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• How CNN’s Peter Bergen Landed Historic Interviews With Osama bin Laden, Barack Obama

  02-05-2016 22:42
  
  The Obama administration has given CNN’s Peter Bergen unprecedented access to the White House for a special commemorating the fifth anniversary of the killing of Osama bin Laden. Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst who interviewed bin Laden back in 1997, one of only two interviews the terrorist mastermind ever granted to Western TV news organizations. “We Got Him,” the special that Obama hand-picked Bergen to host, airs tonight at
  
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• Trump says he's working on arranging a meeting with Putin

  10-01-2025 03:27 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump said Thursday he's working to set up a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin."He wants to meet. And we’re setting it up," Trump told Fox News's Peter Doocy at Mar-a-Lago during a meeting with Republican governors.Trump noted he's had "a lot of communication" with Chinese President Xi Jinping and has spoken with numerous other world leaders. But he has yet to speak with Putin."But President Putin wants to meet. He’s said that even publicly, and we have t
  
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• Raskin calls for Alito to recuse himself from Trump case

  10-01-2025 02:32 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), ranking Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, called on Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to recuse himself from President-elect Trump’s hush money criminal case in a statement on Thursday.Raskin, in making his case, pointed to reporting that Alito and Trump spoke by phone “just hours” before Trump’s legal team asked the Supreme Court to intervene to halt his criminal sentencing in the New York case involving hush money payments before the 2016
  
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• Appeals court denies Trump's bid to block release of Smith Jan. 6 report

  10-01-2025 02:23 via thehill.com
  
  A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a bid from President-elect Trump’s two co-defendants in the Mar-a-Lago documents case to block the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report.The court’s swift decision comes after the Trump team late Monday asked two different courts to bar the release of Smith’s report, set to cover both the Mar-a-Lago investigation and that into Trump’s efforts to block the transfer of power after he lost the 2020 election.Th
  
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• Vance resigning his Senate seat at midnight

  10-01-2025 02:02 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the vice president-elect, announced on Thursday he will resign his seat from the Senate, effective at the start of Friday.Vance sent his resignation letter on Thursday to Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R), as he readies for the next four years in the White House."As I prepare to assume my duties as Vice President of the United States, I would like to express that it has been a tremendous honor and privilege to serve the people of Ohio in the Senate over the past two years,”
  
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• The Memo: Trump-Newsom feud ramps up as Los Angeles fires rage on

  10-01-2025 00:58 via thehill.com
  
  The feud between President-elect Trump and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is hitting new peaks of intensity as wildfires rage on in Los Angeles.Trump has called on Newsom to resign, while the governor has hit back at Trump for politicizing the disaster.Given the stakes for both men — and the fact that neither is prone to backing down from a fight — the argument seems sure to rumble on.Trump has continued to refer to Newsom by a derogatory nickname, writing Wednesday evening o
  
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• Google, Boeing join growing list of companies donating to Trump's inauguration 

  10-01-2025 00:25 via thehill.com
  
  Google and Boeing have each given $1 million to President-elect Trump’s inaugural committee, joining a growing list of major corporations supporting the Jan. 20 event.“Google is pleased to support the 2025 inauguration, with a livestream on YouTube and a direct link on our homepage. We’re also donating to the inaugural committee.” Google’s Global Head of Government Affairs and Public Policy Karan Bhatia said in an emailed statement. Google has donated previousl
  
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• NAACP president urges Biden to deliver on 'critical promises' before leaving White House

  09-01-2025 23:54 via thehill.com
  
  NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson is calling on President Biden to take action on "critical promises" before leaving the White House later this month.Johnson in a Wednesday op-ed in TheGrio urged Biden to take action aimed at promoting transparency in policing, offering clemency for drug offenders with long sentences and eliminating student loan debt.Police accountability has been a front-line issue for Johnson and the group following a number of high-profile police bru
  
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• Biden pledges federal support in California for 180 days, well into Trump's term

  09-01-2025 23:42 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Thursday announced the federal government will support California’s efforts to fight the raging wildfires for 180 days.“We’re doing literally everything we can at a federal level,” Biden said in a briefing with administration officials about the situation, adding that he called the meeting to decide “what more we could do.”The president, who leaves office in 11 days, said he spoke Thursday morning with California Gov. Gavin Ne
  
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• Biden says intentional power outages to prevent more fires led to California water shortages

  09-01-2025 23:31 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Thursday said that intentional power outages in the Los Angeles area that were administered in order to prevent more fires from starting were partially to blame for water shortages as officials battle historic wildfires near the city's limits.In a briefing with administration officials from the White House, Biden said generators were on the way and that he talked to California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) about the water shortages. He explained that utilities were shut off
  
