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• 23 NATO members on track to meet 2 percent GDP spending goal

  17-06-2024 23:47 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Monday welcomed as good news the announcement that 23 countries in the 32-member NATO alliance are on track to spend two percent of their GDP on military defense this year, an important benchmark established in 2014.“We have a very important announcement to make today: A record number of allies are meeting NATO's commitment to at least 2 percent of their GDP on defense,” Biden said in remarks at the White House, ahead of a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens S
  
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• MAGA civil war reaches climax in Bob Good primary

  17-06-2024 23:22 via thehill.com
  
  The MAGA civil war surrounding Freedom Caucus Chair Bob Good’s (R-Va.) primary in Virginia’s Fifth Congressional District is coming to a head, pitting usual bedfellows against each other. The intraparty battle has positioned former President Trump against some of his key allies, including his former chief strategist Steve Bannon and Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), who are supporting Good. Trump has endorsed John McGuire, a state senator and former Navy SEAL
  
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• White House slams 'bad faith' videos that claim to show Biden confused

  17-06-2024 21:49 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Monday blasted a string of altered videos that purported to show President Biden wandering or standing in a state of confusion, calling the footage “bad faith” and a sign of desperation from Biden’s critics.Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked about the recent spate of videos, which stemmed from Biden’s trip to France earlier this month, his visit to Italy last week and his stop at a fundraiser on Saturday.Jean-Pierre referenced a Washington Po
  
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• Watch: White House news briefing

  17-06-2024 19:30 via thehill.com
  
  Recorded earlierWhite House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre is delivering a press briefing Monday afternoon.The briefing follows President Biden's trip to meet other Group of Seven (G7) leaders in Italy last week, where Biden backed language of a G7 communique on reproductive rights despite a reported spat between the leaders of Italy and France over a reference to abortion.The White House is also planning to put forward new rules to go after companies it characterizes as tax cheats, saying
  
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• State Department freezes new visas for foreign nurses

  17-06-2024 18:36 via thehill.com
  
  The State Department has essentially frozen foreign nurse visas for the rest of the fiscal year amid high demand, and health groups are warning it threatens to further a staffing strain on hospitals, nursing homes and other major health employers. The agency in its July Visa Bulletin announced that nearly all the available green card slots for which nurses are eligible had been filled. Only people who applied prior to Dec. 1, 2021, would be eligible to continue with visa interviews, even if
  
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• Freedom Caucus member endorses primary challenger to group's chair Bob Good

  17-06-2024 15:38 via thehill.com
  
  A member of the House Freedom Caucus endorsed a primary challenger to the group’s chairman, a move that is sure to inflame tensions in the hardline conservative group.Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) on Sunday endorsed John McGuire, a Virginia state senator and former Navy SEAL, in his challenge to Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), the Freedom Caucus chair.“In Virginia's 5th District, John McGuire is conservative and effective. He will work well with others to deliver conservative results,”
  
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• Freedom Caucus member endorses primary challenger to group Chair Bob Good

  17-06-2024 15:38 via thehill.com
  
  A member of the House Freedom Caucus endorsed a primary challenger to the group’s chair, a move that is sure to inflame tensions in the hardline conservative group.Rep. Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) on Sunday endorsed John McGuire, a Virginia state senator and former Navy SEAL, in his challenge to Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), the Freedom Caucus chair.“In Virginia's 5th District, John McGuire is conservative and effective. He will work well with others to deliver conservative results,” Dav
  
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• Emhoff to speak at new Tree of Life synagogue's groundbreaking

  17-06-2024 14:51 via thehill.com
  
  Second gentleman Doug Emhoff will attend the groundbreaking ceremony later this week for the new campus of the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, the White House announced Monday.Emhoff, who is Jewish, will deliver remarks at the event Sunday, nearly six years after a gunman opened fire at the synagogue, killing 11 people in the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history.Crews began demolishing the synagogue earlier this year. The new space is expected to include spaces for worship, a m
  
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• White House accused of scuttling Democratic support for ethics bill

  17-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) made sure to line up an equal number of lawmakers from each side of the aisle to serve as co-sponsors when they joined forces on a White House ethics bill last month. That careful balance soon fell apart, however, after three Democrats backed out of their previous commitments to support the bill — vanishing, Porter said, after the White House reached out to her collea
  
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• Pelosi's split from Jeffries on Netanyahu invite prompts quiet backlash from Democrats

  17-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has fanned the flames of the internal Democratic battle over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coming speech to Congress, questioning the wisdom of the invitation just days after it was endorsed by Democratic leaders in both chambers. Pelosi’s comments — and her decision to air them on national television — have struck a nerve with some rank-and-file Democrats, who are voicing concerns that she’s made it onl
  
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