Tipsheet: What a year it’s been: A month-by-month look back at 2018's biggest stories

View in your browser     What a year it’s been: A month-by-month look back at 2018's biggest stories BY AVERY ANAPOL If you felt like you lived a decade in the last year, you're not alone. President Trump's second-year in office was a non-stop news event that began and ended with government shutdowns. Read the full story here     Mueller fuels foreign lobbying crackdown BY MORGAN CHALFANT AND ALEX GANGITANO Special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation has given federal prosecutors momentum to litigate alleged violations of what until last year was an obscure law governing foreign lobbying. Read the full story here     Exiting lawmakers jockey for K Street perch BY NAOMI JAGODA Dozens of outgoing lawmakers are looking to make the jump to K Street after an election that saw a massive number of GOP retirements and a Democratic wave flip control of the House. Read the full story here     Tech companies must be defanged by government BY JUAN WILLIAMS OPINION | As the 2020 presidential campaign gets underway, please keep in mind that we are still fighting the last war — the use of outright lies to divide Americans by race, age and sex for political purposes in the 2016 and 2018 elections. Read the full story here       This week: Shutdown showdown looms over new Congress BY JORDAIN CARNEY AND JULIEGRACE BRUFKE Lawmakers are returning to Washington for the start of the 116th Congress with no end in sight to the partial government shutdown. Read the full story here     Immigration is pressure point for both sides in shutdown showdown BY BRETT SAMUELS Lawmakers and administration officials on Sunday jostled over messaging on immigration on the ninth day of a partial government shutdown largely prompted by conflict over the issue. Read the full story here     5 revelations from John Kelly's Los Angeles Times exit interview BY MICHAEL BURKE   Outgoing White House chief of staff John Kelly made a number of noteworthy allegations during a rare, exclusive interview with the Los Angeles Times that was published Sunday. Read the full story here     Top Supreme Court cases to watch in 2019 BY LYDIA WHEELER The Supreme Court's 2018-2019 term got off to a sleepy start, but there are a number of potential blockbusters on the docket for the new year. Read the full story here     Judge who struck down ObamaCare says it will remain in place during appeal process BY EMILY BIRNBAUM The federal judge who struck down ObamaCare earlier this month issued on Sunday an order saying it will remain in place during the appeal process. Read the full story here     Giuliani rips Mueller: ‘It’s time to put up or shut up’ BY JOHN BOWDEN President Trump's attorney Rudy Giuliani is seeking to put pressure on special counsel Robert Mueller to submit his report on whether the investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia has found collusion, saying Mueller should "put up or shut up." Read the full story here     Ringing in the new year with bad economic policy BY JOSEPH SEMPREVIVO Opinion | As 2019 approaches, millions of Americans are thinking about New Year’s resolutions. Read the full story here     5 ways Trump can end the North Korea crisis once and for all BY HARRY J. KAZIANIS Opinion | On Jan. 1, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will deliver his annual New Year’s Day address. The world will read and reread the chairman’s remarks, looking for vital clues about whether Pyongyang is serious when it comes to giving up its nuclear weapons — or, whether it might take the world back to the brink of nuclear showdown, like 2017. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Democrats ready to take back House, ponder next moves BY KRISTINA PETERSON and PETER NICHOLAS WASHINGTON — The partial government shutdown entered its second week and is headed into the new year, with little push in either party to budge on border-wall funding and Democrats weighing their next steps when they take over the House in days. Read the full story here     Bloomberg: Year ends on 10th day of shutdown as Pelosi awaits BY ANNA EDGERTON A turbulent year is coming to a close in Washington with the 10th day of a partial federal government shutdown and no signs of progress toward a spending deal that President Donald Trump would be willing to sign. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Ocasio-Cortez fires back after McCaskill calls her ‘a bright and shiny new object’ BY DEANNA PAUL Since winning the Democratic primary in June, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has captured the attention of both conservatives and liberals as the new face of the left. Drawing criticism and commentary for her politics, her policies, her clothing and her upbringing, the 29-year-old congresswoman-elect never fails to fire back. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Prices rise as the minimum wage increases in several states BY DAVID A. LIEB JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — At Granny Shaffer’s restaurant in Joplin, Missouri, owner Mike Wiggins is reprinting the menus to reflect the 5, 10 or 20 cents added to each item. Read the full story here     USA Today: Trump aides call on Democrats to make counteroffer on shutdown BY DAVID JACKSON WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s aides and congressional Democrats continued to assail each other Sunday over the proposed U.S.-Mexican border wall that triggered a partial government shutdown – now in its second week and likely to continue into the new year. 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.