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• US Supreme Court opts to leave CIA 'torture report' secret

  24-04-2017 23:16
  
  The US Supreme Court on Monday turned back an appeal by rights groups seeking to make public a damning report on the CIA's post-September 11 torture program, ensuring it will remain secret.The court rebuffed arguments from the American Civil Liberties Union that the highly classified report, compiled in 2014 by the Senate Intelligence Committee, should be released based on US government transparency rules."We are disappointed by this major setback for government transparency and accountability.
  
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• Jeffries: Democrats 'effectively' in majority due to GOP 'chaos, dysfunction'

  06-05-2024 04:36 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said “chaos” and “dysfunction” in the House GOP has “effectively” given Democrats the majority, lending credence to far-right criticism of Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as the GOP majority slims.Jeffries said Sunday in a CBS “60 Minutes” interview with Norah O’Donnell that Democrats hold outright influence over the House because of how fractured the GOP majority is.“Even though we're in the
  
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• 'If Roe v. Wade can fall, anything can fall,' says Jeffries in stressing importance of elections

  06-05-2024 04:25 via thehill.com
  
  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) emphasized the stakes of the 2024 election in a “60 Minutes” interview on Sunday, warning that much more than abortion rights are at risk if former President Trump gets a second term.He told CBS’ Norah O’Donnell that reproductive freedom will be an “incredibly significant” issue in the race.“And the extreme MAGA Republicans have set in motion the erosion of reproductive freedom,” he said. "We're gonna
  
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• White House: Trump Gestapo comment echoes 'appalling rhetoric of fascists'

  06-05-2024 01:31 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Sunday slammed former President Trump after he compared the Biden administration to the Gestapo police force in Nazi Germany."Instead of echoing the appalling rhetoric of fascists, lunching with Neo Nazis, and fanning debunked conspiracy theories that have cost brave police officer their lives, President Biden is bringing the American people together around our shared democratic values and the rule of law — an approach that has delivered the biggest violent crime reducti
  
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• Biden races clock on health regulations with eye on potential Trump return

  05-05-2024 22:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s administration is working overtime to ensure his health care priorities are protected from a potential second Trump White House. In recent weeks, regulatory agencies have been racing against the clock to finalize some of their most consequential policies, such as abortion data privacy, antidiscrimination protections for transgender patients and nursing home minimum staffing. At issue is the Congressional Review Act (CRA), a fast-track legislative tool that allow
  
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• Biden races clock on health regs with eye on potential Trump return

  05-05-2024 22:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s administration is working overtime to ensure his health care priorities are protected from a potential second Trump White House. In recent weeks, regulatory agencies have been racing against the clock to finalize some of their most consequential policies, such as abortion data privacy, anti-discrimination protections for transgender patients and nursing home minimum staffing. At issue is the Congressional Review Act (CRA), a fast-track legislative tool that allo
  
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• Khanna says Biden should visit college campuses amid protests

  05-05-2024 20:20 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said Sunday President Biden "should and will" visit college campuses amid the ongoing pro-Palestinian protests that have roiled the country.
  Host Margaret Brennan asked Khanna on "Face the Nation" whether the ongoing protests were becoming a "distraction" from the issues they are protesting. She also noted that Khanna has been to several college campuses in recent days to engage in conversations with students as the protests continue across the country."No, I don't thin
  
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• RNC chair calls for party unity as Greene's motion to vacate looms

  05-05-2024 20:18 via thehill.com
  
  Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Whatley called for party unity as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) continues to threaten to force an ouster vote against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)."We need to flip the Senate, and we need to expand our majority in the House. We're not going to do that if we're not unified," Whatley told NBC News in an interview."We need to make sure that all of the Republicans understand the gravity of this election cycle, and they do, and we need to make s
  
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• Rep. Good: Greene ‘not acting in the best interests of President Trump’

  05-05-2024 17:56 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.) on Sunday railed on Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) for continuing to push for a vote to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) from his position, saying she is “not acting in the best interests of President Trump.”“I don't want to predict what she will or won't do. She's pretty much operating on her own, with one or two others who have expressed support for what she's doing. She doesn't lead anyone,” Good, the chair of the House Freedom Caucus, said
  
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• Democratic rep says Johnson can't be punished for 'doing the right thing'

  05-05-2024 02:56 via thehill.com
  
  Democratic congressman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) said that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) shouldn't be punished for “doing the right thing” after Democratic leadership said they would come to Johnson's rescue if the push to remove him from his position comes to fruition.In Saturday comments, Nadler said that Democrats are “right” to save Johnson from the motion-to-vacate which was introduced in March by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.). The New York Democrat was also skeptic
  
