Tipsheet: Sweeping plans from 2020 contenders come with trillion-dollar price tags

View in your browser     Sweeping plans from 2020 contenders come with trillion-dollar price tags BY JONATHAN EASLEY The Democratic presidential contenders are ready to break the bank with expensive policy proposals that would add trillions of dollars to the deficit if enacted. The 2020 hopefuls are angling to one-up each other with big policy ideas that would overhaul the U.S. health care system, address climate change and provide free college tuition or erase student debt. Read the full story here     Trump drops Mexico tariff threat after deal on migrants BY JORDAN FABIAN, RAFAEL BERNAL AND TAL AXELROD President Trump said Friday evening he would drop plans to impose sweeping tariffs on Mexico after the United States' southern neighbor agreed to take new steps to crack down on illegal migration. Read the full story here     Biden World shell-shocked amid Hyde furor BY NIALL STANAGE AND AMIE PARNES 2020 Democratic front-runner Joe Biden is trying to recover from the biggest stumble of his presidential campaign so far — a U-turn on the abortion-related Hyde Amendment. The controversy has stunned people close to the former vice president because it took place at warp-speed. Read the full story here     Six notable moments from Trump's Europe trip BY BRETT SAMUELS President Trump returned to Washington on Friday afternoon following a four-day trip to Europe that began with a state visit to the United Kingdom and culminated with a ceremony in France to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Here are six notable moments surrounding the president's travels. Read the full story here       Amash hits Trump and his allies: They are 'trying to excuse' his obstruction efforts BY TAL AXELROD   Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) blasted President Trump and his allies on Friday, asserting they are "trying to excuse" the president’s efforts to potentially obstruct special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Read the full story here     Trump calls Pelosi a 'disgrace' after she says he should be 'in prison' BY JORDAN FABIAN President Trump on Friday lashed out at Speaker Nancy Pelosi, calling her “a disgrace" after the California Democrat privately told lawmakers she wants to see the president “in prison.” Read the full story here     Trump officials pressure Turkey to dump Russian missile system BY ELLEN MITCHELL The Trump administration has raised the stakes on Turkey over the NATO ally’s plan to buy a Russian missile defense system, threatening new repercussions that put billions of dollars on the line for both countries if Ankara goes through with the deal. Read the full story here     Trump comes out against NASA effort to return to the moon BY BRETT SAMUELS President Trump on Friday said NASA should not be focused on going to the moon despite his own administration's support for the effort, saying the agency should instead prioritize "much bigger things," like going to Mars. Read the full story here     Judge allows Flynn to remove attorneys from case BY MORGAN CHALFANT A federal judge has granted Michael Flynn's former attorneys permission to withdraw from the legal case surrounding President Trump’s onetime national security adviser. Read the full story here     Lawmakers push to block pay raises for members of Congress BY CRISTINA MARCOS Lawmakers in both parties, including multiple House Democratic freshman in swing districts, unveiled measures Friday to prevent the first pay raise for members of Congress in a decade from going into effect. Read the full story here     With UK visit, Trump the statesman emerges BY LEE COHEN Opinion | With President Trump’s European trip concluded, it is apparent that the traditional underpinnings of the “Special Relationship,” baptized as such by Winston Churchill, are as important as ever. Read the full story here     Why Congress needs accurate intelligence on the Iran threat BY JANE HARMAN  Opinion | The airwaves have been full of the pomp and pageantry surrounding President Trump visiting Europe this week. Meanwhile, there has barely been any coverage of hotspots like Iran and North Korea. As tensions increase in Tehran and fail to abate in Pyongyang, it is incumbent on Congress to carefully assess the existing intelligence on these threats. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: White House blocked intelligence aide's written testimony saying human-caused climate change could be 'possibly catastrophic' BY JULIET EILPERIN, JOSH DAWSEY AND BRADY DENNIS White House officials barred a State Department intelligence staffer from submitting written testimony this week to the House Intelligence Committee warning that human-caused climate change could be "possibly catastrophic" after State officials refused to excise the document's references to the scientific consensus on climate change. Read the full story here     Bloomberg: Democratic candidates swarm Iowa for biggest face-off to date BY MISYRLENA EGKOLFOPOULOU The Democratic presidential contenders are descending in force on Iowa this weekend to persuade voters and party activists that they have the message and organization to win the first-in-the-nation nominating contest. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Trump, Xi to meet at G-20 as trade hostilities persist BY CHAO DENG President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet at the Group of 20 leadership summit in Japan at the end of this month, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Saturday. Mr. Mnuchin urged China to return to the terms that the two countries had been negotiating before trade talks fell apart in May. China should come back to the “basis that we were negotiating,” he said. Read the full story here     The News York Times: Trump allows high-tech US bomb parts to be build in Saudi Arabia BY MICHAEL LAFORGIA AND WALT BOGDANICH When the Trump administration declared an emergency last month and fast-tracked the sale of more American arms to Saudi Arabia, it did more than anger members of Congress who opposed the sale on humanitarian grounds. It also raised concerns that the Saudis could gain access to technology that would let them produce their own versions of American precision-guided bombs. Read the full story here     CNN: A veteran died in police custody. His body was returned to his family with some organs missing BY NICK VALENCIA Two days before he died, Everett Palmer Jr. called his brother, Dwayne, to tell him he was on his way from Delaware to New York to visit him and their sick mother. But first, he said, he wanted to resolve an outstanding DUI warrant from an incident in 2016 in Pennsylvania to make sure his license was valid for the drive to see his family. The phone call was the last time the family would hear from the 41-year-old US Army veteran and father of two. Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? 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