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• Bipartisan lawmakers call for permanent ban on horse slaughter

  07-05-2024 21:05 via thehill.com
  
  A group of more than 100 House members from both sides of the aisle is pushing for a permanent ban on horse slaughter in the United States.In a letter to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, the group of 120 lawmakers requested language be included in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) budget that permanently bans tax dollars from being used in the process of horse slaughter.This would prohibit taxpayer money from being used to inspect horse slaughter plants, preventing
  
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• House Democrat says cutting federal funds for Harvard 'needs to be on the table'

  19-05-2024 18:50 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on Sunday said cutting federal funds for Harvard University and other schools should be an option "on the table" over their handling of campus antisemitism.
  Auchincloss, who is an alum of Harvard, visited the Ivy League school earlier this month amid the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests and argued the school's handling of antisemitism might violate federal law. When asked on "Fox News Sunday" if he believes Harvard should lose federal funding, Auchincloss sa
  
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• House Dem says cutting federal funds for Harvard 'needs to be on the table'

  19-05-2024 18:50 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on Sunday said cutting federal funds for Harvard University and other schools should be an option "on the table" over their handling of campus antisemitism.
  Auchincloss, who is an alum of Harvard, visited the Ivy League earlier this month amid the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests and argued the schools' handling of antisemitism might violate federal law. When asked on "Fox News Sunday" if he believes Harvard should lose federal funding, Auchincloss said, "It
  
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• Biden decries Gaza humanitarian crisis at Morehouse, winning applause

  19-05-2024 17:28 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden decried the "humanitarian crisis in Gaza" in his commencement address at Morehouse College on Sunday, which marked his first appearance on a college campus since student protests erupted nationwide over the Israel-Hamas war.“What's happening in Gaza and Israel is heartbreaking. Hamas’s vicious attack on Israel, killing innocent lives and holding people hostage … innocent Palestinians caught in the middle of all this,” Biden told the crowd of graduates at
  
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• Crockett offering 'bleach blonde' t-shirts following spat with Greene

  19-05-2024 17:21 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) is launching "A Crockett Clapback Collection" of t-shirts meant to raise money for Democratic candidates following the attention on her clash with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).
  Crockett wrote on social media platform X on Friday that she will be launching a merchandise collection that will include things that "will feature various swag that includes random things" she has said.
  This will include her comment that appeared to target Greene during a House Over
  
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• Stefanik, Fox News anchor spar over NYT report questioning her support of Trump

  19-05-2024 16:42 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Sunday pushed back against "Fox News Sunday" anchor Shannon Bream for referencing a report that questioned her past support of former President Trump as her name continues to be floated as his vice-presidential pick.
  In a conversation Sunday about Trump's short-list for vice president, Bream referenced a New York Times report published in 2022 that included anecdotes about years-old comments Stefanik made criticizing the former president. "Shannon, it's
  
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• Stefanik, Fox News anchor spar over New York Times report questioning her support of Trump

  19-05-2024 16:42 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) on Sunday pushed back against "Fox News Sunday" anchor Shannon Bream for referencing a report that questioned her past support of former President Trump as her name continues to be floated as his potential vice-presidential pick.
  In a conversation Sunday about Trump's shortlist for vice president, Bream referenced a New York Times report published in 2022 that included anecdotes about years-old comments Stefanik made criticizing the former president. "Shan
  
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• Crockett says she doesn't regret comments hitting back at Greene

  19-05-2024 16:35 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Sunday that she does not regret insulting Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after the two lawmakers clashed during a House committee hearing last week."I don't, because here's the thing. I signed up to be a member of Congress. That didn't mean that I was supposed to walk into a position where I'm going to walk in and be disrespected," she told co-host Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union" when asked if she regrets her comments during the House hearing.C
  
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• Fetterman responds to Ocasio-Cortez's criticism: 'That's absurd'

  19-05-2024 15:59 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. John Fetterman (D-Penn.) responded Sunday to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's (D-N.Y.) criticism of his comments mocking the Jerry Springer-like chaos during a House hearing last week, where the progressive House member ripped Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).
  Fetterman in a social media post said he wanted to apologize to the Jerry Springer show over the insult-laden hearing, saying it had effectively hit a new low.
  Ocasio-Cortez fired back at Fetterman, who in recent weeks has also batt
  
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• Biden delivers Morehouse College commencement address: Watch live

  19-05-2024 14:43 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College on Sunday, setting foot on a college campus for the first time since universities around the country became hotbeds for protests over the Israel-Hamas war.The White House last hinted that Biden would reference the concerns of students and faculty at the male-only, historically Black college over his approach to the war.Biden's remarks are scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. EDTWatch the video above.
  
