours after unveiling the 2,232-page bill. Read the full story here     Bolton reacts to new White House post: 'I didn't really expect that announcement' today By Brett Samuels John Bolton said Thursday night that he "didn't really expect" President Trump to name him as his next national security adviser earlier in the day, adding that the new role will "take some getting used to." Read the full story here     China plans for reciprocal tariffs on US imports By Jacqueline Thomsen China is planning on imposing reciprocal tariffs on $3 billion worth of U.S. imports, Bloomberg News reported Thursday, following President Trump's move to impose levies on Chinese products. Read the full story here     Outgoing lawyer says Trump approved statement calling for end to Mueller probe By Brett Samuels An outgoing lawyer for President Trump's personal legal team said that Trump approved of a statement he gave calling for special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe to be shut down, The Wall Street Journal reports. Read the full story here     House Judiciary chair subpoenas DOJ for FBI documents By Olivia Beavers The head of the House Judiciary Committee subpoenaed the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday to obtain documents related to how the FBI handled its probe into Hillary Clinton’s email server, potential surveillance abuses and the recent decision to fire a top FBI official. Read the full story here     Congress votes to expand deficit — and many in GOP are unhappy By Niv Elis and Naomi Jagoda Republicans are calling themselves hypocritical when it comes to the $1.3 trillion omnibus approved by Congress this week. Read the full story here     White House: Trump will delay steel tariffs for EU, six countries By Brett Samuels The White House formally announced late Thursday that six countries and members of the European Union (EU) would be temporarily exempt from President Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Read the full story here         SPONSORED CONTENT   Sponsored by CVS Health We go beyond filling prescriptions to helping people take the right medicine at the right time just as their doctor ordered. Helping deliver improved outcomes. Learn more.         John Dowd’s resignation sets Trump up for trouble in Mueller probe By Jonathan Turley OPINION | John Dowd’s resignation as personal counsel to President Donald Trump sent shivers across Capitol Hill today. The reaction was not necessarily due to faith in Dowd but, rather, fear of the unknown.  Read the full story here     Leaking national security advice meant for Trump is indefensible By Tom Nichols OPINION | Donald Trump’s detractors and critics — and I am usually one of them — are gleefully noting that yet another story has emerged that shows the president to be an uneducable loose cannon. This time, however, Trump’s opponents should think about the damage that has been done not only to our national security but to the ability of future presidents to receive confidential advice. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Harry Reid bids Washington goodbye: ‘Shake my head is all I can do’ By Carl Huse   Harry Reid knows off the top of his head that 351 is the DirecTV channel for C-Span coverage of the Senate at his home in Nevada. But he says he rarely turns to it. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Protest over shooting of unarmed black man overtakes freeway By Sophia Bollag and Don Thompson    Protesters decrying this week’s fatal shooting of an unarmed black man marched from Sacramento City Hall and onto a nearby freeway Thursday, disrupting rush hour traffic and holding signs with messages like “Sac PD: Stop killing us!” Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Sen. Jim Risch’s decades-old grudge briefly derailed the big spending bill By Mike DeBonis   For several hours Thursday night, a senator’s disdain for a deceased political rival threatened to spark a government shutdown. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: CIA fills in some blanks on Gina Haspel’s secret life By Nancy A. Youssef As President Donald Trump’s nominee for one of the highest profile security posts in the world—Central Intelligence Agency director—Gina Haspel keeps a lower profile than almost anyone in the U.S. Read the full story here     Reuters: US miners' union to endorse two more Democrats in coal country By Valerie Volcovici and Timothy Gardner   The main U.S. coal miners’ union is set to endorse two Democrats running for Congress in West Virginia, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday - a boost for Democrats trying to win over a constituency that voted heavily for Republican Donald Trump in 2016. 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