Tipsheet: Warren stakes out 2020 ground with wealth-tax proposal

View in your browser     Warren stakes out 2020 ground with wealth-tax proposal BY NAOMI JAGODA Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is making a big move on taxes as she seeks to stand out in a crowded Democratic presidential primary field where many candidates will be competing to win over progressive voters. The Massachusetts senator, who recently announced an exploratory committee for president, is calling for a special annual tax for those with a net worth that exceeds $50 million. The proposal quickly caught the attention of progressives, who praised Warren for floating taxes as a way to tackle wealth inequality. Read the full story here     Likely 2020 Dem contenders to face scrutiny over Wall Street ties BY MICHAEL BURKE AND SYLVAN LANE Ties to Wall Street and corporate interests are raising concerns about a number of high-profile Democratic candidates considering White House bids as the party moves to reduce the influence of big money in campaigns. Read the full story here     How the government will reopen BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO Nine federal agencies are in the process of reopening after the longest government shutdown in U.S. history ended Friday after 35 days. Read the full story here     US economy lost at least $6 billion during shutdown, S&P says BY MORGAN GSTALTER The U.S. economy lost at least $6 billion during the record-long partial government shutdown, S&P Global Ratings said Friday. Read the full story here       Cities worry about post-shutdown pain BY REID WILSON Tight city budgets were stretched thin during the 35-day partial shutdown, and some officials fear the damaging financial effects will extend beyond the reopening of the federal government. Read the full story here     Trump seeks to shift narrative after Stone indictment BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO President Trump on Saturday attempted to shift attention surrounding the indictment of his former informal adviser Roger Stone. Read the full story here     Five things to know about the political crisis in Venezuela BY RAFAEL BERNAL Venezuela's long-standing political crisis expanded over the past week, as a handful of countries led by the United States recognized opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the country's legitimate president. Read the full story here     Pompeo: ‘It's time’ for nations to pick sides in Venezuela BY TAL AXELROD   Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday issued an ultimatum to the international community to support Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as the country's interim president over Nicolás Maduro. Read the full story here     Bloomberg calls Trump a 'pretend CEO' BY MORGAN GSTALTER Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg tore into President Trump on Friday, calling him a “pretend CEO” and comparing his presidency to the classic horror film, “A Nightmare on Elm Street.” Read the full story here     UN cautions climate change could impact national security BY TAL AXELROD The United Nations system's chief scientist on weather and climate cautioned on Friday that climate change has "a multitude of security impacts" and is becoming more widely regarded as a national security threat. Read the full story here     Alan Dershowitz: Stone indictment follows concerning Mueller pattern BY ALAN DERSHOWITZ Opinion | The indictment of former Donald Trump associate Roger Stone follows a long pattern that should raise serious concerns about the special counsel investigation. Read the full story here     Ticking doomsday clock warns yet again of this dangerous new world BY GEORGE LOPEZ Opinion | When the board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has judged a significant deterioration of the global security environment, it usually moves the hands of the “doomsday clock” closer to midnight. One year ago, recognizing a cluster of negative trends, the custodians reset this icon as never before in its 70 year history to two minutes before midnight. But this week, rather than push it closer to midnight, as many analysts had predicted, the board doubled down in a bold statement that the world is in a “new abnormal” and that the clock is still two minutes to midnight. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: ‘Pelosi does not mess around’: Speaker emerges triumphant from shutdown BY MIKE DEBONIS President Trump’s capitulation on the shutdown generated rave reviews for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as she kept an unruly party caucus united in the face of GOP divide-and-conquer tactics.  Read the full story here     The New York Times: A bruised Trump faces uncertain 2020 prospects. His team fears a primary fight. BY ALEXANDER BURNS, JONATHAN MARTIN AND MAGGIE HABERMAN President Trump’s defeat in his border-wall standoff with Congress has clouded his already perilous path to a second term in 2020, undercutting Mr. Trump’s cherished image as a forceful leader and deft negotiator, and emboldening alike his Democratic challengers and Republican dissenters who hope to block his re-election. Read the full story here     CNN: Inside the White House, aides and advisers are despondent over a wasted month BY KEVIN LIPTAK, DANA BASH AND JIM ACOSTA As President Donald Trump announced in the Rose Garden on Friday that his quixotic bid to secure more than $5 billion for a border wall would end with no money, he was met with applause from his Cabinet secretaries and senior aides. But the clapping belied a pervasive sense of defeat. Read the full story here     Reuters: US government agencies gear up to restart operations Monday BY DAVID SHEPARDSON U.S. government agencies that had largely shuttered operations for five weeks during a budget standoff said on Saturday they were moving swiftly to resume operations and compensate employees for missed paychecks. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Venezuela allows US diplomats to stay, defusing showdown BY MANUEL RUEDA AND EDITH M. LEDERER Venezuela defused a potential showdown with the United States, suspending a demand that U.S. diplomats leave the country as Washington called on the world to “pick a side” in the South American nation’s fast-moving crisis. 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.