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☆ Walz’s claim that he was in China during Tiananmen Square protests undercut by unearthed newspaper reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Aaron Pellish | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Walz had previously said he visited Hong Kong in “May of ’89,” weeks before the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing. During a 2014 hearing of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China honoring the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests, Walz, then a Minnesota congressman, appeared to recall specific details of his trip to China at that time. Walz’s 2014 claim that he visited China during the Tiananmen Square protests has been repeated in media reports. When asked by CNN if Walz was in China during the Tiananmen Square protests, the Harris campaign was unable to provide evidence to substantiate Walz’s claim. ?,” Miller said in a social media post in response to clarification offered by the Harris campaign about Walz’s trips to China.

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☆ Harris heads to the US southern border, looking to close a polling gap with Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Priscilla Alvarez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Advisers to the vice president remain concerned about the gap between the candidates on immigration. Trump alluded to his current polling edge Thursday as he slammed his rival ahead of her visit to the border. Harris plans to use her trip to the US-Mexico border to slam Trump for scuttling the bipartisan border deal and lean into her work as attorney general of California, a border state, a campaign aide said. Adrees Latif/REUTERS/REUTERSAn early strategyThe Harris campaign signaled early on that it planned to counter Trump’s attacks on the vice president and the administration’s handling of border security. Harris previously visited the border as vice president and has cited her work as a border-state senator and state attorney general.

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Harris is scheduled to visit a border town in Arizona on Friday, her campaign announced Wednesday. Trump has made the border and immigration a centerpiece of his pitch for the presidency, making multiple visits to the southern border during the campaign. Friday's visit to Douglas, Arizona, will be Harris' second trip to the southern border during her term as vice president. NBC News reported in August that shelters on the southern border and in some major cities experienced sharp declines in migrants seeking shelter over the past several months. Border Patrol agents in June apprehended the lowest monthly number of migrants crossing the southern border since President Joe Biden took office.

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WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday is poised to pass a funding bill to avert a government shutdown next week after it removed a proposal demanded by Donald Trump that would require Americans nationwide to show proof of citizenship to register to vote. House Republican leaders, facing defections within their ranks, plan to rely heavily on Democratic votes to approve the measure. He blamed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for failing to take up the SAVE Act as a stand-alone measure in the Senate. “We passed the SAVE Act in the summer, and it’s been sitting on Chuck Schumer’s desk collecting dust; that is maddening to us,” Johnson said. “As both parties work to avoid a shutdown, we encourage House Republican leadership to get this bill to the floor and pass it quickly.

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President Joe Biden will address the United Nations General Assembly for the final time as commander in chief Tuesday morning amid the spiraling conflict in the Middle East, Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine and growing global concerns about China’s influence. They are also Biden’s first remarks before the General Assembly since Hamas’ attack on Israel in October and the conflict that has ensued in Gaza, killing thousands of civilians. He’ll speak to the leaders of other nations as hope for a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas has dimmed. As Israel continues its battle with Hamas, its conflict with Iran-backed Hezbollah has also escalated in recent days. Other key speakers expected at the General Assembly include Iran’s new president, Masoud Pezeshkian; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas; and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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☆ Biden's UN speech will highlight his diplomatic successes, amid wars in the Middle East, Ukraine, Sudan
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 19, 2023. But given the geopolitical backdrop for Biden's speech, there will be little time for victory laps. Since Biden's last UNGA address in September 2023, ongoing wars in Ukraine and Sudan have persisted, while long-simmering tensions in the Middle East have erupted into deadly conflicts. Still, the Biden administration regularly emphasizes its commitment to a ceasefire and hostage deal. "This is one of the advantages of the UN General Assembly: You literally have the whole world here," said the administration official, who was granted anonymity to preview the president's agenda.

