Tipsheet: Who are the House Democrats backing Trump impeachment?

View in your browser     Who are the House Democrats backing Trump impeachment? BY CRISTINA MARCOS The nearly 60 House Democrats publicly supportive of launching an impeachment inquiry against President Trump represent a microcosm of the caucus, showing how fervor is spreading across diverse factions despite leadership's efforts to contain it. Most of the members who support an impeachment inquiry are liberal. They include much of the Congressional Progressive Caucus leadership, as well as 17 members of the Congressional Black Caucus, whose members have long been among the most outspoken on impeachment. Read the full story here     Biden slumps, Buttigieg soars: 6 takeaways from benchmark Iowa poll BY REID WILSON Just hours before presidential candidates will pitch themselves to Iowa Democratic activists in the first-in-the-nation caucus state, a new poll of likely caucus-goers is rattling the race — and hinting that a formidable front-runner is not as invincible as he might appear. Read the full story here     Tougher debate threshold sets off scramble among 2020 Democrats BY MAX GREENWOOD The Democratic National Committee’s new criteria to qualify for its third presidential primary debate has stirred frustration among some campaigns, setting off a scramble to find ways to navigate the race this fall. Read the full story here     Sanders seizes 2020 megaphone to attack companies over minimum wage BY ALEX GANGITANO Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is using his 2020 campaign bully pulpit to target companies from Walmart to McDonald’s as he pursues a long-standing goal: raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour. Read the full story here       Mexico agreed to take action at border months before Trump deal to avert tariffs: NYT BY RACHEL FRAZIN   President Trump's deal with Mexico on Friday to drop plans to impose sweeping tariffs on the country in exchange for Mexico's promise to crack down on illegal migration is reportedly made up largely of actions that Mexican officials had already agreed to in discussions over the past several months, The New York Times reported Saturday.  Read the full story here     Pelosi hammers Trump on Mexico tariff deal: 'Threats and temper tantrums are no way to negotiate' BY TAL AXELROD Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) hammered President Trump on Saturday over his latest threats to slap a 5 percent tariff on imports from Mexico, repeating her claim that the president was negotiating via "threats and temper tantrums." Read the full story here     Some US embassies fly rainbow flag despite rejected requests from Trump admin BY TAL AXELROD Several U.S. embassies and diplomatic missions around the world are hoisting rainbow flags in honor of Pride Month, despite a slate of rejections from the Trump administration of requests to fly the flag. Read the full story here     Hillary Clinton says Mueller report shows obstruction occurred BY OWEN DAUGHERTY Hillary Clinton said Saturday that two “inescapable conclusions” came from special counsel Robert Mueller’s report — Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election and "obstruction of justice occurred." Read the full story here     Ginsburg credits Kavanaugh for helping boost number of female Supreme Court clerks BY JOHN BOWDEN Ruth Bader Ginsburg gave credit to her fellow Supreme Court justice Brett Kavanaugh on Friday, touting the court's newest member for boosting the number of female law clerks serving the court. Read the full story here     Five takeaways from YouTube's week of controversies BY EMILY BIRNBAUM YouTube infuriated critics across the political spectrum this week in its handling of controversies over harassment, extremism and exploitation. And pressure on the Google-owned company is likely to increase in the near future. Read the full story here     Employers must be prosecuted to end the flow of illegal immigrants BY JONATHAN TURLEY Opinion | No hardship has deterred millions on this dangerous journey because jobs waits on the other side of the border. To remove that attraction, the government would have to get tough not on migrants but on those who hire them. Read the full story here     Biden campaign's plagiarism is a warning to all candidates: Watch your words BY BOB LEHRMAN AND ERIC SCHNURE Opinion | In 1988, lifting one passage from a Neil Kinnock speech meant the end of Joe Biden’s presidential campaign at the time. You’d think he would have learned his lesson. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: For Democrats, Trump impeachment question is a struggle transcending politics BY MIKE DEBONIS, RACHAEL BADE AND PAUL KANE Conversations with 45 Democrats spanning the caucus’s ideological, racial and generational divides revealed the highly personal nature of the debate among members, often in private, and how some were responding in surprising ways. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: US-Mexico deal offers few new solutions, political victory BY JILL COLVIN, ZEKE MILLER AND COLLEEN LONG President Donald Trump’s deal to avert his threatened tariffs on Mexico includes few new solutions to swiftly stem the surge of Central American migrants flowing over America’s southern border. But it delivers enough for Trump to claim a political win. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Top US, Chinese officials break the ice on trade BY CHAO DENG Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke with People’s Bank of China chief Yi Gang, the first high-level meeting on trade since negotiations stalled. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Politicians draw clear lines on abortion. Their parties are not so unified. BY NATE COHN It’s one of the most polarizing issues in America, and a political litmus test. But surveys find many voters struggle with its ethical and moral perplexities. Read the full story here     Reuters: China calls in foreign tech firms after Huawei sales ban: sources BY CATE CADELL AND MICHAEL MARTINA China summoned global technology companies for talks last week following last month’s U.S. ban on selling technology to China’s Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday. Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? 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