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• Debate highlights: Dems in full panic mode after Biden's stumbling performance

  28-06-2024 05:08 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden and Donald Trump tangled over the economy, COVID-19 and abortion in the first 20 minutes of Thursday night's debate, and then it got personal, with insults over who is the worst president and who is a criminal. And then, their golf games.When it was done, political experts expressed grave concerns over Biden's performance, from his demeanor to how he opened himself up to attacks from Trump. Democrats responded with panic.The stakes were high for both men. Trump holds a narrow le
  
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• White House accuses Comer of doing the bidding of the gun lobby

  01-07-2024 20:00 via thehill.com
  
  The White House accused House Oversight chair James Comer (R-Ky.) of doing the bidding of the gun lobby, pushing back on claims from the Republican that the White House was colluding with gun violence prevention groups in legal matters.In a letter first obtained by the Hill, the White House on Monday called on Comer and the House GOP to work with them on gun violence prevention.
  The letter, from deputy counsel to the president Rachel Cotton, was in response to Comer’s letter to the White H
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez vows to file impeachment articles against Supreme Court justices

  01-07-2024 19:53 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) announced Monday that she will soon file impeachment articles against at least one justice on the Supreme Court in the wake of their decision to grant partial immunity to former President Trump as he faces felony charges for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results. Ocasio-Cortez, a prominent liberal on the House Oversight Committee, said the ruling belies a central premise of America’s constitutional design — namely, that no one i
  
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• Democrats rage at Supreme Court for Trump immunity ruling: ‘a travesty’

  01-07-2024 19:26 via thehill.com
  
  Capitol Hill Democrats are hammering the Supreme Court on Monday over its decision to grant immunity to presidents for “official” acts, saying it will empower future commanders in chief to break the law with impunity. The Democrats have long argued that, under the Constitution, no one — not even the president — is above the law. By ruling that former President Trump is exempt from prosecution for certain actions — possibly to include those related to his effort
  
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• Jim Jordan calls on left to 'uphold democratic norms' after Trump immunity decision

  01-07-2024 19:05 via thehill.com
  
  House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) called on the ideological left to “uphold democratic norms” while hailing the Supreme Court decision regarding presidential immunity in the case involving former President Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election."Hyper-partisan prosecutors like Jack Smith cannot weaponize the rule of law to go after the Administration's chief political rival, and we hope that the Left will stop its attacks on President Trump and uphold democr
  
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• Pelosi: Supreme Court has 'gone rogue' with Trump immunity decision

  01-07-2024 18:40 via thehill.com
  
  Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday issued a searing rebuke of the Supreme Court, saying it has “gone rogue” in granting presidential immunity for official acts taken in office and has “further diminished” its credibility.“Today, the Supreme Court has gone rogue with its decision, violating the foundational American principle that no one is above the law,” Pelosi wrote. “The former president’s claim of total presidential immunity is an
  
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• Court allows key part of Biden student loan relief plan to resume

  01-07-2024 17:53 via thehill.com
  
  A federal appeals court on Sunday ruled that a key part of President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan can resume after an injunction was placed on the initiative.
  The previous injunction on the Saving on Valuable Education (SAVE) repayment plan said that the administration could not lower monthly payments or forgive some student debt. The 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals lifted the injunction on the part that would lower monthly payments, allowing them to drop from 10 percent o
  
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• Biden to extend overtime protections for 1 million workers

  01-07-2024 17:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden is extending overtime protections to 1 million workers who make less than the median individual salary and is vowing to take more action if reelected.The executive action announced Monday will extend protections to workers making less than $43,888 a year, the White House said in a statement.“That means higher paychecks and more time with family for millions of Americans,” Biden said.The president pledged to extend the protections further next year if Democrats hold on
  
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• Progressives unleash fury on AIPAC after Bowman loss

  01-07-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Progressives are venting loudly about the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) after Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s (D-N.Y.) loss chipped away at the “squad’s" ranks.AIPAC was one of the greatest forces working against Bowman, playing big by pouring millions into a successful long game to elect Westchester County Executive George Latimer in Tuesday's primary.In and out of Congress, progressives see the group as overly intrusive and increasingly damaging, arguing it is promoti
  
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• Former defense secretary: Biden looking weak on world stage 'very, very serious'

  01-07-2024 05:07 via thehill.com
  
  Former Trump defense secretary Mark Esper on Sunday expressed concern over how President Biden's debate performance was perceived on a world stage, suggesting it could sew doubt within foreign allies and adversaries about his ability to serve.
  "I mean, it's very, very serious. I mean, if you're a foreigner, an ally or a partner, you're looking at this and you start questioning...Does he have the stamina to go another four years?" Esper said on CNN. "And look, you can't help but answer and say, n
  
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• Ron Klain says 'big-money donors' can't force Biden out of race

