Tipsheet: Dem hopefuls flock to Iowa

View in your browser     Dem hopefuls flock to Iowa By Amie Parnes   Democrats with White House aspirations are flocking to Iowa. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio, Rep. Tim Ryan (Ohio), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (Minn.) and Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.) are among the Democrats who visited the Hawkeye state last year. Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley dropped in four times, while former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander has visited the state on seven occasions in recent months. He also deployed his former campaign manager to Iowa to head up a field office for his voting rights organization. Read the full story here     Listen to the Hillcast AM View: Trump’s Nashville speech could offer clues about NAFTA’s fate By Alexis Simendinger   President Trump is slated to speak in Nashville as lawmakers plan to lay down specifics for immigration and spending negotiations. Meanwhile, the fallout from a tell-all book about the White House continues to distract Washington. Listen to The Hill's podcast here     The laws of bipartisanship By Judd Gregg OPINION | The Republican Congress has used its last partisan bullet. It was the reconciliation instructions under the budget acts for this year and the prior year that gave Republicans in the Senate the chance to pass meaningful legislation: First, the attempt to repeal ObamaCare with only 51 votes, and second the success of passing their tax reform bill with 51 votes. Read the full story here     This week: Clock ticks toward shutdown deadline By Cristina Marcos and Jordain Carney Lawmakers return to Washington on Monday with just 11 days left until the next deadline to avoid a government shutdown. Read the full story here       Rush to defend Trump from book’s claims creates more debate By Mallory Shelbourne Trump administration officials on Sunday are playing defense for their boss against shocking allegations reported in a new book detailing the first year of Trump’s presidency. Read the full story here     Tapper cuts off Miller after heated interview By Mallory Shelbourne CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday cut off a contentious interview with White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, as the two sparred about President Trump and the news network. Read the full story here     Bannon praises Trump Jr as a 'patriot' and 'good man' after book criticism By Rebecca Savransky Former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon in a new statement praised Donald Trump Jr. as a "patriot" and a "good man" and expressed "regret" for his delayed response to quoted criticism in a book released last week. Read the full story here     Trump takes new tack to weaken ObamaCare By Nathaniel Weixel The Trump administration is turning to regulations as their last, best hope of chipping away at ObamaCare in 2018, with congressional Republicans unlikely to pass full repeal. Read the full story here     Blue-state officials plot response to GOP tax law By Naomi Jagoda Elected officials in high-tax Democratic-leaning states are looking at creative ways to prevent the new tax law from raising their residents’ bills. Read the full story here     Trump flexes foreign policy muscle as new year begins By Rebecca Kheel President Trump spent the first week of the year flexing his muscles on the world stage, strongly supporting Iranian protestors and sending the signal that foreign aid could be cut off to nations that differ too much from U.S. policies. Read the full story here     Trump’s success in year one By Salman Al-Ansari OPINION | America’s 45th President Donald Trump successfully concluded his first year in the Oval Office. Trump’s vision of “America First” sheds light on his main achievements. Let’s look at the ways Trump has been perhaps the most successful first year American president in modern U.S. history. Read the full story here     Cannabis chaos — Sessions has no exit strategy for his war on drugs By Andrew Freedman and Lewis Koski OPINION | One of the great social and political experiments of this decade, marijuana legalization, faces its greatest existential threat: Jeff Sessions. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Fate of ‘dreamers’ set to dominate next round of budget talks By Ed O'Keefe, Mike DeBonis and Erica Werner Both sides agree that if President Trump and lawmakers can strike a deal that ends the impasse over the legal status of young immigrants, other obstacles to reaching a spending agreement could be resolved more quickly. But Democrats have balked at Trump’s demands to tie a decision to his pledge of building a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, and the party is split over whether to force a government shutdown to get its way. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Trump faces pivotal decisions on Iran sanctions By Felicia Schwartz The president must choose whether to extend U.S. sanctions relief to Iran under the 2015 nuclear deal. Read the full story here     Reuters: In possible boon for White House, Fed ready to lay low as tax plan kicks in By Howard Schneider and Jonathan Spicer   U.S. Federal Reserve policymakers have come to view Donald Trump’s tax overhaul as a short-term economic boost that will neither permanently supercharge the economy, as the president says, or cause an immediate disruption that would require a central bank response, as some analysts have warned. Read the full story here     CNN: Will Trump campaign for GOP candidates in 2018 midterms? By Rebecca Schatz It's now 2018 and for both political parties, that means the focus is all on midterm elections. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: On health care, Democrats are shifting to offense By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar   Democrats are shifting to offense on health care, emboldened by successes in defending the Affordable Care Act. They say their ultimate goal is a government guarantee of affordable coverage for all. 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