Tipsheet: Pelosi faces tough decision with Trump

View in your browser     Pelosi faces tough decision with Trump BY MIKE LILLIS After a nasty tit-for-tat with President Trump over the shutdown this week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) faces a delicate decision: whether to rescind her invitation for Trump’s State of the Union speech later this month. Read the full story here     Trump teases 'major announcement' about shutdown on Saturday BY JOHN BOWDEN President Trump tweeted Friday afternoon that he will be making a "major announcement" Saturday from the White House concerning the ongoing government shutdown, which on Friday entered its 28th day. Read the full story here     Special counsel issues rare statement disputing explosive Cohen report BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO Special counsel Robert Mueller's office issued a rare statement Friday night disputing an explosive report from BuzzFeed News that President Trump had told his former lawyer Michael Cohen to lie to Congress. Read the full story here     Women's March expecting smaller crowds amid controversy over alleged anti-Semitism BY EMILY BIRNBAUM The third-annual Women's March on Washington will take place Saturday amid allegations of anti-Semitism among its leadership ranks, which have led a number of prominent figures to distance themselves from the event. Read the full story here       White House: Second Trump-Kim summit coming next month BY MORGAN CHALFANT AND REBECCA KHEEL President Trump will meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for their second summit at the end of February, the White House said Friday. The announcement came shortly after Trump met with Kim Yong Chol, the North Korean official leading denuclearization talks, in the Oval Office on Friday afternoon. Read the full story here     DNC says it was targeted by Russian hackers after fall midterms BY BROOKE SEIPEL AND CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO   The Democratic National Committee (DNC) said in a new court filing this week that it was likely targeted by Russian hackers after the November midterm elections. Read the full story here     Senate panel subpoenas Roger Stone associate Jerome Corsi BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN  The Senate Intelligence Committee has subpoenaed conservative conspiracy theorist and special counsel witness Jerome Corsi, his attorney told The Hill on Friday. Read the full story here     Trump’s base shows signs of eroding ahead of reelection bid BY REID WILSON The core of President Trump’s base is showing signs of cracking after four years of steadfast support, and just as he ramps up his bid for a second term. Read the full story here     Beer lobby struggles with shutdown BY ALEX GANGITANO Lobbyists for alcohol and tobacco companies are trying to make the best of a bad situation during the government shutdown. Read the full story here     Pompeo planning to meet with Pat Roberts amid 2020 Senate speculation BY MAX GREENWOOD Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) are planning to meet amid speculation that the Trump administration’s top diplomat could run to replace the retiring senator, a spokesperson for Roberts said Friday. Read the full story here     The Senate should host the State of the Union BY RED JAHNCKE Opinion | Let’s call this The Pelosi Shutdown, or The Pelosi Snub, or The Pelosi Snub-down. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) should step in with an invitation for President Trump to deliver the State of the Union address in the Senate chamber. Read the full story here     What the shutdown teaches us about living paycheck-to-paycheck BY ELISE GOULD Opinion | The high-stakes political drama surrounding the U.S. partial government shutdown, now the longest in history, overshadows the all-too-real financial tragedies Americans are facing because of it. The shutdown is revealing a key vulnerability in the economy: Americans living paycheck-to-paycheck.  Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Democrats and activists punish Trump with a new strategy: Ignoring him BY MATT VISER Trump, who recently pined about being lonely in the White House, is lately finding himself in a position he’s rarely been in over the past few years: Ignored. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Federal Employees Turn to Pawnshops Amid Shutdown’s Financial Pinch BY MIHIR ZAVERI As the longest government shutdown in American history continues, federal workers who are not getting paid are increasingly turning to pawnbrokers for short-term loans. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: The Public Face of Huawei’s Global Fight BY NATASHA KHAN, DAN STRUMPF AND WENXIN FAN Meng Wanzhou, Huawei’s finance chief and daughter of its founder, helped lead the company’s effort to improve its image. With her arrest, she’s caught up in one of the probes ensnaring the company around the world Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Number of 2020 bids by women buoys gender equality advocates BY ELANA SCHOR AND JUANA SUMMERS Advocates for gender equality are reckoning with what one called a “wonderful challenge” — four or more women running for president in 2020. Read the full story here     Reuters: Lack of school nurses puts Los Angeles students at risk, striking teachers say BY ALEX DOBUZINSKIS AND SHARON BERNSTEIN Los Angeles teacher Natali Escobedo says she will never forget the image of a diabetic fourth-grader “wilting” at her school because there was no nurse on hand to administer his insulin. 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.