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• Columbia officials say calls for the genocide of Jewish students would violate school policies

  17-04-2024 17:24 via thehill.com
  
  All four Columbia University officials at Wednesday's House hearing on antisemitism on college campuses said calling for the genocide of Jewish people would violate campus policies.  School President Nemat Shafik, along with two members of her Board of Trustees and a professor, was asked the question by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.), who prefaced it by saying she wanted to avoid lawmakers using the hearing to further “political goals or narratives.”  All the officials agre
  
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• Greene vows to move ahead on Johnson ouster vote after Democrats promise to save him

  30-04-2024 17:29 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is vowing to move ahead with a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), even after Democratic leaders said they would shield the Louisiana Republican from a conservative coup.In a post on X shortly after the top three Democrats announced that they would vote to table a motion to vacate if Greene brought it to the floor — effectively saving Johnson’s job — Greene said she would bring it to the floor regardless. The Georgia Rep
  
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• White House: Takeover of Columbia University building 'absolutely the wrong approach'

  30-04-2024 17:05 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Tuesday condemned the move by student protesters to take over a building on Columbia University’s campus, calling it the wrong approach amid the ongoing college demonstrations across the country against Israel's handling of its war in Gaza.Pro-Palestine protesters at the New York school took control of an academic building early on Tuesday, barricading entrances and flying a Palestinian flag outside the window. “The president believes that forcibly t
  
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• Senate, House Dems: Oil companies pivoted from climate denial to 'deception, disinformation, and doublespeak'

  30-04-2024 16:50 via thehill.com
  
  Major oil companies have internally conceded their public vows to reduce planet-warming emissions are incompatible with their business plans, according to a three-year report issued by Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee and the House Oversight Committee.The report, which builds on an Oversight probe that stalled out after Republicans took the House majority, includes documents in which oil industry figures seemingly concede the industry’s history of knowingly suppressing the link bet
  
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• Senate Democrats: Oil companies pivoted from climate denial to 'deception, disinformation, and doublespeak'

  30-04-2024 16:50 via thehill.com
  
  Major oil companies have internally conceded their public vows to reduce planet-warming emissions are incompatible with their business plans, according to a three-year report issued by Democrats on the Senate Budget Committee and the House Oversight Committee.The report, which builds on an Oversight probe that stalled out after Republicans took the House majority, includes documents in which oil industry figures seemingly concede the industry’s history of knowingly suppressing the link bet
  
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• Free Comic Book Day coming to the Capitol

  30-04-2024 16:43 via thehill.com
  
  The Capitol is about to get a dose of — Bam! Splat! Zap! — at an event marking Free Comic Book Day.Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), one of Congress's comics mega-fans, will host the ode to serialized stories on Wednesday from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Longworth House Office Building.The book-focused bash will feature free comics from the local Washington stores Big Planet Comics and Fantom Comics, along with a "display of rare comics from the Library of Congress."The celebration at the
  
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• Democratic leaders say they'll shield Speaker Johnson from Greene motion to vacate

  30-04-2024 16:33 via thehill.com
  
  House Democratic leaders announced Tuesday that they will protect Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from a potential conservative coup, all but ensuring the Speaker will keep the gavel through the remainder of the term.The proclamation from Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Democratic Whip Katherine Clark (D-Mass.) and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) is a remarkable development in the turbulent Speaker saga that's hobbled the GOP's governing majority from the earliest days of the 118th C
  
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• Stefanik files ethics complaint against Jack Smith

  30-04-2024 14:26 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) filed an ethics complaint against special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday, accusing the prosecutor overseeing the federal investigations into former President Trump of trying to “unlawfully interfere with the 2024 presidential election.”Stefanik, the House GOP conference chair and a close Trump ally, filed the complaint with the Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility, arguing that Smith is trying to “rush” Trump’s
  
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• Nebraska district to play pivotal role in Biden-Trump rematch

  30-04-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The results of a single congressional district in Nebraska could be critical to determining the outcome of this year's presidential election in what will likely be an extremely tight race.The Cornhusker State’s unique system awards an electoral vote in presidential elections to the winner of each of its three congressional districts, in addition to the winner of the statewide result. Unlike the rest of the ruby-red state, the 2nd Congressional District, which includes the Omaha area, has b
  
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• White House finalizes permitting reform rule included in debt ceiling deal

  30-04-2024 11:00 via thehill.com
  
  The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) finalized rules Tuesday aimed at streamlining the environmental review process under the National Environmental Protection Act.The final rule, which was part of an agreement in last summer’s deal to increase the federal debt ceiling, creates new methods for the federal government to establish a categorical exclusion. These are the speediest category of decisions in the permitting process because they refer to cases where the government
  
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• Greene leaves them guessing on threat to oust Speaker Johnson

