BY MIKE LILLIS AND ALEX GANGITANO |
Hunter Biden's trip to Capitol Hill this week is shining a bright light on how Hunter Biden's approach to the GOP investigations into his business dealings is independent of the White House. President Biden's son has made two surprise visits to Capitol Hill in the last month, showing that he wants to defend himself — in his own words — without coordinating with the White House. |
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BY EMILY BROOKS AND MYCHAEL SCHNELL |
With days to go before a Friday government funding deadline, disputes among House Republicans over a top-line spending deal and opposing strategies about how to approach any stopgap bill are threatening to plunge Washington into a partial shutdown. Such a prospect would mark a significant setback for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who is juggling warring factions within his party as he aims to execute the first major legislative deal of his Speakership. |
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Education is going to be a hot topic in the 2024 state legislative sessions that are kicking off across the country. The year is expected to bring fresh conversations on how artificial intelligence (AI) use in the classroom should be legislated, as well as debate on matters such as school choice and how to teach subjects including reading. |
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Congressional leaders have reached a deal to avert a government shutdown next week, landing on a two-step stopgap bill that will keep the lights on in Washington into March, according to three sources familiar with the proposal. Under the deal, the new government funding deadlines will be March 1 and March 7. The agreement comes ahead of Friday's shutdown deadline, and a second deadline on Feb. 2. |
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The Pentagon gave an update on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's health on Saturday in the wake of controversy surrounding his recent hospitalization. "Secretary Austin remains hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and is in good condition," reads a statement from Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder. |
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BY BRETT SAMUELS AND JULIA MUELLER |
Former President Trump is looking to land an early knockout blow in the Republican primary with a resounding win in Iowa on Monday. Trump has not shied away from setting expectations high in the Hawkeye State, where polling averages from The Hill/Decision Desk HQ show him leading his nearest rival by 36 percentage points. |
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| BY FILIP TIMOTIJA AND JULIA MANCHESTER |
DES MOINES, Iowa — Former President Trump, the current frontrunner in the GOP presidential primary, holds a wide lead among registered Republicans in Iowa days before the state's presidential caucuses, according to a new poll. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley snagged the second spot, slightly overtaking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who heavily centered his campaigning on the Hawkeye State. |
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces a moment of truth in the Iowa caucuses Monday after making the Hawkeye State the paramount priority in his presidential bid. Despite investing nearly everything in Iowa, polls show DeSantis has his work cut out for him. A Suffolk University Political Research Center poll released Thursday showed former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley topping DeSantis in Iowa by 7 points. Former President Trump continues to lead the field with 54 percent support. |
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| President Biden had a short message for Taiwan after its election of a new president on Saturday. "We do not support independence," Biden said on the South Lawn Saturday. Taiwan voters elected Vice President Lai Ching-te, who goes by William, as president Saturday, keeping the ruling party, the Democratic Progressive Party in power for its third straight term. |
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| OPINION | A military engagement, whether brief or protracted, can spawn an unlimited number of unintended consequences. A close look at the circumstances surrounding the act can, however, produce an understanding of some of the more likely effects that would otherwise have surprised the military actor. Now that the U.S. is bombing Houthi targets in Yemen, let's review several of the more likely unintended consequences for Israel, the United States and the upcoming presidential election. |
OPINION | These are turbulent times for universities. Rising incidents of antisemitism on campuses across the country — highlighted in a disastrous hearing in Congress that contributed to the resignations of two Ivy League presidents — have led to widespread calls to reform higher education, refocusing it on principles of pluralism and free expression. |
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Blue-collar white voters make up Donald Trump's base. But his political resurgence has been fueled largely by Republicans from the other end of the socioeconomic scale. |
BY JOHN MCCORMICK AND ELIZA COLLINS |
New Iowa Poll finds former South Carolina governor in second place among GOP voters but still well behind Trump |
Sunday marks 100 days that Israel and Hamas have been at war. The war already is the longest and deadliest between Israel and the Palestinians since Israel's establishment in 1948, and the fighting shows no signs of ending. |
BY ISAAC ARNSDORF AND DAN BALZ |
The Trump campaign is aiming to prove its organizational competence, while Haley and DeSantis rely on outside groups |
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