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• Johnson's 'intuition' clashes with data on illegal voting

  12-05-2024 23:02 via thehill.com
  
  The GOP unveiled a bill this week to bar noncitizens from voting in federal elections — prohibiting something that’s already illegal to address a problem they can’t prove exists.Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was candid this week in telling reporters that Republicans are motivated by intuition in seeking another law that would limit voting to U.S. citizens.“We all know, intuitively, that a lot of illegals are voting in federal elections. But it’s not been something th
  
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• Blinken: US doesn't have 'double standards' on holding Israel accountable

  12-05-2024 20:30 via thehill.com
  
  Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday rejected the accusation the U.S. is attempting to avoid holding Israel accountable for its military campaign amid criticism over the State Department's recent report on Israeli war conduct.
  In a highly anticipated report released last week, the State Department concluded it was “reasonable to assess” Israel violated international humanitarian law while stopping short of determining wrongdoing as it did not find specific instances
  
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• Sullivan: Pause in military aid doesn't mean Biden will 'abandon Israel'

  12-05-2024 19:15 via thehill.com
  
  White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday maintained President Biden's threat to withhold offensive weapons from Israel does not mean the U.S. intends to "abandon" Israel.
  Sullivan, speaking with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, warned of "significant" civilian casualties in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. It comes days after President Biden threatened to withhold offensive weapons from Israel if they launch a full-scale invasion of the city.
  "Well, first, because ther
  
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• Greene: 'Johnson is owned by the Democrats'

  12-05-2024 19:09 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) accused Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) of being “owned by the Democrats” in a Sunday interview.Asked why she thinks Johnson would not “defund Jack Smith,” referring to the special counsel who brought two indictments against President Trump, Greene said, “Mike Johnson is owned by the Democrats and that proved to me to be right again.”“When I called the motion to vacate, it wasn't Republicans that saved Mike Johnson. It wa
  
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• House Republican says Biden's weapon halt threat is for 'political reasons'

  12-05-2024 17:05 via thehill.com
  
  Republican Rep. Mike Waltz (Fla.) on Sunday alleged President Biden's threat to halt weapons to Israel is politically motivated with the November election less than six months away.
  "I think the reality of us being in an election year now and the election just six months away...I think you have kind of a political and an operation reality there. But...he certainly is withholding aid, and he is obviously doing it for political reasons," Waltz said Sunday in an interview on NewsNation's "The Hill
  
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• Blinken says US has not seen Israeli plans to protect civilians, post-war plans for Gaza

  12-05-2024 16:56 via thehill.com
  
  Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday the U.S. has not seen any plans from Israel over how the country will protect civilians or the future of Gaza after the war.CBS's Margaret Brennan asked Blinken on "Face the Nation" about the U.S. holding back high payload bombs to Israel, among recent concerns about the Israeli military going into Rafah — where more than a million civilians were estimated to be taking refuge. When asked if the U.S. might still deliver those bombs, Bl
  
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• McCaul says Rafah invasion is 'last step' for Israeli military 'objective'

  12-05-2024 16:32 via thehill.com
  
  House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-Texas) on Sunday argued Israel's invasion of Rafah is the final step in completing its military campaign in Gaza as President Biden threatens to halt weapons in the case of a full-scale invasion.
  "Now, of course, you want the conditions with humanitarian to be in place. Of course, you want the tenants in place, but to say you cannot invade Rafah...we're telling the Israelis, dictating their military strategy," McCaul said Sunday in an inter
  
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• Blinken says more civilians in Gaza have been killed than terrorists

  12-05-2024 15:33 via thehill.com
  
  Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. believes more civilians in Gaza have been killed than terrorists.
  CBS's Margaret Brennan asked Blinken on "Face the Nation" whether the U.S. shares the same assessment of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who she said recently said Israel has killed 14,000 terrorists and 16,000 civilians in its war against the militant group Hamas."Yes, we do. And I think the report makes clear that while Israel has processes, procedures, rules, regulations
  
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• Where the US spends the most on foreign aid

  12-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Debates over U.S. aid to Israel and Ukraine have dominated Washington this year, raising questions about U.S. economic and military support to various allies and whether the nation spends too much support abroad.Opposition within the GOP to foreign aid has been building, with Republicans arguing the U.S. needs to spend more on border security. The debate is likely to color this year's presidential race, and the reelection of former President Trump and his America First campaign could raise
  
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