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☆ RFK Jr. takes his turn in the spotlight: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

In today’s edition, Robert F. Kennedy begins meeting with senators in Washington, while Donald Trump holds his first post-election news conference. “Obviously, HHS under the first Trump administration was very clear on the issue of abortion conscience protections and all those things. On the reported sightings of drones over New Jersey and New York, Trump said, “The government knows what is happening.” He declined to say whether he had received an intelligence briefing about it. In 2000, Al Gore got oh-so-close to winning the White House when Bill Clinton’s approval rating was at 57%. Read more →That’s all from the Politics Desk for now.

Persons: Robert F, Kennedy, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Kate Santaliz, Sahil Kapur, Brennan Leach Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump’s, John Thune, John Barrasso, Mike Crapo, Kennedy’s, Sen, Rick Scott, ”, “, ” Scott, Lisa Murkowski, Thom Tillis, Rand Paul, Mitch McConnell, McConnell, ” McConnell, Katie Miller, Trump, ” Sen, James Lankford, Joe, ” Lankford, Rebecca Shabad, Rob Wile President, Tim Cook, Sundar Pichai, Sergey Brin, Jeff Bezos, Masayoshi, Eric Adams, Brian Thompson, Read, Mark Murray, Harris, Joe Biden’s, Biden, George H.W, George H.W . Bush, Bush, Ronald Reagan’s, Al Gore, Bill Clinton’s, Hubert Humphrey’s, Lyndon Johnson’s, Humphrey, Richard Nixon, Humphrey —, 🗞️, remo, e work, Rea, viv e d a high, Hou Organizations: NBC, White House, Capitol, RFK Jr, Health, Human Services, Education, Labor, Pensions, New York Times, FDA, HHS, Trump, Apple, Amazon, New, New York City, ’, White, ics Locations: Washington, Idaho, Alaska, Ky, New York, New Jersey, George H.W ., Afghanistan, Poli

WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be Health and Human Services Secretary, plans to meet with over two dozen Republican senators on the Hill this week, according to a source familiar with his plans. The meetings are expected to begin on Monday and will continue through the week. Kennedy is immensely prepared to meet with over 2 dozen Senators this week. “The polio vaccine has saved millions of lives and held out the promise of eradicating a terrible disease,” McConnell said in a statement. “Obviously, HHS under the first Trump administration was very clear on the issue of abortion conscience protections and all those things.

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Their top objective is to extend the 2017 Trump tax law and prevent $3.3 trillion in tax breaks from expiring at the end of 2025. The reconciliation process bypasses the Senate's 60-vote threshold for most bills, requiring just a majority vote to pass a tax- and spending package once per fiscal year. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said the GOP is “100%” committed to extending the Trump tax cuts but with “some deviations” from existing law. I’ve heard more than three people [in the House] say that they won’t vote for a tax package that’s not fully offset. “And then we can sit down and work through some areas that we might find agreement on for a second reconciliation bill, as well.”

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☆ San Jose State volleyball player at center of fight over trans athletes can compete at tournament, judge rules
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-25 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

A federal judge ruled Monday that a volleyball player for the San Jose State University women's team, who is at the center of controversy about transgender athletes, can compete in this week's conference tournament. Judge S. Kato Crews, with the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, denied the emergency motion for a preliminary injunction filed this month against the Mountain West Conference. "San José State University will continue to support its student-athletes and reject discrimination in all forms," the university said said. "All San José State University student-athletes are eligible to participate in their sports under NCAA and Mountain West Conference rules." The Mountain West Conference has said it is taking the suit’s allegations seriously.

Persons: S, Kato Crews, Jose's, Brooke Slusser, SJSU, Mitt Romney, Mike Lee, John Curtis, Blake Moore, Burgess Owens, Celeste Maloy of, Mike Crapo, James Risch, Russ Fulcher, Mike Simpson of, John Barrasso, Sen, Cynthia Lummis, Harriet Hageman of Organizations: San Jose State University women's, U.S, District of, Mountain West Conference, NBC, San Jose State, José State University, NCAA, West, West Conference, San, University of Nevada, Nevada, Utah State, Republican, GOP Locations: District of Colorado, San Jose State, Reno, San Jose , California, “, Nevada, Southern Utah, Boise State , Wyoming, Utah, Sens, Celeste Maloy of Utah, Mike Simpson of Idaho, Harriet Hageman of Wyoming

A group of more than a dozen Republican lawmakers is urging a collegiate athletic conference to ban transgender women from competition after reports of a trans student competing on the s women’s volleyball team of a participating university. “Under these guidelines, it is only fair that biological males play men’s sports and biological females play women’s sports.”“Clearly, the Mountain West Conference has dropped the ball,” it continues. In September, SJSU volleyball player Brooke Slusser joined a lawsuit filed by more than a dozen women athletes against the NCAA, which oversees collegiate athletics, about trans athletes’ participation in school sports. The lawsuit argues that the NCAA violated the Title IX rights of cisgender female athletes by allowing transgender women to compete against them. Just last week, Slusser and 10 other former and current athletes in the Mountain West Conference filed a separate lawsuit against the conference and three SJSU staffers, accusing them of violating players’ Title IX rights.

