Tipsheet: Senate GOP rejects Trump’s call to go big on gun legislation — Sponsored by CVS Health

View in your browser     Senate GOP rejects Trump’s call to go big on gun legislation By Alexander Bolton      Senate Republicans say President Trump’s comments Wednesday calling for more ambitious gun-control proposals won’t change the political calculus in their conference, which supports a limited response to the shooting at a Florida high school. Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas), who is leading the GOP response to gun violence in the upper chamber, told reporters after the meeting with Trump at the White House that he still favors a limited approach. Read the full story here     Five takeaways from Trump’s meeting on guns By Niall Stanage and Jordain Carney President Trump shook up the gun control debate — and many members of his own party — with a televised White House meeting with lawmakers that lasted more than an hour on Wednesday afternoon. Read the full story here     Walmart to raise age limit on gun purchases By Brandon Carter Walmart is set to raise the minimum age for gun purchases and ammunition, according to a statement from the company. Read the full story here     Kushner’s future is uncertain — but few think he’s leaving White House By Jonathan Easley President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner is facing an uncertain future at the White House. Read the full story here     Hope Hicks resigns from White House By Jordan Fabian and Avery Anapol Hope Hicks, one of President Trump’s most loyal and trusted advisers, said Wednesday she will resign as White House communications director.  Read the full story here     Frustrated Dems demand contempt action against Bannon By Katie Bo Williams and Olivia Beavers Democrats say Republicans on the House Intelligence Committee are failing to follow up on threats to hold former White House strategist Stephen Bannon in contempt of Congress. Read the full story here     Dems press Trump on response to Russian cyber threat By Morgan Chalfant Democrats are stepping up their charges that the Trump administration is doing nothing to counter Russian hacking and disinformation. Read the full story here     GOP eyes budget maneuver to pay for ObamaCare funds By Peter Sullivan Republicans are weighing whether to use a complicated budget maneuver to help pay for additional ObamaCare funding, sources say.  Read the full story here     Two Dem legislators face calls for ouster after harassment claims By Reid Wilson Democratic state legislators in North Carolina and Colorado are facing calls to resign from office after being accused of sexually harassing multiple women. Read the full story here     Pruitt: My next flight will be coach By Julia Manchester Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt said on Wednesday that he would be flying coach on his next flight. Read the full story here         SPONSORED CONTENT   Sponsored by CVS Health We're going well beyond pharmacy to rethinking the very role of health care by making prescriptions more affordable, helping to fight the opioid epidemic and treating chronic illness. Learn more.         GOP must now reject Trump’s demands on immigration By James Norton OPINION | The Trump administration, like Lucy with Charlie Brown, pulled the immigration football away from reformers in Congress. Read the full story here     Our young people are showing power of American democracy By Wendy Sherman OPINION | At the Munich Security Conference this month, leaders from around the world came together to discuss the troubled state of the world.  Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Trump’s apparent efforts to oust Sessions last year are said to be a focus of Mueller’s probe By Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey and Rosalind S. Helderman   Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has been investigating a period of time last summer when President Trump seemed determined to drive Attorney General Jeff Sessions from his job, according to people familiar with the matter. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Kushner’s business got loans after White House visits By Jesse Drucker, Kate Kelly and Ben Protess   Apollo, the private equity firm, and Citigroup made large loans last year to the family real estate business of Jared Kushner, President Trump’s senior adviser. Read the full story here     Reuters: New York regulator asks Deutsche, other banks about Kushner loans: source By Karen Freifeld   New York’s state banking regulator asked Deutsche Bank AG and two other lenders for information on their relationships with U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his family’s real estate company, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Boom in share buybacks renews question of who wins from tax cuts By Akane Otani,  Richard Rubin and Theo Francis   Large U.S. companies announced over $200 billion in repurchases in past three months. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Russian election assault poses quandary for 2018 campaigns By Tom LoBianco and Steve Peoples Encrypted messages. Two-factor authentication. Real-time monitoring of social media for malicious internet bot activity. This is the new reality for candidates running in 2018, scared of email hacks and elaborate misinformation schemes like the ones Russia used to disrupt the 2016 campaign. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? 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