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• Van Jones rails against Greene after spat with Dems: 'She’s a disgrace to that Congress'

  18-05-2024 03:37 via thehill.com
  
  CNN commentator Van Jones slammed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) following her personal attacks on a fellow member of Congress during a House Oversight Committee hearing Thursday night.The committee hearing, held to vote on whether to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress, divulged into chaos after Greene made a comment about the appearance of Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) and her "fake eyelashes."
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• Biden shares a message of support to American Muslims for Eid al-Adha

  16-06-2024 21:57 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden marked Eid al-Adha with a message of support for American Muslims on Sunday.Eid al-Adha is the second major holiday of Islam, usually centering around prayer and a communal feast marking remembrance and sacrifice. It is also the most common time for the Hajj pilgrimage to the Islamic holy city of Mecca.“The Hajj and Eid al-Adha remind us of our equality before God and the importance of community and charity – values that speak directly to the
  
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• GOP Rep says House sergeant-at-arms should take Garland into custody

  16-06-2024 21:43 via thehill.com
  
  Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (Fla.) said Sunday that she wants the House to use the sergeant-at-arms, a provision that hasn’t been used in more than a century, to enforce the contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland.Luna was interviewed by Maria Bartiromo on Fox News Channel's "Sunday Morning Futures," where she said that she introduced a resolution several months ago for inherent contempt of Congress, a power granted to Congress that “hasn&
  
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• GOP Rep says House Sergeant at Arms should take Garland into custody

  16-06-2024 21:43 via thehill.com
  
  Republican Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (Fla.) said Sunday that she wants the House to use the Sergeant at Arms, a provision that hasn’t been used in more than a century, to enforce the Contempt of Congress resolution against Attorney General Merrick Garland.Luna told Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo that she introduced a resolution several months ago for Inherent Contempt of Congress, a power granted to Congress that “hasn’t been done since the early 1900s.”“I anticipate
  
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• The 5 big political events to watch this summer

  16-06-2024 21:00 via thehill.com
  
  The 2024 election cycle is heating up with summer about to officially start and a handful of key political events to watch fast approaching.The summer will see both President Biden and former President Trump formally become their respective party’s nominee for the White House; the first criminal sentencing of a former commander-in-chief; and the first debate between Biden and Trump since 2020.Here are five political events to watch for this summer:Presidential debatesAfter months of uncert
  
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• McClintock defends polarized House: ‘Congress is simply a reflection of the country’

  16-06-2024 18:28 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) on Sunday pushed back against those who blame Congress for increased polarization in recent years, saying lawmakers in Washington are “simply a reflection” of dynamics at play across the country.“People ask me all the time, why are things so divided back there? Or, why can't you all just get along? And the answer is that Congress is simply a reflection of the country. Congress is badly divided right now because the country is badly divided,”
  
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• Trump clashes with allies in Bob Good's bitter Virginia primary

  16-06-2024 18:00 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Bob Good's (R-Va.) Tuesday primary in Virginia's 5th Congressional District is pitting former President Trump against some of his top allies and inflaming bitter ideological tensions in the House GOP.The contentious race could result in the first House incumbent primary loss of 2024 — and the first success for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) revenge campaigns against those who voted to oust him.Trump last month endorsed Good’s challenger John McGuire, a Vir
  
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• Turner says US is at 'highest level of a possible terrorist threat'

  16-06-2024 17:51 via thehill.com
  
  House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said the United States has hit its "highest level of a possible terrorist threat."CBS's Margaret Brennan asked Turner on "Face the Nation" about the recent arrests of several people who had alleged ties to the Islamic State. He said that he could not confirm the details of the arrests when asked on Sunday if there was an "active terror plot.""But what's important about these reports and what we're seeing, especially in conjunction with Dire
  
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• California Republican pushes back on far-right calls to 'burn it down'

  16-06-2024 17:47 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Tom McClintock (R-Calif.) on Sunday criticized the tactics of far-right lawmakers who say their Republican colleagues, rather than working within the confines of Congress, should be willing to “burn it down” to fight for conservative principles."The tactics that they're using aren't advancing those principles. They're an impediment to those principles," McClintock said on NewsNation's "The Hill Sunday," when asked about those who would instead "burn it down" than work within the
  
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• Khanna says he will not attend Netanyahu's address to Congress

  16-06-2024 16:37 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said he will not attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's joint address to Congress, joining several other Democrats who have also vowed to boycott the speech.
  "I will not attend that. I said that it if he wants to come to speak to members of Congress about how to end the war and release hostages, I would be fine doing that. But I'm not going to sit in a one way lecture," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press."He also agreed with Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) on the
  
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• Bowman primary reignites civil war among Democrats

