PRESIDENT BIDEN wasted no time taking aim at House Republicans' proposed spending cuts while touting his own economic agenda in front of union workers Tuesday, hours after formally announcing his reelection bid. The president, speaking at the Washington Hilton after releasing a video earlier in the day making his bid official, accused the GOP of pushing "[the] same old trickle down" economic proposals "dressed up in MAGA clothing." "Only worse because this time they're saying if they don't get their way, if Biden doesn't agree with them and agree with all the cuts… they're going to let the country default on its debt," Biden told gathered supporters. The White House on Tuesday called a GOP proposal in the House to pair a debt limit increase with government spending cuts as a "reckless" move, vowing Biden would veto the proposal if it made it to his desk. The proposal would also cap funding for the government at 2022 fiscal levels and would limit spending growth to 1 percent annually for the next 10 years. Biden used his speech Tuesday to promote legislation enacted during his tenure, touting both the Inflation Reduction Act and the infrastructure law. "Our economic plan is working, we now have to finish the job and there's more to do," the president said, echoing a theme for his 2024 campaign. Read more here from Biden's speech, from The Hill's Alex Gangitano. |
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President Biden has tapped his senior adviser Julie Chávez Rodríguez to helm his 2024 reelection campaign. Here's what to know about his newly announced campaign manager.
Data guru Nate Silver will soon leave ABC and his FiveThirtyEight blog that he founded amid Disney's job cuts, saying in a tweet, "Disney layoffs have substantially impacted FiveThirtyEight. I am sad and disappointed to a degree that's kind of hard to express right now."
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) is threatening to subpoena the Biden administration to get documents in connection to climate envoy John Kerry's office and work. He told Secretary of State Antony Blinken in a letter Tuesday that he will "consider other means, including compulsory process" if he does not receive the documents he previously requested.
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Trump questions why he should do GOP primary debates
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FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP raised the question of why he should participate in the 2024 GOP primary debates, suggesting he should not have to answer questions from "Trump and MAGA hating anchors." "I see that everybody is talking about the Republican Debates, but nobody got my approval, or the approval of the Trump Campaign, before announcing them," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday. "When you're leading by seemingly insurmountable numbers, and you have hostile Networks with angry, TRUMP & MAGA hating anchors asking the 'questions,' why subject yourself to being libeled and abused?" he added. The debates scheduled so far: The first GOP debate is set to be held in August in Milwaukee, while the second debate is scheduled to be held in the the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. Trump took issue with the latter setting because The Washington Post's publisher, Fred Ryan, is chairman of the library's board of trustees. The second debate date has not been announced yet. Trump has a history of threatening not to participate in debates, including when he claimed during the 2016 election cycle that then-Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly would not treat him fairly. He also raised the idea of boycotting debates against Biden in the lead-up to the 2020 election over disagreements with the nonpartisan Presidential Debate Commission. Read more about Trump's comments on the debates here |
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Tester vows to block Biden's Amtrak board nominees
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Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) announced this week he would block all of President Biden's nominees for the Amtrak's board of directors, saying there is inadequate representation of Western states. - Tester vowed in a social media post that he will block all nominees until "rural America has a seat at the table."
- All but one nominee — Christopher Koos, who serves as mayor of Normal, Ill. — is from the Northeast.
"Amtrak is not only critical to Montana but it's critical to rural communities and economies across this entire country, and it's important that folks in rural America have a voice at Amtrak to make sure we aren't left behind," Tester said. Democrats hold a slim 14-13 majority on the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, meaning Tester's votes could hold up the entire nomination process. Read more about Tester's move to block the nominees here |
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✨ Political party time: 2023's WH correspondents' dinner events
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The Hill has a list of more than 20 parties being hosted this weekend as Washington prepares for the 2023 White House Correspondents' Association (WHCA) dinner. Even organizers have described the demand for invitations to events as "insane." |
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🇰🇷 White House unveils Biden's South Korea state dinner menu
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The White House is preparing to host a state dinner for South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol this week and revealed the menu will include crab cake, ribs and a trio of wines. First lady Jill Biden said her favorite course will be served first, while President Biden's will be served last. Read more here |
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🚘 EV growth is driving auto suppliers out of the market: report
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A new report by Deloitte predicts demand for gas-powered cars will dramatically drop in the next five years, as a new study found that just 62 percent of consumers surveyed told the company they wanted a "traditional" internal combustion engine-powered car in 2023. Read more here |
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"Cable news has bigger problems than Carlson, Lemon" — Jeffrey M. McCall, a media critic and professor of communication at DePauw University (Read here) "College admission by lottery isn't a bad idea — here's how to make it work" — Elizabeth Grace Matthew, a freelance writer, an America's Future Foundation Writing Fellowship alumna and a Young Voices contributor (Read here) |
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560 days until the presidential election. |
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10 a.m. / The House Oversight and Accountability Committee will hold a hearing called "The Government Accountability Office's 2023 High Risk List." 10:30 a.m. / The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight holds a hearing examining lessons learned since the Boston Marathon bombings. 3 p.m. / The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement holds a hearing called "The Biden Border Crisis: Exploitation of Unaccompanied Alien Children." All times Eastern. |
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