Tipsheet: Congress unlikely to reach deal on Trump border bill before break

View in your browser     Congress unlikely to reach deal on Trump border bill before break BY JORDAIN CARNEY President Trump's request for more border funding is running into another stumbling block on Capitol Hill. The administration’s $4.5 billion spending request got a shot in the arm earlier this month when leadership in both chambers said they wanted to get a bill to the president’s desk before the July 4th recess. Read the full story here     Trump delays operation to deport migrant families BY TAL AXELROD President Trump announced he would delay for two weeks an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operation that would have deported as many as 2,000 migrant families. Read the full story here     Trump announces new sanctions against Iran as tensions escalate BY TAL AXELROD President Trump announced his administration will slap new sanctions on Iran as tensions between Washington and Tehran mount.  Read the full story here     Trump: Iran 'very wise' not to shoot down manned plane BY TAL AXELROD President Trump said Saturday that Iran was “very wise” not to shoot down a manned plane when it decided to down an unmanned U.S. surveillance drone. Read the full story here       Trump claims media got it wrong on Iran strike: 'I never called the strike' back BY JOHN BOWDEN President Trump criticized the media on Saturday for reporting that he  halted plans for a military strike on Iran, tweeting that he had merely ordered the strike to not go forward "at this time." Read the full story here     Ghosts of 2016 primary haunt Democrats BY AMIE PARNES Democrats are feeling a sense of déjà vu as infighting among presidential candidates intensifies. Read the full story here     2020 Democrats vow to expand abortion access at Planned Parenthood event BY JESSIE HELLMANN Democratic presidential candidates were pressed on their support for abortion Saturday at a first-of-its-kind forum exclusively focused on reproductive rights. Read the full story here     Biden talks about abortion at Planned Parenthood event, without saying the word 'abortion' BY JESSIE HELLMANN   Former vice president Joe Biden stumbled to explain how he would expand and protect abortion access during a Planned Parenthood event Saturday, instead skating around the issue and failing to say the word "abortion" even once.  Read the full story here     Democrats target Florida Hispanics in 2020 BY MAX GREENWOOD Democrats are looking to make inroads with Florida Latinos as President Trump prepares to launch an aggressive effort to court the state’s fastest-growing voter bloc. Read the full story here     GOP lawmakers want Mulvaney sidelined in budget talks BY ALEXANDER BOLTON Senate Republicans, eager to avert a government shutdown or automatic spending cuts, want acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney pushed to the sidelines in budget negotiations with Democrats. Read the full story here     It's time to expand educational access for incarcerated Americans - here's how BY RONALD HOPKINS Opinion | More than 10,000 Americans will be released from prison this week—and every week thereafter throughout 2019, meaning hundreds of thousands of incarcerated men and women will rejoin their families this year. Unfortunately, there is a catch: more than two-thirds of them will return to prison within three years. That’s a real crisis, and it’s one with which we need to grapple in a serious way as a society. Read the full story here     Beyond bashing Trump, the Democrats' message seems stuck in the past BY ARMSTRONG WILLIAMS Opinion | The Democrats hoping to unseat President Trump seem to have honed in on a familiar rallying cry: the president poses a “clear and present danger” to the country. But other than his posing a clear threat to the Democrats’ hope of recapturing the White House, what are they really saying? the full story here     The New York Times: With limited options, Trump seeks strategy as Iran standoff escalates BY DAVID E. SANGER President Trump's last-minute decision to pull back from a retaliatory strike underscored a lack of appealing options to counter Tehran's nuclear program.  Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Trump bucked national-security aides on proposed Iran attack BY MICHAEL C. BENDER AND GORDON LUBOLD "These people want to push us into a war... It’s so disgusting," president told confidant. Read the full story here     The Associated Press:  AP sources: US struck Iranian military computers last week BY TAMI ABDOLLAH U.S. military cyber forces launched a strike against Iranian military computer systems on Thursday as President Donald Trump backed away from plans for a more conventional military strike in response to Iran’s downing of a U.S. surveillance drone, U.S. officials said Saturday. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Democratic candidates make nice, try to stand out at South Carolina convention BY CHELSEA JANES In seven-minute speeches, they staked out positions and made forceful arguments for their particular brand of leadership. Read the full story here     Reuters: Exclusive: White House's Kushner unveils economic portion of Middle East peace plan BY MATT SPETALNICK AND STEVE HOLLAND The White House on Saturday outlined a $50 billion Middle East economic plan that would create a global investment fund to lift the Palestinian and neighboring Arab state economies, and fund a $5 billion transportation corridor to connect the West Bank and Gaza. 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.