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☆ Biden administration backs House Republicans' three-month government funding bill
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-24 | by ( Josephine Rozzelle | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The statement criticized congressional Republicans for not including additional funding for disaster relief, the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Small Business Administration. The White House also warned that it would oppose any funding cuts to the Internal Revenue Service in final appropriations legislation. President Joe Biden and many congressional Democrats staunchly opposed plans to include the SAVE Act in the government funding bill. But it was Johnson's own caucus members who defeated his initial funding measure, when 14 House Republicans voted against it on Sept. 18. House Republican aides said Sunday that the funding proposal could reach the House floor for a vote as soon as Wednesday.

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☆ House Speaker Johnson axes Trump voting restrictions in new government funding bill
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R) (R-LA) departs a press conference with Republican leadership on Capitol Hill on September 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday announced a new temporary government funding proposal with key amendments from the original bill he put forward earlier this month, going against former President Donald Trump's wishes and making some concessions to Democrats. E.T., just over a month away from the November election when party control will be up for grabs in both the White House and Congress. "While this is not the solution any of us prefer, it is the most prudent path forward under the present circumstances," Johnson wrote in the letter. The new bill will likely get to the House floor by Wednesday, according to House Republican aides.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Donald Trump's, Johnson Organizations: Republican, Capitol, Sunday, SAVE, Trump, Congressional Republicans, White House, Secret Service Locations: Washington , DC

☆ Trump rallies in North Carolina as controversy engulfs his handpicked candidate for governor
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Robinson, the current North Carolina lieutenant governor, referred to himself as a “black NAZI,” expressed support for reinstating slavery, made repeated graphic sexual comments and more. Trump defeated Joe Biden by 1 point in North Carolina in 2020. North Carolina is an vital part of that plan. However, the lieutenant governor has been to most, if not all, of Trump’s recent North Carolina events. The question, though, is whether a poor performance by Robinson would drag down other members of the party’s ticket in North Carolina, including Trump.

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☆ Schumer takes steps to prevent shutdown as Speaker Johnson’s next move unclear
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-19 | by ( Clare Foran | Ted | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has called for Republicans to shut down the government if they can’t pass the voting measure known as the SAVE Act. Many Democrats are pushing for an extension into December that would not include the SAVE Act, which is viewed as a non-starter in the Senate. “House Republicans don’t seem to have any plan for actually keeping the government open, so the Senate will step in,” Schumer said in floor remarks. “Many Republican House members, as many of you have reported, are smart enough to know if there is a shutdown, it will be a Republican shutdown. There never is a shutdown — hardly ever is a shutdown,” said Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, a Democrat from Illinois.

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☆ JD Vance said he would 'consider' privatizing some veteran healthcare services if elected
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Rebecca Kheel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewRepublican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance expressed support for expanding veterans' ability to use private doctors in a podcast interview this week. "I think I'd consider it," replied Vance, a former enlisted Marine who deployed to Iraq in a public affairs role. AdvertisementThe Trump campaign shot back that the Harris campaign was taking Vance out of context. During his first term in office, Trump expanded veterans' ability to see non-VA doctors using VA funding by signing the Mission Act. AdvertisementThe Mission Act received bipartisan support when it passed in 2018, but it has since become more partisan.

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☆ Marjorie Taylor Greene calls far-right activist Laura Loomer’s rhetoric ‘huge problem’ that ‘doesn’t represent MAGA’
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Clare Foran | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Appearing dazed and flustered by an unfamiliar and fast-changing political landscape upended by Harris becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, Trump has unleashed a torrent of mean-spirited missives, race-baiting insults and conspiratorial broadsides that even close allies and donors have acknowledged as unproductive in recent days. Loomer told CNN of the post: “It’s interesting how the media wants to, once again, falsely accuse me of being a racist. This is a woman who is on video cooking Indian food with Indian celebrities talking about how she likes cooking with curry.”Asked by Raju about Loomer, Greene said on Thursday, “I have concerns about her rhetoric and her hateful tone. And that doesn’t represent MAGA as a whole.”“I just felt like it was time to call it out. In May, Democratic Rep. Jasmine Crockett criticized Greene, calling her “racist,” following a tense House Oversight markup that quickly devolved into personal attacks.

