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• GOP worries its problems will outlive Greene’s ineffective motion

  11-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) ineffectual effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) was a big anticlimax, but one that could have reverberations much longer than the 35 minutes it took the House to dispense with her motion to vacate.The weighty consequences range from how Johnson can possibly lead his warring factions through the coming legislative battles after being propped up by Democrats, to how it might shape this fall’s elections and the House’s power dynamics.C
  
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• Bolton defends Alito amid ‘outrageous’ flag controversy

  23-05-2024 05:23 via thehill.com
  
  Former national security adviser John Bolton on Wednesday fiercely defended Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito against a barrage of criticism following reporting that, at one point, two flags associated with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol had been on display outside his home.“Absolutely not,” Bolton told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer when asked whether the recent reporting about the flag raised concerns about whether he can serve impartially on the Supreme Court.“I think it
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez urges Senate to launch 'active investigations' into Alito Jan. 6 flag reports

  23-05-2024 04:53 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday called on Senate Democrats to launch “active investigations” into two separate reports that flags associated with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol were on display outside Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s home.“What we are seeing here is an extraordinary breach of not just the trust and the stature of the Supreme Court, but we are seeing a fundamental challenge to our democracy,” Ocasio-Cortez said in an
  
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• Buttigieg calls out Boebert over infrastructure post

  23-05-2024 03:39 via thehill.com
  
  Transportation Sec. Pete Buttigieg called out Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Wednesday for taking credit for securing federal funding for a bridge in her district when, in fact, she voted against the bipartisan infrastructure bill that funded the project.“Great meeting with Glenwood Springs City Councilor and former Mayor Jonathan Godes,” Boebert posted on X, attaching a photo with the city councilor.“We have secured over $51.4 million for the South Bridge,” B
  
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• Where is America’s best pizza? Lawmakers slice into an old debate

  23-05-2024 02:58 via thehill.com
  
  One of the country’s most contentious debates made its way up to Capitol Hill on Wednesday: What’s the pizza capital of the U.S.?The answer depends on who you ask.Connecticut Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D) stirred up the conversation when she held an event on the House steps to declare New Haven, Conn., the best spot for a slice. The Congresswoman handed out boxes of the famed Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria, a pride and joy of New Haven since 1925, before delivering remarks on the House floor cr
  
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• Pressley says Trump Justice Department would 'go on a murdering spree'

  23-05-2024 00:38 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) said on Wednesday that former President Trump’s Department of Justice would “go on a murdering spree” if the presumptive GOP nominee wins a second term in the White House this coming November.In a House Oversight hearing on the Office of Personnel Management, Pressley warned of what she viewed as negative policy implications of “Project 2025” – a detailed set of policies, spearheaded by the conservative Heritage Foundation, that
  
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• Even talk of a Netanyahu visit stirs firestorm of controversy

  23-05-2024 00:32 via thehill.com
  
  The prospect that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu might soon address a joint session of Congress is already stirring a storm of controversy on Capitol Hill, where liberal Democrats — up in arms over Israel’s conduct in the war with Hamas — are already vowing a boycott.The bitter conflict has been an ongoing headache for President Biden and other Democratic leaders, who are attempting a delicate balance between supporting America’s closest Middle Eastern all
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez: Trump rallying in Bronx due to 'legal version of an ankle bracelet'

  23-05-2024 00:05 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said former President Trump is rallying in the Bronx this week due to a “legal version of an ankle bracelet.”Ocasio-Cortez slammed Trump on Tuesday for his planned Thursday event in the Bronx, the borough where the New York Democrat was born and now partially represents in Congress. Trump has been in New York for more than a month for his hush money trial, which has been going on for about six weeks.“Donald Trump is broke. He needs money.
  
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• House GOP eyes ambitious plans to pass all 12 government funding bills

  22-05-2024 22:49 via thehill.com
  
  House Republicans are plotting an ambitious schedule to pass all 12 annual government funding bills for fiscal year 2025 by the August recess, but some are tempering expectations around the goal as negotiators say they are already off to a late start.GOP leadership unveiled the proposed plan at a conference meeting early Wednesday, which aims to begin House votes on the party’s funding proposals in early June, a source familiar confirmed to The Hill.Under the plan, the GOP-led House would
  
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• White House unveils Kenya state dinner menu, taps Brad Paisley, Howard Gospel Choir to perform

  22-05-2024 21:40 via thehill.com
  
  The Kenya state dinner at the White House will feature performances from country music star Brad Paisley and the Howard Gospel Choir, along with a menu aimed at "welcoming the beginning of summer."The Thursday night soiree honoring Kenyan President William Ruto and first lady Rachel Ruto will "mark the 60th anniversary of the United States's partnership with Kenya," first lady Jill Biden said during a media preview on Wednesday."The World" singer Paisley and Howard University's gospel choir
  
