Tipsheet: GOP fears Trump backlash in suburbs

View in your browser     GOP fears Trump backlash in suburbs BY JULIA MANCHESTER AND SCOTT WONG Republicans are growing increasingly worried they will lose the suburbs for a second election in a row — this time with President Trump at the top of the ticket in 2020.  The GOP forfeited the House in 2018 largely after losing suburban women voters, a key voting bloc that turns out at the polls but with whom Trump has proven particularly unpopular since becoming president. Read the full story here     Trump says trade talks with China have helped limit violence in Hong Kong BY BRETT SAMUELS President Trump said Friday that his efforts to pressure China into a deal on trade has led Beijing to try to limit the violence during increasingly tense protests in Hong Kong. Read the full story here     Five things to know about Trump's Labor Day weekend tariffs BY NIV ELIS AND SYLVAN LANE The Trump administration is poised to impose 15 percent tariffs on roughly $112 billion of Chinese imports on Sunday, the latest escalation in a tit for tat trade war. The latest salvo comes amid growing fears of a global economic downturn and increasing pessimism about the prospects of striking a trade deal.  Read the full story here     Wall Street ends volatile month in major test for Trump BY SYLVAN LANE Wall Street ended a wild August with the Dow up slightly on Friday, capping a tumultuous month for the global economy that spurred a wave of volatility in financial markets and posed a challenge for President Trump. Read the full story here       Trump: Fired aide made comments about children BY MORGAN CHALFANT AND BRETT SAMUELS   President Trump on Friday said his personal secretary was ousted after she made remarks about his children during an off the record dinner with reporters. Read the full story here     Trump defends tweeting sensitive photo of Iran launch site BY BRETT SAMUELS President Trump said Friday he had the "absolute right" to release a detailed photo of the site of a failed satellite launch in Iran after experts suggested the picture contained sensitive information. Read the full story here     Illinois Rep. Shimkus won't run for reelection BY JULIEGRACE BRUFKE GOP Rep. John Shimkus announced Friday he will not seek reelection for Illinois’s 15th Congressional District next year. Read the full story here     GOP voters overwhelmingly want Pence on 2020 ticket with Trump BY TESS BONN An overwhelming majority of GOP voters want Vice President Mike Pence to stay on as President Trump’s running mate in the 2020 election, according to a new nationwide survey released on Friday.  Read the full story here     Iowa Democratic Party to explore 'alternatives' after DNC opposes virtual caucuses BY TAL AXELROD The Iowa Democratic Party announced Friday it will explore alternative formats for the state’s all-important 2020 caucus amid reports that the Democratic National Committee (DNC) intends to scrap plans to hold the nominating contest virtually. Read the full story here     Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's account hacked BY HARPER NEIDIG Twitter said that its CEO Jack Dorsey's account was hacked Friday afternoon as his page began posting a stream of racist and vile messages. Read the full story here     Comey's classified misconduct and the media's flawed coverage of it BY JOHN SOLOMON Opinion | A major headline from the Department of Justice's (DOJ) latest inspector general report is that fired FBI Director James Comey mishandled classified information. But you’d never know it from most of the day-after media reporting on the historic findings.  Read the full story here     Why the North Carolina special election has national implications BY B.J. RUDELL Opinion | Following Democrats’ takeover of the House of Representatives in January, one House special election will offer insights into President Donald Trump’s re-election prospects in 2020.  Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Bolton sidelined from Afghanistan policy as his standing with Trump falters BY JOHN HUDSON AND JOSH DAWSEY  As the president’s top aides prepared for a high-stakes meeting on the future of Afghanistan earlier this month, one senior official was not on the original invite list: national security adviser John Bolton. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Amid Recession Worries, Trump Points Finger at American Businesses BY PETER BAKER President Trump wants Americans to understand that the economy is doing great, thanks to him. But if in fact the economy sours, then it is someone else’s fault. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: ‘I Thought the World Was Ending’: What’s Fueling the Amazon Rainforest Fires BY LUCIANA MAGALHAES AND SAMANTHA PEARSON No one knows for sure how the fire started here off a two-lane highway called BR-364. Whatever the cause, the result was yet another roaring blaze in the world’s greatest rainforest, one of more than 43,000 fires this year that have flared in Brazil’s Amazon region. Read the full story here     CNN: Trump prepares to face Dorian surrounded by acting officials BY KAITLAN COLLINS President Donald Trump will spend the weekend at Camp David monitoring Hurricane Dorian instead of traveling to Poland as planned, but he'll be doing it without a permanent FEMA administrator or a confirmed secretary of Homeland Security. Read the full story here     The Associated GOP shifts focus to House Dem ‘squad’ in campaign attacks BY LISA MASCARO Move over, Nancy Pelosi. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the “squad” of freshmen women of color are emerging as new stars of Republican attacks against Democrats running for Congress. 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.