Persons: Utah’s Sen, Mitt Romney, Sen, Mike Lee, John Curtis, Blake Moore, Burgess Owens, Celeste Maloy, Idaho’s Sen, Mike Crapo, James Risch, Russ Fulcher, Mike Simpson, Wyoming’s Sen, John Barrasso, Cynthia Lummis, Harriet Hageman, SJSU, Brooke Slusser, Lia Thomas, University of Nevada and Southern Utah University —, Michelle Smith McDonald, ” Organizations: Republican, Mountain West Conference, NCAA Division, Rep, San, NBC, NCAA, University of Pennsylvania, — Utah State University, University of Wyoming, Boise State University, University of Nevada and Southern Utah University Locations: San José State

☆ The House GOP is more aligned with Trump than ever: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-15 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +9 min

In today’s edition, national political reporter Ben Kamisar examines how House Republicans are growing increasingly aligned with Donald Trump. Plus, "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker looks back at how Trump's Cabinet announcements from right yers ago compare to now. The House GOP is more aligned with Trump than everBy Ben KamisarPresident-elect Donald Trump and the GOP believe Americans delivered them a mandate last week when they handed the party unified control of Washington. Newly elected Senate GOP leader John Thune certainly isn’t a Trump antagonist, but he’s a descendent of the institutional Republican Party. It’s a dynamic worth keeping tabs on, especially as Senate Republicans begin the process of vetting Trump’s Cabinet picks.

Persons: Ben Kamisar, Donald Trump, Kristen Welker, Trump, ” Rep, Troy Nehls, Kyle Stewart, “, John Thune, Trump’s, Sen, John Barrasso, Donald Trump’s, ”, — Trump, Marco Rubio, Matt Gaetz, Pete Hegseth, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Doug Burgum, Tulsi Gabbard, James Mattis, John Kelly, Jeff Sessions, —, Steve Bannon, Gaetz, Mike Johnson, Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy, Todd Blanche, Doug Collins, 🗞️, Jo Organizations: NBC, White House, Capitol, Republicans, GOP, Trump, NBC News, ”, Senate, Republican Party, Press, State Department, Justice Department, Defense Department, Department of Health, Human Services, Interior Department, Pentagon, Department of Homeland Security, RFK Jr, Department, Former Trump, Republican, Health, Elon, Department of Veterans Affairs, Sena Locations: Washington, Texas, Pennsylvania, Gaetz, California, Iraq

☆ Meet the Press – November 10, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-10 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +56 min

ANNOUNCER:From NBC News in Washington, the longest-running show in television history, this is Meet the Press with Kristen Welker. In a Meet the Press interview during his 2016 run, he suggested that his insurgent bid could generate cross-party appeal. AMY WALTER:Yeah, and the other thing that, you know, Democrats have been dining off the anti-Trump coalition now since 2017. RAMESH PONNURU:I think Democrats wildly overestimated the power of the abortion issue to drive candidate choice as opposed to referendum. There would be pressure on the president, President Biden, to not run for reelection.

