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• McCarthy: GOP not the party of 'nativist dog whistles'

  16-04-2021 23:54 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Friday that the Republican Party is not the party of "nativist dog whistles" in an apparent response to a new right-wing caucus that explicitly calls for promoting "Anglo-Saxon political...
  
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• White House reverses course on refugee cap after Democratic eruption

  16-04-2021 23:31 via thehill.com
  
  The White House reversed course Friday on the cap for allowing refugees into the country, saying it would announce a new, higher ceiling in May after initially saying it would keep the current 15,000 limit. The initial decision had led to...
  
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• Lieu to Greene and Gosar: 'Take your nativist crap and shove it'

  16-04-2021 22:18 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) on Friday slammed GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Paul Gosar (Ariz.) for leading efforts to form the "America First Caucus," telling the House Republicans to “take your nativist crap and shove it.”A seven-page...
  
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• Biden angers Democrats by keeping Trump-era refugee cap

  16-04-2021 22:11 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s decision to maintain a Trump-era refugee cap drew swift blowback from Democrats and immigration advocates, many of whom were baffled by the administration’s move.According to White House officials, Biden's plan will amend Trump's...
  
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• Pro-Trump lawmakers form caucus promoting 'Anglo-Saxon political traditions'

  16-04-2021 21:25 via thehill.com
  
  Several House Republicans, led by Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Paul Gosar (Ariz.), are reportedly forming a caucus that calls for a "common respect for uniquely Anglo-Saxon political traditions."A policy platform for the group, which calls...
  
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• Omar: 'Shameful' Biden reneging on refugee promise

  16-04-2021 20:56 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) tore into President Biden Friday after he kept in place the former Trump administration’s cap on refugee admissions for fiscal year 2021.Omar, who arrived in the U.S. as a refugee from Somalia as a child, had pushed Biden...
  
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• EU politician calls for U.S. to sanction Russian gas pipeline

  16-04-2021 20:56 via thehill.com
  
  A top European Union politician is encouraging the U.S. to sanction a Russian gas pipeline headed for Germany, as part of efforts to push back on Moscow’s destabilizing efforts more broadly. Radosław Sikorski, the interparliamentary delegation...
  
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• Democratic Rep. Mondaire Jones calls on Breyer to retire

  16-04-2021 20:48 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) called on Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer to retire while President Biden is still in office. Jones made the comment in an interview with Cheddar News on Friday. It comes as progressives push Breyer to retire so...
  
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• Greene, Boebert only lawmakers to vote against bone marrow transplant bill

  16-04-2021 20:37 via thehill.com
  
  First-term GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga.) and Lauren Boebert (Colo.) were the only lawmakers to vote against a bill to reauthorize a bone marrow transplant program on Thursday evening. The measure passed the House 415-2. It...
  
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• Garland rescinds Trump-era memo curtailing consent decrees

  16-04-2021 20:18 via thehill.com
  
  Attorney General Merrick Garland has officially revoked a Trump-era memo that limited the use of consent decrees by prosecutors in pushing for changes at police departments and other agencies in abuse and misconduct investigations. In a Friday...
  
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• Biden rebuffs Democrats, keeps refugee admissions at 15,000

  16-04-2021 19:15 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Friday signed an order speeding refugee admissions but maintaining fiscal year 2021 admissions at 15,000, a cap set by the Trump administration and a number far below the 62,500 figure proposed to Congress earlier this year.The...
  
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• House passes bill to prevent violence in health care workplaces

  16-04-2021 18:57 via thehill.com
  
  The House passed legislation on Friday that would require employers in the health care and social services industries to develop workplace violence prevention plans.Lawmakers passed the bill 254-166, with 38 Republicans voting with all Democrats in...
  
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• Biden on Indianapolis shooting: 'Gun violence is an epidemic in America'

  16-04-2021 18:37 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Friday called for action on gun violence prevention in the wake of a mass shooting that killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis, Ind.In a statement released by the White House at around noon Friday, the...
  
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• Biden condemns gun violence in Indianapolis

  16-04-2021 18:37 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Friday condemned gun violence in Indianapolis, Ind., following the shooting at a FedEx facility that killed eight people. In a statement released by the White House at around noon Friday, the president characterized gun...
  