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• Trudeau: Trump talk of annexing Canada a distraction, won't happen

  09-01-2025 23:17 via thehill.com
  
  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday he thinks President-elect Trump’s public musings about annexing the neighbor to the north is a distraction from Trump’s threat to impose steep tariffs on Canadian imports.“What I think is happening in this is President Trump, who's a very skillful negotiator, is getting people to be somewhat distracted by that, by that conversation, away from the conversation around 25 percent tariffs on oil and gas and electricity and ste
  
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• Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Meuser considering run for governor

  09-01-2025 22:46 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Dan Meuser (R-Pa.) signaled he is seriously considering challenging Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) for his post in 2026. “I’m considering it,” Meuser told The Hill on Thursday. “I mean if I get in it’s because I think I can win and that means beating the incumbent, which is Josh Shapiro. So it’s no easy task.” “But I’m very serious about it,” he continued. “I just don’t like his plan for Pennsylvania prima
  
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• Bush gives Obama a belly tap at Carter funeral

  09-01-2025 21:54 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Bush gave former President Obama a belly tap at the funeral on Thursday for the late President Carter, a moment caught on camera and then shared widely on social media.When Bush entered the pew with the other presidents, Obama stood for him, but President-elect Trump and the incoming first lady, Melania Trump, both stayed seated.As Bush went to take the seat near Obama, the older president gave Obama a brief backhand belly tap. Obama in turn patted Bush’s back, retur
  
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• Trump tells GOP he wants to write 100 executive orders

  09-01-2025 21:27 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump during a meeting with GOP senators on Wednesday said he wants to enact 100 executive orders, with many of the orders focused on his plans for immigration.“He threw that out — 100 — there could be like 100 EOs, yeah. I believe him.” Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) told The Hill, referring to Trump.He said “a lot of them” would be related to the border, adding that he doesn’t think that would be the focus of all of the orders.Trump’
  
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• House Democrats call on ICC to rescind arrest warrants for Israeli leaders

  09-01-2025 21:17 via thehill.com
  
  A group of House Democrats is urging the International Criminal Court (ICC) to rescind arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defense minister as Congress is poised to legislate sanctions over the global court’s actions. Reps. Eugene Vindman (D-Virg.) and Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), co-led a letter sent to Päivi Kaukoranta, President of the Assembly of State Parties to the ICC, arguing arrest warrants for officials from a democratic country “diverts atten
  
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• Musk-Trump relationship not a 'concern': Hyundai CEO

  09-01-2025 21:14 via thehill.com
  
  Hyundai CEO Jose Munoz said he’s not concerned about the relationship between President-elect Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk, whose company is one of Hyundai’s biggest competitors.Instead, Munoz said in an interview with Bloomberg that he thinks their close relationship could benefit the US auto industry, especially as it seeks to take on China and its fast-growing electric vehicle (EV) market.“I don't see that as a concern, honestly,” Munoz said when asked how concerned h
  
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• Fetterman says he plans to meet with Trump 

  09-01-2025 21:00 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he plans to meet with President-elect Trump at his resort in Florida, likely the first Democratic lawmaker in the upper chamber to meet with the incoming commander-in-chief since his general election victory in November last year. “President Trump invited me to meet, and I accepted. I’m the Senator for all Pennsylvanians— not just Democrats in Pennsylvania,” Fetterman said in an emailed statement to The Hill. “I’ve been cl
  
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• McConnell: Biden selling out to Big Labor by blocking US Steel deal

  09-01-2025 20:24 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) argued President Biden is selling out to Big Labor by blocking the sale of U.S. Steel to Japanese-owned Nippon Steel.“The Biden administration will leave America’s core economic and national-security interests less secure than it found them,” McConnell wrote in an op-ed published in The Wall Street Journal Thursday. “By blocking what could have been a transformational investment in a critical U.S. industry weeks before his term ends, President
  
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• Trump to host Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago

  09-01-2025 20:10 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump is hosting a slew of Republican governors at his Mar-a-Lago estate on Thursday night, seeking to get state leaders on the same page before he takes office later this month.Among the expected attendees are Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R). The meeting is expected to focus on how governors can help implement Trump's agenda in the coming months.States are likely to play a key role in Trump's pledge to carry out mass dep
  
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• GOP senator says Obama aimed to 'kiss the ring' of Trump at Carter funeral

  09-01-2025 20:09 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) characterized former President Obama’s interaction with President-elect Trump at the National Cathedral Thursday as an effort to “kiss the ring” of the incoming commander in chief.“I mean it’s about a redemption story, right? I mean, the greatest political comeback of all times,” Mullin said of the Republican on an appearance of “The Benny Show.”“What you see right there is Barack Obama realizing it and realiz
  
