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Senate votes to advance bill to repeal Iraq war authorizations

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Senate AUMF bill clears hurdle in 68-27 vote The legislation would repeal the 2002 Iraq war authorization and the 1991 Gulf War authorization. © The Hill, Annabelle Gordon The advancement of the Senate legislation opens the...

Tightening SNAP work requirements lift Americans out of poverty and away from dependence 

I was that kid on food stamps — I know firsthand how government assistance can both help and hurt. Education, training, and work provide dignity and economic opportunity. Too many Americans are on the sidelines while we are facing a record labor shortage. We have the jobs, but we don’t have the people to fill them....

Biden’s March Madness bracket is already busted

President Biden shared his March Madness brackets Thursday afternoon, and his men's bracket was promptly busted when University of Arizona went down to an underdog Princeton team. Biden picked the Arizona Wildcats to win on the men's side, and Villanova University on the women's side — a longshot pick that nods to the first family's...

Republicans aim to boost oil, gas in energy package

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story GOP seeks to boost oil, gas and permitting reform in bill House Republicans effectively listed energy policy as their top priority, introducing an energy package known as H.R.1 this week. © Getty The bill unveiled by Republicans...

GOP attacks on woke America are ‘hypocrisy of the highest order’

Stewart made a solid case about gun violence. But his recent interview raises a larger issue about the political battle over “woke.” 

Williamson calls report on ‘abusive’ treatment of staff ‘categorical lies’

Marianne Williamson, who became the first Democratic challenger to President Biden to mount a 2024 presidential run earlier this month, pushed back on a Politico report that she was “abusive” to her staff during her 2020 candidacy, calling it “categorical lies.” Williamson said in an interview on SiriusXM’s “The Briefing with Steve Scully” on Thursday...

Whitmer signs bill expanding LGBTQ protections

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) on Thursday expanded the state’s civil rights law to include explicit protections for sexual orientation and gender identity, signing the first statewide law in Michigan to prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ people. “It is a new day in Michigan,” Whitmer said Thursday during a signing ceremony in Lansing. “Michiganders are freer...

Megabanks bail out First Republic

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Megabanks bail out First Republic Eleven of the biggest U.S. banks sprang into action Thursday to rescue First Republic Bank from a feared meltdown. © AP The San Francisco-based bank will receive $30 billion from its...

GOP pilots in Congress call on Biden to withdraw his ‘entirely unqualified’ FAA nomination

Fourteen GOP lawmakers who have flown airplanes called on Biden to withdraw his FAA nominee because he has "zero aviation experience" at a time of crisis for FAA.

New video shows Stanford protesters heckling Trump judge as DEI dean appears to smirk

New video footage shows Stanford Law's associate dean of diversity, equity and inclusion appearing to smirk and do nothing as protesters shouted at Trump-appointed judge.

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