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• Ex-GOP Speaker Ryan denounces effort to challenge Electoral College results

  03-01-2021 22:10 via thehill.com
  
  Former Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) on Sunday blasted Congressional Republicans’ efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.“Efforts to reject the votes of the Electoral College and sow doubt about Joe Biden’s victory strike at the...
  
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• Trump calls democratic socialists ‘biggest threat to our nation there is’

  29-06-2026 22:48 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump slammed democratic socialist candidates Monday, calling their movement more dangerous to the U.S. than previous world wars and the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. “They use the word social democrat because it sounds so nice, but it’s really communism you’re talking about,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “I think it’s the biggest...
  
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• Trump calls housing bill 'a yawn,' concedes SAVE America Act unlikely to pass

  29-06-2026 22:42 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump referred to a bipartisan housing bill as a “yawn” on Monday, arguing that the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act is more important.  "It's so unimportant compared to the SAVE America Act,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office. “When I look at the bill, it's a bill. When I look at...
  
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• Johnson: Blocking House agenda over SAVE America Act is 'self-defeating'

  29-06-2026 21:56 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) warned his Republican colleagues on Monday that it would be a “self-defeating” strategy to hold up legislative action in the House over their demands surrounding the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act and other measures. “To my colleagues, whomever is thinking that stopping the work of House Republicans to make...
  
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• Trump renews call to force Lisa Cook from Federal Reserve board after Supreme Court decision

  29-06-2026 21:52 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump doubled down on his push to remove Lisa Cook from the Federal Reserve board after a divided Supreme Court blocked him from doing so immediately on Monday.  In a post on Truth Social, Trump noted the Supreme Court “sent back” the case to a lower court “on a strictly procedural basis.” The president...
  
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• Live updates: Trump calls everything but SAVE America Act 'a big yawn' after Supreme Court upholds mail ballots

  29-06-2026 21:41 via thehill.com
  
  The Supreme Court ruled Monday morning that mail-in ballots may be counted even if they arrive after Election Day, handing a blow to President Trump's efforts to crack down on mail-in voting. Speaking to the press in the Oval Office in the afternoon, Trump panned the ballot ruling and said it makes the passage of...
  
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• House Democrat treated for blood clot

  29-06-2026 21:19 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jahana Hayes (D-Conn.) in a Sunday post said she had been hospitalized after a blood clot. Hayes said she was discharged on Sunday after two days at the hospital. “A health update from me. Listen to your body, and seek care if you’re not feeling well. Thank you to all the Dr’s, nurses, technicians...
  
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• Ex-FTC commissioner calls on Congress to reassert authority after SCOTUS decision

  29-06-2026 21:18 via thehill.com
  
  Former Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter on Monday called on Congress to reassert its authority as a coequal branch of government after the Supreme Court ruled that President Trump had the authority to fire her last year. The conservative majority ruled 6-3 in favor of the president, expanding presidential power over an independent agency within...
  
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• Senate ethics panel dismisses Luna complaint against Gallego

  29-06-2026 20:05 via thehill.com
  
  The Senate Ethics Committee has dismissed a complaint against Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) filex by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) accusing the senator or making inappropriate advances toward several women and violating campaign finance rules. The ethics panel informed Gallego in a letter Friday that its investigations “did not find evidence that your actions violated...
  
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• House Democrat: Idea of Democratic Party going hard left 'frankly overblown'

  29-06-2026 19:14 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) said Friday that talk about the Democratic Party taking a hard-left turn is “frankly overblown,” comments that came after notable wins by democratic socialists in Democratic primaries. “I mean, there are a lot of other people, like me, who won our elections on Tuesday who don’t take those kinds of positions....
  
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• Trump says SAVE America Act more important than ever following SCOTUS ruling on mail-in ballots

  29-06-2026 18:36 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Monday slammed the Supreme Court ruling allowing states to count mail-in ballots received after Election Day, arguing it is now even more important for Congress to pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. The Supreme Court upheld a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots sent by Election Day to be...
  
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• Trump surprised by Supreme Court decision to not review E. Jean Carroll case

  29-06-2026 18:15 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Monday said he was surprised by the Supreme Court’s decision not to review the verdict in E. Jean Carroll's suit against him, in which he was found liable for sexually abusing the writer inside a dressing room during the mid-1990s and defaming her. “Surprisingly, the Supreme Court declined to ‘review’ a Fake...
  
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• Trump applauds Supreme Court expansion of executive firing power

  29-06-2026 18:10 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Monday applauded the Supreme Court's latest expansion of presidential powers, usurping legal precedent in one of the high court's final rulings of this term. "BIG WIN just moments ago at the Supreme Court, in the Slaughter Case, confirming Presidential Power in our Country to remove Executive Branch Officers and Agency Appointees, or...
  
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• Trump teases White House ballroom: 'There will be nothing like it'

  29-06-2026 16:49 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Sunday teased the public with renderings of the new White House ballroom he is building in place of the East Wing, which was demolished last year. “Our Great National Security Facility and Ballroom is moving along on schedule,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “When completed, there will be nothing...
  
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• Live updates: Supreme Court rules for Trump in expanding power over agencies, against him on mail ballots

  29-06-2026 16:43 via thehill.com
  
  The Supreme Court ruled Monday morning that mail-in ballots may be counted even if they arrive after Election Day, handing a blow to President Trump's efforts to crack down on mail-in voting. But Trump got a win, as the court overturned a ruling that will allow for a president to fire members of independent agencies...
  
