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• Anti-ESG talk leads to partisan fireworks: ‘Stupidest hearing I've ever been to’

  06-06-2023 23:29 via thehill.com
  
  A Republican congressional committee escalated its campaign against sustainable investing on Tuesday.The GOP heads of two major House subcommittees sought to cast investing that considers factors like climate or human rights as an insidious attempt to “rewire the fabric of America,” in the words of Rep. Pat Fallon (R-Texas), chairman of the Oversight Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs.Proponents of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) investi
  
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• State Department asked about birthday party: 'What does Secretary Blinken like about Henry Kissinger' 

  06-06-2023 23:28 via thehill.com
  
  Members of the press asked the State Department Tuesday about Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s attendance at former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's 100th birthday party the evening before.  “Obviously there is extensive documentation, associating Kissinger with bombing campaigns in Cambodia and Vietnam and overthrowing democratically elected governments in the developing world and allegedly supporting genocidal policies in Bangladesh, but to be fair to Dr. Kissinger, he
  
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• These House Republicans revolted against GOP leaders on rule vote

  06-06-2023 22:47 via thehill.com
  
  House conservatives revolted against Republican leadership on Tuesday, blocking four bills from coming to the floor for a vote in retaliation for the debt ceiling bill crafted by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Biden, which was signed into law days earlier.The rebuke — which played out in a dramatic scene on the House floor — was also a protest of the allegation by Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.) that GOP leadership threatened to block his bill on pistol stabilizing br
  
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• Conservatives revolt against GOP leaders on House floor

  06-06-2023 21:03 via thehill.com
  
  House conservatives on Tuesday blew up an effort by GOP leadership to advance several bills in a dramatic confrontation on the House floor, the result of a revolt against the debt limit deal cut by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Biden just days before.Eleven Republicans — most of whom are members of the conservative House Freedom Caucus — joined Democrats in voting against a rule to advance four bills related to gas stoves and regulatory reform, enough oppositi
  
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• Chief diversity officer leaving State Department

  06-06-2023 20:09 via thehill.com
  
  Gina Abercrombie-Winstanley is leaving her position as the State Department's first chief diversity and Inclusion officer (CDIO).Secretary of State Antony Blinken thanked the longtime diplomat in a statement on Tuesday announcing her departure.
  "The only way to ensure our foreign policy delivers for the American people is to recruit and retain a workforce that truly reflects the American people," he said.
  "Thanks to Gina’s leadership, the Department has made significant progress to live up
  
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• What to do now ahead of student loan pause ending

  06-06-2023 20:03 via thehill.com
  
  After three years, the student loan payment pause is officially ending for 40 million borrowers.The cycle of extensions for the payment pause, which began under then-President Trump during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, finally met its end under the bipartisan debt ceiling agreement negotiated by President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.). Biden signed the measure on Saturday.
  The pause will now end 60 days after June 30, giving borrowers nearly three months to prepare. Here i
  
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• Indiana man charged with felony after allegedly threatening Jim Banks

  06-06-2023 19:51 via thehill.com
  
  An Indiana man was charged on Friday after allegedly threatening Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) and his family, court documents show.Aaron Thompson, 33, was charged with harassment and intimidation, a felony offense in the state, after he allegedly left several threatening voicemails with the congressman’s office in early April, according to a probable cause filing.“Here’s the choice. Your daughters grow up without their dad. Or you grow old without your daughters. How you like that?
  
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• White House says it opposes GOP gas stove bills but stops short of veto threat

  06-06-2023 19:23 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Tuesday expressed opposition to GOP bills aimed at restricting gas stove regulations, but it stopped short of threatening to veto them. The two bills are slated for votes on Tuesday and Wednesday. One would prevent the Consumer Product Safety Commission from banning gas stoves or implementing regulations that “substantially” increase their cost. The other would block a proposed efficiency rule from the Energy Department.In a formal Statement of Administration
  
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• House Democrats press Medicare agency for more info on covering Alzheimer's drugs

  06-06-2023 18:58 via thehill.com
  
  Two key House Democrats are pressing the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for more information about how Medicare plans to cover a new class of Alzheimer's drug.The agency last week detailed how Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in outpatient prescription medication coverage will be able to obtain the drugs once they are granted full approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The process involves patients and physicians participating in registries designed to track how t
  
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• Judge grants request for George Santos’s bond sponsors to be unsealed

  06-06-2023 18:41 via thehill.com
  
  A federal judge on Tuesday granted media organizations’ requests to unseal the names of the people who cosigned Rep. George Santos’s (R-N.Y.) $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case.The order is a blow to Santos, whose attorney on Monday asked a judge to keep the names of the bond co-signers sealed. The congressman's lawyer, Joseph Murray, expressed concern for the sponsors should their identities be revealed, citing a “media frenzy” around the Santos case.“If this
  
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• Democrats accuse GOP of overstepping authority on Trump probes

  06-06-2023 18:10 via thehill.com
  
  Top Democratic leaders are racing this week to the defense of the Biden administration’s investigations into former President Trump, saying Republicans have overstepped their authority in demanding the release of Justice Department documents related to those ongoing probes."Congress is the legislative branch,” Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), vice chairman of the Democratic Caucus, said during a press briefing in the Capitol. “We do not interfere in ongoing law-enforcement investigati
  
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• Watch live: Homeland Security officials testify on expiration of Title 42

