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• Gingrich backs Johnson over ‘destructive’ House Republicans after funding debacle

  29-12-2024 13:00 via thehill.com
  
  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) praised House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for the way he's handled his role as top Republican in the House, which just narrowly averted a government shutdown following a days-long rollercoaster."Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, is doing an extraordinary job. I tell everybody, I was a pretty effective speaker. I could never do his job. He has no margins. Any two or three members can rebel at any moment," Gingrich told John Catsimatidis on his show "C
  
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• In shift, Trump downgrades soaring rhetoric on campaign promises

  29-12-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump on the campaign trail made grandiose promises to voters to bring down costs quickly, to end the war in Ukraine before he even took office and to use tariffs to bolster the U.S. economy and manufacturing.Since winning November’s election, Trump has indicated delivering on those promises may not be as simple as advertised.Trump in a recent “Meet the Press” interview said he could not guarantee tariffs would not lead to higher consumer prices. He acknowl
  
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• Democrats taunt Trump with 'President Musk' moniker

  29-12-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Democrats are taunting President-elect Trump with claims that billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is calling the shots instead of the incoming president.And with Musk set to play a major role in Trump's second term — both as co-chair of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and a close presidential ally — it remains to be seen if the moniker of “President Musk” will cause a rift between the famously mercurial incoming president and the richest man in the world.Law
  
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• 5 accomplishments Biden is touting before leaving office

  29-12-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden has used his final weeks in office in part to remind voters of some of his more significant accomplishments during his four years in the White House.While Biden’s presidency has been somewhat overshadowed by the way he dropped out of the 2024 race and President-elect Trump’s subsequent Election Day victory, there were still a number of achievements that the president and his team have highlighted that they argue will endure even after Biden leaves office.Here are five
  
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• Crockett slams Democrats for choosing 'seniority' over those who are 'best equipped'

  29-12-2024 01:57 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) took aim at Democrats for choosing Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) to be the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Accountability Committee in the upcoming Congress."While I think both are absolutely qualified, I do think that within the Democratic Caucus, we are really stuck in our old ways of doing things, which is you get there by seniority. And so, if you’ve been there longer, you get the post, and I don’t
  
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• Trump weighs in on H-1B debate, backs immigration visas

  28-12-2024 22:57 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump backed immigration visas for highly-skilled workers as the program has been in the spotlight after Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy faced backlash within the Republican leader's base for signaling their support for the H-1B work visa, which has been criticized as too complicated and susceptible to abuse.“I’ve always liked the visas, I have always been in favor of the visas. That’s why we have them,” Trump said in a phone i
  
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• Trump applauds blocked sale of Texas border wall materials

  28-12-2024 20:09 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump celebrated the blocked sale of border wall materials following a Friday ruling from a federal judge in Texas.The incoming president, in a Saturday Truth Social post, called the ruling a "major, crucial WIN for America," calling out President Biden and "his cronies" for seeking to stall the construction of the border wall, which was a central piece of Trump's first administration.
  “The Judge has also ordered an investigation into the illegal selling of the materials, w
  
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• Phillips: Democratic Party is 'totally devoid of leadership'

  28-12-2024 17:44 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) criticized his party for being “totally devoid of leadership” and urged his colleagues to listen more to working-class voters around the country. “This party needs a comprehensive turnaround, and conventional wisdom no longer works. A party that consists of multiple silos and campaign committees and outside groups cannot strategically do its job, and that means leadership,” Phillips, who earlier this year mounted a primary bid against Pre
  
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• Massachusetts Democrat suggests Trump’s TikTok support stems from his popularity on the app

  28-12-2024 16:30 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) suggested that President-elect Trump's opposition a TikTok ban comes from his popularity on the app and the video-sharing platform lobby’s influence on his inner circle. “With Donald Trump, it’s always some combination of two things, Jim. It’s one, flattery and inflating his ego,” Auchincloss told CNN guest host Jim Sciutto during his Friday appearance on CNN. “And then number two is the soft corruption and sycophancy of hi
  
