Tipsheet: GOP donors fret about Dem wave

View in your browser     GOP donors fret about Dem wave By Jonathan Easley   The nation’s top conservative donors and fundraisers are increasingly alarmed by the prospect of a midterm election wave that could cost Republicans control of the House. But the party’s deep-pocketed donors aren’t ready to abandon their efforts to keep the House in GOP hands — not yet at least.  Read the full story here     Hillary foe turns heads with Trump talk By Katie Bo Williams It’s getting harder to figure out whose side Rep. Trey Gowdy is on.  A fierce Hillary Clinton critic who led the deeply polarizing investigation into the 2012 terrorist attacks on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, the South Carolina Republican has more recently tweaked President Trump publicly over the federal investigation into his campaign, exhorting him, “When you are innocent, act like it.” Read the full story here     Centrist lawmakers eye growing power in 2019 By Melanie Zanona   Moderate lawmakers in both parties believe their influence will rise after the midterm elections no matter which party takes control of the House. Read the full story here     Trump pushes for added powers in spending fights By Naomi Jagoda President Trump’s call for a line-item veto of spending bills is the latest example of his frustration with the rules of Washington. Read the full story here       The Memo: Trump legal-team turmoil poses perils By Niall Stanage The disarray in President Trump’s personal legal team has serious implications as he faces off against special counsel Robert Mueller at a critical juncture in the Russia investigation, experts say.  Read the full story here     Dems to party: Go on offense with Trump’s alleged affairs By Amie Parnes Democrats say their party should seize on President Trump’s alleged affairs with adult film star Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal to highlight flaws in the president’s character and credibility.   Read the full story here     Trump: ‘The Second Amendment will never be repealed’ By Kyle Balluck President Trump in a tweet early Wednesday said the Second Amendment will never be repealed, despite a former Supreme Court justice's words, and called for more Republicans to be elected in this year’s midterm elections. Read the full story here     GOP ponders how to fill rest of 2018 By Alexander Bolton Republican leaders are mulling what to do for the rest of the year after passing a $1.3 trillion omnibus spending package.  Read the full story here     White House 'not probing whether Jared Kushner violated the law' By Jordan Fabian The White House on Tuesday downplayed reports it is investigating more than $500 million in loans made last year to presidential son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner’s family real estate firm. Read the full story here     Blue states sue Trump over census citizenship question By Reid Wilson Democratic attorneys general in several states said Tuesday they would bring legal action to stop the Trump administration from adding a question on citizenship to the next U.S. census, a question they said would lead to serious undercounts that could reverberate for years to come. Read the full story here     Bolton’s fiery style reduces risk of war and promotes the Iranian people’s desire for change By Ivan Sascha Sheehan OPINION | President Trump’s appointment of former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton as his new national security advisor faces resistance in some quarters.  Read the full story here     We didn’t send Trump to DC to pass a bill 'Jeb' would have happily signed By Ned Ryun OPINION | President Trump’s signing of last week’s $1.3 trillion omnibus bill was “business as usual” in Washington, typical of the one-party ruling class of Republicans and Democrats Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Md. case provides Supreme Court an opening to draw line on gerrymandering By Robert Barnes   A high court challenge to be heard Wednesday on Maryland’s Democratic-led congressional redistricting, along with the yet-to-be-decided lawsuit that was heard last fall on a Republican remapping effort in Wisconsin, could signal that justices are on the brink of a historic change in the way elections are conducted in the United States. Read the full story here     CNN: Supreme Court prepares for right turn By Joan Biskupic  As the White House and Congress descend deeper into turmoil, the US Supreme Court is showing signs of becoming as politically fractured as the rest of Washington. It may likewise be shifting more to the right. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump suggests paying for US border wall with Pentagon funds By Jill Colvin Still angry about the budget deal he signed last week, President Donald Trump has floated the idea of using the Pentagon budget to pay for his long-promised border wall with Mexico, despite the fact that such spending would likely require approval from Congress. Read the full story here     The New York Times: North Korea is firing up a reactor. That may upset Trump-Kim talks. By K.K. Rebecca Lai, William J. Broad and David E. Sanger   As President Trump plans to meet Kim Jong-un, satellite evidence suggests that North Korea is expanding the complex that makes fuel for its nuclear weapons. Read the full story here     Reuters: On China trade clash, Wall Street embraces Trump's poker face By Noel Randewich To Wall Street money managers who make bets for a living, U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive stance against China on trade looks like a high-stakes poker hand - but they believe they can play it for all it’s worth. 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.