State officials ask Yellen for clarity on what will happen if debt bill doesn’t pass by June 5 | The Hill Skip to content Greg Nash Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen answers questions during a Senate Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government hearing to discuss the President’s FY 2024 budget for the Department on Wednesday, […]
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Uvalde shooting victim’s father: ‘If these laws don’t change, it’s gonna keep on happening’ | The Hill Skip to content Javier Cazares (L), father of 9-year-old Jacklyn Cazares, who was killed during the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, in May 2022, sits alongside his daughter Jazmin Cazares, during a House Committee on […]
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The Memo: Texas killing sparks outrage from Biden’s border critics | The Hill Skip to content Law enforcement officials work Sunday, April 30, 2023, in the neighborhood where a mass shooting occurred Friday night, in Cleveland, Texas. The search for a Texas man who allegedly shot his neighbors after they asked him to stop firing […]
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Shelters in a Texas city struggled to find space Saturday for migrants who authorities say have abruptly begun crossing by the thousands from Mexico, testing a stretch of the U.S. border that is typically equipped to handle large groups of people fleeing poverty and violence. The pace of arrivals in Brownsville […]
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White House calls censure of Montana transgender lawmaker ‘undemocratic’ | The Hill Skip to content (Thom Bridge/Independent Record via AP, File) State Rep. Zooey Zephyr, D-Missoula, alone on the house floor stands in protest as demonstrators are arrested in the house gallery. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday said it was “undemocratic” for […]
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Biden tells ‘Tennessee Three’ that GOP efforts to expel them were ‘undemocratic’ | The Hill Skip to content President Joe Biden speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, April 24, 2023, in Washington, as he and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with the three Tennessee state lawmakers who faced expulsion for participating […]
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Once-expelled Tennessee lawmakers invited to White House | The Hill Skip to content Justin Pearson, Gloria Johnson and Justin Jones raise their fists in solidarity at a rally to support of Pearson on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 in Memphis, Tenn. A Shelby County Board of Commissioners committee approved a resolution Wednesday morning that clears the […]
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DOJ seeking longest sentence yet for Jan. 6 defendant | The Hill Skip to content The Department of Justice (DOJ) will seek a 24-year prison sentence for a Jan 6. rioter convicted of assaulting police officers, which if imposed would be the longest term of any case related to the 2021 attack at the Capitol. […]
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14 trans and nonbinary legislators tell Biden they’re concerned about Title IX change | The Hill Skip to content A flag supporting LGBTQ+ rights decorates a desk on the Democratic side of the Kansas House of Representatives during a debate, March 28, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. Schools and colleges across the U.S. […]
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Biden invites Tennessee lawmakers subjected to expulsion votes to White House | The Hill Skip to content FILE – President Joe Biden listens to a question during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) President Biden on Friday spoke with the three […]
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Harris to meet with Tennessee lawmakers expelled over gun protests | The Hill Skip to content Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris speaks at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Probst) Vice President Harris is making a previously unscheduled stop in Nashville, Tenn., on Friday to meet […]
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Biden decries expulsion of Tennessee lawmakers as ‘shocking’ and ‘undemocratic’ | The Hill Skip to content President Joe Biden speaks on efforts to reduce gun violence at The Boys and Girls Club of West San Gabriel Valley, Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Monterey Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) President Biden blasted the expulsion of two […]
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White House: Vote to expel Tennessee lawmakers over gun violence protests is ‘undemocratic’ | The Hill Skip to content The White House on Thursday condemned a vote in the Tennessee House of Representatives to expel three Democratic lawmakers for protesting against gun violence, calling it “undemocratic.” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre addressed the situation […]
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Biden approves California disaster declaration to aid with storm response | The Hill Skip to content FILE – A truck drives along snow berms in Running Springs, Calif., Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Since December, 2022, a parade of a dozen atmospheric storms have dumped so much snow up and down the Sierra that several ski […]
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Chargers lineman says he was sexually assaulted by TSA agent | The Hill Skip to content A Los Angeles Chargers player says he was sexually assaulted by a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent at a California-area airport. “I really just got sexually assaulted by TSA at @JohnWayneAir. After I asked the gentleman to please stop […]
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Education secretary stresses opposition to bans on books, topics after DeSantis moves | The Hill Skip to content Getty/Associated Press-Lynne Sladky Education Secretary Miguel Cardona reiterated the Biden administration’s opposition to book bans in a guest op-ed for the Tampa Bay Times amid the controversy on the topic spurred by restrictions enacted under Florida Gov. […]
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Harris traveling to Iowa for first trip to the state as VP | The Hill Skip to content Greg Nash Vice President Harris is seen during an event hosted by the Democratic National Committee at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, November 10, 2022 to thank staff and volunteers for their efforts during […]
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Biden Education chief: GOP using schools ‘as a means to divide’ | The Hill Skip to content AP Photo/Evan Vucci Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is pictured in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Aug. 24, 2022. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona highlighted Democrats’ efforts at “parent partnership” in an op-ed for Newsweek this week, […]
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Ohio governor says Biden should come to East Palestine: ‘There’s no doubt about it’ | The Hill Skip to content AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) meets with reporters after touring the Norfolk Southern train derailment site in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 6, 2023. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) is piling […]
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Biden to travel to Selma for Bloody Sunday anniversary | The Hill Skip to content Greg Nash President Biden speaks during an event hosted by the Democratic National Committee at the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, November 10, 2022 to thank staff and volunteers for their efforts during the midterm elections. President Biden […]
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Buttigieg to travel to East Palestine on Thursday amid criticism Biden administration isn’t doing enough | The Hill Skip to content AP Photo/John Minchillo Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg speaks ahead of President Joe Biden’s arrival during a news conference at the construction site of the Hudson Tunnel Project, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, in New York. […]
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East Palestine mayor: Biden Ukraine visit ‘biggest slap in the face’ | The Hill Skip to content The mayor of East Palestine, Ohio, on Monday said that President Biden’s visit to Ukraine was the “biggest slap in the face” as his town continues to deal with the chemical fallout from a train derailment. During an […]
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DeSantis says Biden ‘neglecting’ domestic problems with Ukraine trip | The Hill Skip to content The Hill, Greg Nash/Associated Press, Rebecca Blackwell Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday said that President Biden is neglecting domestic problems by making an international trip this week that included a surprise trip to Kyiv to show support for […]
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Biden needles DeSantis for floating elimination of AP classes | The Hill Skip to content President Joe Biden, right, looks at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, during a briefing with first responders and local officials in Miami, Thursday, July 1, 2021, on the condo tower that collapsed in Surfside, Fla., last week. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) […]
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21 states call on Biden to label Mexican drug cartels terrorist organizations | The Hill Skip to content A shop’s windows are riddled with bullet holes near City Hall after a gunbattle in Villa Union, Mexico, Monday, Dec. 2, 2019. The small town near the U.S.-Mexico border began cleaning up Monday even as fear persisted […]
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Myrtle Beach mayor knocks federal government’s handling of suspected Chinese spy balloon | The Hill Skip to content A high altitude balloon, , which U.S. officials have speculated as a spy balloon from China, floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. Another balloon was detected over Latin America on Friday evening. (Larry Mayer/The […]
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