Tipsheet: Dems ponder gender politics of 2020 nominee

View in your browser     Dems ponder gender politics of 2020 nominee By Mike Lillis   At a birthday party for Hillary Clinton in October, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) delivered a toast — and a sobering thought — for the evening’s attendees: “If Hillary couldn’t win the White House, I don’t know which woman can.”  Some of the party-goers — including the former Sen. Barbara Mukulski (D-Md.), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and former secretary of State Madeleine Albright— nodded ruefully as Feinstein, standing in the doorway of a family room at the Georgetown home of major Democratic donor Elizabeth Bagley, made the remark, according to two attendees.   Months later, it’s at times hard to imagine Democrats failing to nominate a woman as their standard-bearer against President Trump in 2020. Read the full story here     White House: Trump supports efforts to improve gun background checks By Jordan Fabian and Rebecca Savransky   “The president is supportive of efforts to improve the federal background check system,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement. Read the full story here     Listen: Trump backs guns-check bill By Alexis Simendinger Avery Gardiner, co-president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, talks with host Alexis Simendinger about President Trump’s support for a bipartisan measure to improve the federal background checks system for gun sales. Read the full story here       Trump endorses Romney in Utah Senate race By Jacqueline Thomsen President Trump endorsed Mitt Romney in the Senate race to replace retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) on Monday night, despite reportedly urging Hatch to run for reelection to block Romney out. Read the full story here     Trump: Why didn't Obama 'do something about Russian meddling?' By Jacqueline Thomsen Democrats have criticized Trump for declining to implement new sanctions against Russia that passed Congress last year by overwhelming, bipartisan margins. Read the full story here     What's next for DACA recipients as deadline approaches? By Rafael Bernal Both “Dreamers” and their employers are worried about how the wind-down of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program will affect them, as a Trump administration deadline to find a deal on the immigrants approaches. Read the full story here     Grassley, Dems step up battle over judicial nominees By Lydia Wheeler The blue-slip rule has become a flashpoint for members on the Judiciary Committee. Read the full story here     Pennsylvania Supreme Court releases new congressional map By Julia Manchester The new map is expected to especially aid Democrats in suburbs of Philadelphia, where the party was already targeting a handful of swing districts. Read the full story here     Lawmaker interest in NAFTA intensifies amid Trump moves By Vicki Needham The three-nation trade agreement that has long come under fire from both parties is getting a rousing defense amid a push from the Trump administration to either renegotiate or scrap the deal altogether. Read the full story here     Trump, Pence to address CPAC this week By Melanie Zanona President Trump will address the Conservative Political Action Conference on Friday for the second year in a row, according to an agenda released on Monday. Read the full story here     Big Republican missteps needed for Democrats to win in November By Rachel Bovard OPINION | November is still eight months away, but Republican leaders are already conceding defeat in the midterm elections. Read the full story here     Keep America strong and proud by defending the arts and humanities By Earle Mack and Randall Bourscheidt OPINION | If we defend our culture, we are defending our country. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Most Americans say Trump, Congress not doing enough to stop mass shootings By Scott Clement and Emily Guskin A Washington Post-ABC News poll, conducted after a gunman killed 17 people at a Florida high school last week, illustrates the differences in the country over how to respond to gun violence and highlights the intense frustration with the lack of any policy response coming out of Washington, despite a series of horrific shootings in recent years. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Russian bots moved quickly to exploit the Florida shooting By Sheera Frenkel and Daisuke Wakabayashi Before the world had even absorbed the reality of the school shooting in Florida, hundreds of Twitter accounts thought to have Russian ties jumped into the gun control debate. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Facebook battles new criticism after US indictment against Russians By Georgia Wells and Robert McMillan Comments by Facebook’s head of advertising after indictment spark further backlash. Read the full story here     Reuters: Russia looms large as US election officials prep for 2018 By Dustin Volz   Ten months before the United States votes in its first major election since the 2016 presidential contest, U.S. state election officials huddled in Washington this weekend to swap strategies on dealing with an uninvited guest: Russia. Read the full story here     CNN: Mueller's interest in Kushner grows to include foreign financing efforts By Shimon Prokupecz, Kara Scannell and Gloria Borger   Special counsel Robert Mueller's interest in Jared Kushner has expanded beyond his contacts with Russia and now includes his efforts to secure financing for his company from foreign investors during the presidential transition, according to people familiar with the inquiry. 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.