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House GOP ditches anti-abortion rider in new funding bill

House Republicans noticeably forgo language limiting access to the abortion pill mifepristone in their newly unveiled agricultural funding bill, after a similar effort last year helped doom their 2024 plan while exposing intraparty divides on the issue. The powerful GOP-led House Appropriations Committee unveiled the legislation Monday afternoon, as leaders pursue an aggressive schedule to...

Drop in violent crime is ‘no accident,’ Biden says

President Biden touted the new FBI crime data released Monday, saying that the drop in violent crime is "no accident." The FBI released new preliminary numbers on violent crime for the first quarter of 2024 on Monday, showing that violent crime overall decreased by 15 percent. Biden boasted about these numbers in a statement, saying...

The Memo: Biden team says campaign won’t be just ‘Stop Trump’

President Biden’s best chance of a second term may lie in presenting himself as the “Stop Trump” candidate — at least according to a new poll. A CBS News/YouGov survey released Sunday found that, among likely Biden voters, twice as many were motivated by opposition to former President Trump as by support of the president,...

Ocasio-Cortez says ‘progressive movement is undermined’ by antisemitism

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said Monday that the “progressive movement is undermined” by the antisemitism that is on the rise in the U.S. Ocasio-Cortez hosted a discussion with Jewish Council for Public Affairs CEO Amy Spitalnick and Stacy Burdett, a former staffer at the Anti-Defamation League, on Monday to discuss antisemitism and the “fight for...

Agencies ramp up e-cigarette enforcement

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Feds target illegal e-cigarettes A new task force of federal agencies aims to crack down on the sale and distribution of illicit electronic cigarettes, intent on stemming a flood of products that continuously skirt government regulation. © AP...

Nvidia’s stock split

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story  Nvidia completes 10-for-1 stock split after meteoric rise Shares in powerhouse chipmaker Nvidia began trading at around $120 on Monday after its 10-for-1 stock split. © The Associated Press The split cut the company’s share price, which...

FDA panel backs Eli Lilly’s Alzheimer’s drug

A federal advisory panel on Monday voted in favor of recommending Eli Lilly's new drug that is under consideration for its potential to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease. The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee met Monday to discuss Eli Lilly's donanemab. The committee's voting members were...

New video shows Schumer’s fury over Trump not sending National Guard on Jan. 6

Newly revealed footage from Jan. 6, 2021, shows Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) berating Trump administration officials over former President Trump’s refusal to order the National Guard to break up the Capitol riots. Members of Congress were evacuated to Fort McNair when rioters violently breached the Capitol. Schumer could be seen in the video,...

Mike Lee praises Trump for resisting Clinton lawfare, warns Biden of slippery slope

Mike Lee warned Biden should not let the cycle of retaliatory lawfare begin and reverse course, noting that he applauds Trump for not going after his political enemy in Hillary Clinton.

Trump classified documents judge rules on motion to dismiss case

U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who is presiding over the classified documents case against former President Trump, has denied a motion to dismiss some charges in the indictment.

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