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• Don Bacon fends off primary challenge from conservative hardliner in Nebraska

  15-05-2024 03:07 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) is projected to survive his GOP primary in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, putting him one step closer to reelection this fall, according to Decision Desk HQ. Bacon fended off a challenge from conservative hardliner and former congressional candidate Dan Frei. Frei received the backing of Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, while Bacon received the backing of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). Bacon is running for a fifth
  
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• Watch live: President Biden hosts a Juneteenth concert at White House

  10-06-2024 23:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden will hold an early Juneteenth celebration Monday evening, with headliners Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle, known as the “Empress of Soul” and “Godmother of Soul,” respectively.Observed each June 19, Juneteenth has grown into a national commemoration of freedom for Black Americans. The holiday began as a regional remembrance of the day in 1865 when belated news of the Emancipation Proclamation arrived in Galveston, Texas.The lineup of performers at the Whi
  
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• Nancy Mace invites Scarlett Johansson to testify on OpenAI's ChatGPT assistant 'Sky'

  10-06-2024 22:00 via thehill.com
  
  A House Oversight and Accountability subcommittee is aiming to give a star-studded boost to the conversation surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) and deepfakes, extending an invitation to actor Scarlett Johansson to testify at an upcoming hearing. The "Black Widow" star has been invited to testify at a House Oversight Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology and Government Innovation hearing on July 9.According to a letter from the subcommittee's chair, Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S
  
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• Biden touts efforts to preserve Black history ahead of Juneteenth 

  10-06-2024 20:46 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Monday announced new initiatives to preserve Black history just days before Juneteenth. President Biden recognized Juneteenth as a federal holiday in 2021. The day commemorates when the last enslaved Africans in Galveston, Texas learned of their emancipation. “It’s not about a national holiday or a day off work, it really is to commemorate a moment in time, in our history,” Neera Tanden, domestic policy adviser to the president, said from the W
  
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• White House hits GOP over reported corporate tax cut preparations

  10-06-2024 19:58 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Monday seized on reporting that Republican lawmakers are preparing to extend tax cuts from the first Trump administration and lower rates for corporations if the GOP wins control of the White House and Congress in November.In a memo from deputy press secretary Andrew Bates, the White House cited a Washington Post report that Republican lawmakers and some Trump advisers are weighing additional corporate tax breaks if the party gains control of government next year.
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• US calls for Security Council vote on proposal for cease-fire between Israel and Hamas

  10-06-2024 17:20 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration on Monday called for the United Nations Security Council to vote on a U.S. resolution laying out an immediate truce between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.Nate Evans, spokesperson for the U.S. mission to the UN, said it was important for the Security Council to put pressure on Hamas to accept a proposal that Israel has accepted. “Israel has accepted this proposal and the Security Council has an opportunity to speak with one voice and call on Hamas to do th
  
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• Momentum grows behind Democratic boycott of Netanyahu speech

  10-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  A growing chorus of House Democrats say they’re planning to steer clear of next month’s speech by Benjamin Netanyahu before a joint meeting of Congress, arguing that the Israeli prime minister’s handling of the Hamas War — and his repeated snubbing of President Biden’s preferred approach to the conflict — demand a show of protest from liberals on Capitol Hill. Some Democrats had foreshadowed the boycott earlier in the year amid speculation that Speaker Mi
  
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• House GOP to go on offense on investigations

  10-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  House Republicans are leaning into their investigations this week, holding a key floor vote and high-profile hearing as they look to go on offense to contrast the ongoing legal entanglements surrounding former President Trump.The lower chamber is set to vote on holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, as Republicans spar with the Justice Department over the audio recordings of President Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur. A pair of panels advanced co
  
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• Sudan may become 'world's largest humanitarian crisis,' McCain warns

  10-06-2024 01:05 via thehill.com
  
  World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Director Cindy McCain warned on Sunday of the worsening humanitarian crisis in Sudan.In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” McCain stressed the importance of “safe and unfettered access” for the organization to deliver food to the war-torn country.“Sudan has the real possibility of becoming the world's largest humanitarian crisis,” McCain said. “We cannot get food in – we can barely get food in &
  
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• Comer, after criminal referrals, pledges to go after Biden: 'This is just the beginning'

  10-06-2024 00:59 via thehill.com
  
  House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said on Sunday the criminal referrals against President Biden’s son and brother are “just the beginning,” as he pledged to focus on the president, himself, in the next stage of his impeachment inquiry.“Remember, this is an investigation of Joe Biden,” Comer said in an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo. “Hunter Biden, Jim Biden, Eric Schwerin, Devon Archer
  
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• Biden lays wreath in US cemetery in France in trip that served as a rebuke to Trump