Persons: KRISTEN WELKER, DONALD TRUMP, PRES, JD VANCE, Donald Trump, KAMALA HARRIS, Kamala Harris, JOE BIDEN, John Barrasso of, Bernie Sanders, Garrett Haake, Amy Walter, Ramesh Ponnuru, María Teresa Kumar, it’s, Kristen Welker, Trump, SEN, TED, JOHN MORENO, JD Vance, MIKE JOHNSON, Biden, they've, NANCY PELOSI, Kamala, DEBBIE DINGELL, RITCHIE TORRES, DAVID AXELROD, ALEXANDRIA OCASIO, unquote, JON FAVREAU, Joe Biden's, JON LOVETT, Joe Biden, “, “ It's, … they're, I'm, Steve Kornacki, STEVE KORNACKI, Kristen, ”, Trump's, That's, You've, Donald Trump's, Harris, Barack Obama, John McCain, it's, Steve, They're, you've, Barrasso, Press . SEN, JOHN BARRASSO, Bill Clinton “, ” Donald Trump, JOHN, We've, He's, we've, that's, Lindsey Graham, He'll, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Trump hasn't, Susie Wiles, we're, President Trump, John Kennedy, Bobby, Sanders, BERNIE SANDERS, Let's, Nancy Pelosi, I’m, James Carville, JAMES CARVILLE, I've, Sotomayor, Garrett, he's, GARRETT HAAKE, John Barrasso, Paul Ryan's, Amy, AMY WALTER, – KRISTEN WELKER, It's, –, María Teresa, David Noriega, Mario, DAVID NORIEGA, MIREYA ALVAREZ, MARIO ALVAREZ, MARÍA TERESA KUMAR, Ramesh, RAMESH PONNURU, Richard Nixon, Aaron Burr, didn't, he'd, They've, TERESA KUMAR, María, – MARIA TERESA KUMAR, Dobbs, should've, Harris would've, ” KRISTEN WELKER, We'll Organizations: Republicans, Senate, Vermont, NBC, Capitol Hill, National, Press, NBC News, Arizona, Democratic, Republican, REP, Twitter, Trump, Republican Senate, Supreme, White, National Political, Republican Party, Democratic Party, Biden, Senate Republican, Press ., Trump's, United States Senate, Justice Department, Democrat Party, Security, Social Security, FDR, they're, California, Mr, Trump swiped, Democrats, –, Veterans Locations: United States of America, United States, John Barrasso of Wyoming, Washington, American, ALEXANDRIA, CORTEZ, USA, America, California, New York, Wisconsin, Madison , Wisconsin, Milwaukee County, Harris, Arizona, Pennsylvania, Mexico, Vermont, Nancy, Congress, U.S, Texas –, Texas, Philadelphia

“It’s not a question of a price tag. There is no price tag,” the president-elect told Welker. On Sunday, Barrasso dodged questions about whether there should be limits to how much Trump can spend on his deportation plan. “I agree there’s no price tag on protecting the safety and security of our country and our citizens. “Well, since President Trump hasn’t actually made any nominations yet along those lines, I’m not going to comment on any one individual,” the senator said.

Persons: Sen, John Barrasso, Donald Trump, Kristen Welker, John F, Kennedy, Robert F, Trump, ”, John Kennedy, Bobby, ” Barrasso, ” “, Kevin Dietsch, Barrasso, “ It’s, they’re, Welker, “, haven’t, Kennedy Jr, Trump hasn’t, I’m, ” Trump Organizations: Sunday, of, White, NBC, Press, Senate, Department, U.S, NBC News, ”, Trump White House Locations: United States, U.S

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump’s dramatic victory has scrambled next week’s three-way contest to replace Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, the chamber’s longest-serving leader who is stepping down at the end of the year. One ally of both Scott and Trump, Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., urged Trump to endorse Scott, a former Florida governor who cruised to re-election in the Senate on Tuesday night. “If you’ve got any influence with President Trump, ask President Trump to come out publicly and say he wants to work with somebody as accomplished as Rick Scott to accomplish his agenda. Cornyn joined Trump at a rally in Reno, Nevada, last month for Republican Senate candidate Sam Brown, whose race is currently too close to call, according to NBC News projections. "As I told President Trump, I'm interested in getting the band back together again," Cornyn told Fox News host Neil Cavuto on Monday.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Mitch McConnell, McConnell’s, John Thune, Sen, John Cornyn, —, Rick Scott, John, John Barrasso, McConnell, Scott, Trump, ” Scott, “, ” Trump, Ron Johnson, you’ve, President Trump, We’ve, ” Johnson, ”, — it’s, it’s, Mike Lee, Bernie Moreno, Tim Sheehy of Montana, Jim Justice, Thune, ” Thune, he’s, ” Thune’s, Tim Scott, Cornyn, Trump’s, Sam Brown, I'm, Neil Cavuto, MAGA, Ted Cruz Organizations: WASHINGTON, Republican, Republicans, GOP, GOP Conference, Trump, NBC News, McConnell, Fox Business, United States Senate, CNBC, NBC, Fox News, National Republican Senatorial, Senate, Texas Republican Locations: South Dakota, Texas, Florida, Wyoming, Washington, Utah, Bernie Moreno of Ohio, West Virginia, Lago, Reno , Nevada

This year, Kaptur is facing GOP state Rep. Derek Merrin. West VirginiaGovernor: GOP state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is the heavy favorite to fill the seat being left open by GOP Gov. 5th Congressional District: Democratic Rep. Jahana Hayes has a rematch against former GOP state Sen. George Logan in this western Connecticut district. 7th Congressional District (Allentown): Democratic Rep. Susan Wild is running against GOP state Rep. Ryan McKenzie. She is facing Democratic state Rep. Janelle Bynum.

