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• Biden had ‘verbal check-in’ with doctor after White House said he got no checkup for debate cold

  05-07-2024 21:18 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Friday said President Biden had a "verbal check-in" with his doctor about the cold he had during the debate, after telling reporters earlier in the week that he did not get a medical exam -- and had not had once since his yearly physical in February.
  Early into the president’s debate performance, during which he spoke in a soft and raspy voice and often struggled to complete sentences, the White House at the time said that Biden had a cold.
  Press secretary Karine Jean-Pi
  
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• Biden, post-Vance remarks, says he doesn't know if election will be peaceful

  04-10-2024 21:51 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Friday said he thinks the upcoming 2024 election will be fair but expressed skepticism over whether it will be peaceful.In his first briefing room appearance of his presidency, Biden was asked about his confidence there will be a free, fair and peaceful election in November.“I’m confident it will be free and fair. I don’t know whether it’ll be peaceful,” he said.“The things that Trump has said, and the things he said last time out—when
  
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• Biden: 'I don't know' if Netanyahu trying to influence election

  04-10-2024 20:51 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Friday said he wasn't aware of whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was trying to influence the U.S. election, while noting that no administration has been a stronger ally to Israel than his own.In his first briefing room appearance of his presidency, Biden addressed Democratic concerns that the Israeli leader is ignoring Biden’s call to negotiate a Gaza peace deal and confronting Hezbollah and Iran in an effort to interfere with the White House race.&l
  
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• Independent panel calls for removal of Homeland Security watchdog

  04-10-2024 20:31 via thehill.com
  
  An independent group of investigators called on President Biden to remove the government watchdog at the Department of Homeland Security, finding Inspector General Joseph Cuffari misled Congress, abused his authority and “engaged in substantial misconduct” while also wasting taxpayer funds.The long-awaited report from the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) comes after the body disclosed they have received “a litany of complaints” –
  
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• Biden makes first briefing room appearance as president to tout economy, port deal

  04-10-2024 20:21 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Friday made his first appearance in the press briefing room since taking office to tout strong jobs data and the resolution of a strike at East and Gulf coast ports that threatened to upend the economy.“The past two days, we’ve gotten some very good news about the American economy,” Biden said.“Just yesterday, shipping carriers, after some discussion with International Longshoreman’s Union, came to an agreement to keep the ports of the East Coast
  
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• Task force requests documents from authorities on second Trump assassination attempt

  04-10-2024 20:16 via thehill.com
  
  The House task force investigating the assassination attempts on former President Trump's life sent two letters to Biden administration officials in September, requesting documents and information related to the second threat.One letter was sent to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI, and the second was addressed to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Secret Service, according to a press release issued Friday.Both inquiries, signed by task force chair Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Penn.)
  
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• Biden to rally for Casey in Pennsylvania

  04-10-2024 18:41 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden will campaign next week for Sen. Bob Casey (D) in the swing state of Pennsylvania, the White House announced Friday.The campaign event, in the Philadelphia area, will be held Tuesday, after Biden travels to Milwaukee to give remarks on “progress replacing lead pipes and creating good-paying jobs," according to the announcement,
  Casey, who is a longtime friend of Biden’s, is in a tight race against Republican David McCormick and losing a Democratic-held seat could cost
  
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• Biden to campaign for Casey in Pennsylvania

  04-10-2024 18:41 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden will campaign next week for Sen. Bob Casey (D) in the swing state of Pennsylvania, the White House announced Friday.The fundraising event, in the Philadelphia area, will be held Tuesday, after Biden travels to Milwaukee to give remarks on “progress replacing lead pipes and creating good-paying jobs," according to the announcement.
  Casey, who is a longtime friend of Biden’s, is in a tight race against Republican Dave McCormick and losing a Democratic-held seat could co
  
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• White House bashes GOP 'lies' about FEMA funds 

  04-10-2024 17:55 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Friday bashed Republicans for what it argues are lies about the Hurricane Helene federal response effort.The White House focused on the claim that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is out of funding.Senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates sent a memo arguing that Republicans are “peddling bald faced lies” about the hurricane cleanup, and noted that GOP leaders in some of the affected states, such as Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and South Carolina Go
  
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• White House bashes GOP 'lies' about FEMA funds

  04-10-2024 17:55 via thehill.com
  
  The White House bashed Republicans on Friday for what it argues are lies about the Hurricane Helene federal response effort.The White House focused on the claim that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is out of funding.Senior deputy press secretary Andrew Bates sent a memo arguing Republicans are “peddling bald faced lies” about the cleanup after Hurricane Helene, and noted that GOP leaders in some of the affected states, including Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp and South C
  
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• Raskin, Ocasio-Cortez demand answers from Roberts on Alito, Thomas actions

