Tipsheet: Dem leaders fend off calls to impeach Trump

View in your browser     Dem leaders fend off calls to impeach Trump BY MIKE LILLIS   President Trump's performance this past week aside Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki sparked outrage among congressional Democrats in all ways but one: There's been no surge in support for impeachment. Instead, Democratic leaders have tamped down the impeachment push in the name of political pragmatism, fending off — for now — an effort by animated caucus liberals to escalate their oust-Trump campaign following his broadly maligned joint press conference with Putin in the Finnish capital on Monday. Read the full story here     Justice Dept releases surveillance applications for former Trump aide BY OLIVIA BEAVERS    The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Saturday released documents related to the surveillance warrants on former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page as part of the federal investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia. Read the full story here     Ex-Trump aide: Surveillance warrants are 'complete ignorance' and 'insanity' BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN Former Trump campaign foreign policy adviser Carter Page on Saturday labeled the application for his government surveillance as “complete ignorance and/or insanity.” Read the full story here     Meadows calls ex-Trump aide surveillance docs 'potentially groundbreaking development' BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) on Saturday called documents released by the Department of Justice "groundbreaking." Read the full story here       Summit fallout hits White House BY NIALL STANAGE President Trump has endured one of the worst weeks of his tenure since Monday’s disastrous press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin — and he is not out of the woods yet. Read the full story here     Clinton on Trump-Putin summit: Why hasn't Trump 'spoken up for our country' BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN Hillary Clinton blasted President Trump on Saturday over his recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, asking why Trump “has not spoken up for our country.” Read the full story here     Trump’s Russia ambassador says he won’t resign BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN U.S. Ambassador to Russia Jon Huntsman on Saturday responded to a call to resign by saying he wouldn't. Read the full story here     White House protests extend into sixth day despite rain BY MORGAN GSTALTER Protests against President Trump carried into day six with a crowd gathering outside of the White House Saturday despite heavy rain. Read the full story here     History argues for Democratic Senate gains BY REID WILSON Senate Democrats have one enormous advantage even as they face one of the most difficult political terrains in recent memory: They are not the party that controls the White House. Read the full story here     Biden rips Trump immigration policy: 'One of the darkest moments in our history' BY JESSE BYRNES  Former Vice President Joe Biden on Friday laid into President Trump's "zero tolerance" immigration policy, calling the resulting separation of thousands of migrant families "one of the darkest moments in our history." Read the full story here     We need to keep both Russia and Washington out of state elections BY CHRISTIAN ADAMS OPINION | Decentralization of our elections is in our Constitution to protect individual liberty. This was true in 1787 and remains true today, even if some in Washington are hungry to increase federal power over state elections. Read the full story here     What agriculture needs now is more labor BY BURTON ELLER OPINION | Those of us living and working in rural and small town America have a message for our city cousins. We need workers and we need them now.  Read the full story here     The Washington Post: In private, Trump vents frustration over lack of progress on North Korea By John Hudson, Josh Dawsey and Carol D. Leonnig U.S. negotiators have faced stiff resistance from their North Korean counterparts despite President Trump’s declaration that the crisis had been “largely solved.” Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Trump finds it ‘inconceivable’ lawyer would tape a client By Zeke Miller Donald Trump said Saturday he finds it “inconceivable” that a lawyer would tape a client, as the president weighed in after the disclosure that in the weeks before the 2016 election, his then-personal attorney secretly recorded their discussion about a potential payment for a former Playboy model’s account of having an affair with Trump. Read the full story here     Reuters: Lavrov tells Pompeo: Free Russian woman accused in US of espionage By Reuters Staff   Russia’s foreign minister told his U.S. counterpart on Saturday that a woman arrested in the United States on accusations she was a Russian agent had been detained on “fabricated charges” and should be released. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Revolution brewing on left is rattling some Democrats By Alexander Burns   After victories by progressive candidates in New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Maryland, young liberals are trying to remake the party into a ferocious opposition force. Read the full story here     CNN: Democratic governors set to take on the bigger names in 2020 race By Eric Bradner A handful of Democratic governors are wading into the early stages of the 2020 presidential contest. 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.