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• Biden, Sanders call out Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly for high drug costs in op-ed

  02-07-2024 18:34 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) continued their calls for lowered drug pricing in an op-ed published Tuesday, citing the high cost of the weight loss products manufactured by Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.Biden and Sanders echoed the common criticism of drug companies charging the U.S. significantly more for prescription drugs when compared to peer nations, in the op-ed published in USA Today.They pointed to Novo Nordisk's Ozempic and Wegovy and Eli Lilly's Mounjaro, for which the U
  
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• Recap: Biden dodges questions on his mental fitness in Stephanopoulos interview

  06-07-2024 03:27 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden sat with ABC News for an interview Friday in response to a poor debate performance that has left Democrats reeling and looking for a new party leader.The interview, conducted by George Stephanopoulos, aired on ABC in a half-hour special prime-time broadcast.Calls for Biden to step aside from the 2024 race have reached a fever pitch after a debate with former President Trump left the political world stunned at his performance in which he struggled to finish sentences, looked at ti
  
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• Biden defends health, insists he will beat Trump in high-stakes interview

  06-07-2024 03:26 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden defended his health and insisted he can beat former President Trump in November in a high-stakes interview Friday that came after his dismal debate performance in Atlanta last month.“I don't think there's anybody more qualified to be president or win this race than me,” Biden told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.“I convinced myself of two things. I’m the most qualified person to beat him, and I know how to get things done,” Biden said, referring to
  
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• Live updates: Biden dodges questions on his mental fitness in Stephanopoulos interview

  06-07-2024 02:21 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is sitting with ABC News for an interview airing Friday in response to a poor debate performance that has left Democrats reeling and looking for a new party leader.The interview, conducted by George Stephanopoulos is airing on ABC.Calls for Biden to step aside from the 2024 race have reached a fever pitch after a debate with former President Trump left the political world stunned at his performance in which he struggled to finish sentences, looked at times confused and spoke in a
  
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• Biden says he was ‘feeling terrible’ before debate, called it a ‘bad episode’

  06-07-2024 01:12 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden reiterated Friday that he felt terrible before the debate but said it was a "bad episode" and not part of a larger condition, in his first interview since mounting calls for him to drop out of the 2024 race began.
  “It was a bad episode. No indication of any serious condition. I was exhausted," Biden told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos in the highly anticipated interview after his debate last week. "I didn't listen to my instincts in terms of preparing and — and a b
  
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• Warner building support among Democratic senators to push Biden out

  06-07-2024 01:11 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), an influential centrist who is close with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), is working to gather support among Democratic senators to ask President Biden to drop his re-election bid, according to two sources familiar with the effort.Warner is concerned that Biden could perform so badly in November that he risks taking down senators who were thought to be in relatively safe seats, such as fellow Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.).“He talks to a lot of his
  
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• Live updates: Biden sits for high-stakes interview with George Stephanopoulos

  06-07-2024 00:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is sitting with ABC News for an interview that will air Friday in response to a poor debate performance that has left Democrats reeling and looking for a new party leader.The interview, conducted by George Stephanopoulos, will air at 8 p.m. on ABC. A preview clip will air on World News Tonight at 6:30 p.m.Calls for Biden to step aside from the 2024 race have reached a fever pitch after a debate with former President Trump left the political world stunned at his performance in whi
  
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• White House says Orbán trip to Moscow will not advance peace for Ukraine

  05-07-2024 22:57 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration on Friday joined a chorus of criticism against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s trip to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying it would do nothing to end the war.
  “We're concerned that Prime Minister Orban would choose to take this trip to Moscow, which will neither advance the cause of peace, nor will it promote Ukrainian sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence,” a senior Biden administration official sai
  
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• White House says Orban trip to Moscow will not advance peace for Ukraine

  05-07-2024 22:57 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration on Friday joined a chorus of criticism against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s trip to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying i twould do nothing to end the war.
  “We're concerned that Prime Minister Orban would choose to take this trip to Moscow, which will neither advance the cause of peace, nor will it promote Ukrainian sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence,” a senior Biden administration official sai
  
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• Biden beats back critics at Wisconsin rally: 'I'm running and going to win again'

  05-07-2024 22:19 via thehill.com
  
  In his first major rally since calls for him to drop out reached a fever pitch, President Biden fought back against his critics Friday, forcefully declaring that he is staying in the 2024 race despite calls for him to step aside.Biden gave his clearest indication yet that he is hearing the calls for him to drop out of the 2024 race.“What’s Joe going to do? Is he going to stay in the race? Is he going to drop out? What’s he going to do?” Biden told a crowd at a campaign ra
  
