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• House Republican says Biden's weapon halt threat is for 'political reasons'

  12-05-2024 17:05 via thehill.com
  
  Republican Rep. Mike Waltz (Fla.) on Sunday alleged President Biden's threat to halt weapons to Israel is politically motivated with the November election less than six months away.
  "I think the reality of us being in an election year now and the election just six months away...I think you have kind of a political and an operation reality there. But...he certainly is withholding aid, and he is obviously doing it for political reasons," Waltz said Sunday in an interview on NewsNation's "The Hill
  
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• 5 things to know about D-Day's 80th anniversary

  05-06-2024 23:56 via thehill.com
  
  Veterans and world leaders are gathered in Normandy, France, for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, marking the invasion that helped turn the tide of World War II.President Biden is among the leaders who will commemorate the landing of more than 150,000 Allied troops on June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious invasion in history. They will honor the thousands who died during the assault, alongside the surviving veterans — many of them
  
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• Pelosi slams WSJ article on Biden's mental acuity as 'hit piece'

  05-06-2024 23:41 via thehill.com
  
  Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday joined a chorus of Democrats rallying to President Biden’s defense after the Wall Street Journal published a report casting doubt on the president’s mental acuity and performance in private meetings.Pelosi, in a statement on the social platform X, criticized the reporting for glossing over Democrats’ accounts of their interactions with the president and, instead, focusing on “attacks by Republicans.”“Many of
  
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• Pelosi slams Wall Street Journal article on Biden's mental acuity as 'hit piece'

  05-06-2024 23:41 via thehill.com
  
  Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday joined a chorus of Democrats rallying to President Biden’s defense after the Wall Street Journal published a report casting doubt on the president’s mental acuity and performance in private meetings.Pelosi, in a statement on the social platform X, criticized the reporting for glossing over Democrats’ accounts of their interactions with the president and, instead, focusing on “attacks by Republicans.”“Many of
  
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• Speaker Johnson picks Perry, Jackson for Intel panel

  05-06-2024 23:05 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) picked Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) to serve on the House Intelligence Committee, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill. The House leader named the members Wednesday, filling the seats on a committee that has access to highly confidential information and provides oversight of the U.S. intelligence community. Perry, the former chair of the House Freedom Caucus, is seen as a controversial choice, considering he was p
  
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• Pompeo seizes on Wall Street Journal’s reporting of Biden’s ‘slipping’ mental acuity

  05-06-2024 22:34 via thehill.com
  
  Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo weighed in on President Biden’s metal acuity and age, after a report raised questions about Biden’s capabilities, noting that he takes no joy in saying the president is slipping.Pompeo spoke with Fox News Wednesday to discuss the report, published by The Wall Street Journal, that is based on interviews with people who work behind closed doors with Biden.“These aren’t just private conversations where we can see that President Biden is
  
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• Pompeo seizes on Wall Street Journal’s reporting of Biden’s declining mental acuity

  05-06-2024 22:34 via thehill.com
  
  Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo weighed in on President Biden’s metal acuity and age Wednesday, after a report raised questions about Biden’s capabilities, noting that he takes no joy in saying the president isn't capable of doing his job effectively.Pompeo spoke with Fox News on Wednesday to discuss the report, published by The Wall Street Journal, that is based on interviews with people who work behind closed doors with Biden.“These aren’t just private conversatio
  
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• GOP refers Hunter Biden, James Biden to DOJ amid accusations of misleading Congress

  05-06-2024 22:30 via thehill.com
  
  GOP leaders of the impeachment investigation into President Biden on Wednesday asked the Justice Department to bring criminal charges against the president’s son and brother, accusing the duo of lying to lawmakers during conversations with investigators.A trio of House committees released the 65-page referral with little fanfare, even as the move escalates the stakes of an impeachment inquiry that's grown quiet in recent months amid doubts about support among the conference.The r
  
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• Ronny Jackson on Biden mental fitness: ‘He’s got significant issues’

  05-06-2024 21:52 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), a former White House physician, weighed in on President Biden’s mental fitness after a report raised questions of his capabilities, saying the president has “significant issues.”Jackson spoke with Fox News Digital Wednesday after The Wall Street Journal published a report on the president’s performance headlined “Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping.”“The article’s just documenting what I’ve been sa
  
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• 162 sickened in Salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers: CDC

  05-06-2024 21:44 via thehill.com
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Wednesday that 162 people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers.“Epidemiologic data show that cucumbers may be contaminated with Salmonella and may be making people sick,” the agency said in an investigation notice Wednesday.“Testing identified Salmonella in a cucumber collected as part of this investigation, which resulted in a recall,” the notice continued. “Further testing is unde
  