Persons: Anna Paulina Luna, Democrat Whitney Fox, Maria Elvira Salazar, Lucia Baez, Geller, Republican Sen, Mike Braun, Jennifer McCormick, Jim Banks, Braun, Valerie McCray, Frank Mrvan, Joe Biden, Randell Niemeyer, Phil Scott, Esther Charlestin ., Independent Sen, Bernie Sanders, Gerald Malloy, Democratic Sen, Tim Kaine, Republican Hung Cao, Biden, Jen Kiggans, Elaine Luria, Missy Cotter Smasal, Eugene Vindman, Derrick Anderson, Abigail Spanberger, Vindman’s, Alexander Vindman, Trump’s, Spanberger, Josh Stein, Mark Robinson, Robinson, Sen, Rachel Hunt, Jim Hunt, Hal Weatherman, Jeff Jackson, Republican Dan Bishop, Elaine Marshall, Republican Chad Brown, Don Davis, Laurie Buckhout, Davis, Sherrod Brown, Trump, Brown, Bernie Moreno, Greg Landsman, Orlando Sonza, Marcy Kaptur, Derek Merrin, Emilia Sykes, Kevin Coughlin, Patrick Morrisey, Jim Justice, Democrat Steve Williams, Joe Manchin, Wheeling Mayor Glenn Elliot, Republican Kris Warner, State Mac Warner, Democrat Thornton Cooper, Caroleene Dobson, Chris Murphy, Matt Corey, Jahana Hayes, George Logan, Hayes, Logan, Lisa Blunt Rochester, Ben Cardin, Republican Eric Hansen, Blunt Rochester, Matt Meyer, Michael Ramone, Sarah McBride, GOP Sen, Rick Scott, Debbie Mucarsel Powell, Scott, Eric Sorensen, Joseph McGraw, Sharice Davids, Prasanth Reddy, Angus King, David Costello, Demi Kouzounas ., Jared Golden, Austin Theriault, Angela Alsobrooks, Prince George’s, Larry Hogan ., April McClain Delaney, John Delaney, Republican Neil Parrott, David Trone, Elizabeth Warren, Republican John Deaton, Hillary Scholten, Republican Paul Hudson ., Tom Barrett, Curtis Hertel ., Dan Kildee, Kristen McDonald, Paul Junge ., John James eked, James, Democrat Carl Marlinga, Roger Wicker, Ty Pinkins, Josh Hawley, Lucas Kunce, Mike Kehoe, Crystal, Kelly Ayotte, Democrat Joyce Craig, Chris Sununu ., Chris Pappas, Republican Russell Prescott, Annie Kuster, Lily Tang Williams, Maggie Goodlander, Jake Sullivan ., Bob Menendez’s, Andy Kim, Republican Curtis Bashaw ., Tom Kean Jr, Kean, Sue Altman, Bob Casey, Republican Dave McCormick, Mehmet Oz, Brian Fitzpatrick, Ashley Ehasz, Susan Wild, Ryan McKenzie, Wild, Matt Cartwright, Rob Bresnahan Jr, Scott Perry, Janelle Stelson, Chris DeLuzio, Rob Mercuri, Sheldon Whitehouse, Patricia Morgan, Marsha Blackburn, Gloria Johnson, Monica de la, Michelle Vallejo, Henry Cuellar, Jay Furman, Vicente Gonzalez, Mayra Flores, Kyrsten Sinema, Ruben Gallego, Kari Lake, David Schweikert, Shah, Juan Ciscomani, Kirsten Engel, Ciscomani, Lauren Boebert’s, Adam Frisch, Republican Jeff Hurd ., Gabe Evans, Mariannette Miller, Meeks, Christine Bohananan, Zach Nunn, Lanon Baccam, Garret Graves, Debbie Stabenow’s, Elissa Slotkin, Mike Rogers, Amy Klobuchar, Republican Royce White, Angie Craig, Joe Teirab, Deb Fischer, Dan Osborn, Pete Ricketts, Ben Sasse’s, Sasse, Ricketts, Democrat Preston Love Jr, Don Bacon, Tony Vargas, Bacon, Martin Heinrich, Republican Nella Domenici, Yvette Herrell, Gabe Vasquez, Vasquez, Kirsten Gillibrand, Mike Sapraicone, Nick LaLota, Democrat John Avlon, Tom Suozzi, George Santos, Suozzi, Mike LiPetri, Anthony D’Esposito, Laura Gillen, D’Esposito, Mike Lawler, Mondaire Jones, Lawler, Sean Patrick Maloney, Pat Ryan, Alison Esposito, Marc Molinaro, Josh Riley, Molinaro, Brandon Williams, John Mannion, Kelly Armstrong, Merrill Piepkorn, Doug Burgum, Kevin Cramer, Katrina Christiansen, Roe, Ted Cruz, Colin Allred, Tammy Baldwin, Eric Hovde, Brian Steil, Peter Barca, Derrick Van Orden, Rebecca Cooke, John Barrasso, Democrat Scott Morrow, Jon Tester, Tim Sheehy, Greg Gianforte, Ryan Busse ., Ryan Zinke, Monica Tranel, Zinke, Jacky Rosen, Republican Sam Brown, Dina Titus, Republican Mark Robertson, Drew Johnson, Susie Lee, Steven Horsford, Republican John Lee, John Curtis, Mitt Romney, Curtis, Caroline Gleich, Spencer Cox, Brian King, Adam Schiff, Dianne Feinstein, Schiff, Republican Steve Garvey, Kevin Kiley, Jessica Morse, Republican Stockton Mayor Kevin Lincoln, Josh Harder, John Duarte, Democrat Adam Gray, Duarte, David Valadao, Rudy Salas, Mike Garcia, George Whitesides, Young Kim, Joe Kerr, Ken Calvert, Democrat Will Rollins, Michelle Steel, Derek Tran, Republican Scott Baugh, Katie Porter, Dave Min, Porter, San Clemente, Mike Levin, Matt Gunderson, Val Hoyle, Monique DeSpain, Lori Chavez, Janelle Bynum, Andrea Salinas, Mike Erickson, Salinas, Bob Ferguson, Dave Reichert ., Marie Gluesenkamp, Perez, Republican Joe Kent, Dan Newhouse, Republican Jerrod Sessler, Newhouse, Kim Schrier, Carmen, Mazie, Bob McDermott, Mary Peltola, Nick Begich, Eric Hafner, John Howe Organizations: Congressional District, Democrat, Trump, Congressional, Miami, Dade County School Board, Georgia, House, Indiana Governor, Republican, Senate, GOP, District, Democratic, South, Vermont Governor, Republican Gov, Independent, Army, Virginia Senate, Navy, North Carolina Governor, Gov, Ohio Senate, Kaptur, Virginia Governor, GOP Gov, Huntington . 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GOP senators and top aides say the race could go either way. Scott, who is a McConnell critic, has been more willing to fall in line with Trump than Cornyn or Thune over the last several years. Both Thune and Cornyn are closely politically aligned with the longtime GOP leader. Asked if he would like to get more public endorsements from GOP senators, Thune said he is not asking anyone to do that. They also point out his remarkable ascent – he defeated then-Senate Democratic Leader Tom Daschle in 2004 and is now on a path to possibly becoming GOP leader.

