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• Pennsylvania Democrat blasts Alito for blaming flag controversy on his wife

  26-05-2024 17:36 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Penn.), in a Sunday interview, blasted Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito for blaming his wife for displaying the upside-down flag outside his home in the days following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” Dean invoked Memorial Day as she stressed the importance of abiding by a code of ethics – when asked to respond to the latest Alito controversy.“I think I'll end where I started, which i
  
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• Donalds responds to MSNBC’s Joy Reid: ‘Crabs in a barrel’

  26-05-2024 17:13 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) on Sunday pushed back against criticism that he was being used as a “prop” while campaigning with former President Trump in the Bronx this past week.Donalds – a prominent Black Republican lawmaker and close ally of the former president’s – defended himself after MSNBC host Joy Reid said Trump was using Donalds as a prop. “The one Black guy that Republicans love to roll out as fake proof that Black people, the Blacks, are MAGA,
  
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• Democrat says ICC as ‘irrelevant’ as “Harry Potter School of Magic’

  26-05-2024 16:43 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) blasted the International Criminal Court (ICC) as political and irrelevant in a Sunday interview with Fox News’s Shannon Bream.“This is totally political. The ICC is irrelevant. They have no jurisdiction. We might as well call them the Harry Potter School of Magic,” Moskowitz said in an interview on “Fox News Sunday.”Moskowitz criticized the ICC for targeting Israel, while not similarly targeting China and Syria – even though none
  
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• Fight over sanctions on international court splinters Democrats

  26-05-2024 16:20 via thehill.com
  
  The bipartisan effort to punish the International Criminal Court (ICC) for its proposal to charge Israeli leaders with war crimes is splintering Democrats in the House, where liberal human-rights advocates are defending the world court against party leaders poised to slap it with sanctions.The dispute is just the latest in a long-running feud between Israel’s Democratic allies — who have accused the ICC’s top prosecutor of promoting false equivalencies between the democratic le
  
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• Democrat: Nate Silver idea of Biden leaving ticket is ‘ridiculous’

  26-05-2024 15:55 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) said in a Sunday interview that pollster Nate Silver’s suggestion that President Biden leaves the presidential ticket is “ridiculous” at this stage in the election cycle.“No, it’s not a conversation worth having,” Moskowitz told Fox News’s Shannon Bream when asked in an interview on “Fox News Sunday” whether Biden should consider leaving the ticket.Silver, who founded the prominent polling website FiveT
  
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• Democrat: Biden leaving ticket is ‘ridiculous’

  26-05-2024 15:55 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.) said in a Sunday interview that pollster Nate Silver’s suggestion that President Biden leaves the presidential ticket is “ridiculous” at this stage in the election cycle.“No, it’s not a conversation worth having,” Moskowitz told Fox News’s Shannon Bream when asked in an interview on “Fox News Sunday” whether Biden should consider leaving the ticket.Silver, who founded the prominent polling website FiveT
  
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• Biden administration puts pressure on China to halt military drills near Taiwan

  25-05-2024 19:28 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration said Saturday that U.S. officials are "deeply concerned" about the extensive military drills in the Taiwan Strait, putting pressure on China to "act with restraint."“The United States is deeply concerned over the People’s Liberation Army joint military drills in the Taiwan Strait and around Taiwan,” a Saturday statement from State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller reads. “We are monitoring [People’s Republic of China] activities closely
  
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• Dems urge action on police bill in honor of George Floyd on 4th death anniversary

  25-05-2024 18:41 via thehill.com
  
  Democratic lawmakers made a new push for federal police reform Saturday on the fourth anniversary of George Floyd's death.Floyd, a Black man, died May 25, 2020, after a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck for more than nine minutes. His final words, "I can't breathe," became a rallying cry for worldwide protests following the incident.The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which was reintroduced by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), earlier this week. The bill, first introduc
  
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• Harris unveils plan to double internet access in Africa

  25-05-2024 14:46 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris announced a new partnership Friday that will double internet access across Africa.Roughly 40 percent of the continent has access to the web, and the new partnership looks to increase it to 80 percent. Harris’s announcement follows a trip last year to Africa and came as Kenyan President William Ruto visited Washington for a state visit.
  During a conversation with Ruto, the vice president stressed that the U.S. wants to reimagine its relationship with Africa. She
  
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• Austin resumes Pentagon duties after minimally invasive procedure

  25-05-2024 13:26 via thehill.com
  
  Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin resumed his powers after temporarily transferring them to his deputy as he underwent a medical procedure Friday evening. The Pentagon announced Friday that Austin would be undergoing a "scheduled, elective, and minimally invasive" nonsurgical procedure on his bladder at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. His powers were temporarily transferred to Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks.The procedure began at 6 p.m. EDT and lasted appro
  
