Tipsheet: GOP acknowledges struggle to bring down Biden

View in your browser     GOP acknowledges struggle to bring down Biden BY JORDAIN CARNEY   Republicans are struggling to land attacks against President Biden as they grapple with how to win back power in Washington next year. Biden is proving to be an elusive cipher for Republicans to successfully message against nearly 100 days into his administration, keeping a relatively low profile and refusing to engage in the day-to-day verbal sparring that has consumed Washington in recent years. Read the full story here     White House reverses course on refugee cap after Democratic eruption BY MORGAN CHALFANT AND RAFAEL BERNAL   The White House Friday reversed course on refugee admissions, after an earlier announcement maintaining a controversial Trump-era refugee cap was met with disdain by Democrats and immigration activists. Read the full story here     Pro-Trump lawmakers form caucus promoting 'Anglo-Saxon political traditions' BY CRISTINA MARCOS   Several House Republicans, led by Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Paul Gosar (Ariz.), are forming a caucus that calls for a "common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions." Read the full story here     Justice Dept. sues Trump ally Roger Stone for unpaid taxes BY HARPER NEIDIG   The Department of Justice filed a civil lawsuit on Friday against Roger Stone, the longtime GOP political operative and ally to former President Trump, accusing him of owing the government about $2 million in unpaid federal income taxes. Read the full story here       World passes 3 million coronavirus deaths BY PETER SULLIVAN The world has surpassed three million COVID-19 deaths, according to a Johns Hopkins University tracker, a shocking toll that comes amid new warning signs even as vaccinations progress.  Read the full story here     Democrats debate timing and wisdom of reparations vote BY MIKE LILLIS   Reparations advocates notched a historic victory this week when a House committee approved, for the first time, legislation to study whether Black Americans should receive restitution for slavery. Now those lawmakers want a vote on the floor. Read the full story here     Biden, Japan's PM focus on China, North Korea in first bilateral meeting BY BRETT SAMUELS AND MORGAN CHALFANT   President Biden hosted Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday for his first in-person bilateral meeting since becoming president, with the two leaders outlining their strategic vision for the Indo-Pacific in the face of growing challenges from China and North Korea. Read the full story here     Pompeo violated ethics rules, State Department watchdog finds BY LAURA KELLY   A federal watchdog has found that former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife Susan misused State Department resources by having staff run personal errands for them, according to an internal investigation published on Friday. Read the full story here     McCarthy: GOP not the party of 'nativist dog whistles' BY CRISTINA MARCOS   House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Friday that the Republican Party is not the party of "nativist dog whistles" in an apparent response to a new right-wing caucus that explicitly calls for promoting "Anglo-Saxon political traditions." Read the full story here     Castro confirms he's stepping down as Cuban leader BY TAL AXELROD   Raúl Castro confirmed Friday that he’s stepping down as leader of Cuba’s Communist Party, bringing an end to decades-long rule of the island by the Castro family.  Read the full story here     Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause is classic FDA overreach BY MARTY MAKARY   OPINION l Doctors make recommendations balancing risks with patients every day. Either we are in a health emergency with a vaccine shortage or we don’t need this life-saving intervention right now. It can’t be both. Read the full story here     Out of excuses: Businesses must commit to real action on climate BY KATHLEEN ROGERS AND GREG KATS   OPINION l Today, any government or business that wants to be taken seriously as a climate leader must make substantial, specific, accountable commitments that track with climate science and face up to reality. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Hundreds march in Chicago, protesting police shooting of Adam Toledo, 13 BY JULIE BOSMAN AND ELLEN ALMER DURSTON  Hundreds of people marched through the Logan Square neighborhood in Chicago on Friday evening, calling for overhauls to the city’s police department after the fatal shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo by a police officer in March. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Indianapolis shooter, former FedEx worker, had gun seized by police, officials say BY MARY CLAIRE MOLLOY, TIMOTHY BELLA, MARK BERMAN AND GRIFF WITTE The gunman who carried out a massacre at a FedEx facility, killing eight people before shooting himself, was a 19-year-old former employee whose shotgun was seized by authorities last year, police said. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Biden’s appeals for action on guns, policing face reality BY ZEKE MILLER AND ALEXANDRA JAFFE As the nation struggles with yet another mass shooting and faces a reckoning over the deaths of Black men at the hands of police, President Joe Biden is calling for action. Going beyond that, however, is proving a lot more difficult. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Expat Americans fly home for COVID-19 shots BY STU WOO Frustrated by slow and uncertain vaccination drives around the world, some of the nine million Americans living abroad are coming home to get their Covid-19 shots. Read the full story here     NBC News: Prince Philip, the queen's 'strength and stay,' to be honored in scaled-back funeral BY ADELA SULIMAN  Legend has it he was born on a kitchen table on the Greek island of Corfu almost a century ago. On Saturday, he will be delivered to a royal vault on the grounds of Windsor Castle. 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 ©2020 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

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