President Biden said he's concerned about the fate of aid for Ukraine if Republicans win control of Congress after House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) signaled the party would not provide a "blank check" for Ukrainians. "I am worried about it because they said they would cut it," Biden told reporters during a stop in Pittsburgh. McCarthy said earlier this week that House Republicans will not write "a blank check" to Ukraine if they take control of the lower chamber next year. "I think people are gonna be sitting in a recession and they're not going to write a blank check to Ukraine. They just won't do it," McCarthy, who is likely to become Speaker if Republicans win the House, told Punchbowl News. While Ukraine aid has received bipartisan support in Congress so far, a minority of House Republicans taking a non-interventionist "America First" stance have opposed aid to Ukraine, a fight that would be amplified if the GOP retakes the majority after the midterms. 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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🗞️ Barrett denies emergency bid to block Biden's student debt plan
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett has denied an emergency bid by a group of Wisconsin taxpayers to block the Biden administration's student loan forgiveness program. |
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💰 Trump fundraises off Jan. 6 subpoena
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Trump's Save America Joint Fundraising Committee sent an email to supporters this week urging them to donate in the face of the Jan. 6 committee's subpoena of the former president. |
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🇺🇦 Zelensky accuses Russia of planning false-flag operation |
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of planning a "large-scale disaster" in southern Ukraine by blowing up a major dam and hydroelectric plant, only to blame the fallout on the Ukrainians. |
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🟥 Rick Scott: Senate Republicans have path to 55-seat majority
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National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Rick Scott (Fla.) says he thinks Republicans will ultimately control 52 Senate seats next year and have a pathway to a 55-seat majority, given how recent polls show GOP candidates picking up momentum. |
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🎓 Student enrollment rates in 2022 fell the least at community colleges
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Community colleges fared better this year than other higher education institutions in attracting students following an enrollment nosedive over the pandemic. |
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🇬🇧 Liz Truss's downfall sparks talk of democracy's decline in UK
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Questions of democratic legitimacy are swirling in the United Kingdom after the resignation on Thursday of Prime Minister Liz Truss, whose government collapsed just 44 days after she took office.
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⚖️ Jury finds Kevin Spacey not liable for battery
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A jury has found actor Kevin Spacey not liable for battery in a civil lawsuit brought against him by actor Anthony Rapp, who has alleged that Spacey made a sexual advance on him in the 1980s.
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✨ Mark Hamill sent 500 drones to Ukraine in past month
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Star Wars actor Mark Hamill has sent at least 500 drones to Ukraine through the country's fundraising platform, as Ukraine's ongoing conflict with Russia enters its ninth month.
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What women want in the midterm elections
| "It might sound trite, but those 'kitchen table issues' are at the forefront as women today manage 80 percent of household budgets. According to a recent aggregate survey, 58 percent of women now say that Joe Biden's economy isn't working," writes Eileen Sobjack, president of the National Federation of Republican Women. |
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