Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says anyone who suggests the Constitution could be suspended "would have a very hard time being sworn in as president of the United States" — a direct swipe at former President Trump. Trump recently called for the termination of parts of the Constitution amid reports that executives at Twitter discussed how to handle news on President Biden's son Hunter Biden's laptop before the 2020 presidential election. The laptop reportedly was left at a repair shop and never retrieved. "What I'm saying is that it would be pretty hard to be sworn in to the presidency if you're not willing to uphold the Constitution," McConnell told reporters Tuesday when asked if he would support Trump if he were the Republican nominee for president in 2024. Many Senate Republicans have condemned Trump for suggesting the Constitution should be suspended to either redo the 2020 presidential race or declare him the winner and remove President Biden. It was the second time in just over a week that McConnell took aim at Trump, who declared last month that he's mounting a third run for president. The two have had a notoriously acrimonious relationship. 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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🚨 Trump Organization found guilty of tax fraud
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🏅 Lingering Jan. 6 divisions on display during medal ceremony
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Lingering divisions from the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot were on full display when lawmakers presented the Congressional Gold Medal to law enforcement officers who protected the Capitol during last year's attack. |
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⚖️ Jan. 6 panel reaches 'general agreement' on criminal referrals to DOJ
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The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol has come to a "general agreement" to forward some criminal referrals to the Justice Department, its chair told reporters Tuesday. |
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💰 House panel directs Cawthorn to pay fine for improper crypto promo
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The House Ethics Committee has directed outgoing Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) to pay more than $14,000 after an investigation into his promotion of a cryptocurrency, but the panel found no evidence that he had an improper relationship with a staff member who Cawthorn has called his "cousin." |
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🖥️ Schumer open to reforming tech protections amid rising hate speech
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Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) says he is open to revising Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act in response to rising hate speech on Twitter directed at Black and Jewish Americans. |
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🚗 Hertz to pay $168M in false arrest lawsuits
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Rental car company Hertz has said it will pay $168 million to settle 364 customers' claims related to the company falsely reporting they stole vehicles, which caused some customers to go to jail. |
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📱 Apple reportedly interfered with union organizing effort in Atlanta
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Apple illegally interfered with union organizing efforts at an Atlanta store by holding mandatory meetings to discourage union membership, the National Labor Relations Board found. |
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🍟 Feds: McDonald's operator fined over violations involving 101 teens
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The U.S. Department of Labor says a local franchisee operating 13 McDonalds stores in the Pittsburgh, Pa., area violated child labor laws after investigators found 101 teenagers worked impermissible hours. |
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📺 Al Franken among 'Daily Show' guest hosts set for 2023
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Former Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) is going from the daily grind of Congress to "The Daily Show," taking a turn as a guest host following Trevor Noah's departure. |
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'Oh, the joy of dumping Iowa'
| "In what many reporters will remember as the single most significant accomplishment of his presidency, President Biden has ended Iowa's 50-year reign as the first stop in the Democratic Party's presidential nominating process," writes Bill Press, host of "The Bill Press Pod" and author of "From the Left: A Life in the Crossfire." |
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