  16-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Eight years after the 2016 election, Democrats are reliving the infamous Clinton-Sanders battle — this time in the race for New York’s 16th Congressional District. Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.), a "squad" member favored by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), is facing a rocky path to reelection against Westchester County Executive George Latimer, a centrist who earned Hillary Clinton’s support this week.The June 25 primary is unearthing old rivalries in a party facing an identity c
  
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• ​​Pro-Palestinian protestors gather outside Biden fundraising event

  16-06-2024 05:09 via thehill.com
  
  Pro-Palestinian protestors gathered outside of the Democratic party’s largest-ever fundraiser on Saturday night in Los Angeles to express their outrage with President Biden’s policies on Gaza in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Biden is attending a fundraiser, hosted by actors George Clooney and Julia Roberts, at the Peacock Theatre, which had raised a record $28 million before the event kicked off, according to the Biden campaign. Biden campaign raises $28 million in lead up to Lo
  
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• Crockett calls Thomas 'corrupt' after Supreme Court decision to upend bump stocks ban

  16-06-2024 00:05 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) slammed Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as “corrupt” during an interview with MSNBC on the court’s recent decision to overturn a Trump-era bump stock ban. Thomas has come under increasing scrutiny for gifts he has received from Republican super donors, including billionaire Harlan Crow. “Y’all were too nice before,” Crockett said during an interview with Melissa Murray. “Clarence Thomas is corrupt. End of story.
  
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• Eyeing Trump presidency, conservatives want to delay funding fight

  15-06-2024 23:00 via thehill.com
  
  Bullish of former President Trump’s chances of winning back the White House in November, some conservatives are pitching a funding stopgap that would extend into next year rather than expire during a lame duck session when President Biden would still be in office.Congress’s 12 annual funding bills for fiscal 2025 come due Sept. 30, but negotiators are already saying a stopgap will likely be necessary to keep the government open until sometime after the November election.And rifts are
  
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• Raskin hits Republicans for bowing to 'sugar daddy' Trump after Capitol visit

  15-06-2024 22:34 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) criticized his Republican colleagues in Congress Saturday after they met with former President Trump in closed-door meetings earlier this week, calling the positivity around the visit "a scandal and a disgrace."The Maryland lawmaker's remarks come just two days after Trump made a visit to Capitol Hill Thursday — his first since the Jan. 6, 2021, attacks — and attempted to paint a picture of GOP unity."Well, he came back to the scene of his crime. He made no
  
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• Harris vows to protect DACA: 'The story of Dreamers is a story of America'

  15-06-2024 19:16 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Harris lauded the Biden administration's moves to protect recipients under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program Saturday, the 12th anniversary of the Obama-era policy."The story of Dreamers is a story of America. Dreamers across our Nation serve in our military, teach in our classrooms, and lead our small businesses as entrepreneurs. They are our neighbors, classmates, and loved ones," she wrote in a statement. "Their ambition and aspiration power our communities, ec
  
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• Farah Griffin: Trump talked about executing people at several White House meetings

  15-06-2024 18:28 via thehill.com
  
  Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin said former President Trump talked about executing people multiple times at White House meetings.Farah Griffin joined Mediaite’s Aidan McLaughlin to discuss her time in the Trump administration and what she thinks a second Trump term could look like.McLaughlin asked Farah Griffin, now a co-host on “The View” why she thinks several powerful Republicans, like former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley and former At
  
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• Biden, Trump step up outreach to Black men

  15-06-2024 18:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden and former President Trump are ramping up their messaging toward Black male voters, underscoring the political power the demographic will hold in November.Though Black voters overwhelmingly identify as Democrats, concerns that Black men are leaving the party have circulated since 2020, when Trump secured 12 percent of Black voter support. Now, some observers say Black men could decide the presidential winner in November. “I don't know your pathway to victory witho
  
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• Biden campaign unveils gun control ad after Supreme Court invalidates bump stock ban

  15-06-2024 17:45 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s reelection campaign dropped a new ad Saturday highlighting his administration’s work on gun violence prevention, just a day after the Supreme Court invalidated the Trump-era prohibition on bump stocks.In the 30-second ad, shared with The Hill, Biden blames former President Trump for the conservative-leaning court’s decision on Friday.The Biden administration-has defended the regulation, which banned the device that converts s
  
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• Former Capitol Police officer calls GOP lawmaker’s embrace of Trump ‘disappointing’

  15-06-2024 16:22 via thehill.com
  
  Former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell slammed Republican lawmakers for welcoming former President Trump with open arms in closed-door meetings earlier this week, as Trump touted having a "great relationship" with the House and Senate GOP.In an interview with MSNBC's Jason Johnson, Gonell — who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection — called their embrace of Trump "very disappointing."“All the sacrifices that we did on January 6 to keep those same member
  
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• Biden administration's immigrant detention moves highlight strained system

