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• House Republicans introduce measure to overturn nursing home staffing rule

  16-05-2024 18:31 via thehill.com
  
  House Republicans have introduced a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn the Biden administration’s minimum staffing requirement for nursing homes. Under the requirements unveiled last month, all nursing homes that receive federal funding through Medicare and Medicaid will need to have a registered nurse on staff 24 hours per day, seven days per week and provide at least 3.48 hours of nursing care per resident per day. The rules will cost nursing homes $43 billion
  
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• Weiner doubts he’ll ever run for office again

  13-06-2024 18:07 via thehill.com
  
  Former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) joined NewsNation Wednesday, where he spoke about various political scandals — including his own — and said he doubts he’d ever run again.Weiner resigned from Congress in 2011 after sending lewd photos to women online, and made an unsuccessful bid for mayor of New York City two years later. He later served 21 months in prison after pleading guilty in 2017 to transferring obscene material to a minor.
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• Need to renew your passport? An online portal is now open

  13-06-2024 17:55 via thehill.com
  
  The State Department has opened an online passport renewal portal, allowing a limited number of Americans to submit an application online.The department is conducting a trial for the renewal system over the next several months, with a certain number of applications accepted each day. The beta program launched Wednesday.The online system will open during a midday window daily and will close once the maximum number of applications are submitted, the State Department said.The State Department has n
  
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• Biden stops short of lauding Supreme Court abortion pill ruling, citing Roe

  13-06-2024 17:47 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Thursday stopped short of celebrating the Supreme Court ruling to preserve access to the abortion pill mifepristone, saying that the fight for reproductive freedom in the U.S. is an ongoing matter.“Today’s decision does not change the fact that the fight for reproductive freedom continues. It does not change the fact that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago, and women lost a fundamental freedom. It does not change the fact that the right for a wo
  
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• House Democrats' campaign arm compares Trump to Scar from 'Lion King'

  13-06-2024 17:41 via thehill.com
  
  House Democrats’ campaign arm compared former President Trump to Scar, the villain from the Disney movie “The Lion King,” as the presumptive GOP nominee meets with congressional Republicans. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) posted a picture of Scar and the hyenas from the Disney animated film in a release Thursday as part of a 'LIVE LOOK inside the House Republicans’ meeting with the felon.” The scene pictured shows Scar sitting on a
  
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• Live updates: Lawmaker says Trump meeting with House Republicans a 'pep rally'

  13-06-2024 16:43 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump is meeting with Republicans in Washington, D.C., on Thursday.He is huddling with House Republicans in the morning, then is set to meet with GOP senators at 12:30 p.m.It will be Trump's first meeting with lawmakers since he was convicted on 34 felony counts in New York, and comes as Republicans in both chambers begin to plot an ambitious agenda if he is reelected and they control the House and Senate.Follow along with live updates below.
  
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• Live updates: Republicans sing Trump 'happy birthday' as he meets with lawmakers

  13-06-2024 15:48 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump is headed to the hill on Thursday.He is set to huddle with House Republicans at 9:30 a.m., then meet with GOP senators at 12:30 p.m.NEW: Republicans sing Trump "happy birthday"It will be Trump's first meeting with lawmakers since he was convicted on 34 felony counts in New York, and comes as Republicans in both chambers begin to plot an ambitious agenda if he is reelected and they control the House and Senate.Follow along with live updates below.
  
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• Biden pays tribute to late journalist Howard Fineman

  13-06-2024 15:32 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Thursday paid tribute to veteran journalist Howard Fineman, who died on Tuesday after a battle with pancreatic cancer.
  “Great journalists hold a mirror up to the Nation to reveal the good, the bad, and the truth of who we are as Americans. For four decades, Howard Fineman was one of the great journalists of our time,” Biden said in a statement. “His career covered much of mine, and throughout the debates over big issues and historic campaigns, I respected his
  
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• Live coverage: Trump set to meet with GOP lawmakers in Washington

  13-06-2024 14:48 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump is headed to the hill on Thursday.He is set to huddle with House Republicans at 9:30 a.m., then meet with GOP senators at 12:30 p.m.It will be Trump's first meeting with lawmakers since he was convicted on 34 felony counts in New York, and comes as Republicans in both chambers begin to plot an ambitious agenda if he is reelected and they control the House and Senate.Follow along with live updates below.
  
