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• Where the US spends the most on foreign aid

  12-05-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Debates over U.S. aid to Israel and Ukraine have dominated Washington this year, raising questions about U.S. economic and military support to various allies and whether the nation spends too much support abroad.Opposition within the GOP to foreign aid has been building, with Republicans arguing the U.S. needs to spend more on border security. The debate is likely to color this year's presidential race, and the reelection of former President Trump and his America First campaign could raise
  
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• Biden: Putin 'not a decent man — he's a dictator'

  06-06-2024 14:53 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Thursday said Russian President Vladimir Putin is "not a decent man" and "a dictator" who has concerned him for decades while addressing a shift in U.S. policy allowing Ukraine to strike near Russia's border with American weapons.Biden made the remarks in an interview with ABC World News anchor David Muir while in Normandy to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion. Muir asked Biden about the recent decision to authorize Ukraine to use U.S. weapons to strike targets in
  
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• Biden invokes Ukraine’s fight against ‘tyrant’ in marking D-Day

  06-06-2024 14:40 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Thursday marked the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings with a tribute to the bravery of those who landed in Normandy while invoking Ukraine’s fight against “a tyrant,” appealing to Americans to remember the value of international alliances at a precarious moment in world affairs.Biden, speaking adjacent to the U.S. cemetery in Normandy in front of dozens of surviving World War II veterans, sought to connect the allied victory of 80 years ago directly to t
  
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• Donalds says media 'twisted' his words about Jim Crow era

  06-06-2024 14:25 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said late Wednesday that the media “twisted” his words about the Jim Crow era remarks he laid out during a campaign event earlier this week.Donalds seemed to suggest while speaking at a “Congress, Cognac, and Cigars” event in Philadelphia that Black families were better off during the Jim Crow era because they were "together," He also noted that, "more Black people were not just conservative — Black people have always been conservative-mi
  
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• Biden to veterans in Normandy: ‘You saved the world’

  06-06-2024 12:51 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden met with veterans who landed on the shores of Normandy beaches on Thursday to mark the 80th anniversary of D-Day.The president and first lady Jill Biden stood in a small gazebo that looked out on Omaha beach and each veteran was announced and brought up to them by an active servicemember.The president shook hands with each of them and posed for a photograph.“A great honor, I mean it, seriously,” Biden said to one in an Army jacket.“The greatest generation ever,
  
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• Watch live: Biden speaks at D-Day Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony

  06-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  In observance of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, President Biden will deliver an address from near the shores of Normandy. It was on that region's beaches, along its cliffs and in its fields, that Allied troops began the liberation of France from Nazi occupation on June 6, 1944.Against the historic backdrop, Biden's visit is also part of his effort to reaffirm U.S. leadership in NATO in its commitment to the defense of Ukraine.The ceremony at Normandy is scheduled to begin at 6:30 a.m. EDT (US).
  
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• Do Democrats want Trump in jail? Most won't say

  06-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill may want to see former President Trump go to jail, but they don’t want to say so publicly.Though polls show an overwhelming majority of Democratic voters want Trump behind bars, Democrats generally are being careful with their on-the-record public remarks because they don’t want to be accused of trying to influence Manhattan criminal court judge Juan Merchan ahead of Trump’s July 11th sentencing.One exception is Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Te
  
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• Biden urges Congress to restore Roe v. Wade protections after Senate GOP blocks contraception bill

  06-06-2024 02:56 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden doubled down on his push for Congress to codify the protections of Roe v. Wade into federal law, after Senate Republicans blocked a bill from consideration Wednesday that would have established a federal right to birth control.“@VP and I believe that women in every state must have the freedom to make deeply personal health care decisions,” Biden wrote in a post on the social platform X, referring to Vice President Kamala Harris.“We’ll continue to fight to
  
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• Gaetz breaks from Trump with Bob Good endorsement

  06-06-2024 01:54 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Tuesday threw his support behind House Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good (R-Va.), who faces a Trump-backed primary challenger in a closely watched contest this month.“Vote for @RepBobGood,” Gaetz wrote on the social platform X late Tuesday night, reposting a separate statement from an X account that claimed to speak for all “MAGA” voters.“I speak for all of MAGA when I say, we don't want another McCarthy plant in Congress. We want Bob Good, o
  
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• Wall Street Journal reporter defends Biden article amid blowback

  06-06-2024 01:33 via thehill.com
  
  Wall Street Journal reporter Siobhan Hughes doubled down on her article about President Biden’s mental acuity following blowback from the White House.The news outlet published a report Wednesday headlined “Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping” that recounted the president’s performance in private meetings. The report was quickly met with criticism from White House officials and Democrats, many of them pointing to how the story cited accounts from many Republ
  
