Tipsheet: Chasten Buttigieg emerges as Mayor Pete's secret weapon

View in your browser     Chasten Buttigieg emerges as Mayor Pete's secret weapon BY ALEX GANGITANO Chasten Buttigieg has emerged as a star in the Democratic primary, becoming a key part of his husband Pete Buttigieg's campaign and helping the South Bend, Ind., mayor stand out in a crowded field. The 29-year-old school humanities and drama junior high teacher from Michigan not only functions as a much sought-after campaign spokesman and adviser, but he is also helping humanize the first gay major presidential candidate in a country that only legalized same-sex marriage four years ago. Read the full story here     Biden allies launch super PAC BY AMIE PARNES AND JONATHAN EASLEY Allies of former Vice President Joe Biden are launching a super PAC to support his White House campaign, sources tell The Hill. The super PAC will run local and national media ads for Biden and ensure he’ll have an activist network in all 50 states as he seeks the party's presidential nomination. Read the full story here     Trump looks for longer boost from economy BY SYLVAN LANE President Trump is getting a big boost from the economy, which grew at a strong rate of 3.2 percent in the first quarter of the year, according to statistics released Friday by the Commerce Department. The growth beat expectations and was particularly strong for a first quarter. Read the full story here     Biden leads Trump by 6 points in first post-launch poll BY MATTHEW SHEFFIELD Joe Biden leads President Trump by six points, according to the first poll published after the former vice president officially announced his candidacy. The April 25-26 Hill-HarrisX survey of 1,000 registered voters found that 43 percent said they would choose Biden while 37 percent said they would pick Trump. Read the full story here       White House says former official can speak to Oversight panel next week BY JESSE BYRNES The White House has agreed to allow former personnel security director Carl Kline speak to the House Oversight and Reform Committee next week, the White House counsel said in a letter Friday obtained by The Hill. Read the full story here     Trump tells NRA he's pulling US from arms treaty BY JORDAN FABIAN   President Trump on Friday announced he is withdrawing U.S. support for an international arms-trade treaty, the administration’s latest move to distance the country from global agreements and institutions. Read the full story here     NRA's LaPierre tells board he is being extorted by group's president in effort to oust him BY TAL AXELROD Longtime National Rifle Association (NRA) chief Wayne LaPierre told the group's board that its president, Oliver North, is extorting him, accusing North of trying to force his resignation over allegations of financial misdeeds. Read the full story here     Rubio says hackers penetrated Florida elections systems BY TAL AXELROD Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) confirmed Friday that hackers penetrated a Florida county’s elections system in 2016, weighing in a week after special counsel Robert Mueller’s report revealed that Russians sent malicious software to Florida county government officials overseeing the 2016 election. Read the full story here     Trump not expected to attend National Teacher of the Year award ceremony BY MORGAN GSTALTER President Trump is expected to skip the award ceremony honoring this year’s National Teacher of the Year, an organizer told The Hill, passing on an event that dates back decades. Read the full story here     Meet the 2020 spouses who could make history BY JULIA MANCHESTER The 2020 Democratic field is the party's largest and most diverse in U.S. history — and their families are no different. Here’s a look at the spouses you can expect to see on the campaign trail. Read the full story here     5 memorable moments from White House correspondents' dinners past BY BROOKE SEIPEL The White House Correspondents’ Association's (WHCA) annual dinner Saturday night will be unlike those in years past: there's no president and no comedian. Ahead of the dinner, The Hill took a look at some of the most memorable moments to come out of dinners in the past.  Read the full story here     Mueller report may result in Russian sanctions but not better behavior BY WILLIAM COURTNEY Opinion | The reports of special counsel Robert Mueller and earlier probes are persuasive because they reveal so much detail about Russian malign activities. The revelations may not come without cost to Russia. They may spur the U.S. to toughen sanctions, strengthen resilience to Russian political warfare and cause the U.S. to more boldly challenge Russian interests. Read the full story here     The time has come for the Democrats to act, finally BY BLAKE RUTHERFORD Opinion | Robert Mueller’s long-awaited report to the Department of Justice is a damning account of President Trump and his 2016 presidential campaign. Many of the people cited in the report are in jail or on their way. It paints a terrifying picture of Russian interference. It spares few, yet Trump came out looking worse than all the rest. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: A remote Sri Lankan enclave recoils after producing the mastermind of a massacre BY JOANNA SLATER Like the rest of Sri Lanka, Kattankudy is grappling with anger and grief in the aftermath of the Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 250 people. But this Muslim enclave is also struggling with the knowledge that it was home to the alleged organizer of the plot who also carried out one of the suicide bombings. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Guantánamo Bay as Nursing Home: Military Envisions Hospice Care as Terrorism Suspects Age BY CAROL ROSENBERG More than 17 years after choosing the American military base in Cuba as “the least worst place” to incarcerate prisoners from the battlefield in Afghanistan, after years of impassioned debates over the rights of the detainees and whether the prison could close, the Pentagon is now planning for terrorism suspects still held in the facility to grow old and die at Guantánamo Bay. Read the full story here     CNN: China's recycling ban has sent America's plastic to Malaysia. Now they don't want it -- so what next? BY IVAN WATSON, JO SHELLEY, SUGAM POKHAREL AND USHAR DANIELE The rise of illegal recyclers in Malaysia, and elsewhere in Southeast Asia, has exposed the rotten side of an industry that experts say is often anything but "green." Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump’s 'exoneration' tour: What to Watch BY LAURIE KELLMAN Political nerds, start your streaming devices. You’ve got a big Saturday night of programming ahead. Read the full story here     NBC News: Militaries go green, rethink operations in face of climate change BY LINDA GIVETASH Military officials from 29 countries — including the United States — will test whether energy efficient equipment and hybrid diesel-solar power systems can be easily integrated into their operations in Poland this June. 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.