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• Why Trump is targeting Panama, Greenland, Canada

  28-12-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump has spent parts of the holiday season vowing to take over the Panama Canal, calling for the U.S. to buy Greenland from Denmark and suggesting Canada could become the 51st state.It all suggests Trump is focused on somehow expanding the U.S. on his watch, though it’s hard to tell how serious it all is.Some Republicans think Trump is just trolling, while others see a strategic play related to furthering U.S. national security.“The Panamanian issue is China. Th
  
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• American Marc Fogel formally classified as wrongfully detained in Russia

  28-12-2024 04:56 via thehill.com
  
  Marc Fogel, an American schoolteacher arrested in Russia on drug charges in 2021, has been formally classified by the U.S. government as wrongfully detained, according to the State Department, as reported by the Associated Press.“The United States has been working to secure Marc Fogel’s release for some time. We have long called for his humanitarian release and tried to include him in the August 1 deal, but were unable to. The Secretary determined Marc is wrongfully detained in Octob
  
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• Musk and MAGA are fighting over H-1B visas. How do they work?

  28-12-2024 00:00 via thehill.com
  
  Tech mogul Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have faced backlash within President-elect Trump's base after the two signaled their support for the H-1B work visa, a key program to attract international talent that’s been criticized as too complicated and susceptible to abuse.The backlash heightened on the tech billionaire's social platform X within the last week as Ramaswamy and Musk have faced scrutiny from some in the GOP, including far-right activist Laura Loomerand other hard-line anti-immi
  
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• GOP rep on backing Johnson as Speaker: 'I'm going to keep my options open’

  27-12-2024 23:04 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Scott Perry (Pa.), a former chair of the House Freedom Caucus, is the latest Republican to decline to commit to supporting Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as the House prepares to formally elect a Speaker on Jan. 3, adding uncertainty to the GOP leader’s prospects of retaining his gavel.“Right now, I think that Mike has done an admirable job under tough conditions, but I'm going to keep my options open. I want to have a conversation with Mike,” Perry said Friday on &ldqu
  
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• Former director of both FBI, CIA cautions against Patel and Gabbard

  27-12-2024 22:01 via thehill.com
  
  The only man to lead both the FBI and CIA spoke out against Kash Patel and Tulsi Gabbard, two of President-elect Trump’s top intelligence picks, saying both positions require “complete independence from political influence.”William Webster, who led the agencies under both Democratic and Republican presidents, made the comment in a letter to senators, saying he was “deeply concerned” about both picks. Patel, who served in a number of national security roles und
  
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• MAGA civil war erupts between Musk, critics over H-1B visas

  27-12-2024 21:29 via thehill.com
  
  A Trump World civil war has erupted over visas for highly skilled workers, with the president-elect’s new tech industry allies like Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy on one side and the anti-immigration MAGA base on the other.The clash is a preview of the challenges in holding the Trump coalition together as his administration executes his immigration policy, an issue that drove his 2024 victory.But while President-elect Trump has promised to shut down illegal immigration at the southern borde
  
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• More Americans approve of Trump 2.0 transition than first time around: Survey

  27-12-2024 20:45 via thehill.com
  
  Fifty-one percent of Americans approve of the way President-elect Trump has handled his presidential transition, according to a new Gallup survey.It's a slightly higher number than in December 2016, when 48 percent said they felt positive about the Trump transition compared to 48 percent who felt negative.In the new Gallup poll, 44 percent disapproved of the transition.Still, the 51 percent who approve of Trump's transtion pales compared to some other presidents.
  Sixty-eight percent approved of
  
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• Trump marvels at embrace by CEOs, top tech bosses: 'Everybody wants to be my friend!'

