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• Seattle, Portland, NYC sue Trump administration over threat to pull federal money

  22-10-2020 22:01 via thehill.com
  
  New York City, Seattle and Portland, Ore., sued the Trump administration in federal court on Thursday over its threat to pull federal funding after the Department of Justice (DOJ) alleged that the cities “permit anarchy.”The suit in...
  
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• Here's what to know about the Pennsylvania primaries

  23-04-2024 20:49 via thehill.com
  
  Voters in the Keystone State will be heading to the polls on Tuesday to cast their votes in several important primaries, including in the presidential race, the race for Sen. Bob Casey’s (D-Pa.) seat and several closely watched House races. Though President Biden and Donald Trump are not expected to face any major primary challengers, their respective primaries will be closely watched as both are likely to see protest votes.  Some Democrats are staging a vote against Biden o
  
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• Biden trolls Trump on injecting bleach anniversary

  23-04-2024 19:52 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Tuesday trolled former President Trump on the anniversary of him suggesting Americans inject bleach during the COVID-19 pandemic.Biden shared a video, marking that four years ago Trump infamously said “I see the disinfectant, which knocks it out in a minute… is there a way we can do something like that? By injection inside, almost a cleaning.”“Don’t inject bleach. And don’t vote for the guy who told you to inject bleach,” Biden s
  
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• DOJ reaches $138.7 million settlement with Larry Nassar victims

  23-04-2024 19:36 via thehill.com
  
  The Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached a $138.7 million settlement with the more than 100 assault survivors of disgraced Olympic Team USA gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar over allegations the department failed to investigate sexual assault accusations against him.The settlement, announced Tuesday by the DOJ, resolves the 139 administrative claims against the FBI alleging the agency inadequately probed Nassar's sexual abuse spanning nearly two decades.
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• Biden to deliver commencement addresses at Morehouse College and West Point

  23-04-2024 19:17 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden will deliver a pair of commencement addresses next month as part of graduation season, the White House announced Tuesday.Biden will speak on May 19 at Morehouse College, a historically Black college located in Atlanta. Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) is among the many notable alumni from the school."Proud that @POTUS is the commencement speaker this year at my alma mater, @Morehouse!" Warnock posted on X.The Biden administration has frequently touted its investments in Historically
  
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• Omar's daughter says she was sprayed with 'chemical weapons' during protest

  23-04-2024 18:56 via thehill.com
  
  The daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said she and others were sprayed with "chemical weapons" while protesting the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza at Columbia University.
  Isra Hirsi, 21, told MSNBC on Monday she believes there is "some hypocrisy" in the way the university is punishing the pro-Palestinian demonstrators, when compared to the treatment of counterprotesters.
  "This is 100 percent targeted," Hirsi said. "Every single protest that we have, there's a group of counterprotesters that bring
  
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• Omar daughter says she was sprayed with 'chemical weapons' during protest

  23-04-2024 18:56 via thehill.com
  
  The daughter of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said she and others were sprayed with "chemical weapons" while protesting the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza at Columbia University.
  Isra Hirsi, 21, told MSNBC on Monday she believes there is "some hypocrisy" in the way the university is punishing the pro-Palestinian demonstrators, when compared to the treatment of counter-protestors.
  "This is 100-percent targeted," Hirsi said. "Every single protest that we have, there's a group of counter protestors that brin
  
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• GOP senators press Biden officials to 'restore order' to college campuses

  23-04-2024 18:21 via thehill.com
  
  GOP senators on Tuesday sent a letter to Biden administration officials demanding they “restore order” to college campuses amid contentious pro-Palestine protests. Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and 26 other Senate Republicans sent a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Attorney General Merrick Garland telling them to “restore order to campuses that have been effectively shut down by anti-Semitic mobs that are targeting Jewish students.”The letter comes as mult
  
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• Cardona 'deeply concerned' about situation at Columbia: 'Antisemitic hate' is 'unacceptable'

  23-04-2024 17:43 via thehill.com
  
  Education Secretary Miguel Cardona released a statement Tuesday condemning Columbia University as bipartisan concerns about antisemitism on campus have risen.  “Antisemitic hate on college campuses is unacceptable. I am deeply concerned by what is happening at Columbia University,” Cardona said in a post on X. Columbia is almost a week into the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” that students created, refusing to leave until demands, such as divesting from Israel, are
  
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• Biden sets goal to protect wetlands, rivers and streams

  23-04-2024 16:53 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Tuesday announced a new goal to protect millions of miles of wetlands, rivers and streams. As the White House hosts a “water summit” it announced that it wants to set a new national goal to protect 8 million acres of wetlands and 100,000 miles of rivers and streams. The quantities of water outlined in Tuesday’s announcement, while more specific, do not appear to be more ambitious than an existing goal of protecting 30 percent of the nation’s l
  