  30-04-2024 02:28 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is happy to keep them guessing.The Georgia hardliner introduced her motion to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in March, framing it as a warning to GOP leaders ahead of explosive debates on government spying and aid to Ukraine.Yet more than a month later, Greene has declined to force a vote on the resolution, even after Johnson helped to usher both of those bills into law over the howls of conservatives in his GOP conference.And on Monday evening — afte
  
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• The Memo: Potential arrest warrant for Netanyahu gets pushback from White House

  30-04-2024 00:46 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration is setting its face against any possible prosecution of members of Israel’s government, amid speculation that the International Criminal Court (ICC) could soon issue arrest warrants over the conduct of the war in Gaza.“We do not support it,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters at Monday’s media briefing, referring to the ICC’s investigation, which encompasses the actions of Hamas as well as Israel. “We don&rsq
  
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• Speaker Johnson slams reports that ICC is considering arrest warrants for Israeli leaders

  29-04-2024 22:37 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday slammed reports that the International Criminal Court (ICC) is planning on issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other senior Israeli officials.In a statement, Johnson called the reported arrest warrants illegitimate and said, “Instead of wrongly targeting Israel,” the ICC should redirect its focus to Hamas and other Iran-aligned terror groups and prosecute them “for engaging in horrific war crimes.&rdqu
  
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• Trump leads in 3-way race with Biden, RFK Jr.: Poll

  29-04-2024 21:58 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump is the front-runner in a three-way race with President Biden and Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., according to a Harvard CAPS-Harris poll shared with The Hill on Monday. In a race between the three candidates, 44 percent of registered voters said they backed Trump while 38 percent said they would vote for Biden. Another 12 percent said they supported Kennedy and five percent said they did not know or were unsure of who they were going to support. 
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• Texas governor says state will ignore 'illegal' Biden Title IX revisions

  29-04-2024 21:20 via thehill.com
  
  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said on Monday his state will not abide by the Biden administration’s sweeping new changes to Title IX, the federal civil rights law prohibiting sex-based discrimination at government-funded schools.In a letter to President Biden, Abbott railed against the revised rules – which provide new protections for transgender students – saying they’re “illegal” and the result of a “ham-handed effort to impose a leftist belief onto Title
  
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• Jeffries calls on Johnson to hold vote on antisemitism bill

  29-04-2024 21:10 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is urging Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to stage a vote on a bipartisan bill to combat antisemitism, the latest push by lawmakers in the wake of pro-Palestine protests roiling college campuses across the country.In a letter to Johnson on Monday, Jeffries asked that the Speaker bring the Countering Antisemitism Act to the floor, which would establish a national coordinator to counter antisemitism at the White House, who would serve as the preside
  
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• Harris kicks off Economic Opportunity Tour: Watch live

  29-04-2024 20:15 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Harris will join Rashad Bilal and Troy Millings, hosts of the personal finance podcast "Earn Your Leisure," for a conversation Monday in the Atlanta suburb of College Park.Harris’s trip to Georgia is the first stop on a tour planned to showcase the Biden-Harris administration’s support for local economies. A statement released by the White House ahead of the event points to federal investments aimed at developing Georgia’s small businesses, improving neighborhoo
  
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• Democrats call on Columbia board to end protest encampment or resign 

  29-04-2024 15:52 via thehill.com
  
  A group of House Democrats is urging Columbia University’s Board of Trustees to end the ongoing protest encampment on the campus or step down from their positions.Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) and Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.) led the group of 21 colleagues in sending a letter to the board demanding that school officials put an end to the encampment, which has garnered national attention for more than a week.“We, the undersigned, write to express our disappointment that, despite promises to
  
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• Greene says Johnson's 'days as Speaker are numbered'

  29-04-2024 14:55 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is doubling down on her commitment to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), saying his days in the leadership position are "numbered” as House members await a potential privileged vote on a motion to vacate.Greene last month filed a motion to remove Johnson, saying he crossed a line by holding a vote for additional Ukraine aid. Two other GOP lawmakers have already backed it — enough votes to remove the speaker if all Democrats vote with her — t
  
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• GOP clashes, campus protests to take center stage as Congress returns

  29-04-2024 12:56 via thehill.com
  
  Congress is set to reconvene this week amid bitter GOP infighting and explosive protests on college campuses nationwide, two issues that are expected to dominate chatter on Capitol Hill in the coming days.In the House, which returns on Monday, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is again in hot water with his right flank after the top Republican muscled a foreign aid package that included $61 billion for Ukraine through the lower chamber over sharp objections from hardline conservatives.Rep. Marjo
  
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• All eyes on Greene threat to oust Speaker Johnson