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• Sunday Shows preview: College protests heat up nationwide, Noem faces backlash

  04-05-2024 23:31 via thehill.com
  
  The political tension around the ever-growing pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses will likely be the focus of this week’s Sunday news shows.Two notable instances of violence breaking out at campuses amid the protests occurred Tuesday at Columbia University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), when both the New York Police Department (NYPD) and Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) cracked down on pro-Palestinian protesters at the two schools. New York City May
  
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• Crenshaw becomes latest Republican to hit Greene over Johnson ouster plan

  04-05-2024 22:36 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) became the latest Republican to hit Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) over her plan to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.). “She needs her time in the spotlight, you know, and it’s been a while, and I think it’s one last ditch effort to get attention, is what she’s looking for,” Crenshaw told Fox News’ Neil Cavuto during his Saturday appearance on the network. Crenshaw said there is not “a lot” of support for G
  
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• Dean Phillips becomes first Democrat to call for Cuellar to resign

  04-05-2024 21:39 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) became the first Democrat to call for Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) to resign in light of the Justice Department (DOJ) indictment he and his wife were hit with on Friday. “While the bar for Federal indictment is high, trust in our government is low,” Phillips said in a post on the social media platform X. “That’s why office holders and candidates under indictment should resign or end their campaigns, including Sen. Bob Menendez, Donald Tru
  
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• Ex-Rep. Santos asks former colleagues if they would draft expulsion resolution for Cuellar

  04-05-2024 20:30 via thehill.com
  
  Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) went after former House colleagues Saturday, asking if they would draft a resolution to expel Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas).“Hey @RitchieTorres are you going to draft an expulsion resolution for Henry Cuellar? Or is that just for republicans who flip seats?” Santos said in a post on the social platform X directed at Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.). “Inquiring minds want to know.”Back in February of last year, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), a
  
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• Bush, Omar compare Gaza war protest police responses to Kent State Massacre on 54th anniversary

  04-05-2024 17:44 via thehill.com
  
  Progressive Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Cori Bush (D-Minn.) compared police responses to ongoing pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the country to the Kent State Massacre on its 54th anniversary Saturday.“54 years ago, the Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed students at Kent State. Students have a right to speak out, organize, and protest systemic wrongs,” Omar said in a post on the social platform X Saturday. “We can’t silence those expressing
  
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• Nebraska governor says state 'will not comply' with new Title IX rules

  04-05-2024 16:19 via thehill.com
  
  Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen (R) said his state “will not comply” with recent changes to Title IX by the Biden administration, The Nebraska Examiner reported Friday.“Protecting our kids and women’s athletics is my duty,” Pillen said in a statement, according to The Nebraska Examiner. “The president’s new rules threaten the safety of women and their right to participate in women’s sports. Nebraska will not comply.”The Biden administration unveiled
  
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• GOP rep applauds Ole Miss counter protesters who taunted Black woman

  04-05-2024 16:13 via thehill.com
  
  Pro-Palestine demonstrations at the University of Mississippi were overtaken with counter protesters Thursday, resulting in a viral clip of white students taunting a Black student. The video was shared online and applauded by a Republican lawmaker.“Ole Miss taking care of business,” Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) posted on social media platform X.The video has received sharp criticism for the students' racist actions. Collins has also been criticized for endorsing the racist actions in th
  
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• Senate conservatives pan Greene’s 'horrible idea' to oust Speaker Johnson

  04-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Senate conservatives are urging Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) to back off her attempt to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), saying it’s a waste of time and Congress has higher priorities ahead of the November election.Greene filed her motion to vacate a month ago to protest the Speaker’s handling of Ukraine aid, government spending and reauthorization of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, and Republicans have been dreading the moment when she forces a vote on the resol
  
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• Biden bets on the middle with campus protests

  04-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is betting on the middle.Biden, a centrist Democrat who defeated several more progressive rivals in the 2020 primary, this week offered criticism of the college campus protests engulfing the nation, saying they would not change his policies on Israel’s war in Gaza and would not be protected when they turned violent.The words were measured. Biden said people had a right to protest, and the president has signaled his unhappiness with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
  
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• Fox anchor pushes back on Mace's claim of George Soros funding student protests 

  04-05-2024 04:40 via thehill.com
  
  Fox News anchor Neil Cavuto pushed back on a claim by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) that progressive billionaire George Soros has funded groups involved in pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses.“There's a push right now on the part of some of these institutions to negotiate with the protesters, and to go ahead and put up for a vote any measure that would sort of call for divesting of funds or investments in Israel,” Cavuto told Mace on his show “Your World with Neil Cavuto. &
  