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• Pelosi: Trump coming to Capitol Hill with 'mission of dismantling our democracy'

  13-06-2024 13:44 via thehill.com
  
  Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) lambasted former President Trump's slated visit to Capitol Hill Thursday, alleging he is on a "mission of dismantling our democracy.""Today, the instigator of an insurrection is returning to the scene of the crime. January 6th was a crime against the Capitol, that saw Nazi and Confederate flags flying under the dome that Lincoln built," Pelosi said in a statement shared with The Hill Thursday.
  " It was a crime against the Constitution and its peaceful
  
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• Immigration advocacy groups sue Biden administration over border directive

  13-06-2024 02:06 via thehill.com
  
  Immigration advocacy groups are suing the Biden administration over President Biden’s recent directive that will limit the number of migrants seeking asylum at the southern border.The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and a number of other organizations filed the lawsuit on Wednesday on behalf of the Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center and the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services.“We were left with no alternative but to sue. The administration lacks un
  
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• GOP rep wants answers from Army over revoked military award pin

  13-06-2024 01:32 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) wants top Army officials to tell him why a military award pin he has been wearing on his lapel was revoked last year following criticism from some of his GOP colleagues for continuing to wear the designation, accusing the service of a smear campaign. Nehls — who served 21 years in the Army Reserve and deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan — wears a Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) on his suit jacket given to him in October 2008. But a CBS News invest
  
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• House passes bill urging China to mend ties with Dalai Lama

  13-06-2024 00:13 via thehill.com
  
  The House voted Wednesday to pass a bill that is urging China to mend ties with the Dalai Lama and other Tibetan leaders.The legislation, named Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act, received broad bipartisan support and encourages China and Tibet to resolve the long-standing dispute over Tibet’s governance.The bill now heads to President Biden’s desk after being passed by the Senate last month.“Tibetans, like all people, have the right to religious freedom &mda
  
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• Johnson, Trump, GOP plot ambitious agenda hinged on total control of government

  12-06-2024 23:51 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) met with Senate Republicans Wednesday to begin setting an ambitious agenda for Washington if Donald Trump is elected president and Republicans win back control of the Senate and keep their House majority.GOP lawmakers are growing increasingly confident about their prospects in the November election given President Biden’s low approval numbers and want to have a bold agenda ready to go in January.Feeling the Senate majority is within their reach, Senate Republic
  
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• Garland accuses GOP of using contempt as a 'partisan weapon'

  12-06-2024 23:47 via thehill.com
  
  Attorney General Merrick Garland accused Republicans of wielding their power as a “partisan weapon” after all but one GOP member voted to hold him in contempt of Congress.“It is deeply disappointing that this House of Representatives has turned a serious congressional authority into a partisan weapon. Today’s vote disregards the constitutional separation of powers, the Justice Department’s need to protect its investigations, and the substantial amount of information
  
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• McCarthy's revenge tour off to a rough start after Mace win

  12-06-2024 23:34 via thehill.com
  
  Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) plan to get revenge on the Republicans who ousted him is off to a rough start. Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Tuesday night comfortably held off two primary challengers, including one who received support from groups tied to McCarthy, winning a clear majority in her district and avoiding a possible runoff. Mace was the favorite going into the election, having support from former President Trump and current Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.).&nb
  
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• Lone Republican to oppose Garland contempt: 'Enough is enough'

  12-06-2024 23:29 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Dave Joyce (R-Ohio), the lone Republican to vote against a resolution to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, says his colleagues’ move only serves to "further politicize our judicial system."“As a former prosecutor, I cannot in good conscience support a resolution that would further politicize our judicial system to score political points. The American people expect Congress to work for them, solve policy problems, and prioritize good governance,&rdqu
  
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• 18 Democrats tell Biden administration to drop asylum rule

  12-06-2024 23:06 via thehill.com
  
  A group of House Democrats on Tuesday pushed the Biden administration to either reconsider its crackdown on asylum or expand legal representation for migrants navigating a new set of rules.In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Ur Jaddou, the Democrats said migrants are now forced to make life-changing legal decisions on the fly and under duress, facing immediate and drastic consequences like a minimum
  
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• Republicans vote to hold Garland in contempt of Congress

  12-06-2024 22:46 via thehill.com
  
  House Republicans voted Wednesday to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress after he declined to turn over subpoenaed audio of President Biden’s interview with special counsel Robert Hur.The 216-207 vote is a win for the House GOP, after numerous members privately voiced concern over backing the measure, leaving the Republican priority lingering for nearly a month. With Republicans' razor-thin House majority, they could afford to lose only two votes if every mem
  
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• GOP rep: Hunter Biden conviction 'creates an opening' for Michelle Obama

  12-06-2024 21:17 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) suggested that Hunter Biden’s conviction in the federal gun charges case could create “an opening” for Michelle Obama to make a bid for the White House.Ogles responded to the verdict on Fox Business’s “Mornings with Maria” on Wednesday and emphasized the “need to pursue justice" before suggesting President Biden may step back from the race amid his son’s guilty verdict.“That being said, I think it also creates an&nbs
  