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• Leavitt: Midterms a choice 'between communism and common sense'

  29-06-2026 16:34 via thehill.com
  
  White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday described the upcoming midterm elections as a choice "between communism and common sense" following a string of recent progressive wins in Democratic primaries.  “I know the president and many Americans are extremely concerned [about] how far left the Democrat party is moving,” Leavitt said in an interview...
  
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• Haberman: Vance's opposition to Iran war cost him with Trump

  29-06-2026 16:32 via thehill.com
  
  New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman on Sunday said Vice President Vance’s opposition to the war was unique among President Trump's advisers, and ultimately hurt his relationship with the commander-in-chief. “Vance was the only one who really vocally took issue with this with Trump. And it irritated Trump, it cost Vance with Trump,...
  
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• Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff headed to Qatar for Iran talks

  29-06-2026 16:30 via thehill.com
  
  Special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are on their way to Qatar for Iran peace talks. "I just spoke with the president about it. Iran has requested a meeting this week, so, special envoy Witkoff and Jared Kushner will be flying to Doha for high-level meetings this week as we continue...
  
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• Live updates: Supreme Court rules on mail ballot timing; Trump says Iran wants to meet

  29-06-2026 16:16 via thehill.com
  
  The Supreme Court rules Monday morning that mail-in ballots may be counted even if they arrive after Election Day. Follow along here for the latest rulings from the court, which should be released shortly after 10 a.m. President Trump said Monday on Truth Social that Iran has requested a meeting, set for Tuesday in Doha....
  
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• Cassidy: Trump treats Congress as 'merely an appendage'

  29-06-2026 15:24 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who recently lost a primary for his seat, said in a new interview President Trump occasionally treats the legislative branch as “merely an appendage.” Cassidy told CBS News’s Margaret Brennan in the interview, aired on Sunday on "Face the Nation," that “the Senate is a separate body, separate from the presidency.”...
  
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• Pelosi to teach at new UC Berkeley democracy institute

  29-06-2026 15:06 via thehill.com
  
  Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will be teaching at a new non-partisan democracy institute established in her honor at the University of California, Berkeley after retiring from a 39-year-stint in Congress.  Pelosi is set to co-teach a class on Congress and has already helped raise $35 million for the venture as a step towards meeting...
  
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• Live updates: Supreme Court due to issue major opinions; Trump says Iran wants to meet

  29-06-2026 14:38 via thehill.com
  
  The Supreme Court is due to release orders and some of its final opinions on Monday morning, days after delivering wins for the Trump administration in major rulings on immigration. Follow along here for the latest rulings from the court, which should be released shortly after 10 a.m. President Trump said Monday on Truth Social...
  
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• This week on The Hill: House aims to move priorities after conservative SAVE America Act rebellion

  29-06-2026 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has an ambitious legislative agenda this week, but it’s unclear whether he can move those priorities forward as a group of conservative hard-liners demand action on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act. President Trump urged House Republicans last week to fall in line after conservative rebels brought most House...
  
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• The Memo: Trump, GOP race the clock to bring inflation down before midterms

  29-06-2026 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump and his Republican colleagues are in a race against time, hoping that inflation can be bent downward in time to revive their chances in November’s midterm elections. Seen through one lens, the picture is bleak.New data released late last week on personal consumption expenditures (PCE) showed inflation above 4 percent. Even excluding food...
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez calls to 'break up' big tech companies amid price hikes

  29-06-2026 03:59 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said that large technology companies want to have "totally unchecked power" and should be split up. “The problem that we have is that these big companies, they think they are governments, they want to be governments," she said in an interview with Fox News posted Sunday, discussing tech companies and artificial...
  
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• AOC calls to 'break up' big tech companies amid price hikes

  29-06-2026 03:59 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said that large technology companies want to have "totally unchecked power" and should be split up. “The problem that we have is that these big companies, they think they are governments, they want to be governments," she said in an interview with Fox News posted Sunday, discussing tech companies and artificial...
  
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• US, Iran agree to 'stand down for now,' resume peace talks: Official

  29-06-2026 02:11 via thehill.com
  
  The U.S. and Iran have agreed to “stand down for now” and allow ships to pass through the Strait of Hormuz after renewed fighting in the past few days, a U.S. official told The Hill on Sunday. “Technical talks are slated to continue on all areas of the MOU. Both sides will stand down for...
  
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• Trump: Reflecting Pool will be drained after July 4; algae 'criminally made'

  29-06-2026 00:10 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump said Sunday that the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool will be drained shortly after the country’s 250th anniversary celebrations wrap up, accusing criminals of both damaging the lining and creating algae. "The Reflecting Pool is now in full use after suffering great damage from Criminal, Radical Left Vandals, people that truly hate our Country,"...
  
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• Tillis has 'positive predisposition' toward Blanche's confirmation

  29-06-2026 00:02 via thehill.com
  
  Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) said Sunday he has a “positive predisposition” towards acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, whom President Trump has nominated for the full-time post. “I'm going to go through the nomination process. I have got a positive predisposition towards Blanche,” Tillis, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told host Jake Tapper...
  
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• Trump warns likely next DC mayor against 'communist' policies

  28-06-2026 23:21 via thehill.com
  
  President Trump on Sunday blasted Janeese Lewis George, the Democratic nominee for mayor of Washington, D.C., as a “communist” whose policies will harm the district.“Janeese Lewis George, the Communist who is almost certainly going to be elected Mayor of Washington, D.C., has stated that she wants to empty the prisons, make D.C. a Sanctuary...
  
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