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Former President Donald Trump appealed to Iowa voters on Wednesday night as the state’s Jan. 15 caucus approaches, saying they should not allow his polling lead to deceive them. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/trump-slams-hunter-biden-defying-subpoena-touting-big-numbers-iowa-caucus Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

#ChuckSchumer #Delay #Senate #Recess #Ukraine #Border #Funding #Aid #Explore #ExplorePage #ViralVideo #Politics #Democrat #Republican #GOP #News #US The Senate will stay in session next week as negotiators seek to reach a deal on the border that would unlock billions in new aid for Ukraine. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) told members at a conference lunch on Thursday that the chamber would leave for the weekend but return on Monday despite a scheduled break for the Christmas recess. He announced the cancellation from the Senate floor shortly thereafter. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/schumer-delays-senate-recess-ukraine-border-package Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy got into a heated exchange with CNN host Abby Phillip over what he said was government involvement in the Jan. 6 riot. In a heated moment, Ramaswamy and Phillip got into a back-and-forth over alleged government involvement in the Jan. 6 riot. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/vivek-ramaswamy-spars-cnn-jan-6 Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

White House officials faced several questions on Wednesday about President Joe Biden's recent comments regarding Israel's military operations in Gaza. On Tuesday, Biden told a group of Democratic donors at a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli government are losing international support as civilian casualties continue to stack. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/white-house-under-fire-biden-mixed-messages-israel Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney is warning that if former President Donald Trump is elected in 2024, checks and balances designed to protect the government structure will fail to control him. Cheney, a Republican and vocal Trump critic, wrote in the Wall Street Journal on Wednesday that the courts and Congress will not hold down Trump from attempting "illegal or unconstitutional acts" in a second term. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/liz-cheney-warns-depraved-donald-trump-2024 Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

#washingtonexaminer #wexmin #mikejohnson #karinejeanpierre #whitehouse #ukraine #supremecourt #SCOTUS #meghanmccain #theview #hunterbiden The White House is heartily criticizing House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican lawmakers for leaving town without authorizing additional security aid for Ukraine. The Supreme Court declined to block an Illinois law that, beginning next year, will ban the sale of semiautomatic assault-style rifles and large-capacity magazines. Illinois's law allows people to keep firearms they already possess but will ban them from obtaining a new assault weapon beginning in the new year. Meghan McCain, a former host of The View, complained her former co-hosts have "slandered" her since she left the program. McCain wrote, "I don't understand why my former colleagues bring me up and slander me on an almost weekly basis. It has been years — move on, I have." She continued saying she will be consulting lawyers. McCain left the talk show in 2021. Here is what we covered today on the WEX MIN: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/white-house-johnson-recessing-house-ukraine-deal https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/courts/supreme-court-declines-halt-illinois-assault-rifle-ban https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/meghan-mccain-lawyers-slander-the-view Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

#protest #losangeles #israel #gaza A progressive Jewish activist group caused a miles-long traffic jam Wednesday morning in Los Angeles while calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The protest began a little after 9 a.m. local time on the southbound 110 freeway. Protesters parked and exited their vehicles, and they crossed all lanes on foot while chanting, “Ceasefire now!” A giant makeshift menorah was erected as they proceeded to link hands and stage a sit-in along the freeway. The event lasted from 9 a.m. to around 10:30 a.m. PST. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/jewish-protesters-la-freeway-gaza-cease-fire Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

First lady Jill Biden’s White House Christmas video has gone viral, sparking backlash and drawing comparisons to the dystopian novel The Hunger Games. The video featured award-winning tap dance group Dorrance Dance, who Biden said performed their “playful interpretation of The Nutcracker Suite.” However, many viewers were not amused with the clip, feeling it didn’t reflect their values. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/jill-biden-viral-christmas-video-hunger-games Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

#wexwakeup for Thursday, December 14☕☀️ Former President Donald Trump appealed to Iowa voters on Wednesday night as the state’s Jan. 15 caucus approaches, saying they should not allow his polling lead to deceive them. “We’re way, way, way up, but you have to do me a favor: Just go out and vote,” Trump said at his rally in Coralville, Iowa. “We have to put big numbers, really big numbers. Sometimes, you know, you’re leading by so much. They say, ‘Oh, I think, let’s sit home and watch a movie.' You know, 'We’ll watch the results afterwards.' We don’t want to do that. You gotta get out and vote.” Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy got into a heated exchange with CNN host Abby Phillip over what he said was government involvement in the Jan. 6 riot. In a heated moment, Ramaswamy and Phillip got into a back-and-forth over alleged government involvement in the Jan. 6 riot. He recounted his journey to coming to believe that there were government agents involved in the riot until Phillip interrupted to bring him back the question, which related to whether he was worried that Jan. 6 defendants were using his remarks in their trials. White House officials faced several questions on Wednesday about President Joe Biden's recent comments regarding Israel's military operations in Gaza. On Tuesday, Biden told a group of Democratic donors at a fundraiser in Washington, D.C., that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli government are losing international support as civilian casualties continue to stack. _____________________________________ Here are today's top stories: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/trump-slams-hunter-biden-defying-subpoena-touting-big-numbers-iowa-caucus https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/vivek-ramaswamy-spars-cnn-jan-6 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/white-house-under-fire-biden-mixed-messages-israel Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) made a joke about President Joe Biden's age as the oldest sitting commander in chief. Kennedy appeared Thursday on Fox and Friends to comment on Biden's performance during his first term. Biden is in the middle of a reelection campaign, and if he wins, he will be 85 at the end of his second term. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/john-kennedy-joe-bidens-first-car Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

