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• Senators want Biden to stay out of gun talks

  06-06-2022 23:54 via thehill.com
  
  Senate negotiators working to come to an agreement on gun violence legislation are asking the White House to stay out of the talks.Some have said that President Biden’s involvement wouldn’t be “helpful” after he called on Congress to pass gun control measures, some of which aren’t even supported by all 50 Democrats.The White House spent much of last week going back and forth about how much involvement, if any, the administration would have on the talks, eventually s
  
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• Enes Kanter Freedom to appear at Republican Study Committee lunch

  06-06-2022 22:52 via thehill.com
  
  Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom will speak to the conservative Republican Study Committee this week about his activism regarding China and the Uyghur genocide.The former Boston Celtics center, now a free agent, has been a vocal critic of the NBA for continuing activities in China and other countries despite human rights abuses. He has accused the NBA of trying to silence him for speaking out on those issues, and legally added “Freedom” to his surname last year before being cut
  
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• Biden announces fifth baby formula mission, shipment to come from Germany

  06-06-2022 22:05 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Monday announced a fifth mission to bring infant formula to the U.S. from overseas, with the most recent shipment arriving from Cologne, Germany.The shipment of Nestlé infant formulas will be transported to Fort Worth, Texas on June 9. The products will be distributed through Nestlé/Gerber distribution channels, according to the White House, with additional deliveries expected to be announced in the coming days.The delivery will include 110,000 pounds of Nestl&ea
  
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• GOP senator rips Biden for overuse of Defense Production Act

  06-06-2022 21:57 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) slammed President Biden on Monday, accusing him of "abusing" the Defense Production Act (DPA) after the White House authorized the act for the third time this year to ramp up manufacturing of solar panel parts and other clean energy equipment.Toomey said Congress might have to intervene if Biden keeps "misusing the DPA.""Once again, @POTUS is abusing the Defense Production Act — this time to advance his global warming agenda by using taxpayer dollars to build solar
  
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• Former Republican congressman who represented Uvalde wants more than 'thoughts, prayers and complaining'

  06-06-2022 21:39 via thehill.com
  
  Former Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas), who represented the community of Uvalde, Texas, while in Congress, wrote in a New York Times op-ed that he wants more to be done on gun control amid the recent string of mass shootings in the U.S. In the Times op-ed published Sunday, Hurd wrote that inaction from lawmakers has the media, the public and some elected officials believing that nothing can be done to address gun violence, noting there are more mass shooting victims than the number of military per
  
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• Raskin: Jan. 6 panel found evidence of ‘concerted planning and premeditated activity’

  06-06-2022 20:09 via thehill.com
  
  The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has found evidence of “concerted planning and premeditated activity,” Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said on Tuesday, ahead of the panel's first public hearing on Thursday.
  The congressional investigators have conducted more than 1,000 interviews and obtained upward of 125,000 documents during a nearly one-year investigation.The Maryland Democrat, a member of the Jan. 6 panel, told Washington Post Live on Mon
  
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• Milo Yiannopoulos is an intern for Marjorie Taylor Greene

  06-06-2022 19:40 via thehill.com
  
  Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos is working as an unpaid intern in the Congressional office of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).Yiannopoulos, 37, announced the job on his Telegram account Monday with a photo of his official intern congressional badge.“I’ve finally been persuaded out of retirement. But my skills are a bit rusty, so the best role I could land was an unpaid internship with a friend. Pray for me!” Yiannopoulos said. “Mummy always sai
  
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• White House freezes solar tariffs: An industry reacts - pv magazine USA

  06-06-2022 19:16
  
  White House freezes solar tariffs: An industry reacts  pv magazine USA
  
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• White House criticizes Louisiana abortion bill as 'radical'

  06-06-2022 19:15 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Monday forcefully criticized a bill moving through the Louisiana state legislature that would ban most abortions and impose criminal penalties on doctors who perform the procedure if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade.  “The Louisiana legislature has taken the latest step in a growing attack against the fundamental freedoms of Americans,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement.  “The President is committed to pr
  
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• Raskin says Jan. 6 panel has found more on Trump than 'incitement'

  06-06-2022 18:58 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Monday said the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol has found evidence on former President Trump that supports “a lot more than incitement.”The comment from Raskin, a member of the Jan. 6 panel, referenced Trump’s second impeachment in January 2021, when the House voted to impeach the then-president for incitement to insurrection.
  The Jan. 6 panel is set to hold its first public hearing on Thursday, where Rask
  
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• Buttigieg tests positive for COVID

  06-06-2022 18:20 via thehill.com
  
  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Monday said he had tested positive for COVID-19."I have tested positive for COVID-19 and am experiencing mild symptoms. I plan to work remotely while isolating according to CDC guidelines, and look forward to when I can safely return to the office and the road," he tweeted.The Transportation secretary has two infant children with his husband Chasten Buttigieg, with both children ineligible for COVID-19 vaccination due to their ages.Buttigieg made a publ
  
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• U.S. sanctions Bosnian president, official for threatening peace accords

  06-06-2022 18:12 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration on Monday issued sanctions against the president of Bosnia and Herzegovina for undermining democratic and peace efforts in the Western Balkans. The U.S. said that Marinko Cavara, president of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, has obstructed or threatened the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords — the nearly three-decade-old framework for pursuing stability in the region. The administration also sanctioned Alen Seranic, the minister of health
  
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• US sanctions Bosnian leader, official for threatening peace accords