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• Raskin on upside-down flag at Alito home: 'It's a very clear conflict of interest'

  19-05-2024 14:18 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said the upside-down flag that flew briefly at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s home demonstrates a “very clear conflict of interest.”Raskin told MSNBC’s Jonathan Capehart during an interview Saturday that Alito’s response to The New York Times' reporting of the incident shows that the justice understands it is a “political symbol” to turn the American flag upside down, adding that it’s a sign of “political distr
  
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• Crockett to Greene: 'Don’t come for me'

  19-05-2024 13:45 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) warned Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to not come after her after the two lawmakers clashed during a House committee hearing Thursday night.“Don’t come for me,” Crockett told MSNBC’s Katie Phang when asked if she had any other messages to share with Greene. “That is all that I need to tell her. Don't come for me with it.”Chaos erupted during a House Oversight Committee hearing Thursday night after Greene asked Democratic me
  
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• Why Biden's China tariffs could hurt his climate agenda

  19-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  As President Biden strives to prove his pro-manufacturing and anti-China credentials ahead of his likely election rematch with former President Trump, his far-reaching climate agenda could pay a price. Biden this past week hiked tariffs on electric vehicles, solar panels and battery technologies — key tools for fighting global warming that all have significant ties to China. The moves come as Trump has repeatedly bashed Biden’s climate goals as bad for worker
  
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• Biden’s Morehouse speech exposes his 2024 political problems

  19-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden will set foot on a college campus Sunday for the first time since universities around the country became hotbeds for protests over the Israel-Hamas war.Biden is delivering a commencement speech at Morehouse College, an historically Black college in Atlanta, a move that roiled students and faculty of the school and whose president said he would end the ceremony before letting police intervene to stop any potentially disruptive behavior.The speech will see several issues plaguing B
  
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• Stefanik to slam Biden's weapons hold in remarks before Israel's government

  19-05-2024 04:40 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) in an address before Israel's Parliament Sunday is expected to denounce President Biden's pause on weapons supply to the country, as it continues its military operation against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.Her remarks before the Knesset come after the Biden administration cautioned Israel not to invade Rafah, a city in the south of Gaza where at least 600,000 Palestinians are seeking shelter after being evacuated from their homes earlier in the war. Biden urged the Israel
  
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• Nadler questions Supreme Court ethics after Alito flag debacle: 'None of them have clean hands’

  18-05-2024 21:25 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) brought the question of Supreme Court ethics back to light after Justice Samuel Alito was criticized earlier this week for an upside-down American flag allegedly flying outside of his Virginia home in 2021.“None of them have clean hands, none of them have clean hands,” Nadler said during an appearance Saturday on MSNBC’s “The Weekend.” “And again, I would say we need two things. We need to enforce a code of ethics. And we need term l
  
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• GOP pollster Luntz likens congressional lawmakers to 'cast members on Bravo' over House shouting match

  18-05-2024 17:42 via thehill.com
  
  GOP pollster Frank Luntz likened members of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee to “cast members on Bravo” Thursday.“You know American leadership is in a crisis when you can’t tell the difference between congressional reps on C-SPAN and cast members on Bravo,” Luntz said in a post on the social platform X that featured footage from a fiery Thursday night Oversight Committee hearing.The cable network is best known for programs like "The Real Housewives"
  
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• LeVar Burton chimes in on House Oversight fight with 'words of the day'

  18-05-2024 16:57 via thehill.com
  
  Former “Reading Rainbow” host LeVar Burton chimed in Friday on the recent fight in the House Oversight and Accountability Committee.“Words of the day; bleach, blond, bad, built, butch and body,” Burton said in a post on the social platform X.Burton’s post refers to a question posed by Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) amid a chaotic Oversight hearing Thursday after fellow committee member Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) came after her earlier in the hearing. The h
  
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• Raskin calls Greene House Oversight brawl 'a failure of leadership'

  18-05-2024 16:34 via thehill.com
  
  House Oversight and Accountability Committee Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (R-Md.) called the recent verbal battle in his committee sparked by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) words “a failure of leadership.”“So, this was a failure of leadership,” Raskin said on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” Friday. “When the chairman of the committee declined simply to rule her words out of order, and to have them taken down, as [Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (
  
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• Crockett on Greene clash, 'going high': Not sure we can call it a low — 'She goes to hell'

  18-05-2024 15:56 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Friday night she wasn't sure she could call Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) behavior in a clash between the two during a House Oversight hearing "a low," when responding to a CNN anchor's question on whether the days of former first lady Michelle Obama's "When they go low, we go high," mantra are over."I don't know that we can even call this a low. I mean, she goes to hell, and then I do my best to remind her as to why she should not cross me," Crockett
  
