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• Dem on UN address: Trump doesn't speak for all Americans

  19-09-2017 18:52 via thehill.com
  
  Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton (Mass.) on Tuesday blasted President Trump's controversial remarks during his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, saying they don't represent the views of all Americans."We need a strong, smart,...
  
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• The Memo: Biden takes fire from all sides after Israel arms move

  11-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s decision to pause an arms shipment to Israel is his most dramatic move so far in the war in Gaza — and it may end up pleasing no one.Republicans have lambasted Biden for the decision, accusing him of abandoning Israel. Former President Trump has made that argument, as did several GOP senators who held a news conference on the issue Thursday.Israeli politicians have voiced their displeasure — though how much that matters in U.S. domestic politics is questionabl
  
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• GOP worries its problems will outlive Greene’s ineffective motion

  11-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) ineffectual effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was a big anticlimax, but one that could have reverberations much longer than the 35 minutes it took the House to dispense with her motion to vacate.The weighty consequences range from how Johnson can possibly lead his warring factions through the coming legislative battles after being propped up by Democrats, to how it might shape this fall’s elections and the House’s power dynamics.C
  
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• Democratic Senator calls US report on Israel war conduct ‘woefully inadequate’

  11-05-2024 00:57 via thehill.com
  
  Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) described the Biden administration’s review of Israel’s war conduct in the Gaza Strip — which acknowledged the likely violation of international humanitarian law using U.S. weapons — as "woefully inadequate," but did not indicate a ban on arms transfers.“If this conduct complies with international standards, God help us all,” Van Hollen said in a call with reporters shortly after the State Department transmitted its report to C
  
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• US review of Israel's war conduct raises 'serious concerns'

  11-05-2024 00:26 via thehill.com
  
  The U.S. has concluded it was "reasonable to assess" Israel has violated international humanitarian law in Gaza, where more than 34,000 people have died in seven months of war, but stopped short of a determinative finding of wrongdoing because the review did not find specific instances of violations. A long-awaited report from the State Department, released Friday, that looked into whether Israel violated international and U.S. humanitarian law, described "sufficient reported incidents to r
  
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• Greene recalls 'deafening' boos as she moved to oust Johnson

  10-05-2024 22:52 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) reflected on the response to her effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) earlier this week, recalling “deafening” boos.“It was deafening,” Greene said on White House aide Steve Bannon’s “War Room” show Friday. “Imagine walking into an arena where everyone hates you in that moment.”The Georgia Republican called her motion to vacate resolution to the floor as privileged Wednesday, after weeks of threats,
  
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• Ethics office finds ‘probable cause’ Texas Republican misused campaign funds

  10-05-2024 22:39 via thehill.com
  
  A new report from the Office of Congressional Ethics (OCE) says there is “probable cause” that Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) used campaign funds for personal costs, an allegation that the Texas Republican denies.The OCE — an independent, nonpartisan entity that reviews allegations of misconduct regarding lawmakers and staff members — released its report on Friday, after the Ethics Committee announced in March that it had opened an investigation into the congressman.
  
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• Biden briefed on US review of Israel's war conduct

  10-05-2024 22:07 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden has been briefed on a State Department report scrutinizing Israel’s conduct in its war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, the White House said on Friday, but would not indicate if the report influenced his decision to hold back the transfer of thousands of heavy bombs earlier this week. The State Department transmitted the report to Congress on Friday. The report was expected to assess written assurances from Israel that U.S.-provided weapons were being used in line with
  
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• House Democrats push back on Israel arms pause

  10-05-2024 21:26 via thehill.com
  
  A group of 26 House Democrats are pushing back on President Biden's decision this week to halt the sending of heavy bombs to Israel amid fears of an Israeli invasion into Rafah, which is home to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians displaced amid the war in Gaza.
  “We are deeply concerned about the message the Administration is sending to Hamas and other Iranian-backed terrorist proxies by withholding weapons shipments to Israel, during a critical moment in the negotiations,” reads t
  
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• Kirby: 'Deeply regrettable' no Gaza cease-fire deal after meetings end

  10-05-2024 21:07 via thehill.com
  
  White House spokesperson John Kirby on Friday called it "deeply regrettable" in-person negotiations over a cease-fire in Gaza ended without a deal, but said the U.S. would work to keep all parties engaged moving forward."Obviously we don’t have a deal. And that’s deeply regrettable given the amount of energy that was applied trying to get us there," Kirby told reporters in a virtual briefing."While the physical meetings have concluded, in other words, nobody’s sitting across fr
  
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• Officials pledge reimbursements for dairy farms impacted by avian flu

