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• Lawmakers push GAO to review 'unnecessary surgeries' performed on migrants

  10-05-2024 17:24 via thehill.com
  
  A trio of lawmakers is asking the Government Accountability Office to take up an investigation of medical care provided to migrants in detention facilities, knocking an earlier report they say failed to thoroughly review “unnecessary surgeries.”The ask, led by Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, comes after a string of reports detailing inadequate medical care in some cases, while in other instances invasive surgeries like hysterectomies
  
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• 5 takeaways from Fauci's heated House hearing

  03-06-2024 23:38 via thehill.com
  
  During his first congressional hearing in nearly two years, former chief White House medical adviser Anthony Fauci picked up where he left off: trading barbs with Republicans over the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fauci’s public testimony before the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic was long anticipated and preceded by two days of closed-door interviews in January. More recent hearings focused on Fauci’s former subordinates have raised
  
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• Netanyahu to address Congress on June 13

  03-06-2024 23:36 via thehill.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will deliver an address to Congress on June 13, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill on Monday, setting the stage for what is certain to be a contentious event as many progressives vow to boycott the speech.The top four congressional leaders on Friday formally invited Netanyahu to address a joint meeting of Congress, which the longtime Israeli leader accepted. In a post on the social platform X, Netanyahu said he was “thrill
  
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• Menendez's son faces tough primary in shadow of embattled father

  03-06-2024 22:09 via thehill.com
  
  Embattled Sen. Bob Menendez’s (D-N.J.) son is running for his political life as his scandal-plagued father threatens to drag him down in his bid for reelection.Rep. Rob Menendez (D-N.J.) is running for another term representing New Jersey’s 8th Congressional District, a solidly liberal area where the winner of the primary will almost certainly win the general election in November.But the younger Menendez is facing a formidable primary challenge Tuesday from Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla
  
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• Listen live: White House press briefing aboard Air Force One

  03-06-2024 22:00 via thehill.com
  
  White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will deliver a press briefing aboard Air Force One on a short flight from Delaware Air National Guard Base to White Plains, New York. President Biden is heading to Greenwich, Connecticut, this evening for a campaign reception.Biden is reportedly planning to sign an executive order that could temporarily block the entry of migrants at the southern U.S. border based on the number of daily encounters. The move marks a new direction for the White House,
  
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• Biden urges Qatar to pressure Hamas in accepting cease-fire proposal

  03-06-2024 21:41 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Monday urged Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani of Qatar to pressure Hamas to accept the cease-fire proposal Israel offered.The two leaders spoke on the phone, during which they confirmed that the cease-fire and hostage release deal is on the table and that the next step is Hamas taking it.The president on Friday announced the terms of an Israel-led proposal that includes a three-part road map to an end to fighting and release of all remaining hostages, signaling the st
  
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• Watch: Kid steals Republican lawmaker's thunder on House floor

  03-06-2024 21:15 via thehill.com
  
  Sparring lawmakers and made-for-TV moments in House hearings have nothing on Congress's newest, adorable viral star: Rep. John Rose's 6-year-old son.
  The Tennessee Republican's kindergarten graduate has won over political junkie fans and C-SPAN devotees with a tongue-filled display while his dad delivered remarks on the floor.Rose's son, Guy, could be seen mugging for the cameras on Monday as the congressman condemned former President Trump's conviction last week in the New York hush
  
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• Fauci gives spirited defense to GOP claims of COVID cover-up: Recap

  03-06-2024 20:10 via thehill.com
  
  Recorded earlierAnthony Fauci, the face of the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is appearing before a congressional committee Monday for the first time since retiring about 18 months ago.
  UPDATE: Fauci denies influencing COVID origins researchFauci: Trump's COVID travel bans were not 'racist and xenophobic'Throughout the hearing, Fauci has offered a spirited defense of the government's response to the pandemic and denied any efforts to improperly influence the debate over COVID's orig
  
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• Biden expected to sign border measure on Tuesday to curb asylum

  03-06-2024 20:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is expected to sign an executive order on Tuesday that would give the White House additional authority to limit the flow of migrants across the southern border, sources confirmed to The Hill.The order would allow border officials to turn away migrants at the southern border once crossings surpass a certain number, an official said.The Associated Press reported the order would shut down the border after 2,500 daily encounters, and the border would reopen once the number of encount
  
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• GOP chair reprimands Greene for refusing to call Fauci 'doctor'

  03-06-2024 19:26 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) was reprimanded by Rep. Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio), the chair of the House Oversight and Accountability Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, for refusing to recognize Anthony Fauci as a doctor while questioning him.
  Fauci, who became the face of the administration’s COVID-19 response while serving as head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testified before the GOP-led committee on Monday for the first time since retiri
  
