Warning that Donald Trump is a “threat to democracy” is too abstract a message to sway many citizens to vote for President Biden.
Instead, his campaign needs to show voters how the 2021 Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will benefit them in the years ahead — especially in the swing states.
Biden’s signature legislation allocates substantial funds to Arizona ($7.307 billion), Georgia ($12.388 billion), Michigan ($10.783 billion), North Carolina ($10.395 billion),...
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Biden campaign drops Latino-focused ad targeting Trump for ‘poisoning the blood’ remarks
President Biden’s reelection campaign dropped a Latino-focused ad targeting former President Trump for his remarks in which he called immigrants "rapists" who were "poisoning the blood" of the country.
The 30 second ad entitled “Change,” shared exclusively first with The Hill, features remarks from Biden in Arizona this week calling out his political rival’s controversial rhetoric.
“This election is an election between me and a guy named Trump. This is a guy who call...
Appropriations nears finish line, major health changes left out
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Biden campaign uses ObamaCare anniversary to hammer Trump on health care
President Biden is using the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) passage to hammer former President Trump’s record on health care and capitalize on his threats to repeal the law.
In a new digital ad released Friday ahead of the 14th anniversary of the law, the Biden campaign sought to highlight Trump’s repeated repeal threats and underscore the consequences if he were to win a second term.
The video, titled “Flatline,” features audio of Tr...
Obama Feared ‘One-Term Presidency’ After Passing Health Care Law
A set of oral histories released on Friday documents the behind-the-scenes drama of President Barack Obama’s drive to pass the Affordable Care Act, his most important legislative achievement.
A push is underway for voters to make Florida the next state to expand Medicaid
For a decade, Florida lawmakers have debated whether to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Advocates are trying to circumvent the legislature and take the issue directly to voters.
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House set to vote Friday on spending package despite conservative furor: Live coverage
Congressional leaders unveiled their $1.2 trillion, 1,012-page government funding package in the early hours of Thursday.
Now, they're racing to try to pass the six-bill measure — which covers the departments of Homeland Security, Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and State; the IRS; and general government and foreign operations — by a Friday night shutdown deadline.
Many rank-and-file lawmakers got their first look at the legislativ...
Manhattan DA: New documents shouldn’t delay Trump prosecution in hush money case
The Manhattan district attorney's office prosecuting former President Trump's hush money case indicated in a court filing Thursday that no further trial delays were warranted after a trove of new documents punted what was supposed to be the start of the criminal proceeding.
Trump’s lawyers had asked for a minimum 90-day delay to review more than 100,000 pages of records unexpectedly turned over by federal prosecutors last week. Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing th...
Man sues dozens of women for making negative comments on Facebook dating group
(KTLA) – A Los Angeles man is suing over 50 women for negative posts they allegedly wrote about him on social media, claiming the messages are false and defamatory.
Stewart Lucas Murrey is accusing the women of defamation, sex-based discrimination, intentional infliction of emotional distress, libel, invasion of privacy and more.
The lawsuit stems from posts and comments the women are accused of writing in a Facebook group called "Are We Dating The Same Guy?...
Why Trump can’t escape his appellate bond dilemma
The two recent verdicts against former President Donald Trump — one in federal court and the other in New York state court — have thrust an esoteric area of law into the spotlight: appellate bonds. There are two main questions: Can Trump raise the cash necessary to allow him time to appeal the verdicts while staving off enforcement? And how can the winning plaintiffs collect on their judgments?
Trump has secured a bond in the federal case won by journalist E. Jean Car...