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• 4 Democrats buck party on funding bill despite White House veto threat

  05-06-2024 19:17 via thehill.com
  
  Four vulnerable House Democrats on Wednesday bucked their party on a vote to pass the annual Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and military construction funding bill, just days after the White House threatened to veto the measure over partisan riders the party has termed “poison pills.”The GOP-led House voted largely along party lines on Wednesday morning to pass the bill, which calls for about $379 billion in overall funding for fiscal year 2025 for the VA and military constructio
  
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• Donalds suggests Black families were stronger during Jim Crow era

  05-06-2024 18:50 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) suggested that Black families were better off during the Jim Crow era while speaking at a campaign event for former President Trump.Donalds, who is on the shortlist for Trump's potential vice-presidential pick, was campaigning for the former president in Philadelphia at a “Congress, Cognac, and Cigars” event aimed at garnering Black male voters, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.During the conversation, the freshman lawmaker said he is starting to see the
  
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• Hunter Biden trial: What to expect on Day 3

  05-06-2024 18:42 via thehill.com
  
  Hunter Biden's trial in Wilmington, Del., enters its third day Wednesday.President Biden's son is facing charges over lying on a federal form when purchasing a gun in 2018. On the form, he wrote that he was not a drug user, however, he was addicted to cocaine at the time. Twelve jurors and four alternates for the federal criminal trial were selected Monday, and multiple Biden family members, including first lady Jill Biden, have attended the trial in recent days.Here’s what to expect as th
  
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• Ex-Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn launches pro-democracy group

  05-06-2024 17:21 via thehill.com
  
  Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn is launching a new political group on Wednesday aimed at supporting pro-democracy candidates while targeting Donald Trump and “anti-democracy MAGA extremists.” Dunn is launching a hybrid political action committee called Dunn’s Democracy Defenders that will support candidates across the ballot “who will protect democracy from MAGA and help get big money out of our politics,” according to a press release of his anno
  
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• House Republicans pass first funding bill despite White House veto threat

  05-06-2024 16:58 via thehill.com
  
  House Republicans on Wednesday passed their first funding bill for fiscal year 2025, laying out a proposed blueprint for the Veterans Affairs Department and military construction that also includes a list of partisan riders in areas like abortion that are non-starters for Democrats.The House passed the legislation 209-197 on Wednesday morning, despite a veto threat from the White House, as the GOP conference plows ahead with an aggressive plan to pass 12 annual spending bills before the August r
  
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• White House fires back at Wall Street Journal over Biden story

  05-06-2024 16:55 via thehill.com
  
  White House officials and President Biden’s allies went on the attack against The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday after the news outlet published a report on the president’s performance in private meetings headlined “Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping.”Democrats rallied to Biden’s defense and took issue with key parts of the story, blasting the Journal for largely citing the accounts of Republican officials who had spent time with the president
  
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• More older Americans worried about Medicare future: Survey

  05-06-2024 16:40 via thehill.com
  
  More older Americans are concerned about the future of Medicare, according to a survey published Wednesday.Seventy-four percent of Americans aged 50 to 64 say they are "extremely worried or worried" about Medicare not being “available when you become eligible to receive it,” according to the West Health-Gallup 2024 Survey on Aging in America.
  That figure is up 13 points from 2022. when 61 percent of the same age group said they were concerned about Medicare availability when they are
  
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• Biden to meet with Zelensky in France: White House

  05-06-2024 15:50 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky while in France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day this week.White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan previewed the meeting to reporters, which comes ahead of the Ukraine peace summit that the president is skipping.“While he's in Normandy, he'll have the opportunity to sit down with President Zelensky and have an engagement with him to talk about the state of play in Ukraine and how we can continue to deep
  
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• Biden arrives in France for D-Day ceremonies

  05-06-2024 14:14 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden arrived in France Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion as he seeks to solidify support for European allies and contrast his global leadership with political rival former President Trump.
  Biden touched down in Paris early Wednesday and was greeted by French officials, including Prime Minister Garbiel Attal.
  The president will travel to Normandy Thursday, where he will deliver remarks focused on democracy and freedom and meet with U.S. veterans and veterans
  
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• The Memo: Gaza cease-fire push could determine Biden’s 2024 fate

  05-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is facing a critical moment on an issue that threatens to capsize his reelection hopes — the conflict in Gaza.The president has put his full weight behind a push for a six-week cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that could, he says, lead to a permanent cessation of hostilities.But it is a risky gambit for a multitude of reasons. For a start, Biden is caught in politically dangerous crosscurrents. The left wants him to put far greater restraints on Israel. Pro-Israel Democr
  