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• GOP gets scalps in COVID probe, but origin of virus still a mystery

  25-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The GOP-controlled subcommittee on the coronavirus pandemic appears to be swaying the Biden administration with its exhaustive examinations targeting groups and individuals with links to the unproven COVID-19 lab leak theory. In the past month, the subcommittee has heard testimony from EcoHealth Alliance President Peter Daszak and Lawrence Tabak, principal deputy director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It also called in David Morens, a top deputy to former COVID czar Anthony Fa
  
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•  Crockett says GOP colleagues gave her a 'thumbs up, winks' after Greene tiff

  25-05-2024 04:21 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) signaled Friday that several of her Republican colleagues showed their approval of her response to the fracas with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) last week, even giving her a "thumbs up."Asked by MSNBC host Joy Reid about the spat and how it is to work alongside Greene, Crockett said it is "completely unproductive."“Listen, she is showing the world who she is and the fact that the Republicans continue to give her cover, it tells us who they are as well,
  
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• Crockett says GOP colleagues gave her a 'thumbs up, winks' after Greene tiff

  25-05-2024 04:21 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) signaled Friday that several of her Republican colleagues showed their approval of her response to the fracas with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) last week, even giving her a "thumbs up."Asked by MSNBC host Joy Reid about the spat and how it is to work alongside Greene, Crockett said it is "completely unproductive."“Listen, she is showing the world who she is and the fact that the Republicans continue to give her cover, it tells us who they are as well,
  
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• Amendment killing nationally legal cannabis makes it into House Farm Bill

  24-05-2024 23:24 via thehill.com
  
  A ban on intoxicating hemp products has made it into the House version of the Farm Bill.If the amendment makes it through a polarized House and divided Congress, it would end America's brief experiment with nationally legal cannabis.The language added to the House version of the Farm Bill by Rep. Mary Miller (R-Iowa) in effect repeals a sweeping legal change passed by an all-Republican coalition in 2018’s Farm Bill. That previous bill made it fa
  
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• Austin will undergo procedure, transfer Pentagon powers

  24-05-2024 22:46 via thehill.com
  
  Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will transfer his powers to Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks temporarily, as he undergoes a medical procedure, the Pentagon announced Friday.The nonsurgical procedure on his bladder is “scheduled, elective, and minimally invasive” and will be performed at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Pentagon spokesperson Major Gen. Patrick Ryder said in a statement.The bladder issue is not related to his prostate cancer diagnosis and his &ld
  
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• Biden to welcome Kansas City Chiefs to White House

  24-05-2024 15:36 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden will welcome the Kansas City Chiefs to the White House on May 31, the White House announced on Friday.The Chiefs beat the San Francisco 49ers to win the 2023 Super Bowl in Las Vegas. The also won the Super Bowl the year prior and visited the White House in June 2023.During last year's visit, Biden, who often quips that he’s a Philadelphia Eagles fan by marriage, said he predicts Chiefs star Patrick Mahomes will be considered one of the best quarterbacks ever.The White House
  
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• Space guard, COVID amnesty and other House Defense bill highlights

  24-05-2024 11:30 via thehill.com
  
  The House has advanced its mammoth $883.7 billion Defense policy bill for fiscal 2025, legislation that includes a number of controversial measures including the rehiring of troops kicked out for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine and one giving state governors veto power over a Space Force transfer.The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was approved Wednesday night by the House Armed Services Committee in a vote of 57-1 after more than 700 amendments were negotiated over roughly 12 hours. Rep
  
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• Here's what's in the mammoth $883.7B Defense bill the House passed

  24-05-2024 11:30 via thehill.com
  
  The House has advanced its mammoth $883.7 billion Defense policy bill for fiscal 2025, legislation comprising a number of controversial measures, including the rehiring of troops kicked out for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine and one giving state governors veto power over a Space Force transfer.The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was approved Wednesday night by the House Armed Services Committee in a 57-1 vote after more than 700 amendments were negotiated over roughly 12 hours. Rep. Ro
  
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• Here's what's in the mammoth $883.7B defense bill passed by the House

  24-05-2024 11:30 via thehill.com
  
  The House has advanced its mammoth $883.7 billion Defense policy bill for fiscal 2025, legislation that includes a number of controversial measures including the rehiring of troops kicked out for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine and one giving state governors veto power over a Space Force transfer.The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) was approved Wednesday night by the House Armed Services Committee in a vote of 57-1 after more than 700 amendments were negotiated over roughly 12 hours. Rep
  
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• Johnson says Netanyahu to address joint session of Congress 'soon' 

  24-05-2024 05:01 via thehill.com
  
  House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Thursday announced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will "soon" address a joint session of Congress.“Tonight, I’m happy to announce something else to you: that we will soon be hosting Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Capitol for a joint session of Congress,” Johnson said Thursday during a speech marking Israel’s independence at an event hosted by the Israeli embassy.
  “This will be a timely and I think a very strong show
  
