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• House swears in Ohio Republican after close special election

  26-06-2024 03:16 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Michael Rulli (R-Ohio) was sworn into the House on Tuesday, after he fended off a Democratic opponent in an unexpectedly close special election to fill the seat vacated by former Rep. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio).Rulli, who previously served in the Ohio state senate, bested Democrat Michael Kripchak to represent the Buckeye State’s 6th congressional district earlier this month in a race that was closer than expected after Democrats overperformed in the ruby-red area.Rulli beat Kripchak
  
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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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• White House sends Congress funding request to cover Baltimore bridge collapse costs

  28-06-2024 18:00 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Friday submitted an emergency supplemental funding request to Congress seeking billions of dollars to cover the costs of the collapse of a major bridge in Baltimore and other needs.White House budget director Shalanda Young wrote to Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) outlining the ask, which includes $33 million to replenish Army Corps of Engineers funds used to remove wreckage in the Baltimore Harbor after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed in March.The overall request totals n
  
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• Biden expands immigration protections for 300,000 Haitians

  28-06-2024 17:48 via thehill.com
  
  The Biden administration is expanding a humanitarian program to allow an estimated 309,000 Haitians in the United States to stay and legally work.Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday announced he is renewing and redesignating Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS).Under TPS, foreign nationals from a designated country are protected from deportation and allowed to work in the U.S. while the designation remains in place.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said in a st
  
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• Massie mourns death of wife, his 'high school sweetheart' 

  28-06-2024 17:42 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced the death of Rhonda Massie, his wife of over 35 years, on Friday morning. “Yesterday my high school sweetheart, the love of my life for over 35 years, the loving mother of our 4 children, the smartest kindest woman I ever knew, my beautiful and wise queen forever, Rhonda went to Heaven,” he posted alongside photos of him and his wife.  Massie, 53, said the went to prom together. They both attended Lewis County High School.They also
  
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• House approves trio of funding bills as spending fight looms

  28-06-2024 17:08 via thehill.com
  
  The House on Friday approved a trio of government funding bills that the White House has already threatened to veto if they land on President Biden’s desk, setting the stage for a bitter spending fight later this year.The three measures — funding foreign operations and the Departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security — have virtually no chance of becoming law amid opposition from the White House and Democrats in the House and Senate over the spending levels, parti
  
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• Chip Roy says he'll call on Harris to remove Biden under 25th Amendment

  28-06-2024 16:13 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Friday said he plans to put forth a resolution urging Vice President Harris to convene the Cabinet and declare President Biden unable to carry out the duties of the Oval Office after the commander-in-chief’s poor debate performance.The announcement marks the latest fallout from Thursday night’s debate between Biden and former President Trump, during which the incumbent tripped over his words and appeared to lose his train of thought, prompting widespread co
  
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• White House, Biden campaign slam replacement chatter after debate

  28-06-2024 15:58 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden’s campaign aides and top surrogates scrambled Friday to shut down talk that he might drop out of the race following a disastrous showing at a debate with former President Trump.A campaign official dismissed talk of Biden withdrawing, while top Democrats viewed as potential successors to Biden worked to stamp out any talk of replacing the president. “Democrats, stop worrying and start working. We all have the responsibility here to do our part,” Pennsyl
  
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• Biden says 'we did well,' no concerns about debate performance

  28-06-2024 06:47 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden brushed off concerns about his debate performance against former President Trump Thursday despite widespread panic among Democrats about how the night played out.The president and first lady Jill Biden stopped at a Waffle House in Atlanta following the debate, and he took a few questions from reporters after placing their order.“I think we did well,” Biden said.Asked about calls from some Democrats for him to drop out of the race or whether he had any concerns about h
  
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• Live updates: Dems in full panic mode after Biden's stumbling performance, pundits say

  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 for attacks from Trump.The stakes were high for both men. Trump holds a narrow lead over Biden nationally at 45
  
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• Live updates: 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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• 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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• Biden has a cold, sources says

  28-06-2024 04:17 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden has a cold, a White House official told The Hill amid the first presidential debate.“He has a cold, started slow but obviously had started to hit his stride,” another source, who is familiar with Biden's campaign, told The Hill.Biden started the debate speaking very quietly, and the campaign was hit with questions about what was considered a slow start.He faces a high-stakes moment with this debate, challenged to ease voters' concerns about his age and whether he has
  
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• Biden has a cold, sources say