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• USA News LIVE | White House | Matthew Miller Conducts US State Department Briefing LIVE | N18L - News18

  04-05-2024 03:54 via news.google.com
  USA News LIVE | White House | Matthew Miller Conducts US State Department Briefing LIVE | N18L  News18
  
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• University of Vermont cancels UN ambassador's address amid Gaza protests 

  04-05-2024 03:47 via thehill.com
  
  The University of Vermont (UVM) has canceled United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield's commencement speech amid pro-Palestinian protests on campus as protests sweep colleges across the nation.“We are looking forward to the upcoming Commencement ceremonies and the opportunity to celebrate our 2024 UVM graduates,” Suresh Garimella, the university’s president, said in a message to the university community Friday obtained by The Hill. “After their years of hard
  
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• International court pushes back on 'threats' as it weighs Israel-Hamas arrests

  04-05-2024 00:38 via thehill.com
  
  The International Criminal Court (ICC) pushed back against “threats” Friday as it faces intense pressure following reports of possible arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas officials over their conduct in the Oct. 7 attack and war in Gaza that has followed.
  A number of pro-Israel U.S. lawmakers and the Biden administration have urged the ICC to refrain from such action, arguing it doesn't have jurisdiction over Israel. Axios reported Thursday that senators from both parties met with
  
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• Biden awards Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients, including Pelosi, Clyburn

  03-05-2024 23:56 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Friday awarded the Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients, including top longtime Democratic congressional leaders, calling them “an incredible group of people.”“Nineteen incredible people whose relentless curiosity, inventiveness, ingenuity, and hope have kept faith in a better tomorrow,” the president said, with the group of recipients sitting beside him at the podium.Biden spoke about each recipient individually before giving them their medals. He called
  
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• Education secretary condemns 'abhorrent' antisemitic incidents on campus  

  03-05-2024 22:24 via thehill.com
  
  Education Secretary Miguel Cardona sent a letter Friday to college and university presidents condemning what he called “abhorrent” antisemitic incidents on campus, the latest response from the Biden administration to the ongoing nationwide protests.Cardona’s letter takes a sterner tone from the administration and comes the day after a brief address from President Biden where he was sharply critical of aspects of the demonstrations, including the isolated incidents of violence o
  
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• White House shakes up its immigration team

  03-05-2024 21:59 via thehill.com
  
  The White House is shaking up its roster of immigration advisors, bringing in a top border enforcement policy leader and a development expert to round out its team.Blas Nuñez-Neto comes to the White House from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where he served as the assistant secretary for border and immigration policy and was a key negotiator on a failed bipartisan Senate deal on immigration.Marcela Escobari has left her post at USAID, where she served as the head of the Bureau
  
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• Jean-Pierre: 'Admirable' for UNC students to hold up American flag during campus protest

  03-05-2024 21:47 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Friday praised the actions of a group of University of North Carolina students who held up the American flag at a protest on campus over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked during a briefing whether President Biden would consider making a donation to the fraternity members who went viral for protecting the flag. Jean-Pierre skirted the question of a donation or a phone call to thank them, but she praised the group's actions."All Americans
  
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• Cuellar, wife indicted on bribery charges

  03-05-2024 20:35 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) and his wife were indicted Friday on charges related to accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes and laundering the funds.The indictment filed by the Justice Department details payments Cuellar allegedly accepted both from an oil company owned by the Azerbaijan government as well as a Mexican bank.“The bribe payments were allegedly laundered, pursuant to sham consulting contracts, through a series of front companies and middlemen into shell companies owned by Imeld
  
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• Mark Hamill calls Biden 'Joe-B-Wan Kenobi' in White House press room appearance

  03-05-2024 20:30 via thehill.com
  
  Mark Hamill says the force is with President Biden — the actor made a surprise visit Friday to the White House briefing room and offered a "Star Wars"-inspired nickname for the commander in chief. "How many of you had Mark Hamill will lead the press briefing on your bingo cards?" Hamill, sporting a pair of sunglasses, told reporters at the top of the White House's press briefing. "I just got to meet the president and he gave me these aviator glasses," added Hamill, known for his
  
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• Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Pelosi, Gore, 17 others: Watch live

  03-05-2024 20:30 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Friday afternoon will present the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 people of diverse backgrounds, with actions and achievements spanning the better part of a century.Among those receiving this highest of civilian honors are two prominent figures from the Civil Rights movement: Clarence B. Jones, a lawyer and activist who co-wrote Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech, and Medgar Evers, who was murdered while working to end segregation in Mississipp
  
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