Tipsheet: March for gun control takes over Washington — Sponsored by CVS Health

View in your browser     March for gun control takes over Washington By Mike Lillis and Lydia Wheeler      Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to flood the nation's capital on Saturday for the “March for Our Lives” to support tougher gun controls and protest Congress's refusal to consider them. Organizers received a National Park Service permit for 500,000 people, an audience to rival enormous demonstrations like the “Women’s March” staged in Washington the day after President Trump’s inauguration. Read the full story here     Trump moves to ban most transgender people from serving in military By John Bowden and Avery Anapol President Trump is moving ahead with his plan to ban most transgender people from serving in the military, with limited exceptions, following up on a proposal he called for last summer. Read the full story here     Trump rattles White House with Bolton shake-up By Jonathan Easley and Jordan Fabian President Trump is moving aggressively to reshape his team, and the unexpected moves are causing turmoil within his embattled staff. Read the full story here     Students bash Congress for inaction on gun control By Mike Lillis Hundreds of students gathered on Capitol Hill Friday to argue for gun control ahead of a Saturday march expected to bring hundreds of thousands to Washington, D.C. The young advocates accused Congress of bowing to the wishes of the National Rifle Association at the expense of school safety. Read the full story here     Trump blasts Congress for sending him omnibus bill that 'nobody read' By Jonathan Easley President Trump signed into law a $1.3 trillion spending bill just hours after he had threatened to veto it on Friday, blasting the legislation in impromptu remarks and warning Congress he would not sign anything like it ever again. Read the full story here     Stocks suffer worst week in two years By Sylvan Lane U.S. stocks suffered their worst week in more than two years after closing Friday with heavy losses. Read the full story here     Senate GOP chairman calls on Zuckerberg to testify By Ali Breland Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) on Friday called on Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg to testify before his committee over the mishandling of user data. Read the full story here     McCabe defends himself against firing in WaPo op-ed By Avery Anapol Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe once again defended himself against the internal FBI report that prompted his firing, this time in a Washington Post op-ed. “I have been accused of ‘lack of candor,’” McCabe wrote Friday. “That is not true. I did not knowingly mislead or lie to investigators.” Read the full story here     DC businesses roll out red carpets, brown bags for March for Our Lives activists By Judy Kurtz Restaurants and hot spots around Washington are rolling out the red carpet for protesters joining the March for Our Lives in D.C. on Saturday, offering freebies to demonstrators. Read the full story here     Wisconsin GOP will tinker with election laws rather than follow court order By Reid Wilson Wisconsin Republicans signaled Friday that they will hold a special election to change election law rather than facing special elections in two heavily Republican legislative districts. 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.         Why Trump should take Mueller's deal to sit down for an interview By Jonathan Turley OPINION | Special counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly made an offer to Donald Trump’s legal team on the parameters of an interview as part of the Russia investigation. If true, this is a deal the president should seriously consider. Read the full story here     Facebook has a problem with transparency, but it’s not yet time for regulators act By Steven Titch OPINION | If Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t step up with a clearer vision of the company's direction, in the end it won’t be Cambridge Analytica but the government itself that drinks Facebook’s milkshake. That will be the detriment to everyone. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: GOP in control, but Dems’ budget priorities are winning By Andrew Taylor   Under President Barack Obama and a GOP-controlled Congress, Capitol Hill Democrats had to scratch and claw for months to get tiny increases for domestic programs — or just hold them level. Read the full story here     The New York Times: After Another Week of Chaos, Trump Repairs to Palm Beach. No One Knows What Comes Next. By Mark Landler and Julie Hirschfeld   President Trump decamped to his oceanfront estate here on Friday after a head-spinning series of presidential decisions on national security, trade and the budget that left the capital reeling and his advisers nervous about what comes next. Read the full story here     CNN: World wary as Trump turns to hardliners Bolton and Pompeo By Nicole Gaouette and Richard Roth   President Donald Trump's decision to bring on John Bolton as national security adviser jolted the usually careful diplomatic world enough that a few unusually frank adjectives slipped out. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: John Bolton, famously abrasive, is an experienced operator in the ‘swamp’ By Karen DeYoung Among the many things they have in common, President Trump and John Bolton, his newly designated national security adviser, both have traded insults with North Korean leaders. After Bolton called Kim Jong Il, the father of the current leader, a “tyrannical dictator” during the George W. Bush administration, Kim labeled the then-State Department official the “envoy of evil” and “rude human scum.” Read the full story here     Bloomberg: Mattis Holds Firm as Chaos Engulfs Trump’s National Security Team By Nick Wadhams and Anthony Capaccio   President Donald Trump’s shakeup of his national security team adds to the burden on one man at the center of any decision about war and peace: Defense Secretary Jim Mattis. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet           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.