Tipsheet: GOP-Trump trade fight boils over with threat to cars

View in your browser     GOP-Trump trade fight boils over with threat to cars By Jordain Carney and Vicki Needham   President Trump and congressional Republicans are barreling toward a showdown over auto tariffs, just the latest conflict between the president and his party on trade. Trump has asked Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross to investigate whether hefty tariffs, possibly as high as 25 percent, can be levied against auto imports for national security reasons. Read the full story here     Trump: Meetings on potential North Korea summit going 'very well' By John Bowden President Trump hinted Saturday at the possibility of reinstating his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, two days after canceling the meeting.  Read the full story here     Freed American 'overwhelmed with gratitude' after being released from Venezuela By John Bowden The Utah man freed Saturday after being imprisoned for nearly two years in Venezuela told reporters he was "overwhelmed with gratitude" for his safe return to the U.S. during a White House meeting with President Trump. Read the full story here     Audio discredits Trump's claim that White House official 'doesn't exist' By Josh Delk   An audio recording of a conversation between reporters and a senior White House official released Saturday disproved President Trump's claims that a source quoted by The New York Times "doesn't exist." Read the full story here       FBI obtained wiretap conversations of Kremlin-linked banker who met with Trump Jr: report By Josh Delk Spanish national police provided the FBI with tapes of Russian oligarch Alexander Torshin's phone calls with a convicted Russian money launderer, according to a special prosecutor from Spain's attorney general's office. Read the full story here     Clapper: 'More and more' of Steele dossier proving to be true By John Bowden Former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said the dossier, part of which lays out alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia, has been corroborated by subsequent U.S. investigations. Read the full story here     Federal court rules Trump’s Education Dept violated privacy laws By John Bowden A federal court in California ruled Friday that the Education Department violated privacy laws when it used the Social Security Administration (SSA) to help it analyze loan forgiveness for students defrauded by the for-profit Corinthian Colleges. Read the full story here     Pro-hunting Trump officials take ax to wildlife protections By Miranda Green The Trump administration is systematically rolling back protections for endangered wildlife and expanding rights for hunters, winning cheers from sporting associations but worrying environmentalists who fear it will lead to the extinction of protected species. Read the full story here     MSNBC's Nicole Wallace stops reading Trump tweets on air: 'These are boldface lies' By Morgan Gstalter Wallace had been reading a series of the president's tweets in which he again attacked the FBI's use of an informant during his campaign, suggesting the agency used a top-secret spy to monitor his team before it began its investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Read the full story here     Retired English teacher corrects letter from Trump and sends it back to White House By Josh Delk A retired high school English teacher says a letter she received from President Trump would have barely earned passing marks, so she corrected the letter and sent it back to the White House.  Read the full story here     We can make America great now By Michael D. Brown OPINION | On the campaign trail in 2016, President Trump coined his catchy slogan, “Make America Great Again,” one that he continues to use now that he occupies the White House. But he has never clearly defined what he thinks would make America great, or when he thinks it stopped being great. Read the full story here     Republicans are strongly positioned to win Congress in November By Neil Wollman OPINION | As we stand here in May, just days before Memorial Day, I am loath to make predictions about the outcomes of elections. This much, though, I believe to be true: Republicans will continue to hold the majority in the House and the Senate. Read the full story here     Reuters: South Korea says North Korea committed to Trump summit and 'complete' denuclearization By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his commitment to “complete” denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and to a planned meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Sunday. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Trump’s war of attrition against Mueller bears fruit among Republicans By Dan Balz The president’s attacks and false claims reshape public opinion ahead of whatever the special counsel delivers. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Trump draws distance from administration migrant policy that has separated families By Laura Meckler   The Trump administration has come under fire for its policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the border. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Democrats go all-out to avoid disaster in California races By Jonathan Martin   The party and allied groups are spending more than $4 million on a handful of races that are critical to Democrats’ strategy to win the House in November. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: More LGBT issues loom as justices near wedding cake decision By Mark Sherman A flood of lawsuits over LGBT rights is making its way through courts and will continue, no matter the outcome in the Supreme Court’s highly anticipated decision in the case of a Colorado baker who would not create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. 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.