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• Biden's labor secretary laughs off 25th Amendment question

  05-07-2024 21:50 via thehill.com
  
  Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su laughed off a question about Biden's cabinet members invoking the 25th Amendment in an interview on Fox News following the latest jobs report on Friday.
  “Has there been any conversation among the cabinet members about invoking the 25th Amendment?” Fox Business' Edward Lawrence asked Su in an interview that aired on "America's Newsroom."Su laughed at the question, then said, “That’s absurd."“I will say that what we are talking about is
  
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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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• Former Rep. Jackie Speier diagnosed with breast cancer

  05-07-2024 20:02 via thehill.com
  Former Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) has been diagnosed with breast cancer, she announced in a social media post.
  “I have personal news that I want to share with you because we can all learn from it. I just became one of the 300,000 women per year who are diagnosed with breast cancer,” Speier said in her post Thursday on social platform X. “The good news is that it was discovered early and I had a successful lumpectomy on Tuesday.”Speier, who left the House in early 2023,
  
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• Illinois Democrat says posters of hostages in Gaza were vandalized outside Capitol Hill office

  05-07-2024 18:57 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) on Friday said posters outside his Capitol Hill office that featured pictures of hostages being held in Gaza were vandalized in what he called a “vile act of hate.”“My Capitol office was vandalized yesterday in a vile act of hate in which the posters of the more than 100 people still held hostage in Gaza (including 8 Americans) were ripped from the wall, shredded and tossed across the hallway,” Schneider said in a statement.He posted a photo&n
  
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• Trump says he has 'nothing to do' with Project 2025, disagrees with some of its elements

  05-07-2024 18:30 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump sought to distance himself from the conservative Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 on Friday, saying he has “nothing to do” with the initiative and disagrees with some of its aspects.Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he is not involved in the right-wing think tank’s proposal, which outlines various policies and initiatives that some conservatives hope a future Republican administration would administer.“I know nothing about Project 20
  
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• Trump says he has 'nothing to do' with Project 2025 despite ties to MAGA allies

  05-07-2024 18:30 via thehill.com
  
  Former President Trump sought to distance himself from the conservative Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 on Friday, saying he has “nothing to do” with the initiative and disagrees with some of its aspects.Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he is not involved in the right-wing think tank’s proposal, which outlines various policies and initiatives that some conservatives hope a future Republican administration would administer.“I know nothing about Project 2
  
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• NEA staff goes on strike days before Biden speech

  05-07-2024 16:42 via thehill.com
  
  The National Education Association Staff Organizations (NEASO) announced Friday it is going on strike days ahead of a speech President Biden is supposed to make at the NEA's annual convention.The NEASO said they were on a Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike against the NEA headquarters in Washington, D.C., filing two ULP complaints with the National Labor Relations Board.  The group alleges the country's largest teachers’ union has not bargained over unilateral changes, accusing the NE
  
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• NEA staff goes on strike; Biden cancels speech before group

  05-07-2024 16:42 via thehill.com
  
  The National Education Association Staff Organizations (NEASO) announced Friday it is going on strike, prompting President Biden to cancel a planned speech before the NEA's convention.The NEASO said they were on a Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike against the NEA headquarters in Washington, D.C., filing two ULP complaints with the National Labor Relations Board.  The group alleges the country's largest teachers’ union has not bargained over unilateral changes, accusing the NEA of wa
  
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• Paul Whelan calls on Biden to act as if his own son was held hostage

  05-07-2024 16:04 via thehill.com
  
  Paul Whelan, the former U.S. Marine who has been detained in Russia since 2018, is calling on President Biden to act in his case “as he would do if his own son were being held hostage."“I would hope that the president truly makes my case truly a top priority and leverages the resources available to him as he would do if his own son were being held hostage,” Whelan toldCNN in a call on Thursday.“As the United States celebrates another year of independence, America should n
  
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• Supreme Court’s weakening of public corruption safeguards sparks alarm

  05-07-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Ethics and legal experts warn that the Supreme Court has struck a serious blow to prosecutors’ ability to crack down on the abuse of power and public corruption.And that’s ringing alarm bells when Donald Trump, who was convicted in May by a Manhattan jury on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records and who was hit with a $355 million penalty in a civil fraud trial in February, is leading in the presidential race.Experts say the Supreme Court’s decision last week in Snyde
  
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• Biden leans on family with political future at risk