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• GOP senator said Obama aimed to 'kiss the ring' of Trump at Carter funeral

  09-01-2025 20:09 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) characterized former President Obama’s interaction with President-elect Trump at the National Cathedral Thursday as an effort to “kiss the ring” of the incoming commander-in-chief.“I mean it’s about a redemption story, right? I mean, the greatest political comeback of all times,” Mullin said of the Republican on an appearance of “The Benny Show.”“What you see right there is Barack Obama realizing it and realize
  
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• 7 notable moments between VIPs at Carter’s funeral

  09-01-2025 19:49 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Carter’s funeral service at Washington National Cathedral brought together all five living presidents and current and former officials for an event full of notable interactions.Carter died Dec. 29 at the age of 100 and was given a state funeral in Washington, D.C., on Thursday after he lied in state at the Capitol for the public to pay their respects this week. President Biden, at Carter’s request, delivered the eulogy.Former Presidents Clinton, George W. Bush and Ob
  
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• Democrats kick off fight to protect ObamaCare subsidies in new Congress

  09-01-2025 19:37 via thehill.com
  
  Democrats in the House and Senate reintroduced Thursday legislation to permanently extend enhanced subsidies to help people afford insurance premiums on ObamaCare plans. Led by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), along with Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.), the legislation launches the next major ObamaCare fight that could last well into the rest of this year. Democrats for years have argued the coverage gains from the enhanced subsidies outweigh the cost, and Vice
  
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• House passes ICC sanctions bill; GOP Senate leader promises to bring it to floor

  09-01-2025 19:31 via thehill.com
  
  The House on Thursday passed legislation to sanction officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC), pushing back against the court's decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defense minister for their actions during Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip. The legislation reached the majority threshold by midafternoon on Thursday, with dozens of Democrats joining Republicans, but the vote was left open as lawmakers ret
  
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• Outgoing ICE director: Biden should have tightened border security sooner

  09-01-2025 18:33 via thehill.com
  
  The outgoing head of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) said in an interview Wednesday that President Biden should have tightened border security sooner.“Do you think that Biden should’ve taken that action earlier — ” NBC News’s Julia Ainsley asked acting ICE director Patrick Lechleitner in an interview that aired on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” referring to executive action the president moved forward with last June to turn away s
  
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• Live coverage: Biden honors Carter, as Trump, former presidents gather for funeral

  09-01-2025 18:21 via thehill.com
  
  The nation paid its respects to former President Carter on Thursday, with five presidents gathered at Washington National Cathedral for his funeral service.President-elect Trump joined by President Biden, who eulogized Carter, and three other former presidents at the service. Trump sat next to former President Obama, where the two engaged in extensive conversation before the service started.Biden declared Thursday a national day of mourning, meaning federal offices, banks, the stock market and
  
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• Biden eulogizes ‘great American’ Jimmy Carter

  09-01-2025 18:03 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Thursday eulogized former President Carter, hailing the 39th president as a man of character who left an enduring legacy both during his time in the White House and after leaving office.Biden addressed a crowd of prominent dignitaries, including all other living American presidents, at Washington National Cathedral during a state funeral for Carter, who died in late December at age 100. The president remembered Carter as a “great American, and a dear friend and a good ma
  
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• Trump expected to tap GOP House Foreign Affairs Africa director for NSC post

  09-01-2025 16:56 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump is expected to tap Joe Foltz, staff director for the Republican side of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Africa, to lead the Africa desk at the National Security Council, according to a congressional aide. Foltz served on the NSC during Trump’s first term in office, and also served at the U.S. Agency for International Development during the Biden administration, as humanitarian affairs division chief and director of legislative affairs. The Trump tr
  
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• Trump, Obama exchange pleasantries at Carter funeral after long-standing rivalry

  09-01-2025 16:51 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump and former President Obama had an extended friendly exchange as they sat next to each other at the funeral services for former President Carter on Thursday.Cameras captured Trump and Obama at Washington National Cathedral exchanging pleasantries, with Obama laughing at something the incoming president was saying. They appeared to chat for several minutes before the funeral services began.When Trump entered the cathedral, he shook hands with other rivals of his, including f
  
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• Warren: Trump expansion talk a distraction from nominees

  09-01-2025 15:34 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) argued President-elect Trump’s continued talk about expanding the United States is a distraction from the Cabinet picks and nominees he’s chosen to staff his second administration, many of which require Senate confirmation.Warren joined CNN’s Jake Tapper on Wednesday as Trump continued talk about merging with Canada and acquiring Greenland and the Panama Canal. She said she wanted to respond to the conversation in two ways.“The first one is
  
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