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• Ocasio-Cortez: State of US health care is ‘barbarism’ 

  13-05-2024 01:27 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) described the state of health care in America as “barbarism,” in a forthcoming episode of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) podcast.In a preview of Wednesday’s episode of “Bernie: The Podcast,” Ocasio-Cortez lamented the high costs of health care and housing and the difficult choices many Americans must face, as she recommitted to fighting for progressive change.“The fact that people are choosing between medicine and re
  
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• Netanyahu criticizes Biden administration for not backing ICC sanctions 

  30-05-2024 18:29 via thehill.com
  
  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the Biden administration for not backing sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the Israel-Hamas war.“I'm surprised and disappointed, because I think it's to the detriment, not only of Israel's interest, I think… it's… to the detriment of America's interest, because Israel may be attacked first by the ICC, but you're next. America's really the target,” Netanyahu said in a clip of an interview on
  
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• Biden administration awarding $900M for green school buses

  30-05-2024 17:51 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration announced Thursday that it would be awarding nearly $900 million for clean energy school buses to hundreds of school districts across the country.Through the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) 2023 Clean School Bus Program rebate competition, the agency selected more than 500 school districts to receiving the funding to replace diesel fueled school buses.The funding will also allow schools to purchase more than 3,400 new clean school buses, 92 percent of which
  
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• Biden to mark D-Day anniversary with remarks in France

  30-05-2024 15:32 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden will mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings with remarks in France next month, the White House announced Thursday.Biden will travel to Normandy on June 5 and give his remarks on June 6. He will then participate in other engagements with first lady Jill Biden for the anniversary, which will include greeting American veterans and their family members to honor those who landed at Utah and Omaha beaches in Normandy in 1944.The president celebrated the 79 anniversary of D-Day
  
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• Gaza conditions worse than ever, USAID chief says

  30-05-2024 15:04 via thehill.com
  
  Samantha Power, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), gave a stark warning about the conditions in Gaza this week, as war rages in the region between Israel and Hamas.“Our humanitarian partners working in Gaza tell us that conditions are worse now than ever before,” Power wrote Wednesday in a post on social media platform X. “Israeli military operations & closed crossings are making it extremely difficult to distribute aid.”Her st
  
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• Bowman rips Haley for writing 'finish them' on Israeli bomb: 'Disgusting'

  30-05-2024 14:00 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) tore into former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley Wednesday, calling her a “disgusting human being” after she was photographed writing “Finish them” on an Israeli bomb during a visit to the country this week.The message on the shell, photographed and celebrated by Israel’s former U.N. ambassador Danny Danon, read “Finish them! America [heart] Israel always, Nikki Haley.” Bowman harshly criticized Haley for the comment in a CNN
  
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• Biden opposition leaves House bill hitting ICC in limbo

  30-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The White House has complicated Congress’s plans to reprimand the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the Israel-Hamas war, shooting down the nascent sanctions proposal that bipartisan House negotiators had hoped to move to President Biden’s desk early next month. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), head of the Foreign Affairs Committee, has been in talks with Democrats in both chambers and the administration over legislation to slap penalties on ICC officials for recommending w
  
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• Raskin argues DOJ can force recusals of Alito, Thomas in Jan. 6 cases

  30-05-2024 03:00 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) argued that the Department of Justice (DOJ) could force the recusals of Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito in cases it is facing related to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack.“Everyone assumes that nothing can be done about the recusal situation because the highest court in the land has the lowest ethical standards — no binding ethics code or process outside of personal reflection,” the Maryland Democrat said in an opinion piece in Th
  
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• Roberts faces calls to press Alito for recusal

  30-05-2024 00:15 via thehill.com
  
  House Judiciary Democrats asked Chief Justice John Roberts to detail how the Supreme Court plans to enforce its code of conduct, arguing Justice Samuel Alito violated its policies by raising flags connected to the “Stop the Steal” effort at his two homes.The group accuses Alito of violating one provision that bars justices from endorsing a candidate for office and another that requires recusal in which their “impartiality might reasonably be questioned.”The code of conduc
  
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• Fox News anchor to Alina Habba: Biden 'not responsible' for Trump trial

  29-05-2024 23:22 via thehill.com
  
  Fox News anchor and legal analyst Shannon Bream pushed back on an assertion made by Alina Habba, one of Donald Trump's attorneys, that President Biden is responsible for the criminal charges the former president faces in New York.
  "And Joe Biden unfortunately can't really do anything in office," Habba said as she joined Bream, the host of "Fox News Sunday" who has been broadcasting from outside the Manhattan courthouse where Trump's trial is taking place for much of the afternoon. "So he's got
  
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• Biden predicts next president will appoint ‘a couple justices’