  01-07-2024 00:27 via thehill.com
  
  Former White House chief of staff Ron Klain on Sunday shrugged off the prospect of President Biden losing the support of "big-money donors," arguing they will not push the president out of the White House race following last week's bad debate performance.
  Klain, who served as Biden's top adviser from the beginning of his presidency in 2021 through January of 2023, told The New York Times it was 100 percent certain Biden would stay in the race.
  "He is the choice of the Democratic voters,” K
  
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• Raskin: Biden will be DNC convention keynote speaker, whether he or 'someone else' is candidate

  30-06-2024 21:09 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Sunday said the Democratic Party will need President Biden to play a vital role at the Democratic National Convention in August, regardless of whether he will be the party’s presidential nominee.“So, we’re having a serious conversation about what to do. One thing I can tell you is that regardless of what President Biden decides … our party is going to be unified, and our party also needs him at the very center of our deliberations in our camp
  
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• Raskin: Biden will be DNC convention keynote speaker, whether he or ‘someone else' is candidate

  30-06-2024 21:09 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Sunday said the Democratic Party will need President Biden to play a vital role at the Democratic National Convention in August, regardless of whether he will be the party’s presidential nominee.“So, we’re [the Democrats] having a serious conversation about what to do. One thing I can tell you is that regardless of what President Biden decides…our party is going to be unified and our party also needs him at the very center of our deliberation
  
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• A John Wayne flop has been linked to high cancer rates. A new documentary aims to tell the community's story.

  30-06-2024 21:00 via thehill.com
  
  The 1956 movie “The Conqueror” is infamous among cinephiles, both for its casting of John Wayne as the Mongolian warlord Genghis Khan and for a suspicious number of deaths that followed its filming downwind of a nuclear test site. Nearly 70 years later, the makers of the documentary “The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout” hope to tell the story of the affected “downwinder” community in St. George, Utah, near where the film shot as their fed
  
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• House Democrat defends Biden: ‘Governance is the biggest part of the job, not just the performance or theater’

  30-06-2024 18:01 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) said on Sunday he’s confident that Democrats should stick with President Biden as their candidate, pointing to the importance of governing, not just campaigning, to serving in the White House."I do," Ivey said on NewsNation's "The Hill with Chris Stirewalt," when asked if he's confident Democrats should stick with Biden.When asked for his message to voters who had doubts after seeing Biden's debate performance on Thursday night, Ivey said, "I'd say keep watching."&l
  
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• House Democrat defends Biden: 'Governance is the biggest part of the job'

  30-06-2024 18:01 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Glenn Ivey (D-Md.) said on Sunday he’s confident that Democrats should stick with President Biden as their candidate, pointing to the importance of governing, not just campaigning, to serving in the White House."I do," Ivey said on NewsNation's "The Hill with Chris Stirewalt," when asked if he's confident Democrats should stick with Biden.When asked for his message to voters who had doubts after seeing Biden's debate performance on Thursday night, Ivey said, "I'd say keep watching."&l
  
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• Clyburn suggests there should be more 'fact checking' in next debate

  30-06-2024 16:10 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) suggested that there should be more live fact-checking during the next presidential debate after CNN was criticized for the lack of it last week.
  Clyburn said he doesn't know whether there should be a second debate after President Biden's poor debate showing on Thursday night on CNN's "State of the Union." While speaking to CNN's Dana Bash, who moderated last week's debate, he suggested that there was not enough live fact-checking during the debate.
  "I think that Joe
  
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• Biden's difficult debate puts spotlight on Harris

  30-06-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s lackluster debate performance has thrust Vice President Harris into the spotlight.After Biden struggled against former President Trump, Harris hit the airwaves to defend her running mate’s record and ability to handle the job. But she was also central to conversations among some Democrats about whether Biden should step aside, a move that would likely move Harris to the top of the ticket in November.It puts Harris in a tricky spot as she seeks to reassure nervous De
  
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• Biden campaign says debate 'did not change the horse race' 

  30-06-2024 03:57 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s campaign said in a memo Saturday that his poor showing in Thursday night's presidential debate “did not change the horse race.”“Flash polls from CNN, 538, SurveyUSA, Morning Consult, and Data for Progress show what we expected: The debate did not change the horse race,” Biden campaign Chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in the memo. “This mirrors what the campaign’s internal post-debate polling showed: The president maintained his supp
  
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• Beryl strengthens into first hurricane of 2024 Atlantic season. Here’s what you should know

  30-06-2024 02:27 via thehill.com
  
  Hurricane Beryl became a hurricane Saturday, the first of the 2024 Atlantic season, according to discussions from the National Hurricane Center (NHC).“Beryl continues to rapidly strengthen, and has now become a hurricane,” the NHC said in a discussion Saturday evening on the Atlantic season’s first hurricane. “Satellite images show an expanding central dense overcast feature, and recent microwave images indicate that a partial eyewall has formed.”Here’s what y
  