  09-06-2024 22:25 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden wrapped up his five-day trip to France with a Sunday visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, where more than 2,200 U.S. soldiers were buried after fighting in World War I.Biden laid a wreath at the headstones of U.S. soldiers in a solemn ceremony marking their sacrifice for their country.In remarks to the press, Biden stressed the importance of alliances and, without mentioning former President Trump explicitly, drew a stark contrast with the former president, who famously sk
  
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• Comer: Garland did 'more damage to the credibility' of DOJ than Fauci did to 'public health'

  09-06-2024 21:24 via thehill.com
  
  House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) on Sunday took a swipe at Attorney General Merrick Garland, claiming he did "more damage" to the "credibility" of the Justice Department than former White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci did to "public health."
  "Look, Merrick Garland has done more damage to the credibility of the Justice Cabinet than Dr. Fauci did to the credibility of public health," Comer said in an interview on Fox News's "Sunday Morning Futures."
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• Border in flux as US, Mexico look inward

  09-06-2024 20:00 via thehill.com
  
  U.S.-Mexico border management is entering a new chapter, with questions growing about how major political and policy shifts on both sides of the Rio Grande will affect migration patterns.President Biden on Tuesday announced an executive order cracking down on asylum, potentially changing the calculus for tens of thousands of migrants hoping to enter the United States, just two days after Mexico’s ruling party scored a massive electoral win that consolidated its grip on power.Major U.S. bor
  
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• Clyburn says he won't attend Netanyahu's address to Congress

  09-06-2024 18:43 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. James Clyburn (R-S.C.) on Sunday said he is not planning to attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress in the wake of Israel's wartime campaign in Gaza and the leader's past tensions with former President Obama.
  "When it comes to that joint session, I do not plan to attend it," Clyburn said on NewsNation's "The Hill Sunday." "Because I'm going to treat him the same way he treated Barak Obama, but I am going to participate with a group of others in an alternative
  
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• Mayorkas defends timing of Biden's executive border bill 

  09-06-2024 17:18 via thehill.com
  
  Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday defended the timing of the Biden administration's recent executive order on border security, pinning the blame on past inaction in Congress.
  ABC News "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz, speaking with Mayorkas Sunday, asked the DHS chief why the White House waited four months after a bipartisan border security deal failed in the Senate, to implement its own action.
  "Let’s look at the timeline. On day one of his administration,
  
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• Critics see Biden evolution in new border order

  09-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  On the campaign trail in 2020, President Biden was eager to distinguish himself from his opponent on immigration issues, promising to “restore our moral standing” while casting former President Trump’s policies as cruel and inhumane.While border numbers have dipped, they still hover at historic highs. And with immigration a central issue in the 2024 contest, Biden has evolved in his approach, adopting hard-line policies that borrow elements from those used by his predecess
  
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• Trump takes credit for insulin pricing in Truth Social post

  09-06-2024 05:05 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump took credit for insulin pricing in a post on Truth Social Saturday.“Low INSULIN PRICING was gotten for millions of Americans by me, and the Trump Administration, not by Crooked [President Biden,]” Trump said in the Truth Social post. “He had NOTHING to do with it. It was all done long before he so sadly entered office. All he does is try to take credit for things done by others, in this case, ME!”President Biden has hailed the passage of the Inflati
  
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• Trump takes credit for insulin pricing: Biden 'had nothing to do with it'

  09-06-2024 05:05 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump took credit for insulin pricing in a post on Truth Social Saturday.“Low INSULIN PRICING was gotten for millions of Americans by me, and the Trump Administration, not by Crooked [President Biden,]” Trump said in the Truth Social post. “He had NOTHING to do with it. It was all done long before he so sadly entered office. All he does is try to take credit for things done by others, in this case, ME!”President Biden has hailed the passage of the Inflati
  
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• Trump attempts to take credit for insulin pricing in Truth Social post

  09-06-2024 05:05 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump attempted to take credit for insulin pricing in a post on Truth Social Saturday.“Low INSULIN PRICING was gotten for millions of Americans by me, and the Trump Administration, not by Crooked [President Biden,]” Trump said in the Truth Social post. “He had NOTHING to do with it. It was all done long before he so sadly entered office. All he does is try to take credit for things done by others, in this case, ME!”President Biden has hailed the passage o
  
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• Pro-Palestinian protestors gather at White House

  09-06-2024 04:15 via thehill.com
  
  Pro-Palestinian protestors gathered at the White House on Saturday in protest of President Biden’s handling of the war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.“RIGHT NOW at the White House: #ThePeoplesRedLine is being formed!” a Saturday post from the Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER) Coalition on the social platform X reads. “Stretching for two miles, this massive red banner symbolizes the people’s determination to put an end to the U.S.-
  
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• Democratic reps urge Missouri governor to stop execution of convicted veteran 