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• 5 things to know about D-Day's 80th anniversary

  05-06-2024 23:56 via thehill.com
  
  Veterans and world leaders are gathered in Normandy, France, for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, marking the invasion that helped turn the tide of World War II.President Biden is among the leaders who will commemorate the landing of more than 150,000 Allied troops on June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious invasion in history. They will honor the thousands who died during the assault, alongside the surviving veterans — many of them
  
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• Pelosi slams WSJ article on Biden's mental acuity as 'hit piece'

  05-06-2024 23:41 via thehill.com
  
  Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday joined a chorus of Democrats rallying to President Biden’s defense after the Wall Street Journal published a report casting doubt on the president’s mental acuity and performance in private meetings.Pelosi, in a statement on the social platform X, criticized the reporting for glossing over Democrats’ accounts of their interactions with the president and, instead, focusing on “attacks by Republicans.”“Many of
  
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• Pelosi slams Wall Street Journal article on Biden's mental acuity as 'hit piece'

  05-06-2024 23:41 via thehill.com
  
  Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday joined a chorus of Democrats rallying to President Biden’s defense after the Wall Street Journal published a report casting doubt on the president’s mental acuity and performance in private meetings.Pelosi, in a statement on the social platform X, criticized the reporting for glossing over Democrats’ accounts of their interactions with the president and, instead, focusing on “attacks by Republicans.”“Many of
  
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• Speaker Johnson picks Perry, Jackson for Intel panel

  05-06-2024 23:05 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) picked Reps. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) to serve on the House Intelligence Committee, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to The Hill. The House leader named the members Wednesday, filling the seats on a committee that has access to highly confidential information and provides oversight of the U.S. intelligence community. Perry, the former chair of the House Freedom Caucus, is seen as a controversial choice, considering he was p
  
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• Pompeo seizes on Wall Street Journal’s reporting of Biden’s ‘slipping’ mental acuity

  05-06-2024 22:34 via thehill.com
  
  Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo weighed in on President Biden’s metal acuity and age, after a report raised questions about Biden’s capabilities, noting that he takes no joy in saying the president is slipping.Pompeo spoke with Fox News Wednesday to discuss the report, published by The Wall Street Journal, that is based on interviews with people who work behind closed doors with Biden.“These aren’t just private conversations where we can see that President Biden is
  
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• Pompeo seizes on Wall Street Journal’s reporting of Biden’s declining mental acuity

  05-06-2024 22:34 via thehill.com
  
  Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo weighed in on President Biden’s metal acuity and age Wednesday, after a report raised questions about Biden’s capabilities, noting that he takes no joy in saying the president isn't capable of doing his job effectively.Pompeo spoke with Fox News on Wednesday to discuss the report, published by The Wall Street Journal, that is based on interviews with people who work behind closed doors with Biden.“These aren’t just private conversatio
  
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• GOP refers Hunter Biden, James Biden to DOJ amid accusations of misleading Congress

  05-06-2024 22:30 via thehill.com
  
  GOP leaders of the impeachment investigation into President Biden on Wednesday asked the Justice Department to bring criminal charges against the president’s son and brother, accusing the duo of lying to lawmakers during conversations with investigators.A trio of House committees released the 65-page referral with little fanfare, even as the move escalates the stakes of an impeachment inquiry that's grown quiet in recent months amid doubts about support among the conference.The r
  
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• Ronny Jackson on Biden mental fitness: ‘He’s got significant issues’

  05-06-2024 21:52 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), a former White House physician, weighed in on President Biden’s mental fitness after a report raised questions of his capabilities, saying the president has “significant issues.”Jackson spoke with Fox News Digital Wednesday after The Wall Street Journal published a report on the president’s performance headlined “Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping.”“The article’s just documenting what I’ve been sa
  
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• 162 sickened in Salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers: CDC

  05-06-2024 21:44 via thehill.com
  
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Wednesday that 162 people have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers.“Epidemiologic data show that cucumbers may be contaminated with Salmonella and may be making people sick,” the agency said in an investigation notice Wednesday.“Testing identified Salmonella in a cucumber collected as part of this investigation, which resulted in a recall,” the notice continued. “Further testing is unde
  
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• 4 Democrats buck party on funding bill despite White House veto threat

  05-06-2024 19:17 via thehill.com
  
  Four vulnerable House Democrats on Wednesday bucked their party on a vote to pass the annual Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and military construction funding bill, just days after the White House threatened to veto the measure over partisan riders the party has termed “poison pills.”The GOP-led House voted largely along party lines on Wednesday morning to pass the bill, which calls for about $379 billion in overall funding for fiscal year 2025 for the VA and military constructio
  
