In announcing her run for the GOP presidential nomination, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley called for "generational change" and the need to move on from "stale ideas and faded names of the past" when voters head to the polls in 2024. "America is not past our prime — it's just that our politicians are past theirs," she said during a rally officially kicking off her campaign in Charleston, S.C. Haley, 51, also used her address to call for "mental competency tests" for politicians older than 75 — a further dig at President Biden, 80, and former President Trump, 76. Haley served in the Trump administration as ambassador to the United Nations. Trump, who was the first Republican to announce a 2024 run, has said he gave Haley his blessing to jump into the race, but his allies have taken swipes at her since she made the decision public. "Nikki Haley had a hard time making the decision to run for President because she very publicly stated that she 'would never run against the President. He did a GREAT JOB, and was the best President in my lifetime,'" Trump said on his social media platform TruthSocial after Haley's event Wednesday. "I told Nikki to follow her heart, not her ambition or belief. Who knows, stranger things have happened." Neither Trump nor the White House has addressed Haley's age comments. Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R), 72, told CNN in an interview from Iowa after Haley's speech that he thinks voters should decide for themselves on the competency of candidates.
"Let's stick to the Constitution and what the Constitution requires," he said.
Hutchinson hasn't said whether he is plotting his own presidential bid, but he has been testing the waters and said during the CNN interview he'll likely make a formal announcement either way this spring. |
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- The gunman who killed 10 Black people in a racially motivated shooting at a Buffalo, N.Y., supermarket has been sentenced to life in prison.
The Transportation Security Administration says too many passengers are putting their pets in their carry-on bags and sending them through the X-ray machines at airport security checkpoints. More than 200 New York Times contributors have signed an open letter condemning the paper's coverage of transgender people and issues, calling out Times reporting that has been cited to justify criminalizing gender-affirming health care.
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💸 US could default on debt as early as July: CBO
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The federal government is on a path to defaulting as early as July if Congress doesn't act to raise the debt limit, according to the latest analysis from the Congressional Budget Office. The Treasury Department is expected to run out of leeway to prevent a default between July and September, the nonpartisan spending watchdog determined. "In particular, income tax receipts in April could be more or less than we estimate," CBO director Phillip Swagel said in a statement. "If those receipts fell short of estimated amounts ... the extraordinary measures could be exhausted sooner, and the Treasury could run out of funds before July." The Treasury warned last month when the national debt hit Congress' $31.4 trillion ceiling that it could exhaust its options by June. Rather than agreeing to raise the debt limit, lawmakers have been locked in a fight over federal spending. Republicans want budget cuts or structural reform before agreeing to raise the debt ceiling, but President Biden and Democratic leaders want it lifted without strings. The U.S. has never defaulted on its debt before, but economists predict it would send shockwaves to the economy. |
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🛸 Biden might make public address on UFOs
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White House aides are weighing whether to have President Biden address the public about multiple unidentified flying objects shot down by the U.S. military in recent days, according to an official familiar with the conversations. Republicans have criticized the president for not being more direct with the public about the issue, particularly after three separate unknown aerial objects were shot down three days in a row over the weekend. One White House official said there has been growing chatter in the building about Biden addressing the issue head-on at some point — possibly before he leaves the country for Poland next week. Pentagon officials and White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby have so far taken the lead on publicly addressing the situation and answering reporters' questions. |
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🚆 Senators seek freight rail oversight info after derailment
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Republican Sens. Marco Rubio (Fla.) and J.D. Vance (Ohio) want more information from Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg over U.S. rail system oversight following the recent train derailment in Ohio. "We write to convey our alarm over the Norfolk Southern Railway freight train derailment that occurred in Ohio earlier this month," the senators wrote in a letter to Buttigieg. "In particular, we request information from the U.S. Department of Transportation regarding its oversight of the United States' freight train system and, more generally, how it balances building a safe, resilient rail industry across our country in relation to building a hyper-efficient one with minimal direct human input." |
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🇨🇳 Blinken's trip to Germany raises possibility of China meeting
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken will attend a major European security conference this week that that could put him face-to-face with his Chinese counterpart, Beijing's top diplomat Wang Yi. Blinken canceled a recent trip to Beijing as a suspected Chinese spy balloon floated across the U.S. The balloon was taken down by the military over the Atlantic Ocean. While attending the Munich Security Conference this week, Blinken is set to "participate in a series of bilateral and multilateral meetings" focused on Ukraine aid and assistance to Turkey and Syria after last week's catastrophic earthquake, according to the State Department. The Chinese Foreign Ministry has confirmed that Wang also will attend the security summit. |
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🧑⚖️ Judge denies Trump's DNA offer in E. Jean Carroll case
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A federal judge has rejected former President Trump's "quid pro quo" offer to provide his DNA in a case accusing him of sexual assault, slamming it as a delay tactic. Trump has fought efforts by author E. Jean Carroll — who accused Trump of raping her in the mid-1990s — to secure a DNA sample from Trump, who denies the assault. Carroll wants to test it against samples from the dress she said she wore the day of the alleged assault in a department store dressing room. Trump's attorney, Joseph Tacopina, offered to provide Trump's DNA sample if Carroll agreed to provide more from the DNA report on the dress. "There is no justification for any such deal," Judge Lewis Kaplan ruled. "Either Ms. Carroll is obliged to supply the omitted appendix or she is not. Either Mr. Trump is obliged to provide a DNA sample or he is not. Neither is a quid pro quo for the other." |
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🖥️ Video streaming on track to top traditional TV in U.S. for first time
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U.S. adults on average will spend more time watching digital video than watching traditional television by the end of the year, according to a new analysis. Research firm Insider Intelligence found digital video time almost matched traditional TV time last year, with adults spending three hours and two minutes per day streaming video and three hours and seven minutes per day watching linear television. The firm defines digital video as video watched on streaming services like Netflix or on social media like YouTube. Traditional television is considered video watched on cable, satellite, telecom or over-the-air antenna. Insider Intelligence predicts daily TV time will continue to fall through 2024. |
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"A reminder to do no harm, regardless of gender" — Saralyn Mark, founder of SolaMed Solutions, LLC, host of the "Always Searching" podcast and founder of iGIANT. (Read here) "Why Americans are going hungry while government fraudsters get rich" — Haywood "Woody" Talcove, CEO for LexisNexis Special Services Inc. and for LexisNexis Risk Solutions, Government. (Read here) |
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🔹 Climate activist Greta Thunberg will be on ABC's "The View" on Friday. 🔹 Next week: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will be on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" on CBS. |
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22 days until President Biden unveils his budget plan for the next fiscal year. 227 days until the federal budget deadline. 629 days until the 2024 presidential election. |
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Vice President Harris and Secretary of State Antony Blinken will be in Germany for the Munich Security Conference. 10 a.m.: Senate Energy and Natural Resources hearing on Russia's war in Ukraine and its impact on energy security. 10 a.m.: Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing on health care workforce shortages. 10: a.m.: Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry hearing on the 2023 Farm Bill, focusing on nutrition programs. 2 p.m.: Tune into the latest from The Hill's Future of Tech Series on ChatGPT. (Register for free here) Featuring: Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), Wharton School of Business professor Ethan Mollick and Hugging Face researcher Margaret Mitchell. Moderated by Rebecca Klar, tech reporter for The Hill. 5 p.m.: President Biden and the first lady host a screening of the film "Till," about Mamie Till-Bradley, the mother of Emmett Till, who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955. Biden signed the Emmett Till Antilynching Act into law last spring, making lynching a federal hate crime. |
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