Tipsheet: Dems fear Trump is looking at presidential pardons

View in your browser     Dems fear Trump is looking at presidential pardons BY OLIVIA BEAVERS Democrats are increasingly expressing worries that President Trump may seek to pardon allies convicted or charged in investigations of his campaign and administration in the wake of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort’s sentencing. Worries about Trump pardons have long been bandied about by critics of his administration, but the chatter is on the rise in recent weeks. Read the full story here     Trump: I told Republicans to vote for 'transparency' in releasing Mueller report BY RACHEL FRAZIN President Trump said Saturday that he told Republican leadership to vote in favor of releasing special counsel Robert Mueller's highly anticipated report, saying that transparency "makes us all look good." Read the full story here     The 25 Republicans who defied Trump on emergency declaration BY TAL AXELROD More than two dozen Republicans in the House and Senate bucked GOP leadership and the White House to vote for a resolution that would block President Trump's emergency declaration at the border. Read the full story here     Republicans up for reelection fear daylight with Trump BY ALEXANDER BOLTON Senate Republicans who are up for reelection next year are sticking as close to President Trump as possible, especially on his signature issue of illegal immigration and border security. Read the full story here       Inslee doubles down on climate in bid to stand out among 2020 Dems BY MIRANDA GREEN   Flanked by a sea of college students and colorful signs, 68-year-old Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) stood out from the crowd Friday at the National Youth Climate Strike in New York. Read the full story here     Left-wing Dems in minority with new approach to spending BY NIV ELIS President Trump’s 2020 spending proposal has drawn criticism from deficit hawks worried that it fails to balance the budget within a decade, but some Democrats are promoting a new economic theory that says deficits don’t really matter. Read the full story here     Lawmakers contemplate a tough political sell: Raising their pay BY CRISTINA MARCOS House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) is calling for a cost-of-living adjustment to lawmaker salaries, which have remained stagnant for a decade — but it's likely to be a tough sell. Read the full story here     Dems shift strategy for securing gun violence research funds BY JESSIE HELLMANN Congressional Democrats are shifting tactics in their effort to secure gun violence research funds for the first time in 23 years by drawing on a decades-old policy initially backed by the National Rifle Association (NRA). Read the full story here     New Zealand mosque attack death toll rises to 50 BY JESSE BYRNES Authorities in New Zealand announced that the death toll from the mass shooting at two mosques there this week has risen to 50. Read the full story here     Footage from New Zealand attack goes mostly unaired by news outlets BY TAL AXELROD Most major news outlets declined to publish video from the suspect in Friday's mass shooting at two mosques in New Zealand, while a handful of British tabloids and sites published edited clips before later removing them. Read the full story here     A question of privilege: How Trump could still gut the Mueller report BY JONATHAN TURLEY Opinion | Trump could, once more, prolong this controversy by continuing to “counterpunch” himself into a deeper and deeper hole. There still is no compelling evidence of collusion. Moreover, everyone is telling him to release the report as fully and quickly as possible. This brings us to William Barr’s problem. Read the full story here     Beto is the poor man's Obama — Dems can do better BY KRISTIN TATE Opinion | In many ways, Beto-mania is a poor man's version of Obama's ascension to the national stage in 2007. Obama had a similar unveiling before his presidential announcement in late 2006. Just a year and a half in office as an Illinois senator, he received the cover of Men’s Vogue from the same Annie Leibovitz who shot Beto’s iconic-jeans-next-to-a-pickup-truck look. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Biden’s verbal slip about campaign draws Democrats’ cheers BY BRIAN SLODYSKO Did Joe Biden accidentally reveal his plans to run for the White House? Or was it just another slip of the tongue by the former vice president with a reputation for veering off script? Read the full story here     Newsweek: Beto O'Rourke vows to be 'more thoughtful' when talking about marriage after comments about his wife BY DAN CANCIAN Beto O’Rourke has vowed to be more thoughtful when speaking about his marriage after he was criticized for remarks he made about his wife. Read the full story here     CNN: Trump attacks McCain over dossier, Meghan McCain swipes back BY CAROLINE KELLY AND MARSHALL COHEN President Donald Trump again attacked late Sen. John McCain Saturday -- prompting the Arizona Republican's daughter Meghan McCain to respond that "no one will ever love" Trump the way they loved her father. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: New Zealand attack exposes how little US, allies share facts on domestic terror threats BY  SHANE HARRIS Governments generally see nationalist extremists as a problem for domestic law enforcement. But increasingly, such groups are uniting via social media, transcending national borders, experts said. Read the full story here     Reuters: Airlines fear long grounding of Boeing 737 MAX jets after Ethiopian crash BY RICHARD LOUGH AND AARON MAASHO The grounding of Boeing’s 737 MAX jets after the crash in Ethiopia has had no immediate financial impact on airlines using the planes, but it will get painful for the industry the longer they do not fly, companies and analysts said. 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.