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• Republicans target FBI, Trump prosecutors post-verdict

  05-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Republicans are ramping up their efforts to attack the FBI and prosecutors such as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) in the wake of former President Trump’s conviction in the hush money case.GOP lawmakers are calling for slashing funding for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI, even though relatively few federal dollars go to the local offices run by Willis and Bragg.They’re also seeking to hold Attorney General Me
  
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• How Elise Stefanik became a top Trump VP contender

  05-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  This is part of The Hill's ongoing series looking at Donald Trump's possible vice-presidential picks.
  Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) has been steadily rising in the ranks of the GOP for years, but it took an off-the-cuff question about antisemitism on college campuses to send her public profile through the roof.“It wasn’t a prepared question,” Stefanik said in an interview with The Hill last month. “I wrote it down in pencil five minutes before.” The ch
  
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• GOP ramps up 'lawfare' crackdown

  05-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Republicans are ramping up their efforts to attack the FBI and prosecutors such as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) in the wake of former President Trump’s conviction in the hush money case.GOP lawmakers are calling for slashing funding for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI, even though relatively few federal dollars go to the local offices run by Willis and Bragg.They’re also seeking to hold Attorney General Me
  
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• Could Trump beat Biden in a blowout?

  05-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s poor polling numbers have raised questions about the possibility of a blowout victory by former President Trump in November, even as he grapples with his own political challenges in the wake of a conviction in a New York hush-money trial.A blowout wouldn’t look like the landslide reelection of President Ronald Reagan over Democrat Walter Mondale in 1984. But it could mean Trump winning more Electoral College votes than expected by flipping most if not all of the sta
  
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• Trump takes a hit in New Jersey: 5 takeaways from Tuesday's primaries

  05-06-2024 06:05 via thehill.com
  
  A number of states held primaries for races up and down the ballot Tuesday, with President Biden and Donald Trump inching ever closer to their respective nominations and a couple notable Senate matchups solidifying.Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Dakota and Washington, D.C., held some of the last presidential primaries of the cycle. Guam and the Virgin Islands will officially cap off the presidential primary on Saturday, when they both hold their Democratic contests.  But Tuesday nig
  
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• Comer says he 'likes the idea' of Fauci being arrested over COVID protocols

  05-06-2024 04:16 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said Tuesday that he “likes the idea” of former COVID response chief Anthony Fauci being arrested over his testimony Monday about the early Trump administration response to the coronavirus.Comer said Fauci lied to Congress about the government’s early COVID response, claiming he made up the recommended six-foot spacing, which quickly became ubiquitous amid the pandemic and other restrictions.“At the end of the day, if you lie to Congress, that&rsq
  
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• Biden wins New Mexico Democratic primary

  05-06-2024 03:07 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is projected to win New Mexico’s Democratic presidential primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. New Mexico has 34 delegates up for grabs on the Democrats’ side and is among one of the last states this week to hold their presidential contest. Though Biden didn’t face any serious competition, organizers have urged primary voters to cast ballots for “uncommitted” as a way to protest the Biden administration’s handling of the Israel-Hama
  
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• Sen. Bob Menendez's son wins New Jersey House primary amid father's corruption trial

  05-06-2024 03:03 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Rob Menendez (D-N.J.) will win the Democratic nomination for another term in his House seat representing New Jersey’s 8th Congressional District, Decision Desk HQ projects. Menendez held off primary challenges from Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla and businessman Kyle Jasey for the nomination and will be the heavy favorite to win two more years in the House in November in the solid Democratic district. Menendez faced a much more trying primary this year than for his first election
  
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• Conaway wins Democratic primary in race to succeed New Jersey Rep. Andy Kim

  05-06-2024 02:59 via thehill.com
  
  State Assembly member Herb Conaway will win the Democratic nomination for the seat representing New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District, Decision Desk HQ projects. Conaway defeated fellow state Assembly member Carol Murphy and a few other candidates for the nomination to succeed Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.), who chose not to seek another term in office to instead run for Senate. Kim was projected to win his Senate primary Tuesday night and is the heavy favorite to win in November.Conaw
  
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• Andy Kim wins Democratic primary in New Jersey Senate race

  05-06-2024 02:04 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) will be the Democratic nominee for Senate in New Jersey, Decision Desk HQ projects. Kim will be the favorite to win the Senate seat to succeed embattled Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) in the solidly blue state. Menendez chose not to seek the Democratic nomination after he was indicted on a wide range of charges in his federal bribery case, but he is running for reelection as an independent. Kim initially announced his entry into the Senate race a day after Menendez,
  
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