  27-12-2024 20:16 via thehill.com
  
  A smattering of CEOs and top tech company leaders are currying favor with President-elect Trump, who has acknowledged with some awe that people who once went up against him now appear to be embracing the prospects of him becoming president.Top names in the business community have made the trip down to Mar-a-Lago to sit down with the president-elect, giving him a friendlier reception than the one he received after winning the 2016 election.“EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE MY FRIEND!!!” Trump sa
  
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• Julián Castro: Trump's border czar embodies 'dark heart' of administration's immigration policy

  27-12-2024 19:33 via thehill.com
  
  Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro (D) sharply criticized incoming “border czar” Tom Homan during a Friday appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe," saying a "heart of cruelty" is behind President-elect Trump's strident immigration policies.Homan, who has encouraged undocumented immigrants to "self-deport" out of the U.S., said this week that family detention centers will be necessary to carry out Trump's mass deportation plans, with halfway
  
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• McHenry jokes sister sent him 'the cruelest things' about him on the internet after famous gavel slam

  27-12-2024 17:10 via thehill.com
  
  Former Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) joked that his sister sent him “the cruelest things” people said about him on the internet after his famous gavel slam affirming the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) became a meme, the News and Observer reported.McHenry, who retired from the House at the end of this term, was catapulted into the role of Speaker pro tempore after McCarthy, a friend of his, was ousted from the Speakership in a historic vote in October 2023. As
  
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• Schatz: Democrats' next nominee 'has to talk like a normal person'

  27-12-2024 16:32 via thehill.com
  
  Hawaii Sen. Brian Schatz (D) said the Democratic Party’s next presidential nominee “has to talk like a normal person” to appeal to a large swath of voters across the country and have the best chance of winning in 2028. “I think whomever we nominate has to talk like a normal person," Schatz said during an interview with Politico published Friday morning. "That is to me the most important thing. Normal doesn’t mean that they have an affect that is identifiable mi
  
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• Manchin objects to Biden's commutations

  27-12-2024 16:17 via thehill.com
  
  Outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) is denouncing as “misguided” and “disgusting” President Biden's move to commute the sentences of two men convicted of murdering a student at Marshall University. “After speaking to Samantha Burns’ parents, I believe it is my duty to speak on their behalf and say President Biden’s decision to commute the death sentences for the two men convicted in her brutal murder is horribly misguided and insulting,” Manch
  
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• Kari Lake sparks concerns at Voice of America

  27-12-2024 12:01 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump has nominated GOP Senate candidate Kari Lake to lead Voice of America (VOA), a decision that is renewing worries of partisan meddling at the government-funded global news agency. Lake, who ran for governor and senator in Arizona and previously was a local news anchor, is one of a number of loyalists Trump has called on to serve in his Cabinet and administration.Trump has said his vision is for Lake to “ensure that the American values of Freedom and Liberty are br
  
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• Kay Granger revelation punctuates increasing scrutiny of aging officials

  27-12-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The revelation that Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) has been living in an assisted living facility is fueling scrutiny of aging public officials, highlighting the shifting norms surrounding lawmaker health, seniority, and for how long it is appropriate to hang on to power.“Sadly, you know, some of these members wait until it's too long to things have gone too far,” fellow Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales said on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday in light of the news.“I think
  
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• Crypto readies its wish list for Trump

  26-12-2024 23:14 via thehill.com
  
  The cryptocurrency industry spent big in the 2024 election, and its investment is about to pay off in the incoming Congress and administration. For more than a decade, there was a lack of clarity from federal regulators that left industry advocates frustrated, especially as the Biden administration went after crypto giants including Coinbase and Ripple for allegedly selling unregistered securities and urged caution with banks and investors. But President-elect Trump, who once dismissed
  
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• Biden arrives in St. Croix for last vacation as president

  26-12-2024 21:09 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Thursday arrived in St. Croix for his last vacation as president before leaving office next month.The president left the White House the day after Christmas with first lady Jill Biden. He arrived in St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands around 2 p.m. EST Thursday, along with his daughter Ashley Biden.Biden has traveled to St. Croix for the New Year’s holiday throughout his time as president and was criticized last year for making the trip amid a crisis at the U
  
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• Wasserman Schultz slams Trump’s 'preposterous' calls to seize Panama Canal, Greenland