Persons: Mitch McConnell’s, Donald Trump, Sen, John Cornyn, John Thune, McConnell, Trump, Cornyn, Joe Rogan, ” Cornyn, Thune, they’ve, Howard Lutnick, Linda McMahon, Rick Scott, Scott, ” Scott, Laura Loomer, Markwayne Mullin, he’s, “ I’d, ” Mullin, Jonathan Ernst, “ There’s, ”, West Virginia Sen, Shelley Moore Capito, John Barrasso of, Barrasso, Cornyn’s, “, ” Thune, don’t, —, I’ve, MAGA, — Trump, ” Trump, Kristi Noem, Kristi, GOP Sen, Tim Scott of, Anna Moneymaker, Steve Daines, Thune’s, Tom Daschle, Biden, Vance Organizations: CNN, GOP, Senate, Trump, Mar, Trump voters, ”, Republicans, U.S, Capitol, Johns, Republican, Thune, National Republican, Committee, “ Liberal, South Dakota Gov, RINO, U.S . Senate, South Dakota, New, Senate GOP, Democratic Locations: Reno , Nevada, Austin , Texas, Texas, Lago, Washington, Florida, Washington , U.S, West Virginia, John Barrasso of Wyoming, United States, South Dakota, U.S, South, “, Tim Scott of South Carolina, New Hampshire, Washington , DC, Montana, Michigan , Indiana , Nevada

