Tipsheet: Team Trump insists Dem probes could 'boomerang'

View in your browser     The Memo: Team Trump insists Dem probes could 'boomerang' BY NIALL STANAGE Republicans close to President Trump insist that Democratic congressional probes could come back to haunt the opposition party. The Trump camp argues that Democrats will play into the president’s hands if they subject him, his associates and his family to an endless barrage of investigations. Read the full story here     Warren struggles to gain traction amid Sanders surge BY AMIE PARNES Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is struggling to gain traction in her bid for the White House as she faces stiff competition from fellow Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for the hearts, minds and support of the progressive lane in the contest. Read the full story here     Biden holds slim lead over Sanders in Iowa: poll BY TAL AXELROD Former Vice President Joe Biden has a slim 2-point edge ahead of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Iowa according to a Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom poll released Saturday. Read the full story here     O'Rourke teases 'big announcement' amid 2020 speculation BY TAL AXELROD Former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas) teased a “big announcement” political future as speculation grows that the former senate candidate has his sights set on the White House in 2020. Read the full story here       SXSW festival draws 2020 Dems to Texas BY TAL AXELROD Democrats running for president in 2020 flocked this weekend to Texas for the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin. Read the full story here     Dems seek relief for worried taxpayers in tough filing season BY NAOMI JAGODA Democratic lawmakers and taxpayer rights advocates are stepping up their calls for the IRS and Congress to provide more help for taxpayers during a filing season challenged by President Trump's tax law and the recent government shutdown. Read the full story here     Funding caps, border wall set stage for defense budget battle BY REBECCA KHEEL Lawmakers are buckling up for what they expect will be rocky negotiations this year over spending priorities for the fiscal 2020 defense budget. Read the full story here     Trump goes after 'nut job' Coulter: I am winning on the border BY RACHEL FRAZIN   President Trump on Saturday called conservative commentator Ann Coulter a "wacky nut job" and said he was winning on the border.  Read the full story here     Ocasio-Cortez on moderates: 'We view cynicism as an intellectually superior attitude' BY TAL AXELROD Progressive firebrand Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) harshly rebuked of political moderates, saying the widespread admiration of centrist ideologies is misplaced.” Read the full story here     Shuttering of NSA surveillance program emboldens privacy groups BY EMILY BIRNBAUM The potential end to a controversial National Security Agency phone records collection program is energizing privacy groups and lawmakers who have long called for stricter limits on domestic surveillance powers. Read the full story here     Trump's base can't handle the truth: He's wrecking their economy BY NEIL BARON Opinion | In the first four months of FY19, the deficit grew to $310 billion, up from $176 billion in FY18. To rein it in, the Trump administration and Congressional Republicans have targeted cutting entitlements that many Trump supporters depend on. Yet they remain steadfast. When will they ever learn? Read the full story here     Democrats allow anti-Semitism to spread with their weak resolution BY RONNA MCDANIEL Opinion | A flurry of top Democrats have come forward in defense of Ilhan Omar, including Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, and Elizabeth Warren. Just this week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that Omar “may not understand the full weight of her words." Make no mistake, Omar knows exactly what she is saying. However, the muted outcry of the Democrats in response to the frequent anti-Semitic tropes from Omar and others should tell us a lot about the seismic anti-Israel shift taking place within their party today. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Trump’s budget sets high expectations for economic growth BY KATE DAVIDSON While many forecasters see a slowing economy, the White House expects deregulation, tax-code changes will keep expansion humming.  Read the full story here     Reuters: Trump's budget to land with a thud on Monday BY ROBERTA RAMPTON When President Donald Trump proposes his 2020 federal budget on Monday, official Washington will likely have a quick look, shrug and move on, marking another stage in the quiet decay of the U.S. government’s traditional policy-making processes. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: As budget deficit balloons, few in Washington seem to care BY ANDREW TAYLOR The federal budget deficit is ballooning on President Donald Trump’s watch and few in Washington seem to care. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Encapsulating his unorthodox presidency, Trump assumed 10 personas in one speech BY ASHLEY PARKER, PHILIP RUCKER, MONICA AKHTAR AND DANIELLE KUNITZ Offering a preview of the 2020 campaign, last week’s spectacle at the Conservative Political Action Conference showcased President Trump in his purest form, as he inhabited multiple personas — from entertainer to fighter, from fabulist to bully. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Bernie Sanders-style politics are defining 2020 race, unnerving moderates BY JONATHAN MARTIN AND SYDNEY EMBER The sharp left turn in the Democratic Party and the rise of progressive presidential candidates are unnerving moderate Democrats who increasingly fear that the party could fritter away its chances of beating President Trump in 2020 by careening over a liberal cliff. 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.