Tipsheet: The 13 Republicans needed to pass gun-control legislation

View in your browser     The 13 Republicans needed to pass gun-control legislation BY ALEXANDER BOLTON If President Trump endorses gun-control legislation, it will take 13 Senate Republican votes to pass the measure, assuming the entire 47-member caucus of Democrats and Independents backs it. Conservatives such as Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) say any proposal that goes as far as the 2013 amendment sponsored by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) will face a backlash from the right, meaning 60 votes will be necessary to break a filibuster. Read the full story here     Gun epidemic is personal for lawmakers touched by violence BY CRISTINA MARCOS For several members of the House, the gun violence epidemic is personal. Read the full story here     Supreme Court comes to Trump's aid on immigration BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO   The Supreme Court has repeatedly come to President Trump’s aid over the border, bolstering his efforts to build a wall and turn aside migrants seeking asylum on the southern border. Read the full story here     Trump move on flavored e-cigarettes may hit adults trying to quit BY JESSIE HELLMANN The Trump administration's looming ban on flavored e-cigarette sales is aimed at stopping kids from vaping, but it could have unintended consequences for adults who use those products to quit smoking tobacco. Read the full story here       Democrats spar over electoral appeal of 'Medicare for All' BY PETER SULLIVAN The Democratic clash over “Medicare for All” is highlighting perhaps the biggest question for 2020 primaries: Who has the best chance of beating President Trump? Read the full story here     Drug companies back effort to remove judge from federal lawsuit BY RACHEL FRAZIN Lawyers for drug companies and pharmacies have expressed support for removing a federal judge who has been overseeing lawsuits against the companies over their alleged role in the opioid crisis. Read the full story here     Kavanaugh accused of more unwanted sexual contact by former classmate: report BY JOHN BOWDEN Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was hit with another accusation of unwanted sexual contact by a male classmate who said he witnessed Kavanaugh expose himself and press his genitals against a woman without her consent. Read the full story here     Pompeo lashes out at Iran after Saudi refineries attacked BY JOHN BOWDEN Secretary of State Mike Pompeo criticized Iran's government on Twitter Saturday afternoon after U.S. officials blamed Iranian-backed Houthi rebels for several drone attacks on Saudi oil installations. Read the full story here     Trump speaks with Saudi crown prince after Houthi attacks on oil refineries BY TAL AXELROD President Trump spoke on the phone with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Saturday after Houthi rebels in Yemen launched drone strikes against two Saudi oil refineries.  Read the full story here     Trump holds call with Netanyahu to discuss possible US-Israel defense treaty BY TAL AXELROD President Trump said he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday to discuss a possible defense treaty between the U.S. and Israel. Read the full story here     Data has paralleled oil in becoming an intensely political national security issue BY GREGORY F. TREVERTON AND PARI ESFANDIARI Opinion | If oil was the black gold of the 20th century, data has taken over that mantle in the 21st. And just like oil in the last century, data is becoming intensely political. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that “whoever acquires and controls” data will attain “hegemony.” How did Information come to run our world? The analogy with the geopolitics of oil is suggestive.   Read the full story here     Felicity Huffman's 14-day sentence is unjust — because it's too high BY DAVID OSCAR MARKUS Opinion | With as much subtlety and sophistication as a sledgehammer, social media erupted after Felicity Huffman’s 14-day sentence was announced, with commenter after commenter saying her sentence was way too light. A rich, white woman only received two weeks in jail. The system must be corrupt! Well, the system is corrupt, but not because Huffman’s sentence was too light, but because it was too severe. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: ‘More united’ vs. ‘A house divided’: GOP goes all in on Trump while Democrats clash over ideology and tactics BY TOLUSE OLORUNNIPA AND RACHEL BADE Democrats are locked in an identity crisis and Republicans have ceded the party’s orthodoxy.  Read the full story here     The New York Times: The Senate: Still great at deliberating, but less so at legislating BY CARL HULSE Today’s Senate, devoted almost only to confirming the president’s nominations, is hardly a hotbed of legislative activity. Members of both parties would like that to change. Read the full story here     CNN: Republicans want to make Orange County red again BY JEREMY HERB After a 2018 Republican wipeout in Orange County, San Juan Capistrano Mayor Brian Maryott is betting that his record as "a quiet leader" can help turn the GOP's congressional fortunes around in Southern California. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: 450 miles of border wall by next year? In Arizona, it starts BY ASTRID GALVAN On a dirt road past rows of date trees, just feet from a dry section of Colorado River, a small construction crew is putting up a towering border wall that the government hopes will reduce — for good — the flow of immigrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. Read the full story here     Reuters: Iran says US bases and aircraft carriers within range of its missiles: Tasnim BY PARISA HAVEZI An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Sunday that U.S. bases and aircraft carriers in the region were within range of Iranian missiles after the U.S. accused Iran of leading attacks on Saudi oil plants, raising tensions in the Middle East. Read the full story here   Did a friend forward you this email? 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