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• VA’s online claims system comes under fire in House subcommittee

  12-06-2024 20:57 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-Mont.), who chairs the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, slammed the Department of Veterans Affairs for its rollout of an online Beneficiary Travel Self-Service System during a hearing Tuesday. The VA launched its online claims system in 2019 to help reimburse veterans for travel costs to VA hospitals. However, six years later, only about 30 percent of those claims are being processed, and a 2023 Department of Veterans Affairs Inspector
  
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• Buttigieg knocks Martha-Ann Alito's Pride flag remarks

  12-06-2024 20:51 via thehill.com
  
  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made a subtle dig Wednesday at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's wife, Martha-Ann, after a secret recording revealed her denouncing the display of an LGBTQ Pride flag near her home.Martha-Ann Alito told an undercover activist posing as a religious conservative at an event earlier this month that she wanted to fly a religious flag out of protest of a nearby Pride flag. Buttigieg, the first openly gay Cabinet member, remarked in a CNN interview Wedne
  
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• Buttigieg knocks Martha-Ann Alito Pride flag remarks

  12-06-2024 20:51 via thehill.com
  
  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made a subtle dig Wednesday at Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito's wife, Martha-Ann, after a secret recording revealed her denouncing the display of an LGBTQ Pride flag near her home.Martha-Ann Alito told an undercover activist posing as a religious conservative at an event earlier this month that she wanted to fly a religious flag out of protest of a nearby Pride flag. Buttigieg, the first openly gay Cabinet member, remarked in a CNN interview Wedne
  
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• GOP culture war amendments could complicate annual defense bill

  12-06-2024 19:57 via thehill.com
  
  Culture war amendments that could be added to the House’s mammoth annual defense bill threaten to turn the normally bipartisan measure into a partisan one, potentially complicating its path to final approval and creating headaches for GOP leaders down the line.The House will vote this week on whether to attach those amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Any number of them would sink support from Democrats, who supported the bill as it came out of committee and had pr
  
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• 4 in 10 support Biden order to secure border: Survey

  12-06-2024 19:39 via thehill.com
  
  Forty percent of Americans support President Biden’s executive order to limit asylum claims at the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a new national poll released Wednesday.The Monmouth University poll found just 27 percent opposed the order, with the remaining third of respondents undecided. The order goes into effect when the seven-day average of crossings passes 2,500, which is under the current level. Senior administration officials framed the order as a response to congressional in
  
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• Republicans introduce measure banning DEI in federal government

  12-06-2024 19:27 via thehill.com
  
  Congressional Republicans have introduced a bill to ban diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs and funding in the federal government. The Dismantle DEI Act, introduced on Wednesday by Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio), would eliminate all federal DEI programs and end DEI-related funding for agencies, contractors, organizations and educational accreditation agencies that receive federal funding.“The DEI agenda is a destructive ideology that breeds hatred and racial division,”
  
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• Johnson backs bill to allow presidents to push state cases to federal court

  12-06-2024 19:19 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is endorsing a bill that would allow presidents to move any state-level prosecutions or civil suits in which they are named to federal court, potentially clearing the way for their dismissal or pardon. The legislation from Rep. Russell Fry (R-S.C.) would allow both sitting and former presidents and vice presidents to bump such cases to the federal court system. Federal prosecutors could then choose to drop the state-level case. Should a former president get
  
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• Johnson predicts House will hold Garland in contempt of Congress

  12-06-2024 18:48 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Wednesday he believes Republicans have the votes to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, even as some GOP lawmakers refuse to disclose where they stand on the contentious matter."I do think the contempt of Merrick Garland will pass on the floor, and we're anxious to have that vote," Johnson said at a press conference.The Speaker's confidence comes as some question whether Republicans have enough support to pass the resolution.Two source
  
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• DOJ memo says Garland cannot be prosecuted for contempt over Biden-Hur audio

  12-06-2024 18:31 via thehill.com
  
  An internal Justice Department (DOJ) memo argued Attorney General Merrick Garland would be protected from prosecution for contempt of Congress given President Biden’s assertion of executive privilege over audio tapes Republicans have sought by subpoena.The 57-page memo from the department's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), obtained by The Hill, lays out the case for Garland’s refusal to turn over the audio of Biden’s conversation with special counsel Robert Hur. The GOP already h
  
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• White House won't rule out commuting Hunter Biden’s sentence

  12-06-2024 18:20 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Wednesday didn’t rule out President Biden commuting the sentence of his son Hunter Biden after a jury delivered a guilty verdict the day before on all three charges related to the purchase of a gun.Administration officials were peppered with questions for the first time since the verdict was delivered during a gaggle with reporters on Air Force One while the president was en route for Italy for the Group of Seven summit later this week.The president previously said he wo
  
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