Biden campaign targets battleground states with $25M ad campaign
The Biden campaign is launching a $25 million advertising campaign focused on several key battleground states, ramping up its messaging early in the election cycle. The campaign on Sunday announced the 16-week campaign, which marks the third major ad buy since Biden officially announced he... #press
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Why are Congress's budget experts failing to address the rise of climate-related health care spending?
The CBO would be wise to recognize our economy is entirely a subsidiary of nature, not the other way around. #press
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Several California school districts and colleges closed Monday due to Tropical Storm Hilary
Several school districts and college campuses will be closed Monday due to the continuing impacts of Tropical Storm Hilary. Below is a list of known closures but there are likely several others. Please check with your local school... #press
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Meadows asks for Georgia charges to be dismissed
Mark Meadows, who served as former President Trump’s White House chief of staff, is urging a judge to dismiss criminal charges brought against him last week alongside his former boss. Meadows insisted he is immune from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’s (D) prosecution by arguing the allegations are... #press
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'Just take me to jail, man': Troopers seize over 562 grams worth of drugs during traffic stop
A driver was arrested during a traffic stop for the possession of over 562 grams worth of drugs in his car, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
A driver was arrested during a traffic stop after more than 562 grams worth of drugs was... #press
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It's not just energy — our slow permitting process is also harming conservation
Unfortunately, wetland restoration permits are often reviewed and hamstrung by regulations meant to protect wetlands from development — resulting in delayed projects, onerous requirements, and increased costs. #press
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Most in Iowa GOP poll say minds aren't made up on 2024 candidate
More than half of likely Iowa Republican caucus attendees said they have not made up their minds on a 2024 candidate, a new poll found. Fifty-two percent of likely GOP caucusgoers in Iowa said that they have yet to make up their mind on whom to support and that they could be convinced to... #press
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Trump holds 23-point lead over DeSantis among Iowa Republican caucusgoers: survey
Former President Trump holds a comfortable lead over GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis among likely Iowa Republican caucusgoers, according to a new poll. The NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll released earlyMonday found that 42 percent of... #press
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The Hill's Morning Report — Biden to visit Maui; GOP debate week
Editor’s note: The Hill’s Morning Report is our daily newsletter that dives deep into Washington’s agenda. To subscribe, click here or fill out the box below. President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will fly to Maui today to spend five hours reassuring the state that every... #press
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Larry Elder optimistic about making first GOP debate stage: 'I expect to be there'
Conservative radio host Larry Elder said he believes he will qualify for the first 2024 GOP presidential debate in Wisconsin next week. Elder has run a long-shot campaign and polled below 1 percent support in national averages. To qualify for the debate he... #press
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Jeffrey Clark becomes first Georgia defendant to formally oppose March 4 trial date
Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official charged alongside former President Trump on 2020 election-related crimes in Georgia, is opposing prosecutors’ request for a March trial. Clark’s attorney called Fulton County District Attorney... #press
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The US must act against Assad's Syrian narco-state
Damascus pledged to curb homegrown narco-trafficking. But the Assad regime has not done enough to this end. #press
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Social Security is on life support. Here's how to get it to its 100th birthday.
Here’s hoping that policymakers will summon the courage to make the changes necessary to preserve Social Security for us, our children and their children. #press
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Ramaswamy on why he didn’t vote in several elections: ‘I was a jaded person in my twenties’
In an interview with Sean Hannity, entrepreneur and 2024 GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said his spotty voting record was because he was “jaded” at a younger age. “I was a jaded person in my twenties, and like so many people in... #press
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Hurd 'pretty confident' he will qualify for debate
2024 Republican presidential candidate and former Rep. Will Hurd (R-Texas) said he thinks will be able to get on next week’s Republican presidential debate stage. During a Wednesday interview with Jake Tapper on CNN, Hurd said despite not yet meeting the Republican National Committee's donor and polling thresholds to... #press
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North Carolina legislature overrides vetoes of bills targeting transgender health care, athletes
The North Carolina legislature voted Wednesday to override Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto against three bills that would ban gender-affirming health care for transgender minors, prevent transgender women and girls from... #press
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Research suggests link between fracking, rare childhood cancer
New research from the University of Pittsburgh suggests that fracking may increase the risk of rare cancers and asthma. Teams working on a pair of publicly-funded studies filed through medical information in southwest Pennsylvania near large natural gas fracking operations. They found... #press
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Biden must immediately call Niger’s coup a ‘coup’
The Biden administration must officially declare this event a military coup and begin the process of activating congressional sanctions against its perpetrators. #press
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Senate Democrat calls on Saudi official to testify in probe of PGA-LIV merger
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) sent a letter to the leader of the Saudi Arabian Public Investment Fund (PIF) calling on him to testify in the Senate’s investigation into the proposed merger between the PGA Tour golf and the Saudi-owned LIV Golf tour. The fund’s governor, Yasir... #press
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Trump-era energy secretary to lead electric utility lobby group
Dan Brouillette, who led the Energy Department under former President Trump, will lead a lobbying group for electric utilities, the group said Wednesday. Brouillette will lead a group known as the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) — which lobbies and otherwise advocates on behalf of... #press
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