Tipsheet: Seven presidential contenders for the GOP in 2024

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View Online  TIPSHEET Seven presidential contenders for the GOP in 2024 BY NIALL STANAGE © Greg Nash/AP-John Raoux Former President Trump is still the dominant figure in the Republican Party but his stranglehold is loosening.   Trump-backed candidates have had a mixed record in GOP primaries so far this cycle, with high-profile losses in Georgia, Nebraska and a key South Carolina district undercutting many other wins. Read the full story here Five ways the Fed's interest rate hikes will impact Americans BY TOBIAS BURNS The Federal Reserve Bank announced a 75 basis point interest rate hike on Wednesday, a 50 percent greater increase than the central bank had initially signaled it was going to make for June.   Read the full story here Biden approval rating down to 39 percent in new poll BY ALEX GANGITANO  President Biden's approval rating is down to 39 percent, according to a new USA TODAY-Suffolk poll, marking another dismal survey for the president amid high inflation and rising gas prices. Read the full story here House Democrat calls for Clarence Thomas to resign following report of wife's email with Eastman BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) called on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign on Thursday after news that his wife, Virginia "Ginni" Thomas, emailed with conservative lawyer John Eastman, who was central in former President Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Read the full story here Post-Watergate reforms may frame DOJ decision over prosecuting Trump BY JOHN KRUZEL The break-in at the Watergate complex 50 years ago today led to a sweeping government ethics overhaul that included a push to insulate the Department of Justice (DOJ) from politics.   Read the full story here Trump criticizes Pence after Jan. 6 hearing: 'Human conveyor belt' BY CAROLINE VAKIL Former President Trump criticized former Vice President Mike Pence, calling him a "human conveyor belt" for not supporting efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results following the House Jan. 6 select committee's Thursday hearing. Read the full story here Navarro pleads not guilty to contempt charges in Jan. 6 subpoena case BY HARPER NEIDIG Former White House trade adviser Peter Navarro pleaded not guilty on Friday to two contempt of Congress charges for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Read the full story here Democrat to Biden: Don't suspend gas tax BY ZACK BUDRYK Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) asked President Biden to oppose a suspension of the federal gas tax in a letter Thursday, warning of "severe unintended consequences" for infrastructure.  Read the full story here Stocks closed mixed as S&P suffers worst week since March 2020 BY SYLVAN LANE The stock market closed with mixed gains Friday to close out a brutal week for the market and the worst weekly loss for the S&P 500 index since March 2020. Read the full story here TikTok moves US user data to Oracle platform BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO TikTok announced Friday that it has moved its data on users located in the United States to Oracle's cloud platform, an attempt to assuage concerns about Chinese government access to American data. Read the full story here The Jan. 6 committee must spotlight Trump's acts of insurrection BY BRUCE FEIN OPINION | The Constitution is not a suicide pact. Former President Trump is a manifest danger to the survival of the Constitution and the rule of law. His entire life bespeaks a manifesto of pursuing limitless power, money and fame to feed insatiable narcissism at all costs. Judicial notice of Trump's character can be taken. Read the full story here Where the Fed went wrong BY VIVEKANAND JAYAKUMAR OPINION | Given its stunningly poor forecasting record, the Fed needs to fundamentally rethink its approach and undertake some serious soul-searching regarding the causes of its failure. Sadly, the following quote may actually reflect the reality in economic circles: "An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today." Read the full story here AP: Russia frees captive medic who filmed Mariupol's horror BY VASILISA STEPANENKO AND LORI HINNANT TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A celebrated Ukrainian medic whose footage was smuggled out of the besieged city of Mariupol by an Associated Press team was freed by Russian forces on Friday, three months after she was taken captive on the streets of the city. Read the full story here WSJ: Can We Develop a Covid-19 Vaccine That Lasts? BY STEPHANIE ARMOUR AND LIZ ESSLEY WHYTE Roughly two and a half years into the pandemic, White House officials and health experts have reached a pivotal conclusion about Covid-19 vaccines: The current approach of offering booster shots every few months isn't sustainable. Read the full story here NYT: Gun Sellers' Message to Americans: Man Up   BY MIKE MCINTIRE, GLEN THRUSH, ERIC LIPTON Last November, hours after a jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse of two shooting deaths during antiracism protests in 2020, a Florida gun dealer created an image of him brandishing an assault rifle, with the slogan: "BE A MAN AMONG MEN." Read the full story here WaPo: Poor People's Campaign to march, rally in D.C. on Saturday BY ELLIE SILVERMAN Mark Pringle feels the pressure, as a fourth-generation farmer in rural Kansas, to keep his family farm running, even as it's become increasingly difficult. Read the full story here Enjoy this Tipsheet? Consider sharing it with a friend or sign up here for your own copy. The Hill's Evening Report Introducing Evening Report, the perfect complement to Morning Report and 12:30 Report to catch you up on news throughout the week. Click here to sign up. 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