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• Johnson’s Trump trip unsettles some Republicans: ‘Tell me this isn’t so’

  18-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) decision to appear this week at former President Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan is sparking new blowback from some House Republicans, who are questioning why he would inject himself so prominently in a case involving an alleged affair with a porn star.These Republicans, who requested to speak anonymously to discuss the sensitive topic, are accusing Johnson — a devout Southern Baptist who built a career around the fight for Christian va
  
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• Van Jones rails against Greene after spat with Dems: 'She’s a disgrace to that Congress'

  18-05-2024 03:37 via thehill.com
  
  CNN commentator Van Jones slammed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) following her personal attacks on a fellow member of Congress during a House Oversight Committee hearing Thursday night.The committee hearing, held to vote on whether to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, divulged into chaos after Greene made a comment about the appearance of Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) and her "fake eyelashes."
  “I don’t think you know what you’re her
  
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• Jeffries calls on Alito to apologize for 'disrespecting' American flag

  18-05-2024 01:16 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Friday to apologize for “disrespecting” the American flag.“Samuel Alito should apologize immediately for disrespecting the American flag and sympathizing with right-wing violent insurrectionists,” Jeffries said in a statement in a press release Friday. “He must recuse himself from cases involving the 2020 election and [former President Trump,]” the New York Democra
  
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• Black leaders commemorate 70 years of Brown v. Board with call to action

  17-05-2024 23:57 via thehill.com
  
  Some of the nation’s most prominent Black political leaders and advocates celebrated the 70th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education Friday by calling for more to be done to end present-day segregation. Many Black leaders have expressed concerns over limitations on Black history and diversity, equity and inclusion programs and the Supreme Court’s decision to end affirmative action in schools. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) marked the milestone of the cas
  
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• Raskin says it's 'worth investigating' whether House members were drinking in hearing room

  17-05-2024 22:52 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jaime Raskin (Md.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, says it’s “worth investigating” whether lawmakers were drinking during Thursday’s explosive hearing, after rumors circulated that non-committee members were intoxicated.“I didn’t see the drinking by the gentlelady from New Mexico, Melanie Stansbury raised it, she said there are members drinking in the room, and that’s something that is worth investigating if th
  
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• Bob Good says Republicans went to Trump trial because of gag order

  17-05-2024 22:35 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) said he and fellow Republicans went to former President Trump’s hush money trial in New York City due to a gag order the former president is under. “And they’ve got this gag order against him,” Good said on Fox Business' “Varney & Co.” Friday. “That’s why we went up there, so that we could say the things… this corrupt judge is not allowing him to say.”Good was one of a large group of Republicans that trav
  
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• Kirby on Putin-Xi hug: ‘That’s nice for them’

  17-05-2024 22:10 via thehill.com
  
  White House national security adviser John Kirby weighed in on footage of Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping embracing Friday in Beijing. "That's nice for them," Kirby told reporters when asked for a reaction to the hug between the two leaders. Kirby said it’s “no surprise” that Xi and Putin “continue to try to develop this burgeoning relationship,” but noted that the pair haven’t worked together long, and that officials i
  
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• Greene fracas at hearing leaves lawmakers shaking their heads

  17-05-2024 21:51 via thehill.com
  
  A Thursday night hearing’s descent into chaos earned rebuke from both sides of the aisle after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) attacked another member’s physical appearance, a barb Democrats said had racial undertones.House Oversight lawmakers railed against the episode as “disgusting,” “embarrassing,” and a “middle school fight.”Tempers may have been on edge at the outset of the Oversight panel’s hearing, which was shifted to an 8 p.m.
  
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• Top Biden aide to travel to Saudi Arabia, Israel this weekend

  17-05-2024 21:47 via thehill.com
  
  Jake Sullivan, White House national security adviser, will travel to Saudi Arabia and Israel this weekend amid rising international tensions around the Israel-Hamas war, the administration confirmed Friday.
  Sullivan will meet in Saudi Arabia with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on Saturday to talk about the war in Gaza and efforts to achieve peace in the region, White House national security communications adviser John Kirby told reporters. Sullivan will travel Sunday to meet with senior I
  
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• Man who attacked Pelosi's husband with a hammer sentenced to 30 years

  17-05-2024 21:44 via thehill.com
  
  The man charged with assaulting former Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) husband in 2022 was sentenced Friday to 30 years in prison. David DePape, 44, broke into Pelosi’s California home and violently attacked her husband, Paul Pelosi, with a hammer. DePape, who moved to the U.S. from Canada more than two decades ago, was found guilty by a jury in November last year.Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley said she took into consideration the fact that he broke into the home of an elected
  
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