Tipsheet: GOP gets used to saying 'no' to Trump

View in your browser     GOP gets used to saying 'no' to Trump BY ALEXANDER BOLTON GOP lawmakers are getting bolder in saying “no” to President Trump. Whether it’s ripping apart ObamaCare or closing the border, Republicans are bucking Trump when they see his strategies as self-defeating — and damaging to their own hopes of keeping the White House and winning congressional seats in 2020. Read the full story here     Biden walks into Trump's punchline BYJONATHAN EASLEY President Trump mocked Joe Biden on Friday, saying he didn’t see the former vice president as a threat because he’s “only a threat to himself.” Hours later, Biden may have proved the president’s point. Read the full story here     Trump lawyer urges Treasury against releasing president's tax returns until DOJ gives opinion BY NAOMI JAGODA An outside lawyer for President Trump argued Friday that Democrats can't legally request Trump's tax returns and said that the IRS shouldn't provide the information to Congress until it receives an opinion for the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel. Read the full story here     House Dems sue Trump over national emergency declaration BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN The Democratic-controlled House on Friday filed a lawsuit against President Trump alleging his declaration of a national emergency to build a border wall is unconstitutional, a move that shifts the political battle to the courts. Read the full story here       Visiting border, Trump says he could close it in 'a day' BY JORDAN FABIAN   President Trump on Friday said he could quickly shutter the U.S. southern border, one day after saying he would give Mexico a “one-year warning” before taking drastic measures to stop illegal immigration. Read the full story here     Poll: Voters say Biden's conduct with women should not disqualify him BY MATTHEW SHEFFIELD A majority of registered voters say allegations that former Vice President Joe Bideninappropriately touched several women should not disqualify him from seeking the White House in 2020, according to a new Hill-HarrisX poll. Read the full story here     Trump says law '100 percent' on his side in tax return fight BY BRETT SAMUELS President Trump on Friday said the law is "100 percent" on his side in a battle with Democrats over the release of his tax returns. Read the full story here     Tax-return fight tests Mnuchin's loyalty to Trump BY NAOMI JAGODA AND SYLVAN LANE Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin faces a challenging test after Democrats formally requested President Trump's tax returns. Read the full story here     Trump to skip White House correspondents' dinner again BY BRETT SAMUELS AND JUDY KURTZ President Trump said Friday he will skip this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner and hold a rally instead. Read the full story here     Supreme Court rejects bid from gun rights groups to delay bump stock ban BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid by gun rights groups to temporarily delay the federal ban on bump stocks. Read the full story here     The GOP is making Ocasio-Cortez more popular BY MICHAEL STEELE Opinion | She is a pretty “cool” socialist; but her politics are as hot as it gets and has made her more than a political lightening rod. She has become just as effective as President Donald Trump at developing and using social media to create energy around ideas and issues that otherwise wouldn’t be given credence by either political party. Read the full story here     This is precisely the wrong time to cut and run from Central America BY JASON MARCZAK AND MARIA FERNANDA PEREZ ARGUELLO Opinion | President Trump’s announcement last week to cut U.S. assistance to Central America will certainly bring immediate results. But the effect is far from what we all should want. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: With the most diverse presidential field ever, black voters ponder the best odds against Trump BY SEAN SULLIVAN AND DAVID WEIGEL Black voters, particularly black women, have the potential to play a decisive role in the Democratic Party’s attempt to defeat President Trump in 2020.  Read the full story here     The New York Times: Herman Cain Opens a New #MeToo Minefield for Republicans BY ALAN RAPPEPORT AND KENNETH P. VOGEL As President Trump moves ahead with his plan to nominate Herman Cain, a 2012 Republican presidential candidate, for a seat on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, Republican lawmakers are being forced to confront a fresh round of uncomfortable allegations of sexual misconduct against women as the 2020 campaign begins. Read the full story here     CNN: In one week, 4 major Trump-policy spins and flips BY ZACHARY B. WOLF President Donald Trump likes to spin his finger in a circle and make a whirring noise when he's making fun of wind turbines as a source of renewable energy. But it was the President's policies that were spinning this week as he retreated from a number of bold pronouncements, policy ideas and nominees. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump struggles with a growing problem on the border BY JILL COLVIN AND COLLEEN LONG Overwhelmed by an influx of migrants at the border that is taxing the immigration system, President Donald Trump is grasping for something — anything — to stem the tide. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: The Battle for the Last Unconquered Screen—The One in Your Car BY TIM HIGGINS AND WILLIAM BOSTON The auto industry and Silicon Valley are locked in a battle for control of one of the last unconquered screens: your car dashboard display. Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? 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