  26-12-2024 20:13 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) on Thursday criticized President-elect Trump for saying the U.S. should take control of the Panama Canal and purchase Greenland.“It is utterly preposterous to suggest that we are going to send our military into Panama to, quote, 'take back the Panama Canal,'" Wasserman Schultz said during a Thursday appearance on CNN. “We have a treaty with Panama. We have a free trade agreement with Panama,” she added. “We are no more goin
  
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• Trump border czar floats halfway houses for children of migrants

  26-12-2024 19:10 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump’s "border czar" Tom Homan said in a Thursday interview that halfway homes for children of non-U.S. citizens may be a necessary part of Trump's plans for mass deportation of immigrants lacking permanent legal status.“As far as U.S. children — children, that's going to be a difficult situation, because we're not going to detain your U.S. citizen children, which means, you know, they're going to be put in a halfway house,” Homan told NewsNation’s
  
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• Retiring Democrat wants to make room for new generation: Some lawmakers 'just stay forever'

  26-12-2024 17:40 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Annie Kuster (D-N.H.) is leaving Congress with the goal of opening doors for a younger generation in leadership.
  “I’m trying to set a better example,” Kuster told the Boston Globe in a report published Thursday about her decision to not seek reelection. “I think there are colleagues — and some of whom are still very successful and very productive — but others who just stay forever.”Kuster chocked up her decision to several reasons, including Preside
  
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• Trump ‘border czar’ plans to reinstate family detention centers

  26-12-2024 15:01 via thehill.com
  
  Tom Homan, the incoming “border czar” for President-elect Trump’s administration, said he will reinstate policies that hold families in detention centers in an interview with The Washington Post published Thursday.“You knew you were in the country illegally and chose to have a child. So you put your family in that position,” he told the outlet.Homan said new detention centers will need to be constructed with a capacity to hold families exiting the country.“We&
  
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• Trump, GOP zero in on Liz Cheney as potential target

  26-12-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump’s fixation on former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is escalating as he suggests she should be prosecuted for her work on the now-disbanded House Jan. 6 committee.In the wake of a report by a House subcommittee that alleges Cheney improperly communicated with star witness Cassidy Hutchinson, Trump accused Cheney of committing crimes as she led the panel.“Liz Cheney has been exposed in the Interim Report, by Congress, of the J6 Unselect Committee as having do
  
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• 5 under-the-radar races to watch in 2025

  26-12-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  While elections in Virginia, New Jersey and New York City will receive the most attention next year, 2025 will also see plenty of lower-profile — but no less interesting — races. From a judicial race in the battleground state of Pennsylvania to several notable mayoral races, political observers will be watching to see how these races could signal which way the political winds are blowing. Here are five under-the-radar races to watch in 2025. New York 21st District spec
  
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• Biden condemns Russia's 'outrageous' Christmas attack on Ukraine

  26-12-2024 03:22 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Wednesday denounced Russia’s latest attack on Ukraine, declaring the wave of missiles and drones “outrageous.”"The purpose of this outrageous attack was to cut off the Ukrainian people’s access to heat and electricity during winter and to jeopardize the safety of its grid,” Biden said in a statement. “Let me be clear: the Ukrainian people deserve to live in peace and safety, and the United States and the international community must con
  
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• Trump tells 37 people with sentences commuted by Biden to 'go to hell' in lengthy Christmas post

  26-12-2024 01:48 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump on Wednesday used a lengthy Christmas Day social media post to tell the 37 people who had their death sentences commuted by President Biden to "go to hell."“Also, to the 37 most violent criminals, who killed, raped, and plundered like virtually no one before them, but were just given, incredibly, a pardon by Sleepy Joe Biden,” Trump wrote in the latter of two Truth Social posts. “I refuse to wish a Merry Christmas to those lucky ‘souls’ bu
  
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• Trump announces ambassador to Panama amid fight over canal