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• Obama cheers Biden's 200th judge confirmation

  22-05-2024 21:12 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Obama celebrated President Biden’s 200th judicial nominee being confirmed to the federal bench Wednesday.“@POTUS just confirmed his 200th judge — not an easy accomplishment with a narrow majority in the Senate. And more than half are women and people of color,” Obama said in a post on the social platform X.“Judges have the power to roll back progress or keep us moving forward; to protect our basic liberties or take them away,” Biden's former b
  
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• Democrat rebuked on House floor for remarks about Trump ‘sex scandal’ case

  22-05-2024 20:41 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) received a rebuke on the House floor Wednesday after he remarked on former President Trump’s ongoing hush money trial, comments that were deemed “offensive.”The spat — which grinded the House floor to a halt for more than an hour — began after McGovern, during debate on a procedural rule, described Trump’s current legal entanglements in no uncertain terms, mentioning the hush money case and allegations that he worked to ov
  
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• FCC to consider disclosures for AI-generated political ads

  22-05-2024 20:18 via thehill.com
  
  The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) introduced a measure Wednesday that would require political advertisements to disclose the use of artificial intelligence (AI) software, in what could be the federal government’s first foray into regulating the use of the technology in politics.If adopted by the full commission, advertisers on broadcast television, radio and cable would be required to reveal the use of AI technology for voice and image generation, amid concerns that the rapidly a
  
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• Biden touts confirmation of 200th judge of his presidency: 'Judges matter'

  22-05-2024 19:39 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Wednesday celebrated the Senate confirming the 200th judge since he took office, framing it as a major milestone that underscored the issues at stake in November's election.The Senate confirmed Magistrate Judge Angela Martinez to become a federal judge in the District of Arizona, making her the 200th judicial nominee of Biden's to be confirmed to the federal bench."Judges matter. These men and women have the power to uphold basic rights or to roll them back," Biden said in a s
  
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• House Republicans' farm bill proposal 'robs Peter to pay Paul,' Agriculture secretary says

  22-05-2024 18:38 via thehill.com
  
  The House Agriculture committee is trying to fund its farm bill proposals with “counterfeit money,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters on Wednesday morning.Vilsack spoke after a range of groups from across the political spectrum criticized House Republicans’ proposed farm bill, which seeks to direct tens of billions to subsidies for farmers of peanuts, rice and cotton.House Agriculture Committee Chair Glenn “G.T” Thompson (R-Pa.) told reporte
  
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• Trump falsely says Biden was 'locked & loaded and ready to take me out' in Mar-a-Lago search

  22-05-2024 18:29 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump falsely claimed in a fundraising email that President Biden was “locked & loaded and ready to take me out” – twisting standard language from documents prepared as law enforcement prepared to search Mar-a-Lago for classified records.The comment from Trump plucks from court filings a policy statement prepared by law enforcement that lays out protocol for the search.
  In reality, the statement allows deadly force “only when necessary,” such as
  
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• Comer, Porter target foreign earnings of presidents, family members

  22-05-2024 17:55 via thehill.com
  
  House Oversight Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) introduced a bill Wednesday that would require presidents to make a series of disclosures about their relatives’ foreign earnings — drafting a laundry list of obligations stemming from the GOP inquiry into President Biden.The legislation requires presidents and vice presidents to disclose anything of value received from a foreign country, whether a gift or payments, while in office and during the two year
  
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• Biden: AI companies 'must earn our trust' before transforming lives

  22-05-2024 16:37 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden lauded the transformation artificial intelligence (AI) could have on the world, but warned the companies that create it that they would have to first "earn our trust."“Artificial intelligence and the companies that wield its possibilities are going to transform the lives of people around the world — there's no doubt about that,” Biden wrote on social media platform X. “But first, they must earn our trust.”“I commit to do everything in my power
  
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• Democrat introduces Alito censure resolution over upside-down flag

  22-05-2024 16:15 via thehill.com
  
  A Tennessee Democrat introduced a resolution in the House to censure Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito after reports showed an upside-down flag was flown outside his residence shortly following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot on the Capitol.Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), a member of the Judiciary Committee, introduced the censure resolution Tuesday, “for knowingly violating the federal recusal statute and binding ethics standards and calling the impartiality of the Supreme Court of the United States
  
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• Second gentleman Emhoff: Trump a ‘known antisemite’

  22-05-2024 14:56 via thehill.com
  
  Second gentleman Doug Emhoff called former President Trump a “known antisemite,” piling on the criticism of the former president after he shared a video on social media referencing a “unified Reich.”In a video posted Tuesday, Emhoff watches a clip of Trump saying, “If Jewish people are going to vote for Joe Biden, they have to have their head examined.”“The last person I’m going to take advice from as a Jewish person is a known antisemite, who
  
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• First gentleman Emhoff: Trump a ‘known antisemite’