  10-05-2024 20:21 via thehill.com
  
  Federal officials on Friday pledged to reimburse farmers for some of the costs associated with keeping their herds protected from an outbreak of the avian flu virus that’s rapidly spreading among dairy cows. The funding includes up to $28,000 over the next 120 days to help individual farms test cattle and bolster biosecurity efforts to further limit the spread of the H5N1 virus between herds. The U.S. Department of Agriculture allotted $98 million in existing funds to support the
  
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• Mace accuses former staffers of sabotage, ‘massive invasion’ of privacy

  10-05-2024 19:39 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who has experienced a string of staff resignations and firings, accused her former employees of sabotage and invading her privacy in a new interview.
  “I knew that they were sabotaging the office for a while. I didn’t know to the extent that they were doing it,” Mace told the Daily Mail in an article published Friday.
  A total of nine of Mace’s staff members left her office between December 2023 and February 2024, the outlet reported. Before that,
  
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• Lawmakers push GAO to review 'unnecessary surgeries' performed on migrants

  10-05-2024 17:24 via thehill.com
  
  A trio of lawmakers is asking the Government Accountability Office to take up an investigation of medical care provided to migrants in detention facilities, knocking an earlier report they say failed to thoroughly review “unnecessary surgeries.”The ask, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, comes after a string of reports detailing inadequate medical care in some cases, while in other instances invasive surgeries like hysterectomies
  
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• Johnson: ‘The person on the other side of the aisle is not an enemy’

  10-05-2024 16:18 via thehill.com
  
  Shortly after dodging an ousting attempt, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) urged members to turn their attention to foreign adversaries, not their enemies within the halls of Congress.In an interview with Politico, Johnson told an anecdote about former President Ronald Reagan and Democratic Speaker Tip O’Neill (Mass.) meeting after Reagan’s assassination attempt.“They didn’t agree on almost anything, but they had respect for one another. And I think we’ve got to get ba
  
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• The 7 biggest lawmaker feuds on Capitol Hill

  10-05-2024 11:30 via thehill.com
  
  Feuds on Capitol Hill are nothing new, but the current Congress has featured some doozies. From the historic toppling of a House Speaker to the profanity-laced sniping between conservative hard-liners, the last 16 months have been chock-full of momentous clashes that have roiled both chambers and played an outsized role in how Congress functions.Those personal tensions reflect the broader polarization of Congress and the country, trends that have been exacerbated by the ubiquity of social
  
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• Lawmakers take feuds to new heights: Drake, Kendrick Lamar have nothing on Congress

  10-05-2024 11:30 via thehill.com
  
  The Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake feud — already dubbed the biggest beef in recent rap history — is a story of two successful individuals, who have large egos, fed up with one another.Sound familiar?Beefs — both personal and policy-based, some of which can take a petty turn — are a tale as old as time on Capitol Hill, where clashes between some of the country’s most prominent public figures, fueled by uber self confidence and a strong determination t
  
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• Democrat says Biden hasn’t been clear on Rafah policy

  10-05-2024 03:22 via thehill.com
  
  House Armed Services Committee ranking member Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said President Biden and his administration have been clear on their policy around sending weapons to Israel in relation to an invasion of the city of Rafah.“My main criticism of the administration… president right now is they just haven't been clear on what their policy is,” Smith said on NewsNation’s “The Hill” with anchor Blake Burman Thursday. “It is not the policy of the Biden admin
  
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• US House panel to hold hearing on Baltimore bridge collapse

  10-05-2024 02:53 via thehill.com
  
  The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure is set to hold a hearing on the federal response to the recent collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, according to a Thursday press release from the committee.“Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure [Chair Sam Graves (R-Mo.)] announced that the full Committee will hold a hearing with federal agency witnesses to discuss the ongoing investigation into the allision of the Motor Vessel DALI with the Francis Scott
  
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• Lawler calls for Roy, Massie to be 'immediately removed' from Rules Committee

  10-05-2024 00:20 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) called for Reps. Chip Roy (R-Texas) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) to be "immediately removed" from their powerful spots on the Rules Committee after they voted with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Wednesday to advance her effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Ga.) from his post.Greene's effort to force a vote on the motion to vacate Wednesday ultimately failed when Republican Majority Leader Steve Scalise (La.) countered with a motion to table her resoluti
  
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• FBI warns of efforts by China, Russia, Iran to influence election

  09-05-2024 23:46 via thehill.com
  
  China, Russia and Iran are among the foreign adversaries ramping up their efforts to influence the 2024 election with campaigns being aided by artificial intelligence, the FBI warned Thursday.“Election threats are more diverse and expansive than ever,” a senior FBI official said on a call with reporters.And while each adversary has their own approach with different nuances and prerogatives, “sowing discord and undermining democracy is consistent across the board,” the off
  
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• NIH official set to testify before COVID panel on 'discrepancies' in pandemic timeline

