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• US cites ‘genuine possibility’ of North Korea missile, nuclear test during Biden trip

  18-05-2022 22:59 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration is preparing for the possibility that North Korea will conduct a missile or nuclear test near or during President Biden’s visit to the region.   White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters Wednesday that U.S. intelligence suggests that such tests before, during, or after Biden’s upcoming Asia trip are a “genuine possibility.” “Our intelligence does reflect the genuine possibility that there will be eithe
  
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• White House shrugs off likely defeat of Biden-backed Oregon congressman

  18-05-2022 22:04 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Wednesday sought to put a positive spin on the likely primary defeat of one of the only candidates President Biden has endorsed in the midterm election cycle.Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters the White House did not view the performance of Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), who Biden endorsed and who was on track to lose to challenger Jamie McLeod-Skinner, as a rebuke of the president's agenda, instead arguing both candidates were supportive of Biden."The race in Ore
  
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• Eying new House district, Democratic campaign chair faces backlash

  18-05-2022 21:50 via thehill.com
  
  The looming overhaul of New York's congressional map has sparked open warfare among incumbent Democrats, setting the stage for a potential clash between the party's midterm campaign chairman and a first-term Black lawmaker — a scenario that's prompted a backlash from some members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC). The furor revolves around the recent announcement by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who currently represents New York's 18th District, to run for reelection in the 17th, a
  
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• Eying new House district, Dem campaign chair faces backlash

  18-05-2022 21:50 via thehill.com
  
  The looming overhaul of New York's congressional map has sparked open warfare among incumbent Democrats, setting the stage for a potential clash between the party's midterm campaign chairman and a freshman Black lawmaker — a scenario that's prompted a backlash from some members of the Congressional Black Caucus. The furor revolves around the recent announcement by Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney, who currently represents New York's 18th District, to run for reelection in the 17th, a seat cu
  
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• Biden daughter tests positive for COVID-19

  18-05-2022 19:29 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s daughter, Ashley Biden, tested positive for COVID-19 and had to scrap plans to join her mother, first lady Jill Biden, on a trip to Latin America.  First lady spokesman Michael LaRose disclosed Ashley Biden’s positive test on Wednesday, before the first lady departed for the trip. Ashley Biden is not considered a close contact of either President Biden or the first lady, White House officials said.  Jill Biden is scheduled to stop in Ecuador, Panama and Co
  
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• Republicans dismiss white supremacy charge but show unease about rhetoric

  18-05-2022 19:14 via thehill.com
  
  House Republicans are dismissing accusations that their leadership is harboring white nationalism amid criticism that heated political rhetoric on the right is partly to blame for the racist shooting at a Buffalo supermarket on Saturday.Twinges of discontent with aggressive and extremist rhetoric have been an undercurrent in the House GOP conference since the Trump years, but even members critical of some statements by their most outspoken colleagues disagree strongly with the idea their leaders
  
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• Harris tells Coast Guard cadets they must defend rule of law in 'unsettled' world

  18-05-2022 18:44 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Harris on Wednesday told the cadets of the Coast Guard Academy’s 2022 class that they are graduating into an “unsettled” world and would play a critical role advancing American interests and upholding the rule of law.  “President Joe Biden and I, we view our cadets as our eyes and ears and hands and hearts, wherever you serve,” Harris said in the keynote commencement address at the academy in New London, Conn.  “You are doing the
  
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• Biden says he will press Congress, allies on NATO membership for Sweden, Finland

  18-05-2022 17:56 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Monday voiced his support for Finland and Sweden applying to join the NATO alliance and said he would work with Congress and other member nations to "quickly" approve their membership."Sweden and Finland have made the important decision to seek NATO membership after thorough and inclusive democratic processes in each country," Biden said in a statement.The alliance has become a focal point of international discussion in the months since Russia invaded Ukraine. Article 5 of the
  
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• Trump-era 'Anonymous' whistleblower leaving Republican Party

  18-05-2022 17:15 via thehill.com
  
  A former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official who penned an anonymous op-ed in The New York Times and later a book criticizing former President Trump said on Tuesday he is leaving the Republican Party.“I'm done.I no longer believe the Republican Party can be saved.  The vitriolic rhetoric is inspiring violent radicals. I'm quitting the GOP. And I hope more do the same,” former DHS chief of staff Miles Taylor wrote on Twitter.In a subsequent tweet, he included a link t
  
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• Kinzinger says Cawthorn loss 'good for the country'

  18-05-2022 15:41 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) slammed Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) on Wednesday and said in an interview that his primary loss is "good for the country."In an interview with CNN's John Bermanin which he was asked what he thought about Cawthorn's loss, Kinzinger said: "Well it's good. I mean it's good for the country, it's good for the party, it's good for the 11th district of North Carolina.He added that Washington, D.C."has become kind of a growing ground for people th
  
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• Cawthorn calls for NC Republicans to rally behind GOP ticket in November after primary loss

  18-05-2022 14:04 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) called for Republicans in his district to "rally behind the Republican ticket" in November after he lost the GOP primary for his seat on Tuesday. “Congratulations to @ChuckEdwards4NC on securing the nomination tonight,” Cawthorn tweeted late Tuesday.
  "It’s time for the NC-11 GOP to rally behind the Republican ticket to defeat the Democrats’ nominee this November," he added.The first-term congressman lost the Republican primary for his s
  
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• Biden says Democrats are united around Fetterman for Senate

  18-05-2022 03:50 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden said Tuesday night that Democrats are united around Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman after he won his state’s Democratic Senate primary in one of the nation’s most important midterm races.“As Pennsylvania’s Lieutenant Governor, John Fetterman understands that working class families in Pennsylvania and across the country have been dealt out for far too long. It’s time to deal them back in, and electing John to the United States Senate would be a b
  
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• Mullin legislation would expunge Trump Jan. 6 impeachment

  18-05-2022 02:37 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) is leading a resolution that aims to erase former President Donald Trump’s second impeachment after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack and repeats numerous arguments to cast doubt on the integrity of the 2020 election.A copy of Mullin’s draft bill obtained by The Hill said that the incitement of insurrection impeachment charge “contains a subjective account of that which transpired at the Capitol on January 6, 2021” and “omits any discu
  
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• US seeks to reset relationship with oil-rich UAE

  18-05-2022 00:34 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is signaling an effort by the White House to reset its relationship with Abu Dhabi after a high-profile list of cabinet officials led by the vice president on Monday visited the United Arab Emirates, an oil-rich nation in the midst of a critical leadership change.Rejection and perceived disinterest from Washington has led the UAE to recently act more boldly on the global stage. It abstained from a U.S.-led resolution at the United Nations that condemned Russia’s invasion of
  
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