  22-05-2024 14:56 via thehill.com
  
  Second gentleman Doug Emhoff called former President Trump a “known antisemite,” piling on the criticism of the former president after he shared a video on social media referencing a “unified Reich.”In a video posted on Tuesday, Emhoff watches a clip of Trump saying, “If Jewish people are going to vote for Joe Biden, they have to have their head examined.”“The last person I’m going to take advice from as a Jewish person is a known antisemite,
  
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• White House highlights fentanyl trafficking in pressing Republicans on border bill

  22-05-2024 14:33 via thehill.com
  
  The White House focused on fentanyl trafficking at the U.S. southern border Wednesday when urging Republicans to pass the bipartisan border security bill when it comes up in the Senate later this week.In a memo entitled, “While President Biden sides with U.S. Border Patrol, congressional Republicans side with fentanyl traffickers,” senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates called on GOP lawmakers to choose saving lives over politics.The memo comes ahead of a vote on the bipartisan b
  
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• Biden canceling student debt for more than 160,000 borrowers

  22-05-2024 11:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden announced Wednesday he would be canceling student debt for more than 160,00 borrowers.The new plan forgives $7.7 billion for the latest batch of borrowers, bringing the total relief from Biden’s student debt actions to $167 billion for 4.75 million Americans. The latest loan forgiveness initiative comes through various income-driven repayment (IDR) plans, including the president’s newly established SAVE program.The 160,000 borrowers are people enrolled in the Biden ad
  
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• 5 takeaways from primaries in Georgia, Oregon and Kentucky

  22-05-2024 07:21 via thehill.com
  
  Voters in several states headed to the polls on Tuesday, weighing in on key races up and down the ballot in Oregon, Georgia, Kentucky and Idaho. November matchups were solidified in a number of closely watched House contests, while President Biden and former President Trump sailed to victory in their respective party primaries in Kentucky and Oregon.At the same time, voters in California picked Republican Vince Fong in a special election to finish the rest of former Speaker Kevin
  
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• Maxine Dexter beats Jayapal's sister in Democratic primary for Oregon House seat 

  22-05-2024 05:18 via thehill.com
  
  Oregon state Rep. Maxine Dexter (D) is projected to beat the sister of Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) in the Democratic primary for Oregon’s 3rd Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Dexter, who’s also a doctor, beat Susheela Jayapal, the sister of the Washington Democrat and former Multnomah County commissioner, and six other Democrats for outgoing Rep. Earl Blumenauer’s (D-Ore.) seat. Blumenauer announced in October he would not be seeking reelect
  
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• Massie survives primary challenge in Kentucky  

  22-05-2024 01:11 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) is projected to survive a primary challenge for his seat in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Massie fended off challenges from Republicans Michael McGinnis and Eric Deters.In 2023, Deters ran and lost to state Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) in the GOP primary for the Kentucky gubernatorial race. Cameron lost to Gov. Andy Beshear (D) last November.  Massie’s district sits in northern Kentucky, above Lexingt
  
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• Massie survives primary challenge in Kentucky 

  22-05-2024 01:11 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) has survived a primary challenge for his seat in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Massie fended off challenges from Republicans Michael McGinnis and Eric Deters.
  In 2023, Deters ran and lost to state Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) in the GOP primary for the Kentucky gubernatorial race. Cameron lost to Gov. Andy Beshear (D) last November.  Massie’s district sits in northern Kentucky, above Lexington.  
  
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• Rep. Lucy McBath wins Democratic primary in Georgia

  22-05-2024 01:08 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Lucy McBath (D-Ga.) has won the Democratic nomination for another term representing Georgia in the House, Decision Desk HQ projects. McBath faced two opponents in her effort to win the Democratic primary: state Rep. Mandisha Thomas and Cobb County Commissioner Jerica Richardson. The potential existed for the race to go to a runoff if no candidate received at least 50 percent, but McBath was able to clear the threshold. 
  She was originally elected to serve Georgia’s 7th Congr
  
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• Biden wins Kentucky Democratic primary

  22-05-2024 01:02 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden has won the Kentucky Democratic presidential primary, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Biden’s win in the Bluegrass State will net him at least most of the state’s 53 pledged delegates up for grabs. He has already been the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party since clinching enough delegates in March. 
  He was the only active major candidate on the ballot, which also included author Marianne Williamson. Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.), wh
  
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• Raskin targets Trump foreign payments with emoluments legislation

  22-05-2024 01:00 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) introduced legislation Tuesday to strengthen enforcement of the constitutional limitations on federal officials accepting payments from foreign governments, zeroing in on an issue that dogged the Trump presidency. Raskin’s bill expands the reach of the so-called Emoluments clause, restricting federal elected officials as well as some high-ranking appointees from accepting such payments while in office as well as for two years beyond.The constitution already d
  
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