  29-05-2024 22:48 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden predicted that the next president will be able to appoint two new Supreme Court justices during a speech Wednesday, while warning against former President Trump winning another term.“Guess what, the next president, they’re going to be able to appoint a couple of justices and I’ll be damned—” he said at a rally in Philadelphia.The president campaigned at Girard College for the launch of Black Voters for Biden-Harris, an effort intended to mobiliz
  
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• House Ethics Committee launches probe into Cuellar following indictment

  29-05-2024 21:21 via thehill.com
  
  The House Ethics Committee on Wednesday said it has launched an investigation into Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) after he and his wife were indicted on allegations that they accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and laundered the money.Reps. Michael Guest (R-Miss.) and Susan Wild (D-Pa.), the chair and ranking member of the Ethics Committee, respectively, said the panel unanimously voted to establish an investigative subcommittee to look into whether Cuellar “solicited or acce
  
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• Ethics Committee launches probe into Cuellar following indictment

  29-05-2024 21:21 via thehill.com
  
  The House Ethics Committee on Wednesday said it has launched an investigation into Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) after the congressman and his wife were indicted on allegations that they accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes and laundered the money.Reps. Michael Guest (R-Miss.) and Susan Wild (D-Pa.), the chair and ranking member of the Ethics Committee, said the panel unanimously voted to establish an investigative subcommittee to look into whether Cuellar “solicited or accep
  
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• 'This is sexual violence': Ocasio-Cortez boosts bill to tackle AI deepfake porn 

  29-05-2024 20:11 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is emphasizing the need for federal legislation that would add protections around the spread of nonconsensual artificial intelligence (AI) deepfake pornography.  In a Tuesday video, Ocasio-Cortez underscored the need for protections, like the bipartisan Defiance Act she is leading in the House, amid a rise in AI generated nonconsensual porn of prominent figures and regular people.  “This is sexual violence,” Ocasio-Cortez said in the v
  
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• 5 takeaways from Texas's contentious primary runoffs

  29-05-2024 18:02 via thehill.com
  
  Texas’s GOP primary runoffs put Republican intraparty divisions on full display Tuesday night as several mainline conservative incumbents fended off challenges from their right even as other incumbents got picked off.Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and state House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) both survived primary contests against challengers who enjoyed support from either former President Trump or hard-line conservatives.  At the same time, a handful of state lawmakers lost their reele
  
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• 5 takeaways from Texas' contentious primary runoffs

  29-05-2024 18:02 via thehill.com
  
  Texas’ GOP primary runoffs put Republican intraparty divisions on full display Tuesday night as several mainline conservative incumbents fended off challenges from their right even as other incumbents got picked off.  Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and state House Speaker Dade Phelan (R) both survived primary contests against challengers who enjoyed support from either Donald Trump or hardline conservatives.  At the same time, a handful of state lawmakers lost their reelection
  
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• Charlamagne tha God: White House has 'handcuffed' Harris

  29-05-2024 17:46 via thehill.com
  
  Radio host Charlamagne tha God thinks the Biden administration has "handcuffed" Vice President Harris.Charlamagne, who recently called former President Trump a "threat to democracy," joined Brian Kilmeade for an interview on “Fox & Friends,” where they got into a back-and-forth conversation about Harris’s role in the administration and in the media."The Breakfast Club" host said he thinks Harris should make appearances on Fox News so people can’t misconstrue her words
  
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• Putin warns West of 'serious consequences' if Russian soil is hit

  29-05-2024 17:04 via thehill.com
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Tuesday of “serious consequences” if Western countries let Ukraine use their weapons to strike Russian soil.“This constant escalation can lead to serious consequences,” Putin told reporters Tuesday in Uzbekistan, according to multiple news wire services.His remarks come amid heightened pressure from some NATO members and from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to let the war-torn democracy strike Russian soil directly. The Unite
  
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• Gonzales fends off hardline GOP challenger in Texas House runoff

  29-05-2024 04:58 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) is projected to survive a challenge on his right and win the GOP primary in Texas’s 23rd Congressional District, according to Decision Desk HQ. Gonzales defeated YouTuber and guns enthusiast Brandon Herrera in the Republican contest for his congressional seat, which runs from San Antonio to El Paso. The Texas Republican had been forced into a runoff after he was unable to win at least half of the vote outright in the initial March GOP primary. 
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• Gonzales fends off hard-line GOP challenger in Texas House runoff

  29-05-2024 04:58 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) survived a challenge from his right and won the GOP primary in Texas’s 23rd Congressional District, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ.Gonzales narrowly defeated YouTuber and guns enthusiast Brandon Herrera in the Republican contest for his congressional seat, which runs from San Antonio to El Paso. The Texas Republican had been forced into a runoff after he was unable to win at least half of the vote outright in the initial March GOP primary
  
