Tipsheet: Trump grapples with disaster in Texas

View in your browser     Trump grapples with disaster in Texas BY NIALL STANAGE   President Trump faces political opportunities and perils as he visits Texas on Tuesday, grappling with the first natural disaster of his administration. Trump has been careful to avoid projecting any sense of disengagement in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, such as the pictures of then-President George W. Bush observing Hurricane Katrina’s damage from Air Force One. Read the full story here     GOP risks spending confrontation with Trump BY ALEXANDER BOLTON GOP leaders seeking a way out of their September logjam are talking about tying a disaster aid bill for Hurricane Harvey to a larger measure funding the government and raising the nation’s borrowing limit. Read the full story here     Harvey adds new urgency to climate change debate BY TIMOTHY CAMA “Harvey was almost certainly more intense than it would have been in the absence of human-caused warming, which means stronger winds, more wind damage and a larger storm surge.” Read the full story here       Trump: Texas will get 'every asset under my command' BY JONATHAN EASLEY At a White House press conference on Monday, Trump sought to reassure those impacted by tropical storm Harvey that his threat to shutdown the government over funding for a border wall would not delay federal assistance for those in need. Read the full story here     Trump defends pardoning former Sheriff Arpaio BY JONATHAN EASLEY President Trump defended pardoning controversial former Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Monday, calling him a “patriot” who was unjustly treated by former President Barack Obama’s Justice Department. Read the full story here     North Korea fires missile over northern Japan BY ELLEN MITCHELL The Pentagon on Monday evening confirmed the missile flew over Japan and said it did not pose a threat to North America. Read the full story here     Manchin pressed from both sides in reelection fight BY JORDAIN CARNEY As West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin runs for reelection for his second full term, he’s facing a growing liability: The “D” next to his name. Read the full story here     Ten notable departures from Team Trump BY KATIE BO WILLIAMS President Trump is known for firing people. "You’re fired!" was his personal catch phrase during his reign as the star of "The Apprentice."  Read the full story here     Gorka rips Trump’s Cabinet and White House team on way out BY JONATHAN EASLEY Sebastian Gorka, the former special adviser to President Trump who was forced out over the weekend, railed against his former colleagues in a string of interviews on Monday. Read the full story here     ACLU sues Trump over transgender ban BY LYDIA WHEELER Trump, in a memo on Friday, directed the Department of Defense to stop accepting transgender people who enlist for military service. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump’s turn to face tricky politics of natural disasters BY JULIE PACE George W. Bush never recovered from his flyover of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation. Barack Obama got a bipartisan boost late in his re-election campaign for his handling of Superstorm Sandy. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Are Trump’s August controversies careless — or calculated? BY GERALD F. SEIB Did the president mindlessly pick fights, or did he deliberately choose his targets to speak to middle America? Read the full story here     Reuters: Tough choice for Trump if Congress refuses border wall financing BY AMANDA BECKER AND SUSAN CORNWELL President Donald Trump is unlikely to win congressional support for funds he wants for a proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall before an Oct. 1 deadline, meaning he may have to choose between backing down on a key campaign promise or shutting down the government. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Moscow tower deal could make Trump president, ally said BY MATT APUZZO AND MAGGIE HABERMAN Felix Sater, a Trump associate, promised to engineer a real estate deal for a Trump Tower in Moscow with the aid of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. “We will get Donald elected,” he wrote. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Top Trump Organization executive asked Putin aide for help on business deal BY ROSALIND S. HELDERMAN, CAROL D. LEONNIG AND TOM HAMBURGER A 2016 email from Michael Cohen, a Trump attorney and executive vice president for the Trump Organization, to Dmitry Peskov, the Kremlin’s top press aide, shows the Trump business official directly seeking Kremlin assistance in advancing Trump’s business interests during the campaign. 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.