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Biden says he will stop some arm shipments if Israel invades Rafah

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said Wednesday he would stop US weapons supplies to Israel if it attacks Rafah in southern Gaza, his most direct warning to date over the prosecution of the war against Hamas.

In an interview with CNN, Biden deplored the fact that civilians had been killed by the dropping of U.S. bombs on the Palestinian territory.

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'One dumpster fire at a time': GOP lawmaker may end up punishing Marjorie Taylor Greene

While Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) took to the House floor on Wednesday to introduce her motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) from office, a group of her fellow Republican lawmakers gathered on the Capitol steps to rail against what she was doing — and one lawmaker in particular didn't seem to rule out supporting some form of punishment for Greene.

"Do you think Marjorie Taylor Greene should be punished?" one reporter asked Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-SD).

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'Spanking': House kills Marjorie Taylor Greene's bid to oust Mike Johnson in '48 seconds'

Congress overwhelmingly denied Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-GA) rogue move to oust House Speaker Mike Johnson, an effort that reportedly earned a pitiful 11 votes.

"The House has resoundingly tabled a motion to oust @SpeakerJohnson..." writes Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman.

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'Hot mess': Internet burns Marjorie Taylor Greene as Republicans' boos 'rain down on her'​

Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia is drawing mockery for her latest effort to remove Speaker Mike Johnson from the House's top spot.

Republicans crafted a set of rules at the start of the new legislative session that began in Jan. 2023. Among those rules is one agreeing that a very small group of officials could remove the speaker for any reason. That happened first after former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was voted out by a small group of irate conservatives led by Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).

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'Republicans don't want to talk about this': Expert reveals Trump's 'important' weak spot

Republicans don't want to talk about a new development in former President Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign that one political expert warns will prove important.

MSNBC correspondent Molly Jong-Fast shared on X Wednesday afternoon an intriguing exchange between a Capitol Hill reporter and a conservative lawmaker who fled his questioning.

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Republican's 'repugnant' assassination joke condemned by left and right — except MAGA

A Republican member of Congress spurred outrage Wednesday with a political assassination joke broadly condemned by people who include a onetime co-defendant of former President Donald Trump and a Democratic strategist. It also garnered applause from MAGA right pundits.

Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA) appeared to be riffing on presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s newly reported statement that a worm ate part of his brain and died.

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'No one knew she was dead': GOP primary winner reportedly died 2 months ago

A projected Indiana Republican primary winner died two months ago, according to Wednesday reports.

Per the Colorado Gazette, 59-year-old Jennifer Pace died "suddenly in early March, according to reporting from the IndyStar and WIBC Indianapolis, and had previously run for the nomination in 2022, earning 12% of the vote."

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'They dug a hole with golden shovels': Biden slams Trump for failed Foxconn 'con' deal

President Joe Biden on Wednesday took a shot at former President Donald Trump while touting the construction of a new data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin.

The data center in question is being built by Microsoft in the same area where Trump once pledged electronics manufacturer Foxconn would build "the eighth wonder of the world" and usher in a slate of well-paid blue-collar jobs.

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Biden campaign jumps as Fox's Peter Doocy reports on him fulfilling empty Trump promises

Fox News' Peter Doocy, who is well known for getting into sparring matches with Biden White House press officials, highlighted some news on Wednesday that President Joe Biden's campaign couldn't resist sharing.

During a Wednesday morning broadcast on "Fox & Friends," Doocy discussed Microsoft's announcement that it would be building an artificial intelligence data center in Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin — the same location where former President Donald Trump once vowed to build a job-creating Foxconn plant that never came to fruition.

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Trump Georgia case 'almost certain' to face 'significant delay' with new ruling: reporter

Former President Donald Trump scored yet another win that one top legal reporter thinks is almost certain to cause a major delay in his Georgia racketeering trial.

Politico's Kyle Cheney reports that the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia has agreed to hear Trump's appeal of his failed effort to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from prosecuting the case.

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Trump’s proposals could 'send inflation skyrocketing': economists

Presumptive 2024 GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and his allies have been hammering incumbent President Joe Biden relentlessly on inflation, claiming that Biden's economic policies are to blame.

Trump, according to Axios reporter Zachary Basu, "is betting that high gas and grocery prices will fuel his return to the White House" — while pushing "second-term plans" that, economists say, "could make inflation worse."

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Trump rages against 'sleazebags and lowlifes' in new potential gag order violation

Donald Trump tested the boundaries of his gag order once again by rallying Republicans to push back on testimony by the "sleazebags, lowlifes, and grifters" with whom he once consorted.

The former president lashed out at witnesses in his New York criminal trial a day after adult film star Stormy Daniels told the jury in vivid detail about their 2006 sexual encounter at the heart of the hush money case, and he called on his GOP allies to defend him against the allegations – all of which could violate the gag order prohibiting him from commenting on participants in the trial.

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RFK Jr: A worm ate part of my brain and then died

Third-party candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a startling medical secret, according to The New York Times: Parts of his brain were apparently eaten by a parasitic worm.

"In 2010, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was experiencing memory loss and mental fogginess so severe that a friend grew concerned he might have a brain tumor. Mr. Kennedy said he consulted several of the country’s top neurologists, many of whom had either treated or spoken to his uncle, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, before his death the previous year of brain cancer," reported Susanne Craig. "Several doctors noticed a dark spot on the younger Mr. Kennedy’s brain scans and concluded that he had a tumor, he said in a 2012 deposition reviewed by The New York Times."

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