  26-12-2024 01:30 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump on Wednesday announced Miami-Dade County Commissioner Kevin Marino Cabrera as his pick for U.S. ambassador to Panama.The announcement comes as Trump is sparking a feud with the U.S. ally over control of the Panama Canal.“I am pleased to announce that Kevin Marino Cabrera will serve as the United States Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, a Country that is ripping us off on the Panama Canal, far beyond their wildest dreams,” Trump wrote in the Wednesday Truth S
  
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• US officials use National Menorah Lighting to promote peace, unity

  26-12-2024 00:45 via thehill.com
  
  U.S. officials and religious leaders spoke about peace and hope at the National Menorah Lighting hosted in front of the White House Wednesday to mark the beginning of Hanukkah. “We can all benefit from the study of Torah, the mandates to visit the sick, feed the poor, pursue justice, welcome the stranger,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told the audience, echoing words from a New York Times op-ed written in honor of the holiday.“There is a yearning for this
  
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• Biden to leave White House with little fanfare

  25-12-2024 21:20 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is readying to leave the White House with little fanfare.Democrats are eager to turn the page on a poor year in which they lost again to President-elect Trump, who has swallowed up much of the spotlight well before he’s taken office for a second time.Biden for his part has embarked on several major foreign trips since the election. He also pardoned his son, is working on reaching a ceasefire deal in Gaza, upping assistance to Ukraine and working the holiday circuit while d
  
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• Cori Bush open to another office run: 'Possibilities are endless'

  25-12-2024 18:47 via thehill.com
  
  Outgoing Rep. Cori Bush (D-Mo.) said she is open to mounting another run for office in the future. In the meantime, the two-term lawmaker will organize and work on the same issues she focused on long before she stepped foot on Capitol Hill. “The possibilities are endless. All I know right now is that I am not going anywhere. I’m going to keep fighting for the issues that I fought for before I ever entered Congress, and since I’ve been in Congress," Bush said in an intervie
  
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• Long an unofficial symbol, bald eagle becomes official US bird

  25-12-2024 16:39 via thehill.com
  
  After long being an unofficial symbol, the white head, yellow beak bald eagle became the official U.S. bird on Christmas Eve.  President Biden signed 50 bills into law on Tuesday. Among them was Senate Bill 4610, legislation amending Title 36 of the U.S. Code to designate the predator as the national bird. The bill was originally brought to the Senate floor in July. The legislation passed unanimously and cruised through the lower chamber also in December without any opposition.&nb
  
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• Trump faces roadblocks to ambitious border crackdown

  25-12-2024 12:04 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump has made ambitious promises on the border and immigration, including the biggest deportation operation ever seen.  But much like in Trump’s first term in office, his immigration agenda faces significant roadblocks.  Trump saw a number of his policies tied up in legal battles, with some rejected by the courts on the merits, due to technicalities or on procedural grounds. He also doesn’t have the workforce to match his rhetoric as he has
  
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• Trump announces new ambassadors to Portugal, Malta

  25-12-2024 01:59 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump announced two new foreign ambassadors on Tuesday in a Truth Social post.“It is my great honor to announce that John Arrigo will serve as the next United States Ambassador to Portugal,” Trump wrote on the social platform, welcoming the businessman into his administration. Arrigo is currently the vice president of the Arrigo Auto Group, which operates in West Palm Beach, Fla., where the Trump frequently hosts meetings at his Mar-a-Lago resort. “Jo
  
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• Biden signs 50 bills, including one backed by Paris Hilton, on Christmas Eve

  25-12-2024 01:41 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden spent Christmas Eve signing new bills into law approving everything from the country’s official bird to protections for children in youth care facilities. Here are a few of the most pressing pieces of holiday legislation:Stop Institutional Child Abuse ActCelebrity singer and actress Paris Hilton has spent months pushing for a federal law that will hold treatment centers and care facilities serving youth accountable. She made frequent appearances on the hill to encourag
  
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• Biden signs 50 bills, including 1 backed by Paris Hilton, on Christmas Eve

  25-12-2024 01:41 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden spent Christmas Eve signing new bills into law approving everything from the country’s official bird to protections for children in youth care facilities. Here are a few of the most pressing pieces of holiday legislation:Stop Institutional Child Abuse ActCelebrity singer and actress Paris Hilton has spent months pushing for a federal law that will hold treatment centers and care facilities serving youth accountable. She made frequent appearances on Capitol Hill to enc
  