  09-05-2024 23:00 via thehill.com
  
  Lawrence Tabak, principal deputy director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will testify before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic later this month, with committee Chair Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) planning to ask about "discrepancies" between prior testimonies.Tabak has agreed to testify before the subcommittee on May 16. He previously served as acting NIH director from December 2021 to November 2023. In January, he sat for a closed-door interview with the select subcommit
  
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• Dozens of planes to fly over National Mall to celebrate aviation

  09-05-2024 22:57 via thehill.com
  
  Dozens of planes will fly over the National Mall to celebrate general aviation Saturday.“Heads up! Be aware that Saturday, 5/11, around noon, 60 planes representing the history of general aviation will fly down the Potomac and over the National Mall,” the National Park Service (NPS) posted on the social platform X Thursday. “The permitted event is closely coordinated with the [Federal Aviation Administration], Secret Service, and other agencies.”The Aircraft Owners and Pi
  
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• Trump asks Big Oil for $1B in campaign cash

  09-05-2024 22:00 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump asked oil industry executives for $1 billion in campaign cash, according to someone with knowledge of the meeting. Trump met with oil executives at Mar-A-Lago last month. His request for $1 billion for his campaign was previously reported by The Washington Post and The New York Times. The Post reported that Trump said the donations would be a “deal” for oil executives because of the tax cuts and relaxed regulations he would implement, but the person w
  
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• Biden, Harris host Las Vegas Aces at White House after WNBA win: Watch live

  09-05-2024 21:42 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden, Vice President Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will welcome the 2023 WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces to the White House in recognition of their second title in as many years. According to The Associated Press, the team stands a strong chance of going three in a row with the 2024 season.The WNBA's prominence is increasing, a trend reflected in the league's upcoming switch to the use of chartered flights. The change is in part a measure to promote the safety of athletes who
  
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• Harris: Supreme Court could threaten 'fundamental freedoms'

  09-05-2024 20:30 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Harris in a new interview expressed concern that the Supreme Court and its conservative majority could "undo recognized rights" after its 2022 ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade."This court has shown itself to be an activist court,” Harris told The New York Times. "I worry about fundamental freedoms across the board."The vice president said she didn't want to raise any specific legal precedents the court could overturn because she didn't want to sound "alarmist.""But this court
  
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• Lawmakers target heavy metals in baby food with new legislation

  09-05-2024 18:52 via thehill.com
  
  A pair of Democratic senators introduced new legislation to limit the levels of harmful metals in commercial baby food, they announced Thursday.The bill, called “The Baby Food Safety Act of 2024,” would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) new authority to enforce higher safety standards for commercial baby food and imported products.It also increases safety standards and requires more complete testing by manufacturers for toxic heavy metals — including lead, arseni
  
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• Rick Scott: Biden now part of 'pro-Hamas group' of Democratic Party

  09-05-2024 18:11 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) ripped into President Biden, calling him part of the "pro-Hamas group" of the Democratic Party, after he threatened to withhold weapons from Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proceeds with a full-scale invasion of Rafah in southern Gaza.
  Asked on Fox News's "FOX and Friends" for his reaction to Biden's latest threat, Scott called it "disgusting.""All he cares about is his election. So he is, we've got a pro-Hamas group of the Democrat Party, and he's part of it
  
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• Johnson on Greene ouster attempt: 'I don't hold grudges'

  09-05-2024 16:17 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is suggesting he wants to move on from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)'s effort to oust him from his position.
  "I don't hold grudges. I've got to work with everybody. I told her last night before she left the floor, let's move on, Marjorie," Johnson said Thursday in an interview with "FOX and Friends."
  Asked for how Greene responded, Johnson only suggested the two will "have the opportunity to do it."
  The House on Wednesday voted to block an attempt led
  
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• McCarthy says he 'couldn't live' with himself if he did deal with Democrats to save Speakership

  09-05-2024 16:04 via thehill.com
  
  Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reflected on the end of his Speakership on Thursday while taking a dig at Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), saying he “couldn’t live” with himself if he cut a deal with Democrats to keep his job.McCarthy was ousted from the Speakership in October after eight Republicans, led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), backed a motion to vacate, alongside all Democrats. McCarthy said he refused to work with Democrats to save his job at the time, claiming th
  
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• Johnson: Biden may have had 'senior moment' with Israel military aid remarks

  09-05-2024 16:01 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said he hopes President Biden was having a “senior moment” when he threatened to withhold weapons from Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proceeded with an invasion into Rafah in southern Gaza.Johnson, in a wide-ranging interview with Politico — which will air in full on a forthcoming episode of its "Deep Dive" podcast — suggested Biden's comments violated what the Speaker understood to be promises from the president to secure Johnson
  
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