Tipsheet: GOP leaders back second special counsel — Sponsored by CVS Health

View in your browser     GOP leaders back second special counsel By Scott Wong and Melanie Zanona      House GOP leaders are starting to come out in strong support of a second special counsel to investigate conservative allegations of bias and abuse at the FBI. Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Monday he backs the appointment of another special counsel to look at how law enforcement has handled the Russia probe. Scalise’s statement echoed similar calls from Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) over the weekend. Read the full story here     Republicans fear disaster if Trump fires Mueller By Niall Stanage Republicans are almost unanimous in the view that any move by President Trump to fire special counsel Robert Mueller would be a political disaster. Read the full story here     Trump adds to legal team after attacks on Mueller By Jonathan Easley The White House insists that there are no plans to fire Robert Mueller. Read the full story here     GOP leaders see finish line on omnibus deal By Mike Lillis Finalizing a bipartisan omnibus agreement would set the stage for both chambers to vote on the $1.2 trillion package before Friday. Read the full story here     Senate, Trump clash over Saudi Arabia By Alexander Bolton The Senate is headed for a clash with the Trump administration over Saudi Arabia this week. Read the full story here     Supreme Court denies GOP request to block new Pa. congressional map By Ben Kamisar The new boundaries are a boon for Democrats. Read the full story here     Trump vows tougher borders to fight opioid epidemic By Rachel Roubein President Trump vowed on Monday to toughen the country’s borders as a way to fight the opioid crisis that’s killing more Americans per year than traffic accidents. Read the full story here     Anti-abortion Dem’s political career on the line in Illinois By Lisa Hagen Progressive Democrats will try to topple anti-abortion rights Rep. Daniel Lipinski (D-Ill.) in a primary Tuesday that has highlighted divisions within the party. Read the full story here     New kid on the tech block By Ali Breland Oath, now eight months old, was created as an umbrella group after Verizon purchased various parts of Yahoo’s internet businesses. Read the full story here     New momentum seen in legislative fight to ban child marriage By Reid Wilson Child marriage is legal in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Read the full story here         SPONSORED CONTENT   Sponsored by CVS Health We go beyond filling prescriptions to helping people take the right medicine at the right time just as their doctor ordered. Helping deliver improved outcomes. Learn more.         15 years after the invasion of Iraq, still zero accountability for the war By William S. Smith OPINION | Today marks the 15th anniversary of arguably the most ignominious act in the history of American foreign policy: the invasion of Iraq. Read the full story here     Seoul says Kim Jong Un has ‘given his word’ on denuclearization. Is this enough? By Soo Kim OPINION | So when the leader of a hostile country — who until recently threatened the United States with an “all-out war” and a nuclear preemptive strike — conveys his verbal commitment to temporarily halt provocations and denuclearize, skepticism should remain. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: In NH and Iowa, Trump eyes 2020 re-election as midterms loom By Steve Peoples and Jonathan Lemire   President Donald Trump’s first visit to New Hampshire as president was soaked in nostalgia for his first campaign — and punctuated with subtle nods to his next one in 2020. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Trump prepared to hit China with $60 billion in tariffs By Damian Paletta, Steven Mufson and Josh Dawsey   If implemented, the tariff package would be one of the broadest sets of economic actions imposed by a modern U.S. president against China. Read the full story here     Reuters: Exclusive: US advancing toward first Guantanamo repatriation under Trump By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali   The United States is advancing toward the first transfer of a prisoner from the Guantanamo Bay detention center under U.S. President Donald Trump, the U.S. military told Reuters on Monday, a move that would repatriate the detainee to Saudi Arabia. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Officials call for aggressive probe into Facebook By Byron Tau and Deepa Seetharaman Facebook confronted an intensifying crisis as political leaders in the U.S. and Europe called for inquiries into the tech giant’s handling of user data, scrutiny that sent the company’s stock to its biggest decline in four years.  Read the full story here     The New York Times: Senior Facebook official to exit over dispute on Russian ploys By Nicole Perlroth, Sheera Frenkel and Scott Shane   Facebook’s chief information security officer, Alex Stamos, is said to have had internal disagreements over how the social network should deal with its role in spreading disinformation. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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