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• Donalds suggests Black families were stronger during Jim Crow era

  05-06-2024 18:50 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) suggested that Black families were better off during the Jim Crow era while speaking at a campaign event for former President Trump.Donalds, who is on the shortlist for Trump's potential vice-presidential pick, was campaigning for the former president in Philadelphia at a “Congress, Cognac, and Cigars” event aimed at garnering Black male voters, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.During the conversation, the freshman lawmaker said he is starting to see the
  
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• Hunter Biden trial: What to expect on Day 3

  05-06-2024 18:42 via thehill.com
  
  Hunter Biden's trial in Wilmington, Del., enters its third day Wednesday.President Biden's son is facing charges over lying on a federal form when purchasing a gun in 2018. On the form, he wrote that he was not a drug user, however, he was addicted to cocaine at the time. Twelve jurors and four alternates for the federal criminal trial were selected Monday, and multiple Biden family members, including first lady Jill Biden, have attended the trial in recent days.Here’s what to expect as th
  
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• Ex-Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn launches pro-democracy group

  05-06-2024 17:21 via thehill.com
  
  Former Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn is launching a new political group on Wednesday aimed at supporting pro-democracy candidates while targeting Donald Trump and “anti-democracy MAGA extremists.” Dunn is launching a hybrid political action committee called Dunn’s Democracy Defenders that will support candidates across the ballot “who will protect democracy from MAGA and help get big money out of our politics,” according to a press release of his anno
  
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• House Republicans pass first funding bill despite White House veto threat

  05-06-2024 16:58 via thehill.com
  
  House Republicans on Wednesday passed their first funding bill for fiscal year 2025, laying out a proposed blueprint for the Veterans Affairs Department and military construction that also includes a list of partisan riders in areas like abortion that are non-starters for Democrats.The House passed the legislation 209-197 on Wednesday morning, despite a veto threat from the White House, as the GOP conference plows ahead with an aggressive plan to pass 12 annual spending bills before the August r
  
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• White House fires back at Wall Street Journal over Biden story

  05-06-2024 16:55 via thehill.com
  
  White House officials and President Biden’s allies went on the attack against The Wall Street Journal on Wednesday after the news outlet published a report on the president’s performance in private meetings headlined “Behind Closed Doors, Biden Shows Signs of Slipping.”Democrats rallied to Biden’s defense and took issue with key parts of the story, blasting the Journal for largely citing the accounts of Republican officials who had spent time with the president
  
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• More older Americans worried about Medicare future: Survey

  05-06-2024 16:40 via thehill.com
  
  More older Americans are concerned about the future of Medicare, according to a survey published Wednesday.Seventy-four percent of Americans aged 50 to 64 say they are "extremely worried or worried" about Medicare not being “available when you become eligible to receive it,” according to the West Health-Gallup 2024 Survey on Aging in America.
  That figure is up 13 points from 2022. when 61 percent of the same age group said they were concerned about Medicare availability when they are
  
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• Biden to meet with Zelensky in France: White House

  05-06-2024 15:50 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky while in France for the 80th anniversary of D-Day this week.White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan previewed the meeting to reporters, which comes ahead of the Ukraine peace summit that the president is skipping.“While he's in Normandy, he'll have the opportunity to sit down with President Zelensky and have an engagement with him to talk about the state of play in Ukraine and how we can continue to deep
  
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• Biden arrives in France for D-Day ceremonies

  05-06-2024 14:14 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden arrived in France Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion as he seeks to solidify support for European allies and contrast his global leadership with political rival former President Trump.
  Biden touched down in Paris early Wednesday and was greeted by French officials, including Prime Minister Garbiel Attal.
  The president will travel to Normandy Thursday, where he will deliver remarks focused on democracy and freedom and meet with U.S. veterans and veterans
  
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• The Memo: Gaza cease-fire push could determine Biden’s 2024 fate

  05-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is facing a critical moment on an issue that threatens to capsize his reelection hopes — the conflict in Gaza.The president has put his full weight behind a push for a six-week cease-fire between Israel and Hamas that could, he says, lead to a permanent cessation of hostilities.But it is a risky gambit for a multitude of reasons. For a start, Biden is caught in politically dangerous crosscurrents. The left wants him to put far greater restraints on Israel. Pro-Israel Democr
  
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• Republicans target FBI, Trump prosecutors post-verdict

  05-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Republicans are ramping up their efforts to attack the FBI and prosecutors such as Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D) in the wake of former President Trump’s conviction in the hush money case.GOP lawmakers are calling for slashing funding for the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI, even though relatively few federal dollars go to the local offices run by Willis and Bragg.They’re also seeking to hold Attorney General Me
  
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