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☆ 7 things to watch for at tonight's debate: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

In today’s edition, we preview tonight's showdown between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. Programming note: Stay tuned for a special edition of the From the Politics Desk newsletter tonight, where we will be recapping and analyzing the presidential debate. One of the things I’ll be looking for is which voters each candidate goes out of their way to address directly. Something to watch for right at the beginning of the debate is whether Harris and Trump shake hands. That would boost her to 245 electoral votes and reduce the number of remaining state outcome combinations to 16.

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GOP senators 'hesitant' to mandate IVF coverageBut there is scant evidence of a Republican appetite for that plan in Congress. “I don’t know that we need to go so far as to mandate IVF coverage,” Lummis said. Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., a former chair of the conservative Republican Study Committee and a Senate candidate, said he hasn’t seen a Trump policy plan on IVF to evaluate. “I don’t know what that would look like — to make it free.”Democrats say Trump is lying and trying to bamboozle voters. “Donald Trump will say anything that he thinks might be one more vote in favor of Donald Trump.

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Former President Donald Trump said he plans to vote yes on a ballot measure in Florida to legalize marijuana, his clearest stance so far on the issue. He wrote that arrests for marijuana possession of "personal amounts" waste taxpayers' dollars and suggested that the ballot measure would help prevent deaths from fentanyl-laced marijuana. If passed, the ballot measure would permit residents over 21 to possess, buy or consume marijuana recreationally. Ron DeSantis opposes the marijuana ballot measure and most congressional Republicans have in recent years voted against bills to reform U.S. policy on marijuana. Trump last month seemed to signal some support for another ballot measure in Florida: one that would expand abortion access.

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WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson’s strategy to tie a short-term government funding bill to a Donald Trump-backed proposal to overhaul voting laws was on life support Monday after a band of conservative rebels vowed to vote no on the package. Without a stopgap funding bill, money will run out and the federal government will shut down at the end of the month. Because of the GOP’s razor-thin majority, Johnson, R-La., can afford only four Republican defections if all members vote. Mills slammed Johnson's strategy as a “farce” and said it would do nothing to secure the southern border. Instead, they are pushing for a "clean CR" — short-term funding with nothing attached to it.

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☆ Johnson emphasizes agreement with Trump on plan to tie government funding to election security bill
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Haley Talbot | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

“I think President Trump is saying exactly what I have been saying, and that is we need assurances on election security and to fund the government,” Johnson told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “The Lead” Tuesday. “I talked with the president a lot, President Trump, and that has always been my advice that we run this race on policy, on record, not rhetoric, on policy, not personality,” he said. On Vice President Kamala Harris, Johnson said, “She has a big, a big task ahead of her tonight. To this day, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have not said the names of those service members. In fact, Joe Biden said on the debate stage in June that we hadn’t lost any service members on his watch.

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☆ House GOP funding plan clears key hurdle but remains at risk of failing
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Clare Foran | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Washington CNN —A six-month House GOP government funding plan cleared a key hurdle on Tuesday, but remains at risk of failing as Speaker Mike Johnson attempts to navigate a shutdown fight with his narrow majority. The House voted 209-206 to approve a rule to govern debate for the funding plan, which includes a controversial measure that targets noncitizen voting. But at least six House Republicans have come out against the funding bill, which is enough to sink it in the House amid Democratic opposition, and the bill is considered dead-on-arrival in the Democratic-controlled Senate. The six-month funding plan from House Republicans would extend government funding until March 2025. Many House conservatives are also generally opposed to short-term funding bills, arguing instead in favor of spending cuts.