  06-06-2022 18:12 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration on Monday issued sanctions against the president of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina for undermining democratic and peace efforts in the Western Balkans, blacklisting one of the three leaders of the country.The U.S. said that Marinko Čavara has obstructed or threatened the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords — the nearly three-decade-old framework for pursuing stability in the region. The administration also sanctioned Alen Šerani
  
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• Biden to exempt Southeast Asian nations from solar tariffs for two years

  06-06-2022 15:42 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Monday will sign an order that will exempt Southeast Asian nations from tariffs on solar panels for two years in an effort to boost the solar industry beleaguered by an ongoing Commerce Department investigation.The White House said in a fact sheet that Biden would establish a “24-month bridge” for certain solar imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam by waving tariffs “in order to ensure the U.S. has access to a sufficient supply of solar modul
  
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• Biden to delay new solar tariffs in bid to boost industry

  06-06-2022 15:42 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Monday will sign an order that will exempt Southeast Asian nations from any new tariffs on solar panels for two years in an effort to boost the solar industry beleaguered by an ongoing Commerce Department investigation.The White House said in a fact sheet that Biden would establish a “24-month bridge” for certain solar imports from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam by waving tariffs “in order to ensure the U.S. has access to a sufficient supply of sola
  
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• This week: First Jan. 6 hearing, House to move on gun legislation

  06-06-2022 11:30 via thehill.com
  
  Attention will be focused on the House this week as the select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol holds its first public hearing on Thursday.The primetime hearing will mark the first time the panel, which has largely conducted its investigation behind closed doors, will present its findings to the public. Proceedings are set to begin at 8 p.m.House Democrats are also looking to move a pair of gun-control measures this week following the mass shootings in Buffalo,
  
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• Jan. 6 panel seeks to break through with primetime programming

  06-06-2022 11:25 via thehill.com
  
  The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is preparing for a crucial week as it prepares to finally share with the public the fruits of its monthslong investigation into the riot in primetime on Thursday. The 8 p.m. hearing kicking off a series of meetings shows the committee is eager to reach a broad segment of Americans and relay the extent to which democracy itself was at stake that day. “The goal here is to construct this narrative,” said Molly
  
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• Jan. 6 panel seeks to break through with prime-time programming

  06-06-2022 11:25 via thehill.com
  
  The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is preparing for a crucial week as it prepares to finally share with the public the fruits of its months-long investigation into the riot in prime time on Thursday. The 8 p.m. hearing kicking off a series of meetings shows the committee is eager to reach a broad segment of Americans and relay the extent to which democracy itself was at stake that day. “The goal here is to construct this narrative,” said Mol
  
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• Biden to make first late night appearance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live'

  06-06-2022 05:06 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden will make his first in-studio late night talk show appearance since taking office with a scheduled appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” this week.“Our very elected President @JoeBiden visits @JimmyKimmelLive Wednesday night,” Kimmel said in a tweet on Sunday. “No malarkey.”Biden made multiple appearances on Stephen Colbert's "Late Show" before his election.
  Wednesday's taping will take place in Los Angeles, where the president and first lady Jill
  
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• Rep. Spartz makes latest trip to native Ukraine amid Russia's invasion

  06-06-2022 05:01 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) visited her native Ukraine over the weekend for at least the fourth time since Russia’s invasion began more than 100 days ago.
  Spartz spent two days in Chernihiv, a city in northern Ukraine that has been bombed heavily by Russian forces, according to aTelegram post from Vyacheslav Chaus, an officialof the Chernihiv Regional State Administration. He said she "studied the possibilities of rebuilding our city and region."“We have good prospects to implement
  
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• Parkland survivor hits back at Marjorie Taylor Greene over gun control push

  06-06-2022 03:58 via thehill.com
  
  Parkland shooting survivor David Hogg sparred with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Twitter Sunday, accusing her of “attacking survivors so you can fundraise.” Hogg, a co-founder of March For Our Lives, has been involved in organizing marches in Washington D.C. and in cities across the country following the mass shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead in Uvalde, Texas.
  “I hear you & your girls are funded to come to town this week to once again try to
  
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• Beyer to propose 1,000 percent tax on assault-style weapons

  06-06-2022 03:00 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) is drafting legislation to impose a hefty tax on assault-style weapons in the wake of recent mass shootings across the United States. Beyer's office told The Hill the proposal was a workaround to avoid GOP opposition to legislation outright banning the high-capacity weapons.
  “Congressman Beyer has seen action to prevent gun violence obstructed by Senate Republicans using the filibuster after horrific mass shootings for years, this legislation represents an effor
  
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• Kinzinger says France's Macron 'humiliating himself' with caution toward Russia

  06-06-2022 01:25 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said French President Emmanuel Macron was “humiliating himself” with his latest comments regarding diplomacy with Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine.In an interview with French newswire AFP, Macron said “Russia must not be humiliated because we need to leave a window for diplomacy.”“Emmanuel Macron is humiliating himself,” Kinzinger tweeted on Saturday, in response to the comments.
  “Russia has already been humiliated, and tr
  
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• Former DC officer on Jan. 6 hearings: 'I don't believe that it's gonna move the needle'

  06-06-2022 00:33 via thehill.com
  
  Former D.C. Metropolitan police officer Michael Fanone, who suffered a heart attack during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, said that he doesn’t believe upcoming congressional hearings will “move the needle.”"Unfortunately, I don't believe that it's going to move the needle," Fanone said on CNN, noting that he would be in the room during the public hearings on Jan. 6 set to begin on Thursday evening.“I think most of the people in this country are indifferent t
  
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