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• Former DHS disinformation office chief joins nonprofit, calls out GOP lawmakers

  23-04-2024 16:43 via thehill.com
  
  Nina Jankowicz, the former Department of Homeland Security disinformation chief, has joined a nonprofit to combat disinformation ahead of the 2024 election and as artificial intelligence (AI) is on the rise.Jankowicz joined The American Sunlight Project and sent a letter to congressional leaders who have “done little to improve the health of our information environment” in the years since Russia interfered with the 2016 U.S. presidential election.“Since April 2022, extremists h
  
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• Pelosi: Netanyahu an obstacle in two-state solution and should resign

  23-04-2024 16:01 via thehill.com
  
  Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi claimed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is an “obstacle” in a two-state solution between Israel and Gaza and said he should resign.In an interview with RTÉ’s Six One News during a visit to Ireland, Pelosi spoke about the aftermath of Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel and Netanyahu’s deadly counteroffensive that has left more than 34,000 Palestinians dead, according to local health officials.“We recognize Israel’
  
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• Greene faces uphill battle to oust Johnson

  23-04-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is escalating her threat to remove Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from power, but she faces a steep climb if she hopes to achieve that goal. Not only has the Speaker recently received a glowing review from former President Trump, the GOP’s presumed presidential nominee, but Democrats remain ready to rescue Johnson from a conservative coup. On top of that, many of the conservatives most frustrated with Johnson’s leadership style are opposing a mo
  
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• Even immigration restrictionists stay away from GOP's 'invasion' rhetoric

  23-04-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Republican use of the term “invasion” is putting party officials at odds with the immigration restrictionists behind much of the party’s ideological framework on the issue.The term has become a mainstay of Republican political rhetoric ahead of elections in November, but its use as a descriptor of the situation at the southern border has been widely panned as inaccurate and incendiary, even by groups including the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) and NumbersUSA.At a House N
  
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• Biden to speak on abortion in first Florida visit since state Supreme Court ruling

  23-04-2024 11:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden will deliver a speech in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday focused on reproductive rights, taking center stage on abortion about one week ahead of the state’s six-week ban taking effect.  Biden is expected to place the blame for the state’s abortion restrictions squarely on former President Trump, who has repeatedly taken credit for appointing the Supreme Court justices who overturned Roe v. Wade in June 2022. The Biden campaign said the president is going to “f
  
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• GOP lawmaker: You can't call 'for the eradication of Jews and think everything is going to be just okay'

  23-04-2024 02:30 via thehill.com
  
  GOP Rep. Mike Lawler (N.Y.) on Monday emphasized the need for "consequences" against those involved in the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University.
  "I mean there are consequences to actions. That's what some of these folks don't seem to understand. You can't call for the eradication of Jews and think everything is going to be just okay because you're entitled to free speech," Lawler said Monday in an interview on NewsNation's "The Hill."
  Lawler was responding to comments made by the daug
  
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• GOP lawmaker: You can't call 'for the eradication of Jews and think everything is going to be just OK'

  23-04-2024 02:30 via thehill.com
  
  GOP Rep. Mike Lawler (N.Y.) on Monday emphasized the need for "consequences" against those involved in the pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University.
  "I mean there are consequences to actions. That's what some of these folks don't seem to understand. You can't call for the eradication of Jews and think everything is going to be just OK because you're entitled to free speech," Lawler said Monday in an interview on NewsNation's "The Hill."
  Lawler was responding to comments made by the daugh
  
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• Maxwell Frost on Earth Day calls Trump a 'threat to our planet'

  22-04-2024 23:33 via thehill.com
  
  On Earth Day, progressive Democrat Maxwell Frost (Fla.) is calling former President Trump a “threat to the planet.”In a statement that was first shared with The Hill, Frost, who is on the Biden campaign’s National Advisory Board, cited the former president’s previous comments calling climate change a hoax. “Donald Trump doesn’t believe in the threat of climate change, which makes Donald a threat to our planet and every future generation,” Frost said
  
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• Trump on Johnson's handling of Ukraine vote: 'You can't really get too tough' with slim majority

  22-04-2024 23:23 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump on Monday offered a defense of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) amid blowback from conservatives over Johnson's decision to bring additional aid for Ukraine and other national security priorities to the House floor for a vote over the weekend.In his first comments since the national security funding package passed the House with bipartisan support on Saturday, Trump told conservative radio host Chris Stigall that Johnson was in a difficult position because of the GOP
  
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• Ilhan Omar weighs in on Columbia protests where daughter was arrested

  22-04-2024 22:28 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Monday applauded the solidarity among the Columbia University students protesting for a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war, while noting the attention needs to be kept on the "genocide in Gaza," as authorities arrest dozens of students, including her daughter, for their involvement.
  "On Thursday, Columbia arrested and suspended its students who were peacefully protesting and have now ignited a nationwide Gaza Solidarity movement," Omar wrote Monday on the social pla
  