  04-10-2024 17:34 via thehill.com
  
  Reps. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) are asking Chief Justice John Roberts to answer a series of questions about his awareness of an upside-down American flag that flew over Justice Samuel Alito’s home.Citing reporting from The New York Times, the letter from the two Democrats on the House Oversight Committee asks Roberts why Alito was bumped from drafting an opinion on a case, Fischer v. U.S., that ultimately determined prosecutors had erred in indict
  
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• Harris to tour Helene damage in North Carolina on Saturday

  04-10-2024 16:32 via thehill.com
  
  Vice President Harris will travel Saturday to North Carolina to tour the damage from Hurricane Helene and get an update on the ongoing recovery efforts in the state.Harris, who is the Democratic nominee for president, will get a briefing from local officials and will speak about how the federal government is working to support the on-the-ground response in North Carolina and other states impacted by the storm.The vice president visited Georgia on Wednesday to meet with families impacted by Hurri
  
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• Biden student loan cancellation plan on hold again

  04-10-2024 16:10 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration’s student loan cancellation plan has been put on hold once again in Missouri after brief celebration from advocates this week when another judge ruled the plan could move forward.  A federal judge in Missouri issued an injunction that blocks widespread debt relief on Thursday, hours after Biden got a favorable ruling in Georgia.  The Georgia court had dismissed its own state from the legal challenge, saying Georgia officials could not demonstrate injury f
  
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• Cuban, Hoffman join other entrepreneurs in 'Business Leaders for Harris' launch

  04-10-2024 15:44 via thehill.com
  
  Mark Cuban, Reid Hoffman and other big names in business joined with Vice President Harris’s campaign for the launch of “Business Leaders for Harris.”The group is expected to include founders and CEOs, and well as small business owners, that will be surrogates for Harris in the business community to encourage others to support her White House bid.Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks, and Hoffman, a co-founder of LinkedIn, were joined for the launch by Netflix co
  
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• Passport processing wait times drop again

  04-10-2024 14:40 via thehill.com
  
  U.S. passport processing time has been reduced by two weeks at most, the State Department announced Thursday.The Bureau of Consular Affairs said wait times for both online and paper applications have been reduced to four to six weeks, which is down from the previous processing time of six to eight weeks.Expedited processing times still remain at two to three weeks, the announcement reads.Last month, the department made passport renewal fully available online.Secretary of State Antony Blinke
  
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• House Republican apologizes for wearing blackface at 2006 Halloween party

  04-10-2024 14:24 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) apologized late Thursday night for wearing blackface as part of a Halloween costume portraying pop star Michael Jackson in 2006 during a college party."Obviously, I can’t change what happened 18 years ago, but I certainly, with wisdom and age, understand that that is not something I would do today and certainly understand why people would be upset or offended by it, and for that, I’m sorry,” Lawler said during an appearance on CNN’s “The So
  
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• Some Republicans embrace ‘pro-choice’ label, infuriating Democrats

  04-10-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  A few Republicans running for competitive or Democratic-leaning congressional seats are adopting and reviving a label that was nearly extinct in their party: pro-choice.The terminology marks some of the biggest changes in how the Republican Party is approaching abortion and reproductive issues that have challenged the party electorally since the Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in 2022.It is also frustrating Democrats and reproductive rights advocates, who say Republicans a
  
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• Dems hammer Israel over West Bank settlements: ‘Illegal’ and ‘indefensible’ 

  04-10-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  House Democrats are bashing Israeli leaders over the vast expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank, arguing the developments are not only illegal but will also make it impossible to negotiate any long-term peace deal in the Middle East. The West Bank settlements, which have grown dramatically under the right-wing government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, have flown largely under the radar since the start of the Israel-Hamas War a year ago, overshadowed by the intensity of t
  
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• Biden declares ‘collective bargaining works’ after deal struck

  04-10-2024 01:49 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Thursday hailed the agreement made between the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) union and the U.S. Maritime Alliance (USMX) to end the port strike, arguing that collective bargaining works and is essential to the economy.“Today’s tentative agreement on a record wage and an extension of the collective bargaining process represents critical progress towards a strong contract,” Biden, who has stood behind the striking workers, said in a stat
  
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• Photos show NY Republican in blackface as part of Michael Jackson Halloween costume

  04-10-2024 01:42 via thehill.com
  
  Photos taken of Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) while in college nearly 20 years ago show him wearing blackface as part of a Halloween costume portraying pop star Michael Jackson, The New York Times reported on Thursday.The news outlet, which obtained the photos, reported he wore the costume during October 2006 while he was attending Manhattan College.When reached by The Hill regarding the Times’ report, Lawler said in a statement that “When attempting to imitate Michael’s iconic dan
  
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• GOP rep: Pence's life 'wasn't really in peril' when Trump said 'So what?'