  29-04-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) returns to Washington this week celebrating several recent policy victories but also facing a renewed threat to his gavel from a small but unpredictable group of conservative rebels infuriated by his leadership style.Johnson received widespread praise from leaders in both parties this month after muscling two high-profile proposals through the House: an increase in aid for Ukraine and an extension of Washington’s warrantless spying powers. But his decision to c
  
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• Biden commends UAW, Daimler for reaching agreement on contract

  28-04-2024 22:57 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden celebrated a new labor agreement between United Auto Workers union (UAW) and Daimler on Sunday, as the union continues a streak of victories in hopes of expanding in the
  South.The union and the German truck manufacturer reached an agreement Saturday, avoiding a strike of about 7,000 workers at its North Carolina plant and distribution centers throughout the South.“I applaud the UAW and Daimler for reaching a tentative agreement for a record contract,” Biden said in a
  
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• Biden commends UAW and Daimler for reaching agreement on contract

  28-04-2024 22:57 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden celebrated a new labor agreement between United Auto Workers and Daimler on Sunday, as the union continues a streak of victories in hopes to expand in the
  South.The union and the German truck manufacturer reached an agreement Saturday, avoiding a strike of about 7,000 workers at its North Carolina plant and distributions centers throughout the South.“I applaud the UAW and Daimler for reaching a tentative agreement for a record contract,” Biden said in a statement. &ld
  
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• Former Kansas attorney general announces bid for Congress

  28-04-2024 22:28 via thehill.com
  
  Former Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt (R) announced Friday that he will run for Congress in a bid to replace outgoing Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-Kan.).Schmidt announced his campaign just a week after LaTurner said he will retire from Congress. The three-term attorney general is now gunning for the House after narrowly losing a 2022 gubernatorial bid to Gov. Laura Kelly (D).“I feel a calling to serve, so I am excited to announce that I am running,” Schmidt wrote in an announcement.
  
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• Former Kansas AG announces bid for Congress

  28-04-2024 22:28 via thehill.com
  
  Former Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt (R) announced Friday that he will run for Congress in a bid to replace outgoing Rep. Jake LaTurner (R-Kan.).Schmidt announced his campaign just a week after LaTurner said he will retire from Congress. The three-term attorney general is now gunning for the House after narrowly losing a 2022 gubernatorial bid to Gov. Laura Kelly (D).“I feel a calling to serve, so I am excited to announce that I am running,” Schmidt wrote in an announcement.
  
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• Moskowitz: Florida is in play because of abortion ballot initiative

  28-04-2024 22:18 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) said he thinks Florida is “in play” for President Biden’s reelection campaign this November because of the abortion ballot initiative that could drive voter turnout.Earlier this month, the Florida Supreme Court issued two rulings, upholding the state’s 15-week abortion ban while also approving a ballot measure that would protect abortion access if voters pass it in November.In upholding the current ban, the Florida high court ruled that the s
  
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• Maria Bartiromo questions Jim Jordan about ‘Congressional investigations that go nowhere’ 

  28-04-2024 21:55 via thehill.com
  
  Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo on Sunday pressed House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) over the lack of headway in House Republicans' investigations into President Biden and other political figures.
  Bartiromo and Jordan were discussing the Judiciary Committee's latest report that alleges the New York County District Attorney's Office's (DANY) hush money probe into former President Trump is "political prosecution."
  "Well, look, I mean, at this point, American citizens are asking, w
  
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• Moskowitz slams Greene: ‘We won't even let her name a post office. We’re not going to let her take out the speaker'

  28-04-2024 21:11 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) said on Sunday that he thinks Democrats would be inclined to save Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from a potential ouster threat, if Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) forces a vote on his removal.In an interview on MSNBC’s “The Weekend,” Moskowitz reiterated that Democrats would ultimately take their cue from House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and took multiple shots at the Georgia congresswoman.“I mean, look, obviously we'll wait
  
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• Summer Lee on Netanyahu remarks on college protests: 'This idea that every criticism of Israel is antisemitic is dangerous' 

  28-04-2024 20:40 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Summer Lee (D-Pa.) took aim at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for weighing in on the pro-Palestinian protests that have broken out on college campuses across the country.CBS host Margaret Brennan asked Lee on “Face the Nation” Sunday what her response was to Netanyahu condemning the pro-Palestinian protests that have engulfed colleges and universities throughout the nation. She said that Netanyahu does not want to hear the messages those students are calling for, noti
  
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• Squad scores with Summer Lee win, but faces a long primary calendar

  28-04-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Summer Lee’s primary victory over a more moderate Democrat in Pennsylvania this week offered a jolt of momentum for progressives and dialed up the urgency for those targeting the “Squad.”It was a promising result for fellow Squad members, especially Democratic Reps. Jamaal Bowman (N.Y.) and Cori Bush (Mo.), who are both trying to fend off formidable primary threats of their own amid an influx of spending by pro-Israel groups looking to topple them.“I expect we'r
  
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