  15-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The administration is shaking up federal immigration detention and enforcement amid a push to cut costs systemwide and increase detention capacity to implement President Biden’s new asylum policy.The bombshell cost-cutting plan came out Monday, when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the closure of the South Texas Family Residential Center, a 10-year-old detention facility better known as Dilley.Advocates are reporting other cost-cutting measures — in particular, the
  
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• Johnson vows to take Garland contempt case to court after DOJ snub

  15-06-2024 04:07 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that the House will take their contempt of Congress case against Attorney General Merrick Garland’s to court, after the Justice Department (DOJ) refused to pursue charges.“It is sadly predictable that the Biden administration’s Justice Department will not prosecute Garland for defying congressional subpoenas even though the department aggressively prosecuted Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro for the same thing,” Johnson said in a statement, r
  
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• Graves, key McCarthy ally, opts against seeking reelection in Louisiana

  14-06-2024 23:30 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.) announced on Friday that he will not run for re-election in November, capping off months of speculation over whether the Louisiana Republican would run for another term after redistricting impacted his House seat.Graves — who has served in the House since 2015, was a key ally of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and played a key role in last year’s negotiations to suspend the debt limit — revealed his retirement after the Supreme Court ruled la
  
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• US places sanctions on 'extremist' Israeli group for disrupting, destroying Gaza aid

  14-06-2024 23:02 via thehill.com
  
  The U.S. State Department announced it would impose sanctions on Tzav 9, designating it a“violent extremist Israeli group" that has been "blocking, harassing and damaging" convoys carrying humanitarian aid.The U.S. imposed sanctions on the group, which has ties to Israeli settlers and army reservists, after a series of sabotage efforts on aid going to Gaza. “For months, individuals from Tzav 9 have repeatedly sought to thwart the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, including b
  
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• Watch live: Trump gives special address on 78th birthday

  14-06-2024 23:00 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump is making a special 78th birthday appearance for fans in his “Club 47” group at a venue near his Mar-a-Lago residence in West Palm Beach, Fla.Congressional Republicans feted the party’s presumptive presidential nominee on Thursday during Trump’s first post-Jan. 6, 2021, visit to the Capitol.Should Trump return to the White House, he would be on track to edge out President Biden as the Oval Office’s oldest occupant by the end of his second adm
  
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• GOP Rep. McMorris Rodgers suggests reforms to boost NIH

  14-06-2024 22:14 via thehill.com
  
  Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (Wash.), chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee, unveiled a set of proposals aimed at reforming the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in order to help the U.S. "maintain its innovative edge" against adversarial countries.The proposal recommended regularly conducting a congressional mandated review of the "NIH’s performance, mission, objectives, and programs" as well as introducing term limits on the directors of Institutes and Centers under the
  
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• Biden ‘fully behind’ G7 agreement amid spat over abortion language

  14-06-2024 21:56 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is supportive of the wording in the Group of Seven (G7) communique about reproductive rights, according to officials, despite controversy over whether world leaders would include abortion in their statement at this year’s summit in Italy.“He stands fully behind the language that that made its way into the final communique. He felt strongly about the language that that made it through,” a senior administration official told reporters.Earlier on Friday, Reute
  
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• DOJ declines to prosecute Garland after congressional contempt vote

  14-06-2024 20:49 via thehill.com
  
  The Justice Department (DOJ) issued a determination Friday that Attorney General Merrick Garland committed no crime in failing to meet the demand of House Republicans who subpoenaed audio of President Biden’s conversation with special counsel Robert Hur. The determination is in line with a Wednesday memo from the DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel that stated Biden’s claim of executive privilege over the tapes protected Garland from prosecution. That memo was drafted hours befo
  
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• GOP effort to restore Confederate 'Mammy' monument narrowly defeated

  14-06-2024 18:40 via thehill.com
  
  A Republican-led effort to restore a confederate statue featuring a Black “Mammy” in Arlington cemetery was narrowly defeated late Thursday afternoon. The restoration of the “Reconciliation Memorial” was introduced by Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-Ga.), but failed to pass in a 230-192 vote. Twenty-four Republicans voted against restoring the monument. No Democrats voted in favor of the restoration. The statue, first unveiled in 1914, features a woman with a crown of
  
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• Watch: VP Harris speaks at 100 Black Men of America event

  14-06-2024 18:30 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Harris spoke in Atlanta Friday at the annual conference of the mentoring organization 100 Black Men of America Inc. The visit is part of ongoing events for Harris that the White House is calling the Economic Opportunity Tour. Atlanta is the first stop on the tour, reflecting Georgia’s importance for the electoral count in November.Harris has become a leading campaign surrogate in President Biden’s outreach to the Black community. That demographic might make a big diff
  
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