☆ Trump thrusts McDonald’s into the political arena in final days of campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-20 | by ( Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Donald Trump is pulling one of the most iconic American companies – McDonald’s – into the political arena in the final days of his third White House bid. “I’m going to McDonald’s to work the french fry,” Trump told supporters Saturday at a rally in the Pittsburgh area. A campaign official told CNN that Harris worked at a McDonald’s in Alameda, California, during the summer of 1983 when she was still a student at Howard University in Washington. It’s unclear why Trump has latched on to Harris’ McDonald’s employment or why a visit there was warranted during one of his few remaining weekends before Election Day. “I think my father knows the McDonald’s menu much better than Kamala Harris ever did,” Trump Jr. said.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Trump, Harris, Harris –, “ I’m, ” Trump, ” Harris, Drew Barrymore’s, “, Bill Clinton, Jasmine Crockett, ”, Harris ’, Tim Walz, Barack Obama’s, Sen, Ted Cruz’s, John F, Kennedy, Nikki Haley, wasn’t, “ John Barron, shouldn’t, McDonald’s, “ You’re, Jared Kushner, ” Kushner, Donald Trump Jr, Harris didn’t, CNN’s Kristen Holmes, Kate Sullivan, Ebony Davis Organizations: CNN, White, Keystone, Democratic, Howard University, Convention, ” Texas, Minnesota Gov, White House, Republican, South Carolina Gov, Forbes, football, Mac, Fox News Locations: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, McDonald’s, Alameda , California, Washington, ”, East Palestine , Ohio, Burger

“Obamacare was lousy health care. Harris senior adviser David Plouffe promised Wednesday that voters will hear more about Trump’s health care comments. “He promised us a health care plan back in 2015. But he still wants to basically throw tens of millions of people off health care,” Plouffe said on MSNBC. I say: How are we going to fix the system?”Asked if he supports Trump's call to reopen the ACA fight, No.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, “ Obamacare, It’s, ” Trump, “, ”, didn’t, Trump’s, Trump, Harris, Biden, David Plouffe, ” Plouffe, Barack Obama, Sen, John McCain, I’ve, Joe Biden, hasn’t, ” Sen, Rick Scott, Republican Sen, John Barrasso, Obama’s Organizations: Affordable, ACA, Republicans, MSNBC, “, GOP, Trump, Democrats, Republican Locations: Trump, Wyoming

☆ Live Updates: Secret Service Chief Testifies on ‘Failed’ Response at Trump Rally
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Luke Broadwater | David Fahrenthold | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Ms. Cheatle joined the Secret Service in 1995 and spent more than two decades there before leaving in 2021 to lead the North American security operations for PepsiCo. Ms. Cheatle, 53, is the second woman to lead the Secret Service. By the time she had graduated from college four years later, Ms. Cheatle had applied for a job at the Secret Service, the newspaper said. At the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, two Republican senators chastised Ms. Cheatle in a confrontation that was captured on video. An internal Secret Service investigation of the shooting is underway, as are several inquiries in Congress.

Persons: Kimberly, Donald J, Trump, Kimberly A, Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, Cheatle, Biden, Cheney, Barack Obama’s, Jill Biden, Charles Marino, ”, “, Ms, Marsha Blackburn of, John Barrasso of, Anthony Guglielmi, Cheatle “, Mr, Guglielmi Organizations: Capitol, Secret Service, North, PepsiCo, Service, Security Magazine, Eastern Illinois University, The News, Gazette, World Trade Center, Pentagon, Mr, ABC, Republican National Convention, Secret Locations: Illinois, Danville , Ill, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Laurel , Md, Butler, Pa, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, John Barrasso of Wyoming

Vance’s Republican National Convention speech capped a night Republicans spent prosecuting what they see as President Joe Biden’s biggest foreign policy failures and their consequences. Republicans used Wednesday night to introduce Vance and his life story to the nation. You owe President Trump answers!” Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn shouted at Cheatle, who continued to walk with her head down and ignore the senators’ criticism. Energy security and energy policy are in the governor’s comfort zone and that was on full display Wednesday night. When Trump finally did call Burgum, the former president told Burgum he would not be his running mate.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Republican Party —, Joe Biden’s, ”, William Pekrul, Trump, Kai Trump, Vance, –, Biden Vance, Trump’s MAGA, ” Vance, Usha, —, Sen, Biden, Vance’s, Usha Vance, wasn’t, Usha Vance’s, JD, Yale Law School –, humanize, he’d, “, Brett Kavanaugh, John Roberts, Peter Navarro, he’s, Navarro, Donald Trump, Paul Manafort, Manafort “, ” Trump, Cheryl Juels, Nicole Gee, ’, “ Joe Biden, ” Juels, Herman Lopez, Hunter Lopez, haven’t, Lopez’s, Alicia Lopez, Harris, ” Herman Lopez, Khizr, Ghazala Khan, ” Khizr Khan, Kimberly Cheatle, Tennessee Sen, Marsha Blackburn, Cheatle, ” Sen, John Barrasso, Blackburn, James Lankford, Kevin Cramer, Barrasso, Cheatle’s “, ” Cheatle, “ We’re, ” “, Cramer, Burgum’s, Doug Burgum’s, Achilles, Burgum, “ Hey, Treene, Morgan Rimmer Organizations: Wisconsin CNN, Republican Party, Republican, Convention, Gold Star, Jewish Harvard University, “, Republicans, Republican National, Marines, Yale Law School, Trump, North American Free, Ivy, Ohio State University, Michigan, China, Senate, Yale University, Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, Fox News, RNC, Trump White House, CNN Gold Star, Hamid, CNN, Biden, Secret, Fiserv, Tennessee, ”, Blackburn, Sens, North Dakota Gov, Energy, Republican National Convention Locations: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Afghanistan, Ohio, Washington, American, Mexico, China, Iraq, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Ukraine, San Diego, Florida, America, Kabul, States, United States

