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• Pennsylvania Democrat stresses need for bipartisanship in probe of Trump assassination attempts

  22-09-2024 19:35 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.) said Sunday that it is critical for the bipartisan task force investigating the assassination attempts against former President Trump to work swiftly and in a bipartisan fashion.“It's really important that this group works bipartisan-ly and quickly to be able to understand what happened, to be able to make sure that it doesn't happen again, and to your conversation with Senator Rubio, to make sure that we restore the faith and trust with the American people in
  
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• Trump transition lawyer: DOJ employees who won't implement agenda should leave

  11-11-2024 20:00 via thehill.com
  
  An attorney helping President-elect Trump plan for the transition at the Justice Department said Monday that career employees opposed to his vision for the agency should leave.Mark Paoletta wrote on X that Justice Department employees would play a role in carrying out a variety of measures, from immigration enforcement to “soft on crime prosecutors” to helping with pardons for Jan. 6 defendants and others.“If these career DOJ employees won’t implement President
  
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• Trump makes inroads with young voters

  11-11-2024 18:53 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump made clear inroads with young voters, who helped propel him to victory over Vice President Harris last week.Harris ultimately won the majority of voters under 30, but by a far slimmer margin than Biden did in 2020. She won them by just six points — a quarter of the total support Biden had from them four years ago.Trump, meanwhile, made clear gains with young white men and boosted his support with young Latino, Black and Asian voters. Republicans overseeing his outreac
  
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• Biden calls on Americans 'to keep perfecting our union' in his last Veterans Day address

  11-11-2024 18:34 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden on Monday called on Americans to unify for the sake of the country in the last Veterans Day address of his presidency, which comes just under a week after the election of President-elect Trump.“This is the moment to come together as a nation, to keep faith in each other. The world is depending on each of you and all of us — all of you — to keep honoring the women and the men and the families who have borne the battle. To keep protecting everything they fought fo
  
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• Ocasio-Cortez: 'I'm listening' to split-ticket Trump voters 

  11-11-2024 18:09 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has taken to Instagram to listen to split-ticket voters from last week’s election, posting a question box asking “People who supported [President-elect] Trump & me OR voted Trump/Dem, tell us why” on her story.  She received a variety of responses from her 8.1 million followers and beyond, citing reasons ranging from Trump and Ocasio-Cortez's "care for the working class" to the war in Gaza.  “I’m LISTENING,”
  
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• Schmitt withdraws name from Trump attorney general consideration

  11-11-2024 18:00 via thehill.com
  
  Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) is no longer in the running to become the next attorney general in President-elect Trump’s incoming administration.Schmitt, a top ally of the former president, told Trump's transition team that he's withdrawing his name from consideration to become the nation’s top cop.The former Missouri attorney general will instead refocus his attention on the judiciary by helping Trump shepherd judges through the upper chamber and work to enact his agenda. “I
  
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• Moulton doubles down on transgender athletes comments: 'Backlash ... proves my point' 

  11-11-2024 16:20 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) doubled down on his recent comments about transgender athletes, saying the response to them proves his point.“I was just speaking authentically as a dad about one of many issues where I think we’re just out of touch with the majority of voters, and I stand by my position,” Moulton said during an MSNBC appearance on Sunday. “The backlash I’ve received proves my point that we can’t even have these discussions as a party.&rdq
  
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• Moulton doubles down on transgender athletes comments: 'Backlash … proves my point' 

  11-11-2024 16:20 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) doubled down on his recent comments about transgender athletes, saying the response to them proves his point.“I was just speaking authentically as a dad about one of many issues where I think we’re just out of touch with the majority of voters, and I stand by my position,” Moulton said Sunday during an MSNBC appearance. “The backlash I’ve received proves my point that we can’t even have these discussions as a party.&rdquo
  
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• Watch live: Biden speaks at Veterans Day ceremony

  11-11-2024 16:15 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden and Vice President Harris will participate in a Veterans Day wreath-laying ceremony to mark the 100th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.The event in Arlington, Va., is the first time Biden and Harris, along with their spouses, will be together since the election. It is the second public appearance for Harris after she lost the 2024 election to President-elect Trump. She conceded in remarks in Washington, D.C., last Wednesday.Monday's wreath-laying ceremony will
  
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• Kremlin denies Trump-Putin call

  11-11-2024 16:05 via thehill.com
  
  The Kremlin on Monday denied that President-lect Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call following the U.S. presidential election last week.The denial came after reporting from The Washington Post and Reuters that Trump and Putin held a phone call on Thursday, where the incoming commander-in-chief reportedly advised Putin not to escalate in Ukraine and reminded the Russian leader of the sizable US military presence in Europe. “There was no conversation. This is co
  