  08-06-2024 23:50 via thehill.com
  
  Two Missouri Democrats urged their state’s governor, Mike Parson (R), to stop the execution of a convicted veteran in a letter dated Friday.“We write today to urgently ask that you halt the execution of David Hosier scheduled for June 11, 2024,” reads the letter from Democratic Missouri Reps. Cori Bush and Emanuel Cleaver.“As lawmakers, we are committed to building a Missouri that is a beacon of justice, and we strive daily to represent the needs and demands of Missourian
  
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• Kentucky Republican: Hostage rescue 'would have never happened' with cease-fire

  08-06-2024 18:28 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Andy Barr (R-Ky.) argued the recent hostage rescue in Gaza, where four Israelis were recovered, “would have never happened” had a cease-fire been in place. Barr praised Israel’s efforts in the operation and slammed “extreme far-left anti-semitic” voices who have been calling for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip. “This good news would have never happened with a ceasefire,” Barr said in a Saturday morning post on social media platform X. &ldqu
  
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• Progressive tensions burst out into the open amid Jones-Bowman split

  08-06-2024 18:00 via thehill.com
  
  Tensions among progressives are spilling into public view after former Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.) waded into one of the most contentious House primaries earlier this week.Jones, a former darling of the left in the House, endorsed embattled progressive Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s (D-N.Y.) primary opponent in the June 25 race to represent New York’s 16th Congressional District, citing Bowman’s position on Israel as a top reason.The move has unleashed fury from within his ranks. Rep. A
  
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• New Jersey Democrat introduces bill to combat abuse against elderly LGBTQ population

  08-06-2024 17:08 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) announced new legislation this week that would help combat abuse against elderly LGBTQ Americans by establishing a task force within the Department of Justice (DOJ) to focus on solutions for the issue.Gottheimer shared the news of the bill while hosting a roundtable with North Jersey LGBTQ community organizations and advocates. The legislation, dubbed the “Elder Pride Protection Act,” was developed with Rep. Angie Craig (D-Minn.). Both are members of the
  
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• Frost lauds White House for positive jobs report: ‘The president is really landing this’

  08-06-2024 16:31 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.) praised the White House for a positive jobs report released Friday, saying, "The president is really landing this."The U.S. added more than 270,000 jobs in May, blowing well past the expected 185,000, according to data from the Department of Labor. The findings, however, also showed that the unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 4 percent.
  "The numbers don't lie. Things are great, and the president is really landing this, especially post-pandemic," Frost said in an
  
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• US says Russia's advance on Kharkiv is 'all but over'

  07-06-2024 23:32 via thehill.com
  
  The White House said Friday that Russia's offensive in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region has stalled and is unlikely to advance any further.John Kirby, the White House national security spokesperson, said the arrival of U.S. weapons has helped change the trajectory of the battle around Kharkiv, which Russian forces mounted a major attack on around the middle of May.
  "They have been able to thwart Russian advances, particularly around Kharkiv," Kirby said. "The Russians really have kind of st
  
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• Patti LaBelle, Roy Wood Jr., Gladys Knight announced for White House Juneteenth concert

  07-06-2024 23:13 via thehill.com
  
  Actor and singer Patti LaBelle, Grammy-winning singer Gladys Knight and comedian Roy Wood Jr., are among those featured in the lineup for a Juneteenth concert to be held on the White House's South Lawn, the Biden administration announced Friday.The concert, set for Monday, boasts award-winning Black artists from across music genres, from rap to gospel. Other featured artists include actor and singer Patina Miller, country singer Brittney Spencer, singer-songwriters Raheem DeVaughn and Anthony Ha
  
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• NBA's Steve Kerr joins Harris to talk gun violence prevention to students

  07-06-2024 22:30 via thehill.com
  
  Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr joined Vice President Harris on Friday for a call with students about gun violence prevention, warning of the dangers of a second term for former President Trump. “The vast majority of people in this country, regardless of party affiliation, agree with common sense gun safety measures. Eighty percent of … Americans believe in universal background checks. We know that there's no way Donald Trump would even attempt to actually get some
  
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• Hunter Biden's daughter Naomi testifies in gun trial

  07-06-2024 22:23 via thehill.com
  
  Hunter Biden's daughter Naomi took the stand in his gun trial Friday, facing questions from prosecutors about his drug use and stints in rehab, according to multiple sources.President Biden’s granddaughter was the first witness called by the defense after the prosecution rested its case earlier on Friday.
  “I knew that he was struggling with addiction,” Naomi Biden said of her father, according to NBC News. She added “things got bad” for Hunter Biden following the de
  
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• White House prepares for weekend pro-Palestinian protests

  07-06-2024 22:07 via thehill.com
  
  The White House is putting up fencing around its complex in preparation for protests this weekend over President Biden's handling of Israel’s war in Gaza.A Secret Service spokesperson told The Hill that “in preparation for the events this weekend in Washington D.C. that have the potential for large crowds to gather, additional public safety measures including anti-scale fencing have been put in place near the White House complex.”A protest is planned for Saturday, which marks e
  
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