THIRTEEN Republican presidential candidates are scheduled to speak at the Lincoln Dinner in Iowa on Friday night. The annual dinner "is an important fundraising event for the Iowa GOP and regularly draws candidates vying for the party's nomination in the state," The Hill's Jared Gans and Julia Mueller note. It's the first Iowa event to feature both former President Trump, who leads by wide margins in polls, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who polls second. The program begins at 6 p.m. CT (7 p.m. ET). The following candidates will speak (in this order) for no more than 10 minutes each: Former U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) Michigan businessman Perry Johnson North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum Former Vice President Mike Pence Former Rep. Will Hurd (Texas) Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Texas businessman Ryan Binkley Radio host Larry Elder Tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy Former President Trump
Iowa holds the Republican Party's first presidential nominating contest in mid-January, and candidates will have much campaigning left after tonight. Still, the event could be particularly significant for DeSantis, who recently laid off dozens of staffers and began ramping up media appearances. DeSantis has been touring Iowa with Never Back Down, a super PAC supporting his bid, this week. The event could also be an opportunity for lower-polling candidates to catch some attention. "These types of speeches should be viewed by candidates who aren't in the lead — and at this point, that's all but one — as an opportunity to reset the narrative or reintroduce their brands," GOP strategist Michael Zona, a former staffer for Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), told The Hill. Read more here. |
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- New economic data shows compensation rising and inflation ebbing, meaning price pressures are easing, The Hill's Taylor Giorno reported.
Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. said the Biden administration denied his request for Secret Service protection.
The Food and Drug Administration approved the first over-the-counter naloxone product from a nonprofit, which said it'll make the opioid overdose reversal drug available for free or at a low cost. The FDA first approved an over-the-counter version in March.
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Biden clears way for overhaul of military justice code on sexual assault |
President Biden signed an executive order bringing about what the White House called the "most significant transformation" to the U.S. military legal system since its establishment in 1950. Biden's order kicks off the process of transferring authority in cases of sexual assault, rape and murder from military commanders to special prosecutors. This change "was included in last year's annual National Defense Authorization Act but needed a change to the Uniform Code of Military Justice, which required Friday's formal presidential action," The Hill's Ellen Mitchell wrote. Read more about the order here. |
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Trump pushing to review Mar-a-Lago evidence outside special facility |
Former President Trump's attorneys are fighting a requirement to review classified evidence in the Justice Department's documents case in a sensitive compartmented information facility (SCIF), The Hill's Rebecca Beitsch reported. "A late Thursday filing from prosecutors detailed delays in securing an order setting out boundaries for how classified evidence will be handled in the case by both the defendants and their attorneys," Beitsch wrote. The government wrote that Trump's counsel "expressed concerns regarding the inconvenience posed by this limitation and requested that Defendant Trump be permitted to discuss classified information with his counsel in his office at Mar-a-Lago, and possibly Bedminster." Read more here. |
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Alito says Congress doesn't have authority to regulate Supreme Court
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Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal's opinion section, "No provision in the Constitution gives them [Congress] the authority to regulate the Supreme Court—period." - This comes amid a renewed push for ethics reform after several justices were scrutinized recently.
- From The Hill's Zach Schonfeld: "In the wake of the new reports, the Senate Judiciary Committee last week voted along party lines to advance a Supreme Court ethics reform bill, although the legislation faces slim odds of passage."
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Senators urge affordable OTC birth control pill |
A group of Democratic senators urged the manufacturer of the first over-the-counter birth control pill in the U.S., approved by the Food and Drug Administration earlier this month, to set an affordable retail price. |
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Trump says it's 'unpleasant' to discuss indictments with Melania |
Former President Trump said in an interview on "The John Fredericks Show" on Friday, "It's always unpleasant when you have to go in and tell your wife that, 'By the way, tomorrow sometime I'm going to be indicted.'" "And she says, 'For what?'" Trump continued, "And I say, 'I have no idea. I have absolutely no idea.'" |
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"You just feel the noose sort of tightening around Donald Trump's neck as this is all taking place." |
— Jamal Simmons, former communications director for Vice President Harris, said about new charges in the Mar-a-Lago documents case. |
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"Biden's post-Title 42 immigration policy is a bandage over a bullet wound" — Michael Foote, an immigration attorney in partnership with the Immigration Justice Campaign of the American Immigration Council, Southern Poverty Law Center, Safe Passage, and the Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network. (Read here) "Trump won't let America move on from his 2020 false reality show" — Will Marshall, president and founder of the Progressive Policy Institute (PPI). (Read here) |
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26 days until the first GOP presidential debate. 466 days until the presidential election. |
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President Biden will spend the weekend in Delaware. Vice President Harris travels to Boston on Saturday to deliver remarks at the NAACP Annual Convention. |
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