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• Republicans quickly battle to replace Stefanik in House GOP leadership

  11-11-2024 15:05 via thehill.com
  
  Republicans began scrambling to replace Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) as House GOP conference chair almost immediately after news broke that President-elect Trump had picked her to serve at the United Nations, with two contenders announcing their bids.Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.), the House GOP conference secretary, told The Hill she is running for Stefanik’s old post, as is Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.), according to a source familiar with her bid.The House GOP will hold internal leadership el
  
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• Trump says he'll nominate Stefanik as UN ambassador

  11-11-2024 13:13 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) as his choice to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, choosing one of his staunchest allies in the House to take on a top diplomatic post.Trump confirmed the choice in a statement to The New York Post late Sunday.“I am honored to nominate Chairwoman Elise Stefanik to serve in my Cabinet as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Elise is an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter,” Trump said.
  
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• Trump says he'll appoint Stefanik as UN ambassador

  11-11-2024 13:13 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) as his choice to serve as ambassador to the United Nations, choosing one of his staunchest allies in the House to take on a top diplomatic post.Trump confirmed the choice in a statement to The New York Post late Sunday.“I am honored to nominate Chairwoman Elise Stefanik to serve in my Cabinet as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. Elise is an incredibly strong, tough, and smart America First fighter,” Trump said.
  
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• RFK Jr.'s political clout grows after Trump victory

  11-11-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is seeing his star rise after President-elect Trump glided to a second White House victory on Tuesday, a remarkable trajectory for someone who was long dismissed as a fringe political figure.Kennedy and Trump bet big on each other, taking a gamble that independents and other coalitions of voters disillusioned with establishment politics would merge to beat Vice President Harris. That partnership paid off for both men, with a massive Trump win all but ensuring Kennedy is poi
  
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• House, Senate GOP to consider new leadership as Trump administration approaches

  11-11-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  House and Senate Republicans will huddle this week to select a new slate of leaders for the next year's Congress, the first step towards legislating in the looming Trump administration.The moves come as the GOP is on the brink of securing a trifecta in Washington: Trump is headed to the White House, Republicans secured control of the Senate, and the GOP looks poised to retain its majority in the House, which would give the party full control in D.C. for the next two years.Republicans are two sea
  
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• Here are the GOP’s top legislative priorities under Trump

  11-11-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Hill Republicans have ambitious legislative plans for the first months of total GOP control of government under President-elect Trump, with a sweeping tax package at the top of the to-do list.While Republicans are not yet officially projected to win enough seats to secure the House, it looks likely that they will keep a slim majority.Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has been working with Senate Republican leaders and Trump for months on items they can quickly push through Congress in the first
  
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• Trump says Senate GOP leader candidates must agree to recess appointments 

  11-11-2024 05:40 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump demanded on Sunday that the next Senate GOP leader allow him to make recess appointments, which would effectively let him fast-track his nominees and appointments without needing Senate approval.Recess appointments, which are intended for emergencies, can last for up to two years, without the Senate ever giving their advice and consent. Trump on Sunday suggested using the practice as a way to avoid facing opposition in the Senate to his picks.“Any Republican Senator s
  
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• Biden, Harris to appear together at Veterans Day ceremony

  11-11-2024 04:54 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden and Vice President Harris will make their first public appearance together since last week’s Election when the two leaders attend a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.Biden and Harris will participate in a wreath-laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. First lady Jill Biden and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will also attend, the White House said.Harris will also attend Biden’s remarks at the amphitheater at Arlington cemetery.Harris last week lost
  
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• Lawler says Harris's loss wasn't a function of her not introducing herself enough

  11-11-2024 04:10 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) touted his party’s performance in the 2024 election cycle and blamed the Biden-Harris administration for Vice President Harris’s defeat in the presidential race.In an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill Sunday,” Lawler pushed back at the suggestion that President-elect Trump’s significant advantage over Harris did not similarly play out in down-ballot races.“You can look at a district like mine, where Joe Biden won by 10 points
  
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• Rep. Caraveo concedes in Colorado district 8 fight

  11-11-2024 02:22 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Yadira Caraveo (D-Colo.) on Sunday conceded her reelection race to Republican Gabe Evans, in a win for the GOP as they inch closer to winning control of the lower chamber.The close race for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District still has not been called by The Hill/Decision Desk HQ."It's been the honor of a lifetime to serve the people of Colorado's 8th district. I came to Congress to get things done, and have spent the last two years working to find common ground and bipartisan solut
  
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• Rep. Richard Hudson seeks second term as NRCC Chair

