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• Bidens temporarily evacuated from Delaware house after small aircraft flies into restricted airspace

  04-06-2022 21:37 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden were temporarily evacuated while in Rehoboth Beach, Del., on Saturday after a small plane entered into restricted airspace, apparently by accident.“A small private plane entered restricted airspace, all indications are by mistake, and precautionary measures were taken,” a White House official said, according to Politico. “There was no threat to the President or his family.”Anthony Guglielmi, spokesman for the Secret Service, said
  
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• Thompson on elections: ‘You don't tear the place up if you lose’

  04-06-2022 18:38 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, took an apparent swipe at former President Trump, saying that in an election, "you don't tear the place up if you lose." During an an interview published Friday with CNN, Thompson, 74, talked about growing up in Mississippi and the struggles he faced in his political career.
  “My daddy died when I was in 10th grade, but he never had a chance to vote for his son to be elected,
  
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• Black Americans less enthusiastic about Biden, voting in upcoming election than in 2020: poll

  04-06-2022 18:10 via thehill.com
  
  Black voters’ support for President Biden remains the highest among most other demographics, but it has weakened since he took office, according to a recent Washington Post-Ipsos poll. The poll of about 1,250 Black Americans found 70 percent approve of how Biden is handling his job, but only 23 percent “strongly approve.” The results may signal Black voters’ frustration with a lack of progress Biden and congressional Democrats have made on certain key issues as
  
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• Corinthian move seen as pivotal point in student debt forgiveness debate 

  04-06-2022 18:08 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s decision to cancel billions in student debt for former Corinthian College students is raising pressure on the White House to offer more extensive relief.  The White House has signaled it is considering eliminating up to $10,000 in student loans per borrower, and the cancellation for the former Corinthian students is being seen by progressives as a pivot point. In canceling $5 billion in debt held by 560,000 former students of the now-clo
  
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• White House, celebrities don orange on National Gun Violence Awareness Day

  04-06-2022 17:08 via thehill.com
  
  The White House is illuminated with orange lights in honor of National Gun Violence Awareness Day, late Friday, June 3, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)The White House illuminated itself in orange while celebrities wore the color on National Gun Violence Awareness Day in the aftermath of several high-profile shootings in New York, Texas and Oklahoma.Everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund and Everytown for Gun Safety Support Fund marked Friday as the start of a weekend campaign to wear
  
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• The Memo: Navarro drama ramps up stakes for Jan. 6 hearings

  04-06-2022 11:59 via thehill.com
  
  The drama surrounding the work of the January 6 committee ramped up Friday with the news that former Trump advisor Peter Navarro had been indicted on two charges of contempt of Congress. The charges, each of which carries a maximum penalty of a $100,000 fine and one year of jail time, stem from Navarro’s refusal to cooperate with the House panel’s inquiries.The new twist comes as the panel moves to the cusp of beginning public hearings. The first such event is due for Thursday.N
  
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• Partisan divide on guns just grows larger with each tragedy

  04-06-2022 11:58 via thehill.com
  
  The partisan divide over guns couldn’t be more stark even after the nation’s most recent mass shootings  — including the killings of 19 children at a Texas elementary school.Rather than uniting the country behind a shared vision for how to keep the public safe, the massacres have deepened the chasm between congressional lawmakers when it comes to guns, their function and their place in American culture. Increasingly, Democrats view the Second Amendment as a malleable
  
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• Cheney: ‘There is absolutely a cult of personality around Donald Trump’

  04-06-2022 04:35 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), the vice chair of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, said in an excerpt of an interview released Friday “there is absolutely a cult of personality around Donald Trump.”“We have too many people now in the Republican Party who are not taking their responsibilities seriously, and who have pledged their allegiance and loyalty to Donald Trump. I mean it is fundamentally antithetical - it is contrary to everything conserv
  
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• Carl Paladino to jump into NY House race with Stefanik's backing

  04-06-2022 01:28 via thehill.com
  
  Businessman and former GOP New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino is set to jump into the race to represent New York’s 23rd District with the backing of House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.).Paladino confirmed to The Hill Friday evening that he is running for the seat, saying that he heard that there were a few people thinking of running that he did not respect, but he did not name names.“​​Representing the people of Western New York would be a
  
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• Carl Paladino set to jump into NY House race with Stefanik's backing

  04-06-2022 01:28 via thehill.com
  
  Businessman and former GOP New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino is set to jump into the race to represent New York’s 23rd District with the backing of House Republican Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.).Paladino confirmed to The Hill Friday evening that he is running for the seat, saying that he heard that there were a few people thinking of running that he did not respect, but he did not name names.“​​Representing the people of Western New York would be a
  
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• Gohmert: ‘If you're a Republican, you can't even lie to Congress or lie to an FBI agent or they're coming after you’

  04-06-2022 00:05 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) railed against the indictment of former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro while saying in an interview on Friday that “if you're a Republican, you can't even lie to Congress or lie to an FBI agent or they're coming after you.”Gohmert, speaking to Newsmax in an interview on Friday, was asked to comment on the Friday indictment of Navarro by a federal grand jury after the former Trump official failed to comply with the House select committee investiga
  
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• Aide warned top security agent of possible risk to Pence before Jan. 6: report

  04-06-2022 00:00 via thehill.com
  
  An aide to former Vice President Mike Pence warned a U.S. Secret Service agent of his concerns for Pence’s safety in advance of the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection last year, according to a report from The New York Times. The Times’ Maggie Haberman reported Friday that Pence’s chief of staff, Marc Short, called the former vice president’s head Secret Service agent to his office the day before hundreds of rioters stormed the Capitol to try to prevent Congress from ce
  
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