Speaker Kevin McCarthy publicly gave a cold shoulder to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to Washington on Thursday, denying the wartime leader's request to address Congress — but that's not the whole story. McCarthy's allies said he's committed to arming Ukraine, despite growing skepticism within his caucus. And Zelensky said the speaker delivered a similar message during their private meeting Thursday. |
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Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced Friday that he will strip funding for Ukraine out of a Pentagon spending bill after Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) joined conservatives in blocking the legislation from advancing earlier this week. McCarthy said he would remove the $300 million for Ukraine currently in the Pentagon appropriations bill and hold a separate vote on the funding. |
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Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) defiantly rejected calls from a growing list of Democrats wanting him to resign after he and his wife were indicted on federal bribery charges on Friday. "Those who believe in justice believe in innocence until proven guilty," Menendez said in a statement late Friday. "I intend to continue to fight for the people of New Jersey with the same success I've had for the past five decades. This is the same record of success these very same leaders have lauded all along." |
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Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) will step down from his position as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee following an indictment that was unsealed on Friday. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced the move Friday afternoon. Under Democratic Conference rules, a member in a leadership position or with a chair must resign if charged with a felony, but can be reinstated if the charges are cleared or dropped to a lesser charge. |
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Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) is under pressure to resign from office after he was indicted on bribery charges Friday. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy leads the chorus of voices, which also includes several congressmen from the state and New Jersey's party chair. These are these Democrats who have called on Menendez to resign. |
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Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Friday said Sen. Bob Menendez's (D-N.J.) indictment on federal bribery charges somewhat weakens Republicans' claims that there are two systems of justice. When asked if he thought the two-tiered justice argument was undercut by the indictment, Bacon said, "I think it does to a degree." "I have always believed in our rule of law, it doesn't make it perfect for people, and people have flaws, but we have checks and balances..." |
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A Justice Department request to impose a narrow gag order on former President Trump is raising a number of sticky issues for the court as it weighs how to address what prosecutors called "disparaging and inflammatory" remarks about nearly everyone involved in the Jan. 6 case. The Justice Department argues Trump's comments could taint the jury pool and intimidate witnesses who might be called to testify against him — threatening to damage the case with a series of remarks on social media and along the campaign trail. |
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President Biden will travel to Michigan next week in support of striking members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union, a source familiar with the plans confirmed to The Hill. Biden's trip marks a significant display of support for organized labor as UAW members in 20 different states strike amid a contract dispute with the "Big Three' automakers — Ford, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis. |
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The U.S. is caught in the middle of a diplomatic war between India and Canada, after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's allegations that Indian agents were behind the killing of a Sikh Separatist leader in the country. The explosive allegation comes amid the Biden administration's charm offensive toward India as a key bulwark against China, with many questioning the U.S. relationship with India's controversial prime minister, Narendra Modi. |
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OPINION | Imagine there has been a breakthrough in nuclear fusion, and with it the promise of nearly unlimited clean energy. Several giant companies race to build power plants with this new technology, and their prototypes work. But there is a problem: Nobody can show that they are safe. After the first reactor comes online, thousands of scientists, including many nuclear physicists, sound an alarm that these plants might leak or explode. |
OPINION | Is President Biden actually running for reelection? You have to wonder, and not just because he's held so few rallies or fundraisers, or that he was so slow to organize his campaign team. The puzzle is, why isn't the president pivoting to the center to boost his approval ratings, as Bill Clinton so famously did in 1994? Like Biden, Clinton's approval ratings were mired in the low 40s as he began to campaign for a second term. The Arkansas president's pivot entailed embracing welfare reform and declaring, "The era of Big Government is over" – a radical statement for a Democrat. |
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The union designated 38 spare-parts distribution centers as additional strike targets at General Motors and Stellantis. The United Automobile Workers union on Friday significantly raised the pressure on General Motors and Stellantis, the parent of Jeep and Ram, by expanding its strike against the companies to include all the spare-parts distribution centers of the two companies. |
BY CHRISTINA ROGERS, NORA ECKERT, RYAN FELTON, SEAN MCLAIN AND MIKE COLIAS |
The auto workers strike is filled with wildcards. A new union boss. Carmakers navigating a costly transition to EVs. Car dealers and auto-parts suppliers caught in the middle. And it is all happening amid a period of drastic change in how cars are made—and how we buy them. |
BY NICOLE WINFIELD AND SYLVIE CORBET |
MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Pope Francis challenged French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders to open their ports to people fleeing hardship and poverty, insisting Saturday that the continent does not face a migration "emergency" but rather a long-term reality that governments must deal with humanely. |
BY MARIANNA SOTOMAYOR AND LEIGH ANN CALDWELL |
House Republicans on Friday continued work on a plan that would move several long-term spending bills through the chamber next week, fulfilling a long-standing request by hard-right lawmakers with no guarantee it will break loose the necessary support for a short-term funding solution to avoid a government shutdown. |
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