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• Harris on Indianapolis shooting: 'This violence must end'

  16-04-2021 17:54 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Harris on Friday called for an end to gun violence in the wake of yet another mass shooting after eight people were killed at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis."Yet again we have families in our country that are grieving the loss of...
  
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• White House 'horrified' by Indianapolis shooting

  16-04-2021 17:47 via thehill.com
  
  The White House is “horrified” by the late Thursday mass shooting in Indianapolis that killed eight people at a FedEx facility, press secretary Jen Psaki told reporters on Friday.“We are horrified by the shooting overnight at a FedEx facility,”...
  
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• Pew poll: 50 percent approve of Democrats in Congress

  16-04-2021 17:41 via thehill.com
  
  Half of Americans approve of Democratic congressional leaders' performance compared to only about a third who said the same of their GOP counterparts, according to a new Pew Research Poll out Friday.The poll found that 50 percent of respondents...
  
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• Biden hits 59 percent approval rating in Pew poll

  16-04-2021 16:37 via thehill.com
  
  A majority of Americans — 59 percent — approve of President Biden's handling of his job nearly as he approaches 100 days in office, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Friday.The poll found Biden's job approval is up 5...
  
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• Biden administration investing $1.7B into tracking, combating COVID-19 variants

  16-04-2021 16:30 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s administration on Friday announced its plans to invest $1.7 billion into tracking and combating COVID-19 variants as new strains make up about half of all infections across the nation.The administration unveiled its planned...
  
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• Pelosi on power in DC: 'You have to seize it'

  16-04-2021 16:27 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in an upcoming biography says that the biggest lesson she learned during her time in Washington, D.C., is that you have to "seize" power, it is not given to you. Pelosi revealed the lesson, which she said she...
  
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• Omar leads letter calling on Biden to raise refugee cap

  16-04-2021 15:55 via thehill.com
  
  A group of House Democrats, led by Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) wrote to President Biden on Friday calling for him to formally raise the refugee cap to 62,500 after he has delayed the increase for weeks.“Having fought for four years against the Trump...
  
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• Scarborough, DCCC chairman have heated exchange over 2022 strategy

  16-04-2021 15:49 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.) and MSNBC host Joe Scarborough on Friday got into a heated exchange over Democratic messaging ahead of the 2022 midterm elections.In an appearance on MSNBC's “Morning Joe,” Maloney, the chairman of the ...
  
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• White House faces new obstacles in COVID-19 fight

  16-04-2021 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is facing a series of fresh obstacles in getting the coronavirus pandemic under control in the United States.Several states have seen an uptick in cases even as millions of Americans are vaccinated each day, which can be attributed...
  
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• Progressives put Democrats on defense 

  16-04-2021 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Democrats are distancing themselves from high-profile progressive priorities as they threaten to push the party off message.Progressives’ decision to bring two issues back into the national spotlight this week—defunding the police and expanding the...
  
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• Biden wins over skeptical progressives

  16-04-2021 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is approaching the 100-day mark high in the polls, thanks in large part to his ability to unite fractious Democrats behind his policies.Two polls out earlier this week showed Biden’s approval ratings at almost full support. A...
  
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• White House: 'Too Early' on Advice for Team USA Going to Tokyo Olympics - PEOPLE

  16-04-2021 09:00
  White House: 'Too Early' on Advice for Team USA Going to Tokyo Olympics  PEOPLE
  
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• Biden administration still seizing land near border despite plans to stop building wall: report

  16-04-2021 03:13 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s administration is still seizing land near the U.S.- Mexico border to be used to continue building a wall, according to an investigation by Politico.The federal government has seized six acres of land in Hidalgo County, Texas,...
  
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• Olympics, climate on the agenda for Biden meeting with Japanese PM

  16-04-2021 02:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden will welcome Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Friday for his first in-person meeting with a foreign leader, which the White House said is intended to send a message about the importance of the relationship between the...
  
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• House Republican proposes constitutional amendment to prevent Supreme Court expansion

  16-04-2021 00:42 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), the head of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, introduced a proposed constitutional amendment on Thursday to maintain the size of the Supreme Court at nine justices.The amendment, which has no path to succeed with...
  
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• Poll: Biden handling of coronavirus keys positive approval rating

  16-04-2021 00:22 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden has a majority positive approval rating over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, a poll by CNBC All-America Economic Survey shows.Biden received a 62 percent approval rating for his handling of the coronavirus as millions in...
  
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