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• Fauci chokes up while talking about harassment of family

  03-06-2024 18:39 via thehill.com
  
  Anthony Fauci, the face of the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, appeared to grow emotional on Monday as he described during congressional testimony the harassment and death threats he and his family continue to face.In his first appearance before Congress since retiring about 18 months ago, Fauci offered a spirited defense of his work in the government and described the challenges he has experienced after becoming a punching bag for critics of the federal pandemic response.“Yes,
  
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• GOP wants to slash State Department funding in 2025

  03-06-2024 18:38 via thehill.com
  
  House Republicans are proposing a cut of about 11 percent to the State Department budget, in a proposal released Monday for the main funding bill for the department. The spending cuts target efforts to address climate change and promote LGBTQ visibility and inclusivity. They decrease international spending on refugee and migration crises, and cut funding for the United Nations and international programs — in particular women’s health related to family planning and education abou
  
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• White House says Biden would veto military construction-VA bill

  03-06-2024 18:30 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Monday signaled that it is opposed to a bill passed by the House Appropriations Committee that funds military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), raising concerns about "partisan" amendments that target LGBTQ Americans and abortion access.The White House Office of Management and Budget said in a statement that the bill has "numerous, partisan policy provisions with devastating consequences" for reproductive rights, the LGBTQ community, marriage equality a
  
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• Live updates: Fauci gives spirited defense to GOP claims of COVID coverup

  03-06-2024 17:53 via thehill.com
  
  Anthony Fauci, the face of the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is appearing before a congressional committee Monday for the first time since retiring about 18 months ago.
  UPDATE: Fauci denies influencing COVID origins researchFauci: Trump's COVID travel bans were not 'racist and xenophobic'Throughout the hearing, Fauci has offered a spirited defense of the government's response to the pandemic and denied any efforts to improperly influence the debate over COVID's origin.
  He also beca
  
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• Live updates: Fauci gives spirited defense to GOP claims of COVID cover-up

  03-06-2024 17:53 via thehill.com
  
  Anthony Fauci, the face of the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is appearing before a congressional committee Monday for the first time since retiring about 18 months ago.
  UPDATE: Fauci denies influencing COVID origins researchFauci: Trump's COVID travel bans were not 'racist and xenophobic'Throughout the hearing, Fauci has offered a spirited defense of the government's response to the pandemic and denied any efforts to improperly influence the debate over COVID's origin.
  He also beca
  
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• Harris to attend Ukraine peace summit after Zelensky urged Biden to go

  03-06-2024 17:20 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Harris will travel to Switzerland for the Summit on Peace in Ukraine after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky urged President Biden to attend.Harris will participate in the summit on June 15 in Lucerne, where she is set to “underscore the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to supporting Ukraine’s effort to secure a just and lasting peace, based on Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and the principles of the UN Charter,&
  
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• Biden congratulates Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum on 'historic election'

  03-06-2024 17:15 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Monday congratulated Claudia Sheinbaum for her historic win after she was elected the first female president of Mexico.“I look forward to working closely with President-elect Sheinbaum in the spirit of partnership and friendship that reflects the enduring bonds between our two countries. I expressed our commitment to advancing the values and interests of both our nations to the benefit of our peoples,” Biden said in a statement.Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and fo
  
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• Top Republicans accuse Biden admin of stalling FAFSA investigation

  03-06-2024 17:03 via thehill.com
  
  The top Republicans on the House and Senate education panels are accusing the Department of Education of hindering a government investigation into the botched rollout of the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) forms.Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), chair of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, say the department is “illegally obstructing” the Governme
  
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• Biden shares birthday message to Jill as Hunter heads to court: You are 'the rock of our family'

  03-06-2024 16:50 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is wishing Jill Biden a happy birthday, dubbing the first lady the "rock" of their family.The community college professor and wife of the commander in chief marked her 73rd birthday on Monday.In a message posted on X, the president wrote: "Happy birthday to the love of my life, the life of my love, and the rock of our family.""I love you, Jilly," he said.In a separate post on his White House account, Biden said he was "so proud to be Jill Biden's hus
  
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• Fauci distances himself from NIH scandal ahead of House COVID hearing

  03-06-2024 16:09 via thehill.com
  
  Anthony Fauci, the former government scientist seen as the face of the government's response to COVID-19 pandemic, is distancing himself from former aides at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease who were seemingly trying to evade public records laws. In his opening statement published online ahead of a Monday hearing, Fauci said he “knew nothing” of the actions of David Morens, an agency senior adviser whose emails uncovered by the committee appear to show hi
  
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• Biden vows to 'be there' for his son Hunter, but won't comment on gun trial