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☆ Trump tells Republicans to shut down government if hardline voter ID bill gets cut from spending bill
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-10 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday said congressional Republicans should pursue a government shutdown if they cannot attach a hardline voting bill to the temporary funding resolution that would keep the government open. "The House Republican CR is an unserious and uncooked product," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the Senate floor Tuesday. That same day, the House approved the rule for the CR, which would fund the government until March 2025, with the SAVE Act included. The final House vote to pass the funding bill is set to take place on Wednesday. But even if it passes, the bill would still be dead on arrival in the Democratic controlled Senate.

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Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday pledged to eliminate taxes on tipped wages for service workers, matching a proposal from former President Donald Trump. “When I am president, we will continue our fight for working families of America, including to raise the minimum wage, and eliminate taxes on tips for service and hospitality workers,” Harris said. Harris would push the proposal with an increase in the minimum wage as well, the official said. “Kamala Harris, whose ‘Honeymoon’ period is ENDING, and is starting to get hammered in the Polls, just copied my NO TAXES ON TIPS Policy,” he wrote. “She can only steal from me.”Trump announced a policy proposal to eliminate taxes on tips during a June rally in Las Vegas.

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☆ Republicans rush to try to define Tim Walz
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Alayna Treene | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Republicans moved quickly Tuesday to try to define Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, whom Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen as her running mate. “She found a 60-year-old White guy who has the same crazy ideas she does,” one of the advisers said. But he’s since fallen out of favor with the gun lobby over his support for gun safety actions as governor. Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst echoed that message, calling Walz “Bernie Sanders’ choice for VP.”

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☆ What the presidential election could mean for Social Security and Medicare
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Lorie Konish | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Kevin Lamarque | ReutersWhen it comes to the November election, there is one issue that is at the top of voters' wish lists: Social Security. It polled 1,831 adults age 18 and up who "currently receive or expect to receive Social Security." Experts say the post likely refers to the taxes Social Security beneficiaries may owe on their benefit income. Exactly how much Social Security beneficiaries pay in taxes is based on their "combined income," which includes adjusted gross income, nontaxable interest and half of their Social Security benefits. Yet in a March CNBC interview, Trump said he would consider cutting "entitlements," which may refer to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid.

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CNN —A week after announcing her run for president, Kamala Harris has yet to tell voters how she will address the key issues facing the nation. Harris has also touted the Biden administration’s efforts to lower drug costs, reduce child poverty, forgive student loan debt and remove medical debt from credit reports. Hefty student debt loads are also an area of interest to Harris. Experts credit Harris’ ability to secure private-sector investments as her most visible action in the region to date but have cautioned about the long-term durability of those investments. For President Biden and me, our sacred commitment to NATO remains ironclad.

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☆ Harris has championed more progressive ideas than Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Tami Luhby | Meg Tirrell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The Biden administration, along with congressional Democrats, broadened access to health insurance by temporarily beefing up the federal premium subsidies for Affordable Care Act policies. Providing middle class tax reliefAs a senator, Harris proposed providing middle-class and working families with a refundable tax credit of up to $6,000 a year (per couple) to help keep up with living expenses. Harris also campaigned on the measure – titled the LIFT the Middle Class Act, or Livable Incomes for Families Today – during her earlier presidential run. Like Trump, Harris proposed allowing the federal government to set “a fair price” for any drug sold at a cheaper price in any economically comparable country, including Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Japan or Australia. As California’s attorney general, Harris joined other states in pursuing several drugmakers for their pricing or practices, winning multimillion-dollar settlements.

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☆ Mike Johnson calls on Joe Biden to resign after the president announces he won’t seek reelection
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Clare Foran | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —House Speaker Mike Johnson called on President Joe Biden to resign “immediately” in the wake of Biden’s announcement that he will not seek reelection. “If Joe Biden is not fit to run for President, he is not fit to serve as President. As speaker of the House, Johnson is second in the line of presidential succession behind Harris. “President Biden inherited an economy in freefall, a skyrocketing violent crime rate, and alliances in tatters from his predecessor. “If Joe Biden does not have the cognitive ability to seek reelection, he does not have the cognitive ability to serve the remainder of his term,” she said.

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