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• Pelosi on Democrats calling for Biden to step down: 'I'm not doing it'

  29-06-2024 23:40 via thehill.com
  
  Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she isn’t calling for President Biden to step down when asked about calls from Democrats for the president to do so in the wake of his negatively-reviewed presidential debate performance.“I don’t know who’s doing that,” Pelosi said of the calls for Biden to step aside and make room for someone new to enter the race against former President Trump, according to MSNBC, in an audio clip played on anchor Ali Velshi’
  
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• NY Democrat slams CNN over debate: Network gave Trump ‘free rein to just lie’

  29-06-2024 17:49 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Daniel Goldman (D-N.Y.) criticized CNN and its moderators for allowing former President Trump to make claims on air without fact checking during Thursday night's debate with President Biden.“He is blatantly mischaracterizing the disaster that was his presidency,” Goldman told CNN's Anderson Cooper in an interview Friday, highlighted by Mediaite. “And that got a lot of attention, it didn’t get a lot of pushback.”Biden's poor performance, including blank stares,
  
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• Biden praises LGBTQ community at Stonewall visitor center opening

  28-06-2024 23:42 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden praised the LGBTQ community in remarks at Stonewall Friday, a day after his first presidential debate against former President Trump.Friday marked the 55 years since the Stonewall Riots, which were demonstrations against a police raid that took place at the Stonewall Inn and was largely considered the start of the U.S. gay rights movement. Biden traveled to New York City to mark the anniversary and attend the opening of the new Stonewall National Monument Visitors Center at the e
  
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• Shell-shocked House Democrats question keeping Biden at the top of the ticket

  28-06-2024 23:32 via thehill.com
  
  A growing chorus of alarmed House Democrats say that President Biden’s faltering performance in the debate the night before raises immediate questions about whether he should remain at the top of the ticket in this year’s presidential contest.Such criticisms were unthinkable heading into the high-stakes Thursday night event, as Democrats have rallied fiercely behind their White House ally throughout the campaign.But that changed on Thursday night. Many Democrats were left shell-shock
  
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• Biden condemns Iowa court's decision to uphold six-week abortion ban

  28-06-2024 22:04 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Friday condemned the decision by Iowa’s Supreme Court to uphold the state's six-week abortion ban, saying it puts women’s health in jeopardy.The court, in a 4-3 ruling, overturned a lower court’s temporary block on the state’s six-week ban on abortion, saying that the ban is legal.
  The move on Friday allows the law, which bans abortions once fetal cardiac activity can be detected, to take effect in Iowa. The law includes some exceptions for rape and inc
  
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• Buttigieg: Debate wasn’t what ‘I would have loved for us’

  28-06-2024 21:23 via thehill.com
  
  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Friday lamented President Biden's debate performance but defended his continued candidacy in the 2024 race.“It wasn’t the debate I would have loved for us to have,” Buttigieg said on MSNBC. “I know what it's like, to have a night on the campaign trail or a day or a moment or an event or an interview that you go back and say, 'I would have done this different or done that different.'”Buttigieg debated against Biden when he r
  
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• Biden seeks to tame Democrat panic at postdebate rally

  28-06-2024 20:10 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden sought to tamp down the panic among some Democrats on Friday over his ability to lead the party heading into November following a calamitous debate performance a night earlier, delivering a more energized speech in North Carolina in which he acknowledged some of his shortcomings.“Folks, I don’t walk as easy as I used to. I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to,” Biden said at a campaign rally in Raleigh. &ldqu
  
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• Biden seeks to tame Democrat panic at post-debate rally

  28-06-2024 20:10 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden sought to tamp down the panic among some Democrats on Friday over his ability to lead the party heading into November following a calamitous debate performance a night earlier, delivering a more energized speech in North Carolina in which he acknowledged some of his shortcomings.“Folks, I don’t walk as easy as I used to. I don’t speak as smoothly as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to,” Biden said at a campaign rally in Raleigh. &ldq
  
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• Clyburn says Biden should 'stay the course' despite debate performance

  28-06-2024 19:29 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) is swatting away arguments that President Biden should step down from the Democratic ticket after his subpar debate performance Thursday evening, contending that the incumbent should “stay the course.”Clyburn — who is widely considered responsible for Biden's crucial primary victory in South Carolina that propelled him to the nomination in 2020 — said he thought Biden had a “poor performance” at the debate, calling it “st
  
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• Speaker Johnson: Cabinet should consider removing Biden through 25th Amendment

  28-06-2024 19:06 via thehill.com
  
  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Friday said members of President Biden’s cabinet should be considering using the 25th Amendment to remove him from office in light of his weak debate performance Thursday night.“There's a lot of people asking about the 25th Amendment, invoking the 25th Amendment right now because this is an alarming situation,” Johnson said. “Our adversaries see the weakness in this White House as we all do. I take no pleasure in saying that. I think this i
  
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