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• Comer criticizes 'repeat offenders of breaking decorum' during Congressional hearings

  24-05-2024 04:00 via thehill.com
  
  House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) on Thursday pinned the blame of last week's raucous contempt hearing on a few "repeat offenders of breaking decorum" on Capitol Hill.
  "It's very unfortunate, it wasn't the first time, I hope it's the last time," Comer quipped in an interview on CNN. "The members that have been constant repeat offensives of breaking decorum have all been called out and hopefully it won't happen again."
  Nearly an hour of disorder unfolded durin
  
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• Congressional Black Caucus condemns Speaker Johnson’s treatment of Kenya’s president

  24-05-2024 02:10 via thehill.com
  
  The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) shared a post online Wednesday condemning Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for refusing to host Kenyan President William Ruto for a joint meeting of Congress, which is typically extended to other international leaders.“While @SpeakerJohnson might not have given the President of Kenya the opportunity to address a Joint Session of Congress, the CBC was proud to welcome President Ruto to the United States Capitol today,” the CBC posted on the social plat
  
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• Black Caucus condemns Speaker Johnson’s treatment of Kenya’s president

  24-05-2024 02:10 via thehill.com
  
  The Congressional Black Caucus shared a post online Wednesday condemning Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for refusing to host Kenyan President William Ruto for a joint meeting of Congress, which is typically extended to other international leaders.“While @SpeakerJohnson might not have given the President of Kenya the opportunity to address a Joint Session of Congress, the CBC was proud to welcome President Ruto to the United States Capitol today,” The Black Caucus posted on social media
  
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• House races to sanction ICC over Israel war crimes allegations

  24-05-2024 00:53 via thehill.com
  
  Lawmakers in both parties are racing against the clock to secure a bipartisan bill to sanction International Criminal Court (ICC) officials after they filed requests for arrest warrants for top Israeli leaders, hoping a forceful bipartisan response from Washington will deter the court’s judges from ratifying the charges in the coming weeks.Congress left Washington on Thursday for a long holiday recess without reaching a bipartisan agreement on exactly how to push back against the
  
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• Sparks fly over SNAP at partisan markup of House farm bill

  24-05-2024 00:31 via thehill.com
  
  Democrats and Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee sparred over food aid on Thursday at the markup of the chamber’s version of the $1.5 trillion omnibus farm bill.The issue set off partisan fireworks at the contentious session, during which representatives from both sides of the aisle took to the dais to extol the virtues of bipartisanship while accusing their opposite numbers of throwing those values in the trash.Lawmakers fiercely debated whether Republican attempts to freeze c
  
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• Sparks fly over SNAP at contentious markup of House farm bill

  24-05-2024 00:31 via thehill.com
  
  Democrats and Republicans on the House Agriculture Committee sparred over food aid on Thursday at the markup of the chamber’s version of the $1.5 trillion omnibus farm bill.The issue set off partisan fireworks at the contentious session, during which representatives from both sides of the aisle took to the dais to extol the virtues of bipartisanship while accusing their opposite numbers of throwing those values in the trash.Lawmakers fiercely debated whether Republican attempts to freeze
  
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• Pennsylvania Democrat suffers 'minor stroke,' will be out six weeks

  24-05-2024 00:10 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Dwight Evans (D-Penn.) said on Thursday he suffered a “minor stroke” and will be out for six weeks as he recovers.Evans, who represents Philadelphia, said in a statement he received the diagnosis this week and did not realize at the time of the incident that he was having a stroke. He said the stroke should have no bearing on his ability to continue serving his constituents in the long term.“I wanted to let my constituents know that I am recovering from a minor stroke, and
  
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• Biden reaffirms commitment to gun reform in letter to Uvalde shooting victims’ families

  24-05-2024 00:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden penned a letter to the families of the victims of the deadly mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, reaffirming his commitment to gun violence prevention to mark two years since the tragedy.Biden notes in the letter, dated for the anniversary Friday, that him and first lady Jill Biden visited Uvalde after the shooting. He said, “When we met with the families, they had the same message we hear in the aftermath of all too many mass shootings: Do something.&rd
  
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• Garland mocks House Oversight Committee over raucous contempt hearing

  23-05-2024 23:56 via thehill.com
  
  Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday took a quick jab at the House Oversight Committee for devolving into highly publicized chaos last week during a markup to hold him in contempt of Congress.
  When asked Thursday if he watched the Oversight Committee's hearing last week, Garland quipped, "I caught part of that hearing on 'Saturday Night Live.'"
  Nearly an hour of disorder unfolded during the contempt markup when Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) cl
  
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