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• Soda manufacturers push to keep sugary drinks on SNAP list

  24-12-2024 22:43 via thehill.com
  
  (NewsNation) —  Popular soft drinks like Coke, Pepsi and Mountain Dew are currently all eligible for purchase with food stamps, but that could change once President-elect Donald Trump takes office in January.Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Trump’s nominee to oversee the Department of Health and Human Services, has vowed to remove soda from the list of items that can be purchased using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. A million taxpayers will soon receive up to
  
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• Biden takes heat for vetoing bill that would add new judgeships 

  24-12-2024 21:01 via thehill.com
  
  Federal judiciary leadership and some lawmakers are criticizing President Biden for vetoing a bill that would’ve added 66 new federal judgeships amid growing caseloads. Biden on Monday made good on his promise to veto the JUDGES Act, which originally had broad support from both parties before it stalled until after the election. The bill gradually would've added new federal judgeships in 13 states through 2035 in two-year waves. President-elect Trump’s victory meant that he
  
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• Toyota to donate $1 million to Trump inauguration

  24-12-2024 20:24 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump’s inauguration is getting $1 million from Toyota Motor North America.The spokesperson for Toyota confirmed the inauguration donation to The Hill on Tuesday.
  Toyota joins Ford and a number of other companies in pledging significant donations to Trump's inaugural fund. Ford is reportedly donating $1 million.Meta and Amazon both handed over seven-figure donations of their own to the president-elect’s inaugural fund last week. Open AI CEO Sam Altman has also said he
  
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• GOP lawmaker says House 'better off' without 'volatile' members

  24-12-2024 19:31 via thehill.com
  
  Republican Rep. Don Bacon (Neb.), who won a hotly contested general election race last month, said the House GOP will be “better off” without “volatile” lawmakers in the next Congress. Bacon did not mention the members he was referring to in comments about the House's passage last week of a measure to keep the government funded.
  The Nebraska Republican said his party “did the right thing” by helping to pass the spending bill to keep the government funded,
  
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• Dreaming of a white Christmas? Expect delays in Northeast

  24-12-2024 18:28 via thehill.com
  
  As Americans are setting off on holiday trips this week, they may be facing dangerous winter weather in the Northeast that could delay their travel.The National Weather Service (NWS) said Monday in a post on social platform X that a “storm system will continue sweeping through the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Christmas Eve with a wintry mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain making for hazardous travel.”According to a Monday report from AccuWeather, meteorologists said Christmas Day tra
  
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• Bill Clinton discharged after hospitalization for flu

  24-12-2024 18:08 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Clinton was discharged on Tuesday morning after being hospitalized a day earlier for flu, according to his spokesperson. “He and his family are deeply grateful for the exceptional care provided by the team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and are touched by the kind messages and well wishes he received,” spokesperson Angel Ureña added in a Tuesday morning post on X. “He sends his warmest wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season to all.
  
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• Trump vows to direct DOJ to pursue death penalty in wake of Biden clemencies

  24-12-2024 17:30 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump vowed Tuesday to direct his Department of Justice (DOJ) to pursue the death penalty in the wake of President Biden’s clemencies of nearly every federal death row inmate.“As soon as I am inaugurated, I will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters,” Trump said on Truth Social. “We will be a Nation of Law and Order again!” Tru
  
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• Fox News's Kilmeade estimates Greenland could cost $1.5 trillion

  24-12-2024 16:37 via thehill.com
  
  Fox News’s Brian Kilmeade estimated Monday that Greenland could cost some $1.5 trillion, after President-elect Trump said earlier this week the U.S. owning the country “is an absolute necessity.”“It’s gonna cost about 1.5 trillion, but [it’ll] probably will pay off,” Kilmeade said on “Jesse Watters Primetime” while talking with Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Whatley, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite.The Hill reached out to
  
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