  28-06-2024 04:17 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden has a cold, a White House official told The Hill amid the first presidential debate.“He has a cold, started slow but obviously had started to hit his stride,” another source, who is familiar with Biden's campaign, told The Hill.Biden started the debate speaking very quietly, and the campaign was hit with questions about what was considered a slow start.He faces a high-stakes moment with this debate, challenged to ease voters' concerns about his age and whether he has
  
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• Biden has a cold, source says

  28-06-2024 04:17 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden has a cold, a source familiar with his campaign told The Hill in the middle of the first presidential debate.“He has a cold, started slow but obviously had started to hit his stride,” the source said.Biden started the debate speaking very quietly, and the campaign was hit with questions about what was considered a slow start.He faces a high-stakes moment with this debate, challenged to ease voters' concerns about his age and whether he has the mental fitness for anoth
  
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• Live updates: Biden, Trump trade insults as debate gets personal

  28-06-2024 03:50 via thehill.com
  
  In the first 20 minutes of their first 2024 debate, President Biden and Donald Trump tangled over the economy, COVID-19 and abortion. The 90-minute event, in Atlanta, is hosted by CNN.The stakes are high for both men. Trump holds a narrow lead over Biden nationally at 45 percent to 44 percent, according to a Decision Desk HQ/The Hill aggregate of polls.
  Biden has been dogged by concerns over his age, as well as the high cost of living and his administration's handling of wars in Ukraine and the
  
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• Live updates: Biden, Trump tussle over economy, abortion to start debate

  28-06-2024 03:19 via thehill.com
  
  In the first 20 minutes of their first 2024 debate, President Biden and Donald Trump tangled over the economy, COVID-19 and abortion. The 90-minute event, in Atlanta, is hosted by CNN.The stakes are high for both men. Trump holds a narrow lead over Biden nationally at 45 percent to 44 percent, according to a Decision Desk HQ/The Hill aggregate of polls.
  Biden has been dogged by concerns over his age, as well as the high cost of living and his administration's handling of wars in Ukraine and the
  
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• Live updates: Biden, Trump set for Atlanta showdown

  28-06-2024 02:33 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden and Donald Trump are squaring off against each other in their first televised debate of the 2024 campaign in Atlanta, which will be hosted by CNN at 9 p.m. EDT.The stakes are high for both men. Trump holds a narrow lead over Biden nationally at 45 percent to 44 percent, according to a Decision Desk HQ/The Hill aggregate of polls.
  Biden has been dogged by concerns over his age, as well as the high cost of living and his administration's handling of wars in Ukraine and the Middle
  
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• House votes to ban State Department from citing Gaza Health Ministry death toll statistics

  28-06-2024 01:51 via thehill.com
  
  The House passed an amendment Thursday barring the State Department from citing the Gaza Health Ministry’s death toll statistics for the Israel-Hamas war, effectively halting discussion of the war’s deaths if it is signed into law.A bipartisan group of lawmakers voted 269-144 to pass the amendment to the State Department’s annual appropriations bill. A group of 62 Democrats joined all but two Republicans in voting for the measure.The amendment was led by Reps. Jared Moskowitz (
  
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• Greene clashes with Australian TV anchor, dodges questions on 2024 outcome

  28-06-2024 00:56 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) clashed with an Australian TV news anchor on Wednesday in an interview that started with a focus on Julian Assange before veering into questions about accepting the results of the 2024 presidential election.In the interview, Greene did not say whether she would accept the results of the 2024 election, if it ended in a victory for President Biden over former President Trump. Instead, she lambasted ABC News Australia journalist Sarah Ferguson for asking the ques
  
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• McCaul seeks to hold top spot on foreign affairs panel after November election

  28-06-2024 00:46 via thehill.com
  
  The Republican chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is seeking a waiver to remain in the top leadership role beyond the GOP-imposed term limit of six years, his office confirmed to The Hill. Rep. Michael McCaul's (R-Texas) pursuit of a waiver signals his desire to stay in Congress over seeking a possible position in a potential second Trump administration and shoring up his leadership role on foreign policy in a potential second Biden administration. McCaul's pursuit of a waive
  
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• Live updates: Biden, Trump prepare for debate face-off in Atlanta

  28-06-2024 00:21 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden and Donald Trump are squaring off against each other in their first televised debate of the 2024 campaign in Atlanta, which will be hosted by CNN at 9 p.m. EDT.The stakes are high for both men. Trump holds a narrow lead over Biden nationally at 45 percent to 44 percent, according to a Decision Desk HQ/The Hill aggregate of polls.
  Biden has been dogged by concerns over his age, as well as the high cost of living and his administration's handling of wars in Ukraine and the Middle E
  
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