  03-06-2024 16:01 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Monday voiced support for his son, Hunter Biden, but said he would not comment on Hunter's federal trial as it got underway in Delaware."I am the President, but I am also a Dad. Jill and I love our son, and we are so proud of the man he is today," Biden said in a statement.
  "Hunter’s resilience in the face of adversity and the strength he has brought to his recovery are inspiring to us," Biden continued. "A lot of families have loved ones who have overcome addiction and
  
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• Live updates: House GOP grills Fauci on COVID origins, NIH records scandal

  03-06-2024 16:00 via thehill.com
  
  Anthony Fauci, the face of the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is appearing before a congressional committee Monday for the first time since retiring about 18 months ago.
  During that time, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic has made little progress in its mission of discovering the origins of the virus, but has made a series of embarrassing findings about Fauci's colleagues.
  His testimony comes on the heels of two highly contentious hearings before the subcommi
  
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• Live updates: Fauci set for grilling on COVID origins, NIH records scandal

  03-06-2024 15:00 via thehill.com
  
  Anthony Fauci, the face of the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic, is set to appear before a congressional committee Monday for the first time since retiring about 18 months ago.
  During that time, the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic has made little progress in its mission of discovering the origins of the virus, but has made a series of embarrassing findings about Fauci's colleagues.
  His testimony comes on the heels of two highly contentious hearings before the subco
  
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• Jill Biden attends first day of Hunter Biden's trial in Delaware

  03-06-2024 14:56 via thehill.com
  
  First lady Jill Biden arrived Monday morning at a Delaware courthouse where her son, Hunter Biden, is set to go on trial on federal gun charges.President Biden and the first lady spent Sunday night in Wilmington, Del., where Hunter Biden's trial is taking place. The Bidens have a residence in Wilmington and frequently travel there on the weekends. Hunter Biden was spotted at the White House last Friday and traveled with the family to Delaware ahead of his trial.The president was not expected to
  
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• Lawmakers to face Trump questions in return to Washington

  03-06-2024 13:02 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump’s conviction in his New York hush money trial is poised to dominate the conversation on Capitol Hill this week, as lawmakers return to Washington and face questions about the guilty verdict and how they think it will affect the presidential election and down-ballot races as the calendar inches closer to November.A handful of vulnerable House Republicans has remained mum on the former president’s conviction, while other GOP lawmakers are
  
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• NIH record-keeping scandal emboldens GOP attacks

  03-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  A brewing controversy involving top officials at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) seemingly trying to hide public records could give Republicans an opening to overhaul the agency and potentially slash its budget should they gain control of the government in November. The emails uncovered as part of the investigation by the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus have put the $49 billion agency under rare bipartisan scrutiny, and outside groups are scrambling to rally its defenders.&nb
  
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• Rep. Jackson Lee reveals pancreatic cancer diagnosis

  03-06-2024 04:53 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) announced that she has pancreatic cancer on Sunday, predicting that treatment could see her “occasionally absent” from Congress.Jackson Lee, 74, who survived a primary challenge in March after losing a run to be Houston’s mayor late last year, said she is optimistic for a recovery.“My doctors have confirmed my diagnosis of pancreatic cancer,” she wrote in a statement. “I am currently undergoing treatment to battle this disease
  
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• Hakeem Jeffries defends Biden saying his son Hunter ‘has done nothing wrong'

  02-06-2024 23:40 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) defended President Biden for saying last year that his son Hunter Biden did "nothing wrong" in connection to the federal investigation related to tax and gun offenses.Jeffries backed up Biden on NBC's "Meet the Press" for his comments regarding the investigation into his son last year when asked if it was "appropriate" for the president to weigh in on the case at the time."President Biden commented as a loving father, as I would hope any loving fath
  
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• Swalwell defends timing of Biden's expected executive order on border security

  02-06-2024 17:38 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Sunday suggested the timing of President Biden's reported executive order on border security is to blame on Republican inaction in Congress, pushing back on GOP criticism that the order is coming too late.
  "Well, look he [Biden] wanted to...he thought it would be validated by having Congress do it. Republicans aren't going to do it, so he's got to do something," Swalwell said when asked on NewsNation's "The Hill Sunday," if Biden's expected executive order on the
  
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• Rep. Mace defends switched support for Trump: 'People want to get rid of Joe Biden'

  02-06-2024 17:26 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) on Sunday defended her endorsement of former President Trump despite her past criticism of the GOP presidential candidate, arguing that the past three-and-a-half years under President Biden have left the country worse off."Well, after almost four years of Joe Biden, it wasn't that difficult to watch and see ballots being cast across the country, seeing the overwhelming support that Donald Trump has within the party," Mace said on NewsNation's "The Hill Sunday."
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