Tipsheet: Anticipation builds for final Supreme Court rulings

View in your browser     Anticipation builds for final Supreme Court rulings BY JACQUELINE THOMSEN Anticipation is growing for the Supreme Court’s biggest decisions of the year. With just two weeks left in the month of June, the justices have yet to issue rulings in 24 cases, including high-profile decisions that will affect the census citizenship question and partisan gerrymandering. Read the full story here     Election security bills face GOP buzzsaw BY JORDAIN CARNEY Election security legislation is hitting a wall on Capitol Hill despite special counsel Robert Mueller's 448-page report detailing Russia’s attempts to interfere with the nation’s last presidential contest. Read the full story here     US ramping up digital attacks on Russia's power grid: report BY RACHEL FRAZIN  The U.S. is reportedly ramping up attacks on Russia's electric power grid.  The move is a warning to Moscow of how the Trump administration is using new authorities to unleash cybertools in a more aggressive manner, The New York Times reported Saturday, citing current and former government officials.  Read the full story here     Dems eye repeal of Justice rule barring presidential indictments BY MIKE LILLIS House Democrats are weighing legislation to scrap the executive guideline that bars the Justice Department from indicting a sitting president. Read the full story here       Trump warns of 'market crash' if he loses in 2020 BY TAL AXELROD President Trump asserted on Saturday there would be dire economic consequences should he lose the 2020 presidential race, leaning into his reelection slogan, "Keep America Great." Read the full story here     Five memorable moments from Sarah Sanders at the White House BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO   Sarah Huckabee Sanders will depart her role as White House press secretary at the end of June, President Trump announced Thursday. Read the full story here     Ocasio-Cortez starts petition to repeal Hyde Amendment BY TAL AXELROD Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) started a petition Saturday to repeal the Hyde Amendment, which bars the use of federal funds for abortions, arguing the restriction overwhelmingly harms low-income Americans and women of color. Read the full story here     Police say man trespassed into Ocasio-Cortez's office BY RACHEL FRAZIN A 27-year-old man allegedly trespassed into Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's office in Queens Saturday afternoon, a police source told The Hill. Read the full story here     Documents suggest census official, GOP strategist discussed citizenship question: lawsuit BY RACHEL FRAZIN Advocacy groups challenging the Trump administration's addition of a question about citizenship to the U.S. census said in court Friday that documents found in the files of a Republican strategist show that he was in communication with a top census official.  Read the full story here     Incoming House lawmakers scramble to find their new offices BY JULIEGRACE BRUFKE Newly elected House members scrambled to select their new offices Friday after gathering in the Rayburn House Office Building for a raucous biennial office lottery. Read the full story here     Out-of-pockets costs: Medicine's biggest problem and government and industry's biggest opportunity BY JUSTIN MCCARTHY Opinion | Seniors in the United States are facing a drug affordability crisis. While overall spending on medicines remains relatively flat, patient costs continue to rise. Last month, IQVIA published a new report that noted nearly 20 percent of Medicare patients pay more than $500 out-of-pocket per year for prescription drugs, compared to only 8 percent of patients in commercial plans. Read the full story here     It's about the delegates, stupid BY BLAKE RUTHERFORD Opinion | The Democrats have not had to endure a serious delegate battle in the modern era, but with Biden coming back to the field, Bernie stagnant, Warren and Mayor Pete surging, and Harris lingering, it’s difficult to imagine anything but that happening in Milwaukee, assuming the current trend continues (and there’s nothing at this point suggesting it won’t).  Read the full story here     The Washington Post: GOP in disarray as budget impasse threatens shutdown, deep cuts and even federal default BY ERICA WERNER AND SEUNG MIN KIM Republican leaders have spent months cajoling President Trump in favor of a bipartisan plan that would fund the government and raise the limit on federal borrowing this fall, but their efforts have yet to produce a deal.  Read the full story here     The New York Times: As passions flare in abortion debate, many Americans say ‘it’s complicated’ BY JEREMY W. PETERS The 2020 election could be the first in recent memory in which the issue of abortion is as galvanizing for Democrats as it is for Republicans. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Democrats favor more access to capital for black businesses BY MEG KINNARD Four Democrats vying for their party’s presidential nomination honed in on the economic concerns of the black community during a forum Saturday in South Carolina, a state where nonwhite voters will play a major role in next year’s primary election. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: New China tariffs move closer with public hearings this week BY ANTHONY DEBARROS AND JOSH ZUMBRUN Consumer items would face 25% levies under Trump administration plan targeting $300 billion of Chinese goods. Read the full story here     Reuters: China prepared for long trade fight with the US: party journal BY BRENDA GOH AND SAMUEL SHEN The United States has underestimated the Chinese people’s will to fight a trade war and Beijing is prepared for a long economic battle, an influential Chinese Communist Party journal said on Sunday. 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.