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• Biden, congressional allies tout environmental record in Earth Day remarks

  22-04-2024 22:02 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden recognized Earth Day by touting his administration’s environmental efforts, including a Civilian Climate Corps and a $7 billion “Solar for All" program to expand access to rooftop solar power.“The impacts you’re seeing, decades in the making because of inaction, are only going to get more frequent, ferocious and costly,” Biden said Monday in remarks in Triangle, Va.The president pushed back on the notion of a binary choice between combating climate c
  
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• Biden condemns 'antisemitic protests' and 'those who don't understand what's going on with the Palestinians'

  22-04-2024 21:55 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Monday said he condemns antisemitic protests amid escalating pro-Palestine demonstrations at Columbia University and on other U.S. college campuses.“I condemn the antisemitic protests, that’s why I set up a program to deal with that. I also condemn those who don’t understand what’s going on with the Palestinians and their, how they’re being —,” the president said before getting cut off.He was then asked if the Columbia University presi
  
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• Blinken says no 'double standard' for Israel ahead of expected sanctions on military unit

  22-04-2024 21:31 via thehill.com
  
  The State Department investigation into allegations of Israeli human rights abuses and the role of American weapons in potential violations is being carried out to the same standard as that for any other country, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday.Blinken was speaking during the release of the State Department’s 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, but he addressed the department preparing to announce in the coming days restrictions on military assistance for specific
  
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• Blinken says no 'double standard' for Israel ahead of expected sanctions on IDF unit

  22-04-2024 21:31 via thehill.com
  
  The State Department investigation into allegations of Israeli human rights abuses and the role of American weapons in potential violations is being carried out to the same standard as that for any other country, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday.Blinken was speaking during the release of the State Department’s 2023 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, but addressed the department preparing to announce in the coming days restrictions on military assistance for specific
  
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• Gottheimer: Columbia ‘will pay the price’ if protests aren’t controlled

  22-04-2024 21:03 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.) joined a group of Jewish Democrats in a visit to Columbia University on Monday as the school grapples with fiery pro-Palestinian protests on campus that have led to mounting criticism of the university’s leadership from all sides. The Democratic members denounced the protests, which they described as antisemitic, with Gottheimer going a step further and threatening university leadership if action is not taken to reign in the demonstrations.“We are a
  
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• Greene says MAGA base 'done with Republican leadership like Mike Johnson'

  22-04-2024 21:01 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday doubled down on her criticism of Speaker Mike Johnson, arguing former President Trump's "MAGA" base is opposed to Johnson after he "betrayed" Republicans.
  Greene, speaking with former White House aide Steve Bannon on his podcast "The War Room," claimed she has not seen the MAGA base - supporters of Trump's Make America Great Again movement - this angry since the 2020 election, when former President Trump lost his reelection bid to now-President Biden
  
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• Harris discusses reproductive freedom at campaign event: Watch live

  22-04-2024 20:45 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Harris will address abortion access Monday afternoon in a campaign stop in La Crosse, Wis., during her third visit to the critical swing state this year.Harris has taken the lead in the White House’s efforts to restore national protections for reproductive rights. The issue has taken on greater urgency for abortion-rights advocates as several states have moved to codify strong restrictions on abortions. Last week, Harris visited Arizona, where the majority-Republican state
  
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• New York's House Republicans call on Columbia president to resign amid protests

  22-04-2024 19:41 via thehill.com
  
  All 10 House Republicans from New York on Monday called on Columbia University President Minouche Shafik to resign amid fiery pro-Palestinian protests on campus that have led to mounting criticism of the university's leadership from all sides.
  Led by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), the members said Columbia’s campus has been overrun by “anarchy” and that Shafik’s leadership has failed her obligation to provide a safe learning environment for students.Hundreds of students ha
  
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• Biden highlights Earth Day: Watch live

  22-04-2024 19:30 via thehill.com
  
  In honor of Earth Day, President Biden is announcing $7 billion in grants for solar energy projects serving lower and middle income communities at an event in northern Virginia on Monday.The program is meant to ease the high startup costs for residential solar. That could help create a lower-cost, more reliable electric grid than the present fossil-fuel heavy system, in addition to reducing the relative climate impact of power generation, the administration says.
  Biden is also expected to share
  
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• Biden assures Zelensky US will 'quickly provide' security package after it clears Congress

  22-04-2024 19:14 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Monday spoke with Ukrainian President Zelensky to assure him that the United States will provide more aid as soon as the Senate passes the national security package, the White House announced.Biden on Monday told Zelensky the U.S. has a “lasting commitment to supporting Ukraine as it defends its freedom against Russian aggression” and that “his administration will quickly provide significant new security assistance packages to meet Ukraine’s urgent batt
  
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