  06-06-2023 18:00 via thehill.com
  
  The House Homeland Security subcommittee overseeing border enforcement is hearing from two Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials on Tuesday afternoon regarding the lead-up to the end of Title 42, the pandemic-era policy that significantly limited migrants seeking asylum in the U.S.The subcommittee's chair, Rep. Chairman Clay Higgins (R-La.), was highly critical of the Biden administration’s approach to the transition, saying in a statement that DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayork
  
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• Watch live: House Democrats hold weekly press briefing

  06-06-2023 17:00 via thehill.com
  
  House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (Calif.) and Vice Chair Ted Lieu (Calif.) are holding their weekly press conference on Tuesday.Progressives faced a stinging defeat when Congress voted to approve the bipartisan debt limit deal last week. Forty-six Democrats voted against the bill, along with 71 Republicans.The vote marked the latest setback for the party's left flank in several months on issues ranging from climate change to student loans.The press conference is slated to begin shor
  
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• Jim Jordan seeks memo on Smith appointment as Mar-a-Lago probe winds down

  06-06-2023 16:44 via thehill.com
  
  House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is asking the Justice Department to break down the scope of special counsel Jack Smith’s probe into former President Trump amid signs he may be wrapping his investigation. The letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland — Jordan’s second in a week — seeks the memo that formalized Smith’s appointment and his investigatory role.“Please provide the committee with an unredacted copy of the memorandum outlining the scop
  
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• Trump lashes out after lawyers meet with DOJ

  06-06-2023 16:19 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump unleashed a torrent of angry social media posts Tuesday about the investigations into his conduct, the day after his lawyers met with Justice Department (DOJ) officials.Trump posted several times on Truth Social, levying claims that he is being politically targeted and offering up misleading comparisons between his own case and President Biden’s when it comes to handling classified material.“The Marxists and Fascists in the DOJ & FBI are going after me at a
  
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• Watch live: Homeland Security watchdog testifies on staff shortages at border

  06-06-2023 15:45 via thehill.com
  
  The House Oversight subcommittee overseeing national security is hearing from Homeland Security Inspector General Joseph Cuffari on Tuesday about the personnel needs of Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement along the U.S. border with Mexico.Cuffari's testimony, released in advance, discusses the recent, massive increase in interactions involving these agencies in the Southwest border area, from under 1 million in fiscal year 2019 to some 2.4 million in fiscal year
  
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• Wray lands at center of GOP-FBI grudge match

  06-06-2023 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  FBI Director Christopher Wray, a Republican who scaled the ranks of the Justice Department with nominations from two GOP presidents, is locked in a contentious battle with his own party, which has set its sights on an FBI they accuse of improperly targeting conservatives.Wray now finds himself at the center of a years-long grudge match, with House Republicans gearing up to hold Wray in contempt of Congress amid a dispute over a subpoena for an unverified tip on President Biden.The House GOP has
  
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• India has a Vibrant Democracy - USA Praises in White House - ఇండియా హెరాల్డ్ గ్రూప్ అఫ్ పబ్లిషర్స్ ప్రై లిమిటెడ్ - India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED

  06-06-2023 09:34 via news.google.com
  India has a Vibrant Democracy - USA Praises in White House  ఇండియా హెరాల్డ్ గ్రూప్ అఫ్ పబ్లిషర్స్ ప్రై లిమిటెడ్ - India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED
  
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• Freedom Caucus pumps breaks on talk of ousting Speaker McCarthy over debt bill

  06-06-2023 04:58 via thehill.com
  
  A spark of initial interest in forcing a vote to remove Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his position as Speaker over the debt limit deal he negotiated with President Biden has not caught on in the House Freedom Caucus, the hardline conservative group known for exerting pressure on GOP leadership.Multiple members leaving a Freedom Caucus meeting on Monday – the first gathering of the group in Washington, D.C. since the debt limit bill passed – said that there was no discussion of wheth
  
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• Freedom Caucus pumps brakes on talk of ousting Speaker McCarthy over debt bill

  06-06-2023 04:58 via thehill.com
  
  A spark of initial interest in forcing a vote to remove Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) from his position as Speaker over the debt limit deal he negotiated with President Biden has not caught on in the House Freedom Caucus, the hardline conservative group known for exerting pressure on GOP leadership.Multiple members leaving a Freedom Caucus meeting on Monday – the first gathering of the group in Washington, D.C. since the debt limit bill passed – said that there was no discussion of wheth
  
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• McCarthy shoots down idea of Pentagon supplemental 

  06-06-2023 01:49 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday shot down the idea of Congress adopting an immediate bump in Pentagon spending, arguing that policymakers should be searching instead for places to create efficiencies — and glean savings — from the massive Defense Department. Congress last week passed a debt ceiling package that will increase defense spending next year by a sub-inflation rate of roughly 3 percent, leading some defense hawks — particularly in the Senate — t
  
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• George Santos asks judge to keep sealed names of bail sponsors

  06-06-2023 01:05 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Monday asked a judge to keep sealed the names of the people who cosigned his $500,000 bond in his criminal fraud case.Media organizations in two separate requests have asked for the court to unseal the names, arguing that there is a public right to access the records.Santos’s attorney, Joseph Murray, cited a “media frenzy” and said the embattled congressman would rather be detained ahead of his trial than allow his bail sponsors’ names to b
  
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