  03-10-2024 23:57 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Brian Mast (R-Fla.) said that former Vice President Pence’s life “wasn’t really in peril” when former President Trump allegedly said “So what?” on Jan. 6, 2021, in response to an aide alerting the former president that his vice president had been taken to a secure location.CNN’s Manu Raju asked Mast about the alleged comment — revealed in newly unsealed filing from Special Counsel Jack Smith — on “Inside Politics” Thursday."W
  
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• Democrat Mondaire Jones announces nearly $3M fundraising haul in NY House race

  03-10-2024 23:24 via thehill.com
  
  Former Rep. Mondaire Jones’s (D-N.Y.) campaign announced Thursday that the candidate had raked in $2.9 million in the third quarter of fundraising this year, a number that was first shared with The Hill.Jones’s campaign said it ended the quarter with more than $2.3 million in the bank. It’s unclear how much of the New York Democrat's latest haul came from transfers.Regardless, Jones’s fundraising is particularly notable — and high — for a House race, highlight
  
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• Biden hopeful hurricane cleanup could end 'rabid partisanship'

  03-10-2024 23:07 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Thursday said he’s hopeful that cleanup from Hurricane Helene could end the "rabid" partisanship in the United States, after he visited Republican-controlled states Georgia and Florida.Biden surveyed hurricane damage in both states and met with local officials. He did not meet with GOP governors Brian Kemp of Georgia or Ron DeSantis of Florida.“Moments like this, it’s time to put politics aside,” the president said in remarks in Georgia. “It&rsquo
  
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• Trump claims Hurricane Helene response ‘going even worse’ than Katrina

  03-10-2024 23:03 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump on Thursday repeatedly attacked Vice President Harris and the Biden administration’s response to Hurricane Helene by claiming that the federal response so far has been worse than Hurricane Katrina in the latest instance of him turning a natural disaster into a political advantage.Trump held a rally with supporters in Saginaw, Mich., where he repeatedly claimed that the federal government did not have enough funds to respond to the devastation in Florida, Georgia and
  
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• Biden student loan forgiveness plan gets win in Georgia court

  03-10-2024 18:15 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s student debt relief plan was dealt a win by a Georgia judge this week by removing one Republican challenger and letting the program advance for now after a temporarily restraining order expires. U.S. District Judge J. Randal Hall said Wednesday that Georgia does not have standing to sue because it could not show it would be adequately harmed by Biden’s $73 billion student loan forgiveness plan, despite arguments the plan would hurt its tax revenue.  The r
  
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• Authorities warn of scams in wake of Helene

  03-10-2024 17:29 via thehill.com
  
  Multiple federal agencies have warned of scams in the wake of the destruction of Hurricane Helene.“The impact of disasters affecting our citizens are not just from the events themselves, but also from fraudsters who take advantage of disaster victims and good-hearted people who want to help those affected,” U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina Sandra J. Hairston said in a press release Monday.“These criminals take advantage of victims before, during, and afte
  
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• Trifecta of challenges unravel for Harris, White House ahead of Election Day

  03-10-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  A compounding series of challenges are converging all at once for the White House — port workers are striking, fighting in the Middle East is escalating, and Hurricane Helene has ravaged parts of the southern and eastern U.S., all while a month away from Election Day.The issues unraveling both domestically and internationally is putting Vice President Harris to the test as she spends the final weeks of her campaign trying to convince voters that the current administration should not be pun
  
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• Pelosi: Vance's 'personal connection' during abortion debate discussion was 'clever' but 'isn't real'

  03-10-2024 02:05 via thehill.com
  
  Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called Ohio Sen. JD Vance's (R) "personal connection" to reproductive rights during Tuesday's vice presidential debate "clever," but she said "it isn't real," stressing it doesn't show clear support for women to make their own reproductive decisions."I think that that was clever to use that personal connection, but it isn't real in terms of women having the right to make their own decisions and not politicians making their decisions for them," Pelosi told
  
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• Pelosi: Vance 'personal connection' during abortion debate discussion was 'clever' but 'it isn't real'

  03-10-2024 02:05 via thehill.com
  
  Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance's (R) "personal connection" to reproductive rights during Tuesday's vice presidential debate "clever," but said "it isn't real," stressing it doesn't show clear support for women to make their own reproductive decisions."I think that that was clever to use that personal connection, but it isn't real in terms of women having the right to make their own decisions and not politicians making their decisions for them," Pelosi told Da
  
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• Biden calls climate change deniers ‘brain dead,’ warns storms will get worse

  02-10-2024 23:48 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Wednesday criticized climate change deniers and warned that storms will get worse, after he surveyed damage caused by Hurricane Helene.Biden took an aerial tour of Asheville, N.C., and then traveled to Raleigh for a briefing on hurricane relief efforts alongside Gov. Roy Cooper (D), during which he bashed those skeptical of the impacts of climate change.“No one can deny the impact of climate crisis anymore. At least I hope they don’t, they must be brain dead if the
  
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