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• Omar reflects on personal experiences with hate in making case for new envoy

  21-07-2021 23:59 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Wednesday reflected on her own painful experience with Islamophobia to push the Biden administration appoint a special envoy to monitor anti-Muslim hate in the U.S. and worldwide. Omar was joined by other Muslim...
  
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• Psaki says WH will disclose COVID-positive officials who come in contact with Biden, Harris

  21-07-2021 22:48 via thehill.com
  
  The White House changed its policy on disclosing COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, saying it will tell the press if any officials test positive for coronavirus should they come in contact with President Biden, Vice President Harris or either of their...
  
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• Psaki says WH will disclose COVID-19 positive officials who come in contact with Biden, Harris

  21-07-2021 22:48 via thehill.com
  
  The White House changed its policy on disclosing COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, saying it will tell the press if any officials test positive for coronavirus should they come in contact with President Biden, Vice President Harris or either of their...
  
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• White House 'encouraged' by infrastructure progress

  21-07-2021 22:44 via thehill.com
  
  The White House says it is encouraged by progress toward a finalized bipartisan infrastructure deal even as Republicans blocked the Senate from debating the bill before it was ready on Wednesday afternoon.“We are encouraged to see the comments of...
  
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• Biden taps Vicki Kennedy and Comcast executive for ambassador posts

  21-07-2021 22:42 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Wednesday announced plans to nominate a Comcast executive and Democratic fundraiser as ambassador to Canada.Biden will nominate David L. Cohen, who until 2020 worked as senior executive vice president of Comcast, for the top...
  
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• Democrats warn leadership against excluding House from infrastructure talks

  21-07-2021 22:30 via thehill.com
  
  A group of more than 30 Democrats on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, including Chairman Peter DeFazio (Ore.), warned party leaders on Wednesday against trying to force House members to rubber-stamp any bipartisan...
  
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• CBC honors Black women advocates amid voting rights battle

  21-07-2021 22:03 via thehill.com
  
  The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) on Wednesday honored Black women that have been on the front lines of grassroots organizing and protesting amid a battle to get Democrats’ voting rights legislation passed.“We know throughout our history...
  
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• Cheney: GOP leader seeking to block real Jan 6 investigation

  21-07-2021 21:45 via thehill.com
  
  Republican Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.) on Wednesday blasted House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), claiming that he is working to block an investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol “at every opportunity.”“There must be an...
  
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• US, Germany reach deal on controversial Russian pipeline

  21-07-2021 21:26 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration on Wednesday announced a far-reaching agreement between Germany in an effort to ensure Ukraine’s energy security as the U.S. steps back its efforts to prevent the use of a controversial Russian pipeline delivering natural...
  
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• Rejected Republicans rip Pelosi after their rejection from Jan. 6 panel

  21-07-2021 20:40 via thehill.com
  
  Republican Reps. Jim Jordan (Ohio) and Jim Banks (Ind.) blasted Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) decision to reject their participation on a panel to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, arguing it proved she was involved in a partisan "...
  
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• Harris says she will campaign for Newsom in California recall election

  21-07-2021 20:25 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Harris says she will campaign for California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) as he faces a recall election.Harris first revealed her intent to campaign for Newsom on Wednesday as she was leaving the Capitol building. When asked about...
  
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• McCarthy yanks all GOP picks from Jan. 6 committee

  21-07-2021 19:21 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has decided not to participate in the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 on the Capitol, yanking all of his GOP picks in protest of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-Calif.) decision to reject two top...
  
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• Ukrainian president to meet with Biden at White House in August

  21-07-2021 19:01 via thehill.com
  
  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will visit the White House next month for a long-sought meeting in Washington, D.C., as Ukraine looks for international support in the face of Russian aggression.Zelensky will meet with President...
  
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• Pelosi rejects Jordan, Banks for Jan. 6 committee

  21-07-2021 18:29 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday rejected two of the Republican picks — Reps. Jim Jordan (Ohio) and Jim Banks (Ind.) — for the Jan. 6 select committee. Both GOP lawmakers are staunch allies of former President Trump, and both had...
  
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• Biden favorable rating at 52 percent in new poll

  21-07-2021 16:47 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s favorable rating is at 52 percent, according to a new Morning Consult-Politico poll. Twenty-eight percent of respondents said they strongly approve of the job Biden is doing as president, and 24 percent said they “somewhat...
  