CNN —Thomas Matthew Crooks visited the Donald Trump rally location twice, his cell phone contained images of both Trump and President Joe Biden, and the would-be assassin’s search history included dates of the Democratic National Convention as well as future Trump events, three US officials told CNN. A US official briefed on the matter, however, later told CNN that investigators believe the account in his name is fake. Secret Service agents killed Crooks after he opened fire. The Secret Service director later offered to answer the senators’ questions at another time and moved to leave. You owe President Trump answers,” Blackburn said as the Secret Service director continued walking.

Persons: CNN — Thomas Matthew Crooks, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Crooks, Kimberly Cheatle, Chris Wray, Paul Abbate, Abbate, briefers, Butler, Trump, Mike Johnson, Hakeem Jeffries, Rudy Giuliani, Fani Willis, Giuliani, Wray, Sen, Mike Lee, Tom Knights, Knights, “, ”, Police “, Cheatle, Johnson, Mitch McConnell, Tennessee Sen, Marsha Blackburn, ” Cheatle, Wyoming Sen, John Barrasso, You’re, ” Blackburn, McConnell Organizations: CNN, Trump, Democratic National Convention, Lawmakers, Service, FBI, Biden, Utah Republican, Police, Secret Service, ” Knights, Republican National Convention, Fiserv, Tennessee, Kentucky Republican Locations: Butler , Pennsylvania, Fulton County, Utah, Butler, Trump, Milwaukee, Wyoming, United States

☆ At R.N.C., Senators Berate Secret Service Director Over Assassination Attempt
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Jonathan Swan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Republican senators, including a member of the Senate’s leadership, accosted the director of the Secret Service in a suite at the Republican National Convention on Wednesday night, demanding that she resign or provide a full explanation for the security lapses that led to the near-miss assassination attempt against former President Donald J. Trump. Senators John Barrasso of Wyoming, the third-ranking Senate Republican, and Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee aggressively confronted the agency’s director, Kimberly A. Cheatle, at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee. A staff member for one of the senators videotaped the confrontation and sent it to a reporter. “You put him within less than an inch of his life,” Mr. Barrasso said to Ms. Cheatle, almost yelling. “So resignation or full explanation.”

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☆ Opinion | The 2024 Election Hinges on Voters Who Hate Politics
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( The Ezra Klein Show | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The biggest divide in our politics isn’t between Democrats and Republicans, or even left and right. It’s between people who follow politics closely, and those who pay almost no attention to it. If you’re in the former camp — and if you’re reading this, you probably are — the latter camp can seem inscrutable. As the 2024 election takes shape, this bloc appears crucial to determining who wins the presidency. An NBC News poll from April found that 15 percent of voters don’t follow political news, and Donald Trump was winning them by 26 points.

Persons: Donald Trump, “, Ezra Klein, She’s, John Barry Ryan, ”, I’ve, Biden Organizations: Republicans, NBC, Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, University of Michigan, Trump Locations: America

☆ Election Updates: Trump returns to Washington to flex political muscle.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Maggie Haberman | Jonathan Swan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

“There’s high anticipation here and great excitement,” Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters on Wednesday before Mr. Trump’s visit. Mr. McConnell condemned Mr. Trump’s actions and declared him responsible. Pressed about Mr. Trump’s visit to Washington, Mr. McConnell told reporters on Wednesday, “I said earlier this year I supported him. He’s earned the nomination by the voters all across the country.”Defying the expectations of Mr. McConnell and many others, Mr. Trump did not disappear. Most of corporate America had turned its back on Mr. Trump after the violence on Jan. 6.

