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Welcome to Monday’s Overnight Health Care. Washington is bracing for special counsel Robert MuellerRobert Swan MuellerSasse: US should applaud choice of Mueller to lead Russia probe MORE‘s report, which is coming out Thursday. But there’s plenty of health care news as well, starting with a worsening measles outbreak. But first, we broke down where 2020 […]

Pro-trade groups slammed the Trump administration on Monday for tariffs they say have cost Americans $69 billion since 2018, highlighting the figure on the day federal income tax filings are due.   “Tariffs are taxes that American families and businesses pay, period. With Tax Day upon us, the administration has an opportunity to establish a […]

The number of new measles cases in the country is on the rise, with the U.S. on track to have its worst year since public health officials declared the disease eliminated in 2000. As of Thursday, the current outbreak has sickened 555 people across 20 states. ADVERTISEMENT And as memories of previous measles outbreaks have […]

INTERIOR WATCHDOG LAUNCHES PROBE INTO NEW SECRETARY: The top watchdog for the Department of Interior has opened up an investigation into newly confirmed Secretary David Bernhardt. Deputy inspector general Mary L. Kendall wrote in a letter to lawmakers that the department’s Office of Inspector General had received seven complaints alleging conflicts of interest or potential […]

Welcome to Hillicon Valley, The Hill’s newsletter detailing all you need to know about the tech and cyber news from Capitol Hill to Silicon Valley. If you don’t already, be sure to sign up for our newsletter with this LINK. Welcome! Follow the cyber team, Olivia Beavers (@olivia_beavers) and Jacqueline Thomsen (@jacq_thomsen), and the tech […]

A federal judge on Monday ordered the release of previously sealed documents filed in the case against Julian Assange, offering up new details about the U.S. government’s allegations against the WikiLeaks founder. The original affidavit and criminal complaint were made public in a Virginia federal court for the first time since they were filed in 2017, and […]

Attorney General William BarrWilliam Pelham BarrTrump revived attacks on sanctuary cities to distract from Mueller report release: report We’re about to see the full Mueller report, but will it change anyone’s mind? George Conway suggests Mueller found evidence of collusion MORE is expected to release a restricted version of special counsel Robert MuellerRobert Swan MuellerSasse: […]

Happy Monday and welcome to Overnight Defense. I’m Rebecca Kheel, and here’s your nightly guide to the latest developments at the Pentagon, on Capitol Hill and beyond. CLICK HERE to subscribe to the newsletter.   THE TOPLINE: A U.S. airstrike Sunday killed the second in command of the Somali branch of ISIS, the U.S. military said Monday. The airstrike happened near Xiriiro in […]

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up the case of a gay South Dakota man who alleges that homophobia played a role in his death penalty sentence. Charles Rhines, who was convicted of murder in 1993, claimed that members of the jury made anti-gay statements that influenced their decision to sentence him to […]

A federal judge on Monday denied bail to a Chinese woman who was arrested after illegally attempting to enter President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort earlier this month. In issuing the ruling to Yujing Zhang, Federal Magistrate Judge William Matthewman said Zhang’s actions saying indicate “she was up to something nefarious” and that there would be an “extreme risk of flight” if she […]