#tesla #recall #safety #washingtonexaminer Tesla is recalling over two million of its vehicles in the United States due to its autopilot feature failing to work in some circumstances. The recall involves Tesla models Y, S, 3, and X that were produced between Oct. 5, 2012, and Thursday. As such, the recall will affect almost all Tesla vehicles in the U.S., according to a letter the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration sent Tesla. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/almost-all-us-teslas-recalled-autopilot-feature Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Monumental Sports CEO Ted Leonsis, along with Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R-VA) and other Virginia leaders, announced plans for a new sports arena in the Potomac Yard neighborhood of Alexandria, Virginia, for the NBA's Washington Wizards and the NHL's Washington Capitals. The $2 billion plan calls for a new arena, a 6,000-seat performing arts center, a practice facility for the Wizards, restaurants, hotels, and housing. The arena and entertainment district proposal was announced Wednesday at a press conference near the Potomac Yard Metro Station. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sports/washington-wizards-capitals-ditch-dc-move-virginia Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

#biden #trump #2024election #polling #swingstate #washingtonexaminer President Joe Biden is leading in seven 2020 battleground states in a new survey, despite former President Donald Trump's overall lead in a head-to-head matchup in 2024. Biden holds a 4-point lead over Trump in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina, and Michigan among those "who said they were sure to vote" in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released Tuesday. Despite Biden's state leads, the poll showed Trump has a 2-point lead in a matchup with the president, 38% to 36%. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/biden-holds-lead-seven-2020-battleground-states-poll Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called upon Gov. Greg Abbott to send ‘thousands of illegal immigrants’ to the states of 10 Democratic senators who recently circulated a letter opposing border security negotiations. “Governor Abbott, if you’re watching Sean Hannity tonight, do me a favor,” Graham said during an appearance on Hannity Wednesday. “Make it real to those 10 senators and their states what you’ve been dealing with in Texas. Instead of sending them all to New York, why don’t you look at the states in question.” Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/graham-tells-abbott-send-migrants-senators-oppose-border-security Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Former Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley accused former President Donald Trump of hiding from the debate stage and using tactics similar to those of President Joe Biden. Haley accused Trump of not confronting other GOP presidential candidates and fought back against accusations by some of her competitors that she is playing for second place behind Trump. The comments came while she was on Fox News's America's Newsroom on Wednesday. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/nikki-haley-compares-donald-trump-joe-biden-2024-attack Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Border Patrol leadership in the Tucson region of Arizona is calling for "all hands on deck" to respond to an "unprecedented surge" of illegal immigrants, the Washington Examiner has learned. Federal law enforcement agents in southeastern Arizona sounded the alarm in conversations with the Washington Examiner on Monday, disclosing that agents have been pulled from manning the highway checkpoints, canceled all training classes, and even diverted from desk jobs, such as posting updates on the organization's local social media, a sign of how strained the agency has become responding to thousands crossing in just one part of the southern border each day. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/border-patrol-drastic-action-tucson-training Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ #shorts

A Koch-aligned political group has endorsed the most hawkish candidate for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. That’s one key takeaway from American for Prosperity Action throwing its weight behind former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley less than two months before the first Republican primary votes are cast. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/koch-allies-haley-endorsement-foreign-policy Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ #shorts

#wexwakeup for Thursday, November 30☕☀️ Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, one of the most influential statesmen of the 20th century, has died at age 100. Kissinger served as secretary of state under Presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford from 1969 to 1977. While in the position, he played a central role in opening up relations with China, beginning detente with the Soviet Union, ending the war in Vietnam, assisting Israel during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, navigating through the OPEC oil embargo, and assisting authoritarian regimes in crushing communist movements worldwide. Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) will face off on Thursday in what will be a headline-grabbing debate, putting their respective states’ policy differences and leadership styles in the spotlight. The two will partake in a first-of-its-kind debate, airing live on Fox News from Alpharetta, Georgia. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) called upon Gov. Greg Abbott to send ‘thousands of illegal immigrants’ to the states of 10 Democratic senators who recently circulated a letter opposing border security negotiations. “Governor Abbott, if you’re watching Sean Hannity tonight, do me a favor,” Graham said during an appearance on Hannity Wednesday. “Make it real to those 10 senators and their states what you’ve been dealing with in Texas. Instead of sending them all to New York, why don’t you look at the states in question.” _____________________________________ Here are today's top stories: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/henry-kissinger-secretary-of-state-dead-age-100 https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/five-things-desantis-highlight-fight-newsom https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/graham-tells-abbott-send-migrants-senators-oppose-border-security Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

In response to the subpoena sent by the House Oversight Committee, an attorney for Hunter Biden rebuffed the committee's demand for the president’s son to sit for a closed-door