Tipsheet: Young insurgents aren't rushing to Kennedy's side in Markey fight

View in your browser     Young insurgents aren't rushing to Kennedy's side in Markey fight BY SCOTT WONG Young lawmakers who want new blood in the Democratic Party aren’t rushing into the looming generational battle between Massachusetts Sen. Ed Markey, 73, and Rep. Joe Kennedy III, the 38-year-old millenial who's flirting with a primary challenge against him. Insurgent Democratic Reps. Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), 43, Seth Moulton (Mass.), 40 and Eric Swalwell (Calif.), 38, told The Hill they're staying out of the race. And some young progressives, like 42-year-old Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.), who ousted veteran Democrat Mike Honda in a 2016 primary, are fully in Markey's corner. Read the full story here     Castro attack shines spotlight on Biden's age BY MAX GREENWOOD AND AMIE PARNES Julián Castro’s attack on Joe Biden’s memory during Thursday night’s Democratic presidential debate thrust questions about the former vice president’s age and mental acuity into the spotlight, forcing his fellow 2020 rivals to weigh in. Read the full story here     Warren isn't leading polls, but at debate she looks like front-runner BY REID WILSON Former Vice President Joe Biden stood at center stage Thursday night, leading in the polls and earning the most attention from ABC’s debate moderators and his rivals alike. Read the full story here     Castro-Biden exchange is most-tweeted moment of debate BY JOE CONCHA Former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro had the most tweeted moment of Thursday night's debate with a pointed comment aimed at former Vice President Joe Biden that drew gasps and jeers from the live crowd and seemed directed at the former vice president's age. Read the full story here       Poll: Trump approval dips among Republicans BY TESS BONN   President Trump’s approval rating dipped slightly among Republican voters, though is relatively steady among voters overall, according to the latest Hill-HarrisX poll released Friday. Read the full story here     Justice OIG completes probe on FBI surveillance of ex-Trump campaign aide BY MORGAN CHALFANT AND OLIVIA BEAVERS The Justice Department inspector general has completed an internal review on whether the FBI complied with the law and its own policies while applying for a warrant to surveil former Trump campaign aide Carter Page during the 2016 election. Read the full story here     DOJ files brief arguing against House impeachment probe BY TAL AXELROD The Department of Justice (DOJ) argued Friday that a federal court should reject the House Judiciary Committee’s efforts to obtain evidence and testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation in part because Democrats cannot agree on the scope of the panel’s inquiry.  Read the full story here     Appeals court allows Trump emoluments case to move forward BY BRETT SAMUELS A federal appeals court in New York on Friday ruled that a lawsuit accusing President Trump of violating the Emoluments Clause can proceed after a lower court had thrown out the case. Read the full story here     Merriam-Webster: A 200-year-old dictionary offers hot political takes on Twitter BY MARINA PITOFSKY The day White House counselor Kellyanne Conway coined the term “alternative facts” in an interview defending President Trump’s former press secretary Sean Spicer, Merriam-Webster, the classic dictionary company, tracked a spike in users turning to its website to look up the definition of the word “fact.” Read the full story here     CNN, NY Times to host next Democratic debate in October BY JOHN BOWDEN AND JOE CONCHA CNN and The New York Times will jointly host the next Democratic presidential debate in mid-October, the outlets announced Friday. Read the full story here     Assault weapons ban expired 15 years ago — time to bring it back BY ROBERT COTTER AND NATHAN KASAI Opinion | There was a time in not too distant history when Congress was capable of responding to the horrors of America’s gun violence with something more than “thoughts and prayers.” Read the full story here     We must stand together against hatred BY NOELLE NIKPOUR Opinion | These days I am scared. I am scared by the division I see in our nation and I am scared by the rising anti-Semitism plaguing us. I am scared to see Americans turning on one another because of a difference of opinion — whether political or religious. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Candidates dash for cash for their fall push — and to avoid a death spiral BY SEAN SULLIVAN AND MICHELLE YE HEE LEE Dozens of events are planned as presidential hopefuls race toward a Sept. 30 fundraising deadline. Donors have expressed nervousness in recent weeks that some contenders could post disappointing totals. Read the full story here     The New York Times: Trump inspires California lawmakers to go on offense BY TIM ARANGO, THOMAS FULLER AND JOSE A. DEL REAL When President Trump flies into San Francisco next week for his first visit to the Bay Area as president he will set down in a state that has never fully welcomed him. Almost three years into his presidency, Mr. Trump has catalyzed California into moving more aggressively to the left, providing an alternative vision, although with mixed results, to almost everything the Trump presidency has stood for. Read the full story here     NBC News: Children not exempt from Trump's toughest asylum policy, officials say BY JULIA AINSLEY Following the Supreme Court's decision to allow the Trump administration to go forward with its toughest asylum policy to date, officials from the Department of Justice and Homeland Security on Friday detailed how they would begin enforcement, including by turning back children who arrive at the southern border without their parents. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: No one wants to hire the fired Wells Fargo branch staffers BY RACHEL LOUISE ENSIGN Wells Fargo & Co. fired thousands of branch employees as it tried to deal with millions of potentially fake accounts—and now many of those former workers say they are effectively blacklisted from the banking industry. Read the full story here     CNN: New York attorney general exposes $1 billion in wire transfers by Sackler family BY NICOLE CHAVEZ AND ROB FREHSE Authorities have identified about $1 billion in wire transfers between the owners of pharmaceutical giant Purdue Pharma, the entities they control and different financial institutions, New York Attorney General Letitia James said Friday. 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.