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☆ Trump to meet with Republican senators
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-10 | by ( Olympia Sonnier | Frank Thorp V | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a dinner at Mar-a-Lago on June 5, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Photo by Eva Marie Uzcategui/Getty Images)Former President Donald Trump will meet with a group of Republican senators in Washington, D.C., this week, four sources with knowledge of the meeting told NBC News. Trump will meet with the senators on Thursday after addressing the Business Roundtable, a lobbying group. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., told fellow GOP senators in an e-mail obtained by NBC News that he invited Trump to meet with Republican senators. "I believe it will be helpful to hear directly from President Trump about his plans for the summer and to also share our ideas for a strategic governing agenda in 2025," wrote Barrasso, who is the No.

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☆ These 38 GOP senators just voted against protecting contraception. Here's why.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewThe Senate failed on Wednesday to advance a bill designed to protect access to contraceptives nationwide. Just two Republican senators — Susan Collins of Maine and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — voted with Democrats to advance the bill. Advertisement"Do people really think that even a significant minority of the Republican conference is against access to contraception?" AdvertisementBut still — if Republicans aren't against contraception, why won't they just vote for the bill? Glenn Youngkin of Virginia vetoed a bill to protect access to contraception, arguing that it violated principles of religious freedom.

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☆ Biden signs bill banning imports of Russian uranium for nuclear fuel
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Sean Conlon | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Ready-to-ship canisters filled with enriched uranium at the Urenco USA uranium enrichment facility near Eunice, New Mexico, US, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023. Russia's invasion of Ukraine is forcing the US and Europe to search for alternative sources of enriched uranium to power their reactors. The United States will ban imported Russian uranium starting on Aug. 11, the U.S. Department of Energy announced Tuesday. "Our nation's clean energy future will not rely on Russian imports," U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said in a statement. "Banning imports of Russian uranium will jumpstart America's nuclear fuel industry, further defund Russia's war machine, and help revive American uranium production for decades to come," Barrasso said in a statement on Monday after the bill's enactment.

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☆ Republicans are divided on whether Kari Lake's Arizona Senate candidacy should be a top investment for the GOP
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewWhen Kari Lake jumped into the Arizona GOP Senate primary last October, many conservatives were thrilled with the decision, confident she'd energize base voters in the general election. It's still early in the campaign, but the numbers are a sign that she has so far not consolidated GOP support around her candidacy. "Ultimately, the Republican Senate committee is probably going to realize before too long that there's far better opportunities for victories in other parts of the country," he added. But in addition to Arizona, they're angling to flip seats in Montana, Ohio, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

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☆ How Trump’s Failures in New York Are Prelude to His Presidency and Trial - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Elizabeth Spiers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

With jury selection underway in Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Lower Manhattan, the former president’s chickens have finally come home to roost. It feels uniquely appropriate that Mr. Trump will have to endure the scrutiny on his old home turf. He rose to fame here, but was never truly accepted by the old money elites he admired. Gossip columnists at his favored tabloids often received tips from Mr. Trump about himself, even about his own sexual escapades, under the pseudonym John Barron. Mr. Trump expressed interest in the presidency starting in the late 1980s, took steps in that direction in 2000 and considered it again in 2012 before being elected in 2016.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Trump, ”, —, John Barron Organizations: Mr, Spy Locations: Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, Queens

☆ Republican lawmakers say green transition 'cheerleader' IEA has strayed from mandate
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( Ruxandra Iordache | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Nick Oxford | ReutersSenior U.S. lawmakers believe the International Energy Agency has "strayed from its core mission" of safeguarding energy security and has emerged as a "cheerleader" for the green transition. "We would argue that in recent years the IEA has been undermining energy security by discouraging sufficient investment in energy supplies — specifically, oil, natural gas, and coal. Consequently, the IEA must conduct its energy security mission in an objective manner. "It should disturb you that biased parties are exploiting the IEA's forecasts and other products to advocate for policies that undermine energy security." The IEA on Thursday confirmed receipt of the letter to CNBC and stressed that its mandate remains maintaining energy security and accelerating clean energy transitions.

Persons: Nick Oxford, Republican Sen, John Barrasso, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Fatih Birol Organizations: Midland , Texas U.S, Reuters Senior U.S, International Energy Agency, Republican, U.S ., Energy, Natural Resources, U.S . House, Commerce, IEA, U.S, CNBC, U.S . Congress, Organization of, Petroleum, OPEC, Congress Locations: Midland , Texas, Wyoming, Saudi Arabia

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