President Biden on Tuesday made a passionate plea for an assault weapons ban, invoking the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, to push Congress to pass such a ban. Biden said during remarks in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., that parents had to use DNA to identify their children's bodies following the incident at Robb Elementary School in May when a 18-year old shot and killed 19 students and two teachers. "Could not identify the body," Biden said, yelling into the microphone. "A 20 year old kid can walk in and buy one? DNA to say 'That's my baby.' What the hell's the matter with us?" "What are we doing?" he continued in his fiery address. His remarks in Wilkes-Barre, which is near his hometown of Scranton, were focused on community safety and on the bipartisan gun bill he signed into law last month. "I'm determined to ban assault weapons in this country. Determined. I did it once and I'll do it again," Biden said. Read more here. |
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Welcome to The Hill's Evening Report, catching you up on news from the afternoon and looking at the big stories likely to impact tomorrow. |
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🇷🇺 Former Soviet leader Mikhial Gorbachev dies at 91 |
Mikhial Gorbachev, the former Russian leader who was instrumental in ending the Cold War, creating a more free and democratic society in his country and bringing an end to the Soviet Union, died Tuesday at 91, according to several Russian news agencies. |
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| 🎖️ Pentagon chief marking Afghanistan withdrawal: Work 'is not done'
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin marked the first anniversary of the U.S.'s withdrawal from Afghanistan, acknowledging that America's work "is not done" in the country.
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✋ FAST FIVE: Democrats' midterm chances are rising
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💰 Biden clears another $1.5B for defrauded college borrowers
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The Biden administration's latest borrower defense action will erase $1.5 billion in loan debt, bringing the total amount of loans discharged through the program to $14.5 billion. |
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| Our new YouTube channel posts rapid updates on the top story of the day, tracking key figures in politics and making sense of important policy decisions and how they impact your life. |
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🍑 Walker holds razor-thin lead in latest Georgia Senate poll
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Georgia Republican candidate Herschel Walker holds a thin, 2-point lead in his race against incumbent Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) for a seat in the upper chamber, according to a new poll. |
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🇦🇫 No way out: Afghan allies hiding from Taliban hit dead ends
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The second installment in The Hill's three-part series on Afghan refugees marking one year since the U.S. withdrew its military from Afghanistan, ending its longest war. The series — Here, There, Everywhere — tells the story of life after the evacuation through the eyes of Afghan refugees in the U.S., vulnerable Afghans who have been unable to escape the country, and those refugees scattered across the globe. To protect those in hiding and their families, The Hill used pseudonyms in this story.
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🍎 Attacks on teachers never 'as bad as right now': union chief
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The president of the American Federation of Teachers, one of the largest teachers unions in the country, says attacks on teachers have never been "as bad as right now."
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🏥 First death in US of person with monkeypox confirmed in Texas
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Texas has confirmed what appears to be the first death of a person diagnosed with monkeypox in the United States. |
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⚓ Navy says Iranian ship tried to capture unmanned drone in Gulf
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The Navy says it foiled an attempt from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy to capture an unmanned drone in the Arabian Gulf.
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🇺🇸 Garland bans political DOJ appointees from taking part in campaigns
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🌽 Pence group announces ad campaign in Iowa congressional district
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Former Vice President Mike Pence's political advocacy group has launched a new ad campaign targeting a competitive Iowa congressional race and focusing on energy policy. |
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🙊 Last surviving member of The Monkees is suing the FBI
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The Monkees singer Micky Dolenz is suing the FBI in an effort to "obtain any records" the agency has on the hit band and its members. |
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No defense for GOP defense of Trump document theft
| "No other president would have been able to get away with it. But for the last three weeks, Trump's loyal supporters have also been defending him for another outrageous move: taking top-secret documents from the White House to his home at Mar-a-Lago," writes Bill Press, host of The Bill Press Pod and author of From the Left: A Life in the Crossfire. |
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