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NBC News has dropped former Republican National Committee chair Ronna McDaniel from her role as a paid contributor, mere days after her hiring was announced, following on-air objections from NBC and MSNBC journalists. NBC News reported the decision was announced Tuesday in an email to staff by Cesar Conde, NBCUniversal Group chairman. “There is no doubt that the last several days have been difficult for the News Group. After listening to the legitimate concerns of many of you, I have decided tha…
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The White House counsel’s office asked special counsel Robert Hur to revise some of the language in his report on his investigation into President Biden’s handling of classified documents, which highlighted that the president’s memory “appeared to have significant limitations,” leading Hur’s team to believe a jury might see Mr. Biden as a “well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” The White House counsel’s office was so opposed to the language the special counsel used, the president’s attor…
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Washington — President Biden urged Congress Tuesday to pass a national security supplemental bill that would provide funding for Ukraine, Israel and border security, hoping to bolster support as the deal appears to be falling apart on Capitol Hill. The president’s plea came as more House and Senate Republicans have said they oppose the Senate-negotiated deal, which would provide $118 billion for foreign aid and overhaul key portions of the U.S. immigration system. Opposition from House Republica…
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Washington — President Biden would veto a standalone House bill that would provide $17.6 billion in aid to Israel if it reaches his desk, the Office of Management and Budget announced late Monday. The veto threat comes after the administration and many in Congress worked for months on a larger national security supplemental funding bill that would provide support not just to Israel, but to Ukraine and make changes to border security. Republicans in the House intend to move forward this week with…
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Washington — John Podesta, a senior adviser to President Biden and longtime fixture in multiple Democratic administrations, has been named senior adviser to the president on international climate policy, the White House announced Wednesday.John Kerry, 80, is departing the White House after serving as special presidential envoy for climate since the creation of the position at the beginning of the Biden administration. “We’ve made historic progress these last three years and I know that, in his n…
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A Pentagon watchdog found a slew of problems with the White House Medical Unit that took place during the Trump administration, including that the unit provided controlled substances to ineligible White House staff. A new report from the Department of Defense inspector general found the military-run White House Medical Unit provided a wide range of health care and pharmaceutical services to ineligible staff, in violation of federal law and policy, with senior leaders in the unit directing practi…
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Rep. Nancy Mace’s former top aide, Daniel Hanlon, filed paperwork on Friday to run against his old boss in South Carolina’s June congressional primary. According to the Federal Election Commission, Hanlon has filed to run for Congress in South Carolina’s first district, which Mace has represented since 2021. Hanlon served as her chief of staff until he left Mace’s office in December. Business Insider first reported that Hanlon had filed the paperwork to run. It’s a rare thing for a former congre…
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House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that the House will vote on whether to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas “as soon as possible,” moving forward with punishing the secretary over the administration’s handling of the U.S.-Mexico border as early as next week.Johnson also warned that a Senate draft proposal to overhaul key parts of the nation’s immigration system “would have been dead on arrival in the House,” raising further questions about the future of ongoing immigrati…
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The United Auto Workers announced its endorsement of President Biden on Wednesday, a key, if expected, show of support as the president hones in on the general election.The endorsement of the 400,000-member union is critical for Mr. Biden as he seeks to bolster his support among working class Americans. Mr. Biden became the first president in modern history to join a picket line when he visited striking workers near Detroit in September, a move UAW President Shawn Fain touted as he made the case…
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Washington — President Biden unveiled a nearly $5 billion investment for dozens of infrastructure projects throughout the country on Thursday during a visit to a Superior, Wisconsin, including a key bridge connecting the state to Minnesota. The investment targets 37 major infrastructure projects throughout the country across at least 12 states, with much of the funding going toward repairing and building new bridges. Among the investments is $600 million to replace the I-5 bridge that connects W…
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First lady Jill Biden has invited Kate Cox — the Texas woman who was denied an emergency abortion by the state’s Supreme Court — to President Biden’s State of the Union address in March, the White House said Wednesday. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president and first lady called Cox Sunday to talk about her case and experience, and the first lady invited Cox to join her in her box for the address. Cox has accepted, Jean-Pierre said. “On Sunday, the president and first…
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