Tipsheet: Trump bets base will stick with him on immigration

View in your browser     Trump bets base will stick with him on immigration By Jordan Fabian and Jonathan Easley   President Trump is betting that his base will give him wide latitude to pursue an immigration deal with Democrats despite the outburst of anger from prominent voices on the right. Conservatives pundits like Ann Coulter and Laura Ingraham denounced Trump’s pursuit of an agreement as a betrayal. GOP Rep. Steve King (Iowa) warned the president risked fracturing his base. But other prominent Trump supporters, including Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh and the hosts of “Fox and Friends,” gave him cover. Read the full story here     Trump at the UN: What to watch for Monday By Jonathan Easley President Trump is in New York City for a week of meetings and speeches with foreign leaders amid global uncertainty about a nuclear North Korea. Read the full story here     Momentum builds against gerrymandering By Juan Williams OPINION | Former Attorney General Eric Holder joked over the summer that he plans to “make redistricting sexy” as head of the new National Democratic Redistricting Committee. Read the full story here     The art of legislating By Judd Gregg OPINION | If President Trump and his people want to do “huge” things (to borrow from his vocabulary), they are going to have to pass legislation. Read the full story here       This week: Senate wrapping up defense bill after amendment fight By Jordain Carney The Senate is aiming to finish its work on a mammoth annual defense bill before leaving Washington mid-week. Read the full story here     Corker pressed as reelection challenges mount By Ben Kamisar   Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) finds himself squeezed from all sides, as President Trump’s allies mull the prospect of taking the senator down from his right and Democrats ready a challenge for the general election. Read the full story here     Five things to know about the Kaspersky-Russia controversy By Morgan Chalfant   Government scrutiny of Moscow-based cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab grew this week after the Trump administration barred federal agencies and departments from using software produced by the company, citing potential risks to U.S. national security. Read the full story here     GOP eying 'blue slip' break to help Trump fill the courts By Jordain Carney Momentum is building in the Senate for doing away with an arcane rule that allows senators to block some of President Trump’s judicial nominees. Read the full story here     Trump lawyers battle over cooperating with Mueller's probe: report By Jacqueline Thomsen President Trump’s lawyers are clashing over how much to cooperate with special counsel Robert Mueller, The New York Times reported Sunday. Read the full story here     Spicer makes surprise appearance at Emmys By Jacqueline Thomsen Former White House press secretary Sean Spicer used a rolling podium, similar to the one Melissa McCarthy used to impersonate him on "Saturday Night Live,” to make his way on stage during host Stephen Colbert’s opening monologue. Read the full story here     Bloomberg: UN ‘club’ Trump derided forges unexpected alliance on key issues By Kambiz Foroohar President Donald Trump, who derided the United Nations as a “club for people to get together, talk and have a good time” after his election, is surprising veterans of the global body by leaning on it to help carry out his foreign policy agenda. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: How Trump’s advisers schooled him on globalism By Matthew Lee and Jonathan Lemire On a sweltering Washington summer day, President Donald Trump’s motorcade pulled up to the Pentagon for a meeting largely billed as a briefing on the Afghanistan conflict and the fight against the Islamic State group. Read the full story here     The New York Times: When Nikki Haley talks, does President Trump listen? By Somini Sengupta Ms. Haley, Mr. Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, has cast herself as someone who can sway the president on important foreign policy issues. This week will test her influence. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: White House warns North Korea that time is running out for peaceful solution By David Nakamura and Anne Gearan President Trump, who referred to Kim Jong Un as “Rocket Man” in a Sunday tweet, will confront the looming crisis at his first U.N. General Assembly this week. But the question remains how realistic the Trump administration’s threats are as Pyongyang quickly advances its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Trump administration to brief officials on emissions goals By Emre Peker,  Nick Timiraos and  Russell Gold New York event follows meeting that raised foreign officials’ hopes the administration would revisit Paris agreement. 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.