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• White House signals Rafah strike doesn't cross 'red line'

  28-05-2024 21:54 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Tuesday indicated that an Israeli strike that killed dozens of Palestinians in Rafah did not cross a "red line" that would lead to a change in U.S. policy.Multiple administration officials in press briefings on Tuesday described the images out of Rafah as “heart-breaking,” “tragic,” and “horrific.” But there was no sign of an impending policy change as a result because it was an airstrike and not a major ground operation.“We still don&
  
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• DNC plans to virtually nominate Biden ahead of convention amid Ohio ballot concerns

  28-05-2024 20:09 via thehill.com
  
  The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is planning to virtually nominate President Biden ahead of the party’s convention after the Ohio state legislature deadlocked on a fix last week to get the president on the ballot in November.  DNC Chairman Jaime Harrison announced that Democrats would be holding a virtual roll call to ensure Biden gets on the ballot in all 50 states — an announcement that came on the same day as Ohio state lawmakers returned to the Capitol for a special s
  
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• Trump backs Virginia GOP Rep. Bob Good's challenger

  28-05-2024 16:33 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump announced Tuesday that he is endorsing Rep. Bob Good's (R-Va.) primary challenger, Virginia state Sen. John McGuire, who is looking to unseat the incumbent in the June 18 primary.Good — who chairs the conservative House Freedom Caucus — initially endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) bid for president, becoming one of the rare GOP figures willing to back a candidate other than Trump in the race.Once DeSantis ended his campaign, Good immediately threw h
  
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• GOP tempers expectations on appropriations bills

  28-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  House Republicans are pressing forward with aggressive plans to mark up and pass their 12 annual funding bills for fiscal year 2025 before the August recess, but some are dialing back expectations after intraparty divisions over spending plagued the process last year.House Republicans took a key step this week in passing legislation out of committee to fund military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs for most of next year. The bill marked the first of the 12 partisan fundin
  
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• AOC calls Israeli attack on Rafah camp 'an indefensible atrocity'

  27-05-2024 22:53 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) blasted an Israeli strike on Rafah that killed at least 45 people over the weekend as “an indefensible atrocity,” as criticism rises of the Israeli military operation in the southern Gaza city.The Israeli strike on the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood of Rafah targeted a humanitarian zone filled with tents, where Israel’s military previously instructed displaced Palestinians to shelter from the ongoing war against militant group Hamas, the Gaza
  
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• Biden honors late son Beau in somber Memorial Day message: 'The hurt is still real'

  27-05-2024 18:03 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden addressed a packed Arlington National Cemetery Monday to mark Memorial Day, making somber remembrance of members of the armed forces killed in combat.“We gather at this sacred place at this solemn moment to remember and to honor the sacrifice of the hundreds of thousands of women and men have given their lives to this nation,” Biden said. “Each one, literally, a link in the chain of honor stretching back to our founding days, each one bound by common commitment
  
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• Leaders in Congress join together to honor the fallen on Memorial Day

  27-05-2024 17:51 via thehill.com
  
  Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle came together Monday to honor fallen soldiers this Memorial Day.Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said America honors the “brave men and women of the U.S. Military who have paid the ultimate sacrifice while defending our country.”“We owe them, and the families they left behind, an eternal debt of gratitude,” he posted on social media platform X.House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) shared a video honoring the military members who de
  
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• GOP in limbo on Garland contempt vote as some Republicans cast doubts

  27-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The House GOP effort to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress is in limbo, with Republicans unsure whether they have the votes to pass the measure.Two committees last week easily passed resolutions to censure Garland, and Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has since projected confidence, saying he expects the measure to pass “handily” once lawmakers return from their weeklong Memorial Day recess. But a source familiar with behind-the-scenes discussions said the
  
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• GOP rep Gonzales doubles down on criticism of 'neo-Nazi' opponent in runoff

  27-05-2024 00:15 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) again called his primary opponent a “neo-Nazi” on Sunday as he prepares for a close runoff election Tuesday that has divided the GOP.The two-term border district congressman fought back against members of his party who have backed his primary rival, social media influencer Brandon Herrera. Neither candidate won a majority of the vote in a March runoff election, leading to Tuesday’s primary.“Are we going to be the party that governs and gets th
  
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• Climate change is already impacting transportation: Buttigieg

  26-05-2024 21:32 via thehill.com
  
  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg sounded the alarm bell on climate change, warning that it is already affecting modes of transit.“The reality is, the effects of climate change are already upon us in terms of our transportation,” Buttigieg said in an interview that aired on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday.“We’ve seen that in the form of everything from heat waves that shouldn’t statistically even be possible, threatening to melt the cables
  
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