Tipsheet: Republicans aim to avoid war with White House over impeachment strategy

View in your browser     Republicans aim to avoid war with White House over impeachment strategy BY JORDAIN CARNEY Senate Republicans are trying to avoid a high-profile fight with the White House as they plot their impeachment trial strategy. Divisions have erupted between President Trump and the GOP Senate on everything from witnesses, how long the trial should last and whether or not senators should wait until January to start it. Read the full story here     Anti-impeachment Democrat poised to switch parties BY SCOTT WONG, MIKE LILLIS AND RACHEL FRAZIN Freshman Rep. Jefferson Van Drew (D-N.J.), a vocal opponent of impeachment, plans to switch parties and join the GOP after meeting with President Trump on Friday, Democratic sources told The Hill. Read the full story here     GOP lawmakers jockey for positions as managers BY JULIEGRACE BRUFKE A number of House GOP lawmakers are quietly expressing interest in being selected to join President Trump’s impeachment defense team as Republicans brace for proceedings to move to the upper chamber. Read the full story here     Graham vows to help make impeachment 'die quickly' in Senate BY RACHEL FRAZIN Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Saturday pledged to help impeachment "die quickly" in the Senate as it becomes increasingly likely that the House will vote to impeach President Trump, leading to a Senate trial. Read the full story here       Graham invites Giuliani to testify about recent Ukraine trip BY JORDAIN CARNEY Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) is inviting Rudy Giuliani, President Trump's personal lawyer, to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee about his recent trip to Ukraine. Read the full story here     Democrats ask if they have reason to worry about UK result BYMAX GREENWOOD   Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Conservative Party’s resounding victory in the United Kingdom’s general elections on Thursday is sounding a possible alarm for Democrats in the United States. Read the full story here     Jill Biden: Trump is 'afraid' to go against my husband BY TAL AXELROD Jill Biden, the wife of 2020 contender and former Vice President Joe Biden, said President Trump’s attacks on her family are evidence that the president is “afraid” to run against her husband. Read the full story here     Booker leads other 2020 Dems in petition urging DNC to change debate qualifications BY TAL AXELROD Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) led several of his fellow 2020 contenders in sending a petition asking the Democratic National Committee (DNC) to change its debate qualifications. Read the full story here     Trump executive order aimed at combating anti-Semitism stirs up controversy BY RACHEL FRAZIN President Trump’s executive order aimed at combating anti-Semitism stirred up controversy this week as Jewish groups questioned the president's political motivation considering his past statements about Jewish people. Read the full story here     Democrats get the health care fight they want with prescription drug bill BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL Democrats looking for a health care fight in 2020 have found a key marker with the House drug pricing bill. Read the full story here     Is a trap being set for Trump in the Senate trial? BY DOUGLAS MACKINNON Opinion | Can 20 U.S. senators withstand the potentially irresistible temptation to reverse the results of the 2016 election and remove a president a number of them openly or privately dislike? Read the full story here     How to shut down fake Republican outrage over 'spying' on Trump BY MARIK VON RENNENKAMPFF Opinion | President Trump and his cheerleaders worked themselves into a frenzy this week, accusing the FBI of “spying” on Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. Their charges of “massive” politically-motivated snooping center on the FBI’s wiretap of Carter Page Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump impeachment vote underscores a harshly partisan era BY ALAN FRAM This coming week’s virtually certain House impeachment of President Donald Trump will underscore how Democrats and Republicans have morphed into fiercely divided camps since lawmakers impeached President Bill Clinton. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Trump pushes to rack up political wins as impeachment looms BY ASHLEY PARKER AND JOSH DAWSEY He and his allies are painting his victories as the work of a disciplined leader focusing on the needs of the public, while Democrats argue they have forced Trump to hand over sweeping concessions. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Why white Iowans want a nominee who can appeal to nonwhite voters BY SYDNEY EMBER In the first nominating state, many Democrats feel a responsibility to identify a candidate who can win in states more diverse than their own. Read the full story here     CNN: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez looks to the future after a year of making waves BY GREG KRIEG One year and a month ago, young activists from the Sunrise Movement barged into Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi's Capitol Hill office to demand immediate action on climate change. Read the full story here     Reuters: China suspends planned tariffs scheduled for Dec. 15 on some US goods BY BRENDA GOH China has suspended additional tariffs on some U.S. goods that were meant to be implemented on Dec. 15, the State Council’s customs tariff commission said on Sunday, after the world’s two largest economies agreed a “phase one” trade deal on Friday. 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.