Tipsheet: McConnell safe in power, despite Trump's wrath

View in your browser     McConnell safe in power, despite Trump's wrath BY ALEXANDER BOLTON   Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is safe in his job despite repeated attack from former President Trump, Republican aides and strategists say. At the same time, GOP sources say that McConnell’s long-term future atop the Senate GOP may depend on what happens in the 2022 and 2024 elections and whether Trump, who is strongly considering another presidential campaign, expands his power in the party. Read the full story here     Biden confronts limits of big government with COVID-19 BY AMIE PARNES AND MORGAN CHALFANT   President Biden has embraced big government action to confront the coronavirus crisis and implement his agenda. But he’s learning that his powers are limited when it comes to getting the virus under control and the country back to normal. Read the full story here     Vaccine patent waivers face more hurdles despite Biden support BY NATHANIEL WEIXEL   The Biden administration made a splash this past week when it backed a temporary waiver of international patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines at the World Trade Organization (WTO). Read the full story here     Trump spokesman says defeating Cheney a top priority BY CELINE CASTRONUOVO   A spokesman for former President Trump says that defeating GOP Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) in her 2022 midterm primary election is a top goal for the former president amid escalating tensions between the two in recent days. Read the full story here       Michael Cohen on Giuliani's legal fees: He won't get 'two cents' from Trump BY CELINE CASTRONUOVO   Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen on Friday responded to reports that allies of Rudy Giuliani are pressing the ex-president's team to help pay for his growing legal bills, with Cohen predicting that Trump won't pay Giuliani "two cents." Read the full story here     The Memo: The Obamas unbound, on race BY NIALL STANAGE   Former President Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are more willing than ever to speak frankly about race.  Read the full story here     Advocates sound alarm as restrictive voting laws pile up BY MARTY JOHNSON   Voting advocates say that the urgency and need for federal oversight of state voting procedures — a Democratic legislative priority — has increased as Florida became the latest state this week to implement new voting restrictions and multiple other states are on the precipice of doing the same. Read the full story here     Biden fills immigration court with Trump hires BY REBECCA BEITSCH   The Biden team has hired a slate of immigration judges initially selected during the Trump era, angering advocates who argue the White House is already failing to deliver in its pledge to push back against the prior administration's shaping of the judiciary. Read the full story here     Biden to meet with GOP senators amid infrastructure push BY TAL AXELROD   President Biden will hold a meeting next week with six Republican senators as he looks to pass his sprawling infrastructure plan through Congress.  Read the full story here     Three questions about Biden's conservation goals BY RACHEL FRAZIN   The Biden administration’s report on its goal of conserving 30 percent of lands and waters leaves several unanswered questions, including how conservation will be defined and how it specifically plans to make sure such conservation is carried out. Read the full story here     Will deterrence work, when our foes wage war disguised as peace? BY SEAN MCFATE   OPINION l Traditional deterrence no longer works because our adversaries wage war but disguise it as peace. This deliberately confounds deterrence theory, which requires a clear and present danger to trigger the “if/then” logic of deterrence.  Read the full story here     Assaults on Roe v Wade increasing BY BRIDGET KELLY   OPINION l Even with Trump out of office, the anti-abortion movement is still virulent — and poses a growing, serious threat to reproductive health and rights. As more governors sign anti-abortion legislation restricting the right to abortion, we are inching ever closer to the ultimate showdown, with a 6-3 conservative majority dominating the Supreme Court. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Democratic divisions return as Biden tries to hold Senate BY SEAN SULLIVAN In crucial Senate races in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and elsewhere in 2022, the Democratic coalition that came together to elect President Biden is fracturing again along racial, gender and generational lines. Read the full story here     The New York Time: Marooned at Mar-a-Lago, Trump still has iron grip on Republicans BY LISA LERER The vilification of Liz Cheney and a bizarre vote recount in Arizona showed the damage from his assault on a bedrock of democracy: election integrity. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: States scale back vaccine orders as interest in shots wanes BY HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH AND TODD RICHMOND States asked the federal government this week to withhold staggering amounts of COVID-19 vaccine amid plummeting demand for the shots, contributing to a growing U.S. stockpile of doses. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: US pipeline cyberattack forces closure BY COLLIN EATON AND DUSTIN VOLZ The main pipeline carrying gasoline and diesel fuel to the U.S. East Coast was shut down by its operator after being hit with a cyberattack. Read the full story here     Reuters: Chinese rocket debris lands in Indian Ocean, draws criticism from NASA BY RYAN WOO Remnants of China's biggest rocket landed in the Indian Ocean on Sunday, with most of its components destroyed upon re-entry into the atmosphere, ending days of speculation over where the debris would hit but drawing U.S. criticism over lack of transparency. 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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