  10-11-2024 22:52 via thehill.com
  
  National Republican Congressional Committee Chair Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) is seeking a second term as head of the House GOP’s campaign arm, ending speculation about his next move and setting the House GOP up to put its stamp of approval on its current leadership team for the next Congress.His decision comes as House Republicans appear likely to keep control of the lower chamber – but also keep their slim majority.Hudson’s name had also been in the mix as a potential chair of th
  
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• Immigration advocates brace for Trump: 'Buckle up'

  10-11-2024 22:00 via thehill.com
  
  Immigration advocates are bracing for Trump 2.0, whose pledge of mass deportation is sending waves of panic and anger throughout the movement.Even before President-elect Trump’s resounding victory on Tuesday, immigration advocacy was facing an identity crisis after decades of relying on Hispanics as their primary voting constituency and with neither political party fully embracing their priorities.“I think that part of the challenge … has been the movement has been very insula
  
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• Former Harris aide calls for Biden to resign so she can be president briefly

  10-11-2024 21:55 via thehill.com
  
  Jamal Simmons, a former aide to Vice President Harris, called for President Biden to resign so that the vice president can have his role for a short amount of time.“Joe Biden’s been a phenomenal president, he’s lived up to so many of the promises he’s made. There’s one promise left that he could fulfill, being a transitional figure,” Simmons said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on a panel featuring anchor Dana Bash, in a clip highlighted by Med
  
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• Donalds says Trump has ‘no enemies list’

  10-11-2024 17:14 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) said Sunday that President-elect Trump has “no enemies list" after Trump made headlines for referring to his opponents as “the enemy within.” “For the American people who have been listening to these lies from the Democratic left, I will tell you, this is not something that Donald Trump has ever spoken to, or he’s committed to, whatsoever. There’s no enemies list,” Donalds said on “Fox News Sunday.”The Florida
  
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• Who will lead energy, environment agencies under Trump?

  10-11-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  Energy and environment agencies may be helmed during the second Trump administration by officials who have served under the president-elect before.Several ex-Trump officials are among the leading contenders for the jobs, including two who appear to have helped President-elect Trump during his campaign. Former Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler apparently sent Trump talking points for his debate against President Biden, while former Interior Secretary David Be
  
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• Trump to meet with Biden next week after election victory

  09-11-2024 19:09 via thehill.com
  
  President-elect Trump is set to meet President Biden at the White House next week following his decisive election victory over Vice President Harris. The event will take place Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. EST, the White House announced Saturday in a statement. Traditionally, the visit is meant to signify a peaceful transfer of power between the incoming and outgoing president.
  The ritual was paused in 2020 amid Trump's unsubstantiated claims that the election was stolen. The former presiden
  
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• Kristi Noem: Democratic governors should work with Donald Trump

  09-11-2024 17:00 via thehill.com
  
  South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) said Friday that Democratic governors who have pledged to resist President-elect Trump's immigration policies are being "extremely irresponsible" and should instead seek dialogue with the incoming administration."If I had a new president in the White House, and even if he wasn't from my political party, the first thing I would do would be call him up and see if I could get a meeting," Noem said on NewsNation's "Elizabeth Vargas Reports."The Republican governor
  
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• Former acting DHS secretary leaves door open to serving Trump again

  09-11-2024 16:04 via thehill.com
  
  Former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf suggested this week that he would be open to returning to the Trump administration, saying he would be "happy to serve if needed.""Look, I'm happy to serve if the president should ask, I think it's an honor to do that," Wolf told host Blake Burman Thursday on NewsNation's "The Hill.""Not only for the president, but for the country, so happy to serve if needed," he added.Asked if President-elect Trump had approached him, Wolf said "No, absolutel
  
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• Democrats' election reckoning pits liberals against centrists

  09-11-2024 12:00 via thehill.com
  
  The Democrats’ shellacking at the polls this week has triggered a feisty battle between the ideological wings of the party about what went wrong — and who bears the blame.Some liberals say the party didn’t tack far enough to the left to animate the base. Many centrists say it tacked too far to the left and scared away moderate voters in key battleground states. And Democratic leaders are now faced with the difficulty of working to ease the tensions and ally the feuding factions
  
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• Gluesenkamp Perez holds back GOP in competitive Washington House race

  09-11-2024 02:29 via thehill.com
  
  Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D) has won a second term in Washington state’s 3rd Congressional District, Decision Desk HQ projects.Gluesenkamp Perez again defeated Republican Joe Kent, a retired Green Beret backed by former President Trump, in a closely watched rematch, keeping the southwestern Washington seat in Democratic control two years after her upset victory.During the midterms, Kent beat out then-Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.), one of the handful of House GOP
  
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