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• Biden favorability at 52 percent in new poll

  21-07-2021 16:47 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s favorability is at 52 percent, according to a new Morning Consult-Politico poll. Twenty-eight percent of respondents said they strongly approve of the job Biden is doing as president, and 24 percent said they “somewhat...
  
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• Republicans call for criminal tribunal for human rights abuses in Cuba

  21-07-2021 16:41 via thehill.com
  
  A group of more than 140 Republican lawmakers are calling on the U.S., governments of Central and South America and the European Union (EU) to hold an international criminal tribunal to investigate alleged human rights by the Cuban government amid...
  
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• Harris under water with 47 percent unfavorable rating in new poll

  21-07-2021 16:38 via thehill.com
  
  More registered voters view Vice President Harris unfavorably than like her, according to a Morning Consult-Politico poll released Wednesday.Forty-seven percent of registered voters polled had an unfavorable view of Harris, compared to 45 percent...
  
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• Harris under water with 47 percent unfavorability in new poll

  21-07-2021 16:38 via thehill.com
  
  More registered voters view Vice President Harris unfavorably than those who like her, according to a Morning Consult-Politico poll released Wednesday.Forty-seven percent of registered voters had an unfavorable view of Harris, compared to 45 percent...
  
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• Panel chair says Trump will be part of Jan. 6 inquiry

  21-07-2021 14:03 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), who is chairing the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, said former President Trump will be part of his inquiry, telling The Guardian that “nothing is off limits.”Thompson, who also...
  
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• No. 2 State Department official to travel to China amid tensions

  21-07-2021 13:31 via thehill.com
  
  Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman will travel to China to meet with officials there in the coming days, amid high tensions between Washington and Beijing.“These discussions are part of ongoing U.S. efforts to hold candid exchanges with PRC...
  
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• Republicans divided on how hard to push vaccines

  21-07-2021 12:01 via thehill.com
  
  America is grappling with a resurgence in COVID-19 cases, but Republican lawmakers remain divided over whether to push millions of reluctant GOP voters to get vaccinated against the deadly virus. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)...
  
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• Lawmakers spend more on personal security in wake of insurrection

  21-07-2021 12:01 via thehill.com
  
  In the months after she voted to impeach former President Trump for his role in inspiring the Jan. 6 insurrection against Congress, Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) went to Costco to buy a security system. Rep. Richard Hudson (N.C.), one of...
  
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• Omar leads lawmakers in calling for US envoy to combat Islamophobia

  21-07-2021 02:55 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and other Democratic lawmakers have signed onto a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to appoint a special envoy tasked with monitoring and combatting Islamophobia.In the letter sent Tuesday, Omar...
  
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• Public charter schools group blasts proposed Democratic cut

  21-07-2021 02:40 via thehill.com
  
  The leading national advocacy group for charter schools is condemning a provision included in House Democrats' education budget proposal that could put some charter schools at risk of losing federal funds.The National Alliance for Public Charter...
  
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• DeFazio warns he's no rubber stamp for Senate infrastructure bill

  21-07-2021 00:37 via thehill.com
  
  The top House Democrat overseeing transportation policy is warning that he'll reject the Senate infrastructure package — currently under negotiation by a bipartisan group of senators — without significant changes.Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.),...
  
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• Unscripted remarks start to haunt President Biden

  21-07-2021 00:30 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden has been more freewheeling with his remarks in the last few weeks, leading to slip-ups the White House has had to clean up.The most recent example came Friday, when Biden accused Facebook of “killing people” because of the...
  
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• Ethics panel upholds $500 mask fines against Greene, other GOP lawmakers

  21-07-2021 00:26 via thehill.com
  
  The House Ethics Committee announced Tuesday that it is upholding $500 fines against three additional GOP lawmakers for refusing to wear masks on the House floor while it was still required during the pandemic.GOP Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (Ga...
  
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• US won't block completion of Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline

  21-07-2021 00:24 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration won't block the completion of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline and will announce an agreement with Germany on the natural gas line’s construction in the coming days, according to top officials. Reuters...
  
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• US to drop opposition to Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline

  21-07-2021 00:24 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration is planning to drop its longstanding opposition to the construction of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline and announce an agreement with Germany on the natural gas line’s construction in the coming days, according to top...
  
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