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• US national security official to travel to India to discuss Russia response

  29-03-2022 23:56 via thehill.com
  
  A top White House national security official will travel this week to India, a major outlier in the effort to pressure Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Daleep Singh, the Biden administration's deputy national security adviser for...
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez: Lack of Latino representation 'really disgraceful'

  29-03-2022 23:50 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) criticized the lack of Latino representation in leadership in an interview published Tuesday."I think it’s really disgraceful, frankly, the lack of Latino representation," Ocasio-Cortez said to New York...
  
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• Ukraine-Russia peace talks fraught with uncertainty

  29-03-2022 23:13 via thehill.com
  
  Ukrainian and Russian officials signaled an openness to compromise during the first round of high-stakes negotiations in Turkey on Tuesday, but U.S. officials expressed some doubt over Moscow’s suggestions of a potential military drawdown.Key...
  
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• Ginni Thomas texts leave GOP lawmakers scrambling 

  29-03-2022 22:43 via thehill.com
  
  Ginni Thomas's text messages to former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol have sparked questions over the extent of her activism within the GOP. It’s also left Republican lawmakers...
  
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• Biden signs bill making lynching a federal hate crime

  29-03-2022 22:34 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Tuesday signed legislation to make lynching a federal hate crime, delivering a long-awaited win for civil rights advocates.“Hundreds of similar bills have failed to pass. Over the years, several federal hate crime laws were...
  
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• Lawmakers pay tribute to late GOP Rep. Don Young lying in state in Capitol

  29-03-2022 21:55 via thehill.com
  
  Lawmakers on Tuesday paid tribute to the late Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), the longest-serving House Republican in history, as he became one of only a handful of members of Congress to receive the honor of lying in state in the Capitol.  After...
  
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• Biden White House won't assert executive privilege over Kushner testimony

  29-03-2022 21:47 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden's White House will not assert executive privilege over any aspects of testimony from former President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to the congressional committee investigating Jan. 6, a spokesperson told reporters on Tuesday....
  
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• Raskin 'very curious' about reported gap in Trump phone records on Jan. 6

  29-03-2022 21:04 via thehill.com
  
  Jan. 6 House committee member Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said he is "very curious" about why there is reportedly a gap in former President Trump’s White House phone records as rioters were attacking the Capitol more than a year...
  
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• Biden's candor a dual-edge sword on world stage

  29-03-2022 20:59 via thehill.com
  
  When President Biden ad-libbed a line about how Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power,” he was echoing a popular global sentiment, albeit one with enormous gravity. The unscripted remark on its own suggested a dramatic shift in U.S. policy...
  
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• States must target water infrastructure funds to urban, rural areas with real need: lawmakers

  29-03-2022 20:48 via thehill.com
  
  States must ensure that federal funds allocated toward improving drinking water end up in communities with concrete needs for such upgrades — providing equal consideration for both urban and rural populations, lawmakers agreed on Monday.At a...
  
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• Biden pays respects to late GOP Rep. Don Young at Capitol

  29-03-2022 20:41 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Tuesday paid his respects to longtime Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska), who died earlier this month.Biden arrived inside Statuary Hall at the Capitol after speaking to people who appeared to be Young's family just outside the space. Once...
  
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• Biden skeptical of Russian claims it will reduce military assault in Ukraine

  29-03-2022 20:10 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden expressed skepticism Tuesday about Russia’s claim that it will reduce its military campaign on the  Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Chernihiv.“We’ll see,” Biden said when asked about the recent developments following a joint...
  
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• Natural Resources chair says three oil execs refusing to testify

  29-03-2022 17:57 via thehill.com
  
  Three oil company CEOs have refused a request by the House Natural Resources Committee to testify on disparities between oil and gas prices, Chairman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) said Tuesday morning.Grijalva said in a statement that executives from...
  
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• Biden administration now requiring coronavirus vaccines for some undocumented migrants

  29-03-2022 17:54 via thehill.com
  
  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be expanding its vaccination policy at the southwestern U.S.-Mexico border, requiring some migrants who are taken into custody to get immunized against COVID-19."The effort to vaccinate those in our...
  
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• Administration now requiring coronavirus vaccines for some undocumented migrants

  29-03-2022 17:54 via thehill.com
  
  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will be expanding its vaccination policy at the southwestern U.S.-Mexico border, requiring some migrants who are taken into custody to get immunized against COVID-19."The effort to vaccinate those in our...
  
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• McCarthy to speak to Cawthorn after orgy comment sparks GOP frustration

  29-03-2022 17:43 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) pledged to speak to Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) about his allegation that people in Washington, D.C. have invited him to orgies and done cocaine in front of him after Republican members...
  
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• White House communications director to give press briefing

  29-03-2022 16:27 via thehill.com
  
  White House communications director Kate Bedingfield will brief the press on Tuesday as two key members of the press office are out with COVID-19.Bedingfield will make her first appearance at the podium in the briefing room with press secretary Jen...
  
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• January 6 panel loses patience as contempt claims pile up

  29-03-2022 16:12 via thehill.com
  
  The contempt charges forwarded by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol are piling up at the Justice Department, and it’s clear that hopeful lawmakers have been losing their patience.The committee forwarded the...
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez to Clarence Thomas: Resign or face impeachment

  29-03-2022 15:10 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday called on Justice Clarence Thomas to resign or face impeachment for what she depicted as a pattern of ethical breaches.“Clarence Thomas should resign,” she wrote on Twitter. “If not, his failure to...
  
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• White House records reportedly show seven-hour gap in Trump's phone logs

  29-03-2022 14:04 via thehill.com
  
  White House logs that were given to the House committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol have a gap of more than seven hours in former President Trump’s phone records on Jan. 6, 2021, documents obtained by The...
  
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• Pelosi: 'I fear for our democracy' if Republicans win House

  29-03-2022 03:15 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in an interview published Monday that she fears for American democracy if Republicans were to win the House in this year's midterm elections.Republicans are highly favored to win the House in November, given that...
  
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• Jan. 6 panel votes to advance contempt proceedings for Navarro, Scavino

  29-03-2022 02:41 via thehill.com
  
  The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol on Monday voted to advance contempt of Congress proceedings against two top aides to former President Trump, teeing up possible prosecution by the Department of Justice (...
  
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• House Oversight launches probe into Credit Suisse ties to Russian oligarchs

  29-03-2022 02:01 via thehill.com
  
  The House Committee on Oversight and Reform announced Monday it has launched a probe into Credit Suisse's ties with Russian oligarchs amid the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine. “We are writing to seek information about a recent...
  
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• Biden's 'careless remark' on Putin incenses GOP

  29-03-2022 01:50 via thehill.com
  
  Republicans are pointing to President Biden’s ad-libbed remark that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” as the most serious example of reasons to doubt his competency.“It’s extremely concerning that our commander in chief can’t...
  
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• House passes bill to honor Ginsburg and O'Connor with Capitol statues

  29-03-2022 01:41 via thehill.com
  
  The House cleared legislation on Monday to honor former Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sandra Day O'Connor with statues in the Capitol.The bill, passed on a largely bipartisan basis by a vote of 349-63, now heads to...
  
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• 5 things to know about Biden's more centered '23 budget plans

  29-03-2022 01:37 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Monday unveiled sweeping plans for military and domestic spending as part of his annual budget proposal that also includes tax hikes on the wealthy.The $5.8 trillion budget request released early Monday morning calls for...
  
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• Biden muddies line with Vladimir Putin

  29-03-2022 00:05 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s declaration that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” has overshadowed an otherwise successful trip to rally allies against Russian aggression and muddied the line between his personal feelings and official...
  
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