  05-07-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is increasingly leaning on his family while navigating calls from fellow Democrats to end his 2024 candidacy.Jill Biden and Hunter Biden serve as some of the president’s closest inner circle of confidants with a public focus shifting on them since his dismal debate performance last week. While the first lady is seen as the only person who could convince Biden to drop out of the race, the first son was also in a meeting with advisers to help with post-debate fallout.The Bide
  
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• Biden camp announces $50M ad blitz, $17M voter outreach push

  05-07-2024 11:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s campaign will launch a $50 million battleground state ad blitz, it announced Friday, a move that comes as he seeks to assure voters he’s up for the job following last week’s dismal debate performance.The campaign also said it would invest $17 million to ramp up voter outreach over the next two months and that the president, Vice President Harris, first lady Jill Biden and first gentleman Doug Emhoff will travel to every battleground state in July.The TV, radio
  
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• Disney heiress says she'll stop donating to Democrats unless they replace Biden on ticket

  05-07-2024 04:48 via thehill.com
  
  A Disney heiress says she plans to stop donating to the Democratic Party unless President Biden drops out of the 2024 race after his dismaying debate performance against former President Trump last week.“I intend to stop any contributions to the party unless and until they replace Biden at the top of the ticket.  This is realism, not disrespect. Biden is a good man and has served his country admirably, but the stakes are far too high,” Abigail Disney, granddaughter of The Walt D
  
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• Biden speaks to Netanyahu about ceasefire talks

  05-07-2024 02:32 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Thursday morning about progress on a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas.“Earlier I spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu to discuss ongoing efforts to finalize a deal that would result in a ceasefire together with the release of hostages – a deal that I have outlined and is endorsed by the UN Security Council, the G7, and countries around the world,” Biden wrote on X.Biden announced at the end of May a three-part pr
  
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• Biden speaks to Netanyahu about cease-fire talks

  05-07-2024 02:32 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden spoke with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday morning about progress on a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas.“Earlier I spoke with Prime Minister Netanyahu to discuss ongoing efforts to finalize a deal that would result in a ceasefire together with the release of hostages – a deal that I have outlined and is endorsed by the UN Security Council, the G7, and countries around the world,” Biden wrote on the social platform X.Biden announced a
  
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• Biden says he's 'not going anywhere,' takes shot at Trump during Fourth of July event

  05-07-2024 01:31 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden said he's "not going anywhere," and took a swipe at former President Trump during remarks before servicemembers and military families who had gathered at the White House for a Fourth of July barbecue.Biden spoke for about four minutes, then made some unscripted remarks at a barbecue for active-duty military service members and their families outside the White House.“I was in a World War One cemetery in France, and [...] the former president, didn't want to go and
  
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• Democrats in competitive House races break from Biden

  04-07-2024 23:00 via thehill.com
  
  Several Democrats running in competitive House districts this cycle are breaking from President Biden, underscoring growing concerns that the incumbent could be a down-ballot liability following his rocky debate performance in Atlanta last week. Reps. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) have both declared they had no confidence in Biden winning, while Adam Frisch, a Democrat running to fill the seat being vacated by Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), said the presi
  
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• Former California senator slams lawmakers 'pushing out' Biden: 'Please spare me your five minutes of fame'

  04-07-2024 22:15 via thehill.com
  
  Former California Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) on Thursday bashed lawmakers who have called for President Biden to drop out of the race after last week’s presidential debate against former President Trump.“I disagree with these members who are coming on TV for their five minutes of fame and pushing out a man who has been one of the greatest presidents since FDR,” Boxer said during an interview on CNN.Boxer previously told Los Angeles Times columnist Mark Barabak that the president sh
  
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• California Democrat says Biden campaign 'arrogant' after debate

  04-07-2024 21:41 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) says the Biden campaign has been “arrogant” since a shaky debate performance by the president last week.“As much as I love Joe Biden, in those swing states, he's having a hard time,” Peters said Wednesday in an interview with CBS 8 San Diego. “We needed a boost from Thursday. We didn't get it. And the campaign has been very, I think, arrogant in their response.”Biden’s first debate performance raised alarms among some Democra
  
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• Third House Democrat says Biden should bow out of presidential race

  04-07-2024 20:24 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Thursday became the third House Democrat to publicly call on President Biden to step out of the presidential race after a weak debate performance last week that left his allies shaken.“President Biden has done enormous service to our country, but now is the time for him to follow in one of our founding father, George Washington's, footsteps and step aside to let new leaders rise up and run against [former President Trump]," Moulton said on Boston-area radio s
  
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