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• Biden issues veto threat over 'misguided' GOP bill on weapons to Israel

  14-05-2024 23:53 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Tuesday said President Biden would veto a House GOP bill intended to pressure him to send weapons to Israel, calling it a “misguided reaction to a deliberate distortion of the Administration’s approach to Israel.”The push back comes ahead of an expected vote this week on the Israel Security Assistance Support Act. GOP lawmakers introduced the bill after Biden warned he would withhold certain offensive weapons for Israel if their forces invaded Rafah in Gaza.B
  
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• Ship that caused Baltimore Key bridge collapse suffered two electrical blackouts: NTSB

  14-05-2024 23:10 via thehill.com
  
  The ship that caused the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore experienced two blackouts before it hit the bridge, according to a new preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).The report, released Tuesday, found that the container ship Dali that crashed into the bridge was 0.6 miles away from it when “when electrical breakers… that fed most of the vessel’s equipment and lighting unexpectedly opened.” “This caused t
  
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• Former Situation Room officer: Pence came 'close' to being killed on Jan. 6

  14-05-2024 22:06 via thehill.com
  
  A former Situation Room officer said former Vice President Pence came “close” to being killed on Jan. 6, 2021, during the riot at the U.S. Capitol.“It's important to me that we don't forget that it did come that close, and that we did have discussions, ‘If we lose the [vice president,] if the 25th [Amendment] is invoked,’” Mike Stiegler said in an interview with ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that aired Tuesday on "Good Morning America," in a clip highligh
  
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• White House official visits Morehouse ahead of Biden speech

  14-05-2024 20:58 via thehill.com
  
  A senior White House official met with students and faculty at Morehouse College ahead of the commencement speech President Biden is set to give there this weekend — and amid reported concerns about the campus visit. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed on Tuesday that Steve Benjamin, head of the administration’s Office of Public Engagement, had a recent meeting at the historically Black college in Atlanta.“I won’t get into the specifics, but he r
  
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• Jon Stewart blasts Hunter Biden, Jared Kushner, Nancy Pelosi in segment on money in politics

  14-05-2024 20:05 via thehill.com
  
  Comedian Jon Stewart on Monday went after Hunter Biden, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and former President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner in a segment on money in politics on “The Daily Show.”Stewart began the segment by talking about the current legal troubles of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), who is facing federal bribery and obstruction charges.
  He then pivoted to note that there are many legal ways that politicians and government figures can enrich themselves
  
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• Biden defends 'strategic and targeted' China tariffs, seeking contrast with Trump

  14-05-2024 19:17 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Tuesday defended his announcement of increased tariffs on Chinese imports, seeking to contrast his policies with those of former President Trump.“My administration is combining investments in America with tariffs that are strategic and targeted. It’s a smart approach,” Biden said at the Rose Garden under cloudy skies. “Compare that to what the prior administration did. “My predecessor promised to increase American exports and boost manufactu
  
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• Bowman accuses Latimer of pushing ‘angry Black man’ stereotype at debate

  14-05-2024 18:24 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) on Monday accused his primary challenger of perpetuating racial stereotypes in a heated primary debate. Bowman, a two-term progressive Black leader, is facing off against centrist Westchester County Executive George Latimer. The two are vying for the Democratic nomination in the race for New York's 16th Congressional District.Bowman and Latimer engaged in a debate full of interruptions and snide comments Monday, including Bowman's accusations that Latimer was pro
  
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• Biden delivers remarks on investing in America during Infrastructure Week: Watch live

  14-05-2024 18:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden will speak from the White House Tuesday morning to highlight what the administration has dubbed “Infrastructure Week.” In a release on the subject, the White House says that it aims to increase awareness of the infrastructure projects begun during Biden’s term in office. The name for this theme week, the statement explains, is an echo of former President Trump’s use of the same phrase, which the present administration describes as “an empty pun
  
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• Speaker Johnson rails against Trump trial outside NY courthouse

  14-05-2024 17:25 via thehill.com
  
  NEW YORK — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) railed against former President Trump’s hush money trial in remarks outside the Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday, becoming the highest-ranking lawmaker to visit Trump in New York amid the ongoing legal proceedings.Johnson — who appeared alongside Trump in the courthouse hallway before delivering a statement outside — slammed the case against the former president as “election interference,” arguing that prosecutors are tr
  
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• Democrats probe Trump’s request for campaign cash from Big Oil

  14-05-2024 17:06 via thehill.com
  
  House Democrats are probing President Trump’s request for $1 billion in campaign cash from major oil companies.Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) penned a letter to CEOs of eight energy companies and an oil  lobbying group that reportedly attended a dinner at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort with the former president last month.Outlets, including The Hill, reported that at the dinner, Trump asked the industry to raise $1 billion to support his presidential campaign. The Washington Post, which sh
  
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• Biden orders Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mine near Wyoming base closed

  14-05-2024 16:58 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Monday ordered the closure of a Chinese-backed cryptocurrency mine near a Wyoming nuclear missile base, stating it poses a risk to U.S. national security.In his executive order Monday, Biden ordered MineOne Partners Limited and its affiliates operating near Francis E. Warren Air Force Base to shut down and sell its cryptocurrency mine outside of Cheyanne, Wyo.MineOne is “ultimately majority-owned by Chinese nationals” through a June 2022 purchase, the order said.
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• Cheney on Johnson at Trump trial: ‘Not that concerned with teaching morality’

  14-05-2024 16:52 via thehill.com
  
  Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) criticized Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for showing up to former President Trump’s criminal hush money trial in New York on Tuesday.“Have to admit I’m surprised that @SpeakerJohnson wants to be in the ‘I cheated on my wife with a porn star’ club,” Cheney posted on the social platform X. “I guess he’s not that concerned with teaching morality to our young people after all.”Johnson appeared with other Republican
  
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• US bans imports of Russian uranium for nuclear fuel 

  14-05-2024 16:44 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden late Monday signed a bipartisan bill that bans U.S. imports of Russian uranium for use in nuclear fuel. In a written statement, national security advisor Jake Sullivan said that the move both “reestablishes America’s leadership in the nuclear sector” and also “delivers on multilateral goals” the U.S. set with its allies. The legislation makes it illegal to import low-enriched uranium, which is used in nuclear fuel, 90 days after its enactme
  
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• Speaker Johnson makes public comments before Trump hush money hearing: Watch live

  14-05-2024 16:00 via thehill.com
  
  House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will address the media before attending Tuesday’s hearing in the trial of former President Trump on charges of illegal use of 2016 campaign funds. The speaker easily held his position last week in what was effectively a bipartisan vote of confidence, settling an attempt to unseat him by close Trump ally Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).Johnson’s visit to the New York City courtroom follows Monday’s attendance by Senators Tommy Tubervi
  
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• Speaker Johnson to appear at courthouse amid Trump hush money trial

  14-05-2024 14:05 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will appear at the Manhattan courthouse Tuesday as former President Trump sits for another day of his hush money trial, a source confirmed to The Hill.Johnson is the latest Republican lawmaker to visit the court amid Trump's ongoing criminal trial, which has kept him largely off the campaign trail as he vies for another term in the White House.
  His expected appearance was first reported by Punchbowl News.The Speaker's trip to New York, however, comes less t
  
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• Polling sets off fresh alarm bells for Biden

  14-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  A fresh poll from The New York Times brought more bad news for President Biden as he struggles to catch up to former President Trump in the key battleground states that will decide November’s election.The poll found Trump leading in five out of six swing states, with Wisconsin the lone place where Biden is ahead. More concerning for Biden is that the poll found the president is losing support among young voters and Black and Hispanic voters, all of whom are critical to his coalition to wi
  
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• 5 things to watch in Maryland, West Virginia and Nebraska primaries

  14-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Voters in Maryland, West Virginia and Nebraska will head to the polls Tuesday as several closely contested Senate and House races take shape. Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks is running against Rep. David Trone (D-Md.) for the Democratic nod to take on former Gov. Larry Hogan (R) for a vacant seat that’s seen tens of millions of dollars spent so far this year.  Trone’s decision to run for the Senate has left his House seat open, with a number of Dem
  
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• USA: the White House forces a Chinese company to sell property near an air base in Wyoming - Agenzia Nova

  14-05-2024 05:09
  USA: the White House forces a Chinese company to sell property near an air base in Wyoming  Agenzia Nova
  
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• Top Biden official: Israel's 'total victory' over Hamas not 'likely or possible'   

  14-05-2024 02:14 via thehill.com
  
  A top Biden official said Monday the U.S. does not believe Israel’s “total victory” over militant group Hamas is “likely or possible."Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell spoke about the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas during the NATO Youth Summit in Miami just days after the Biden administration paused certain arms shipments to Israel.“I think in some respects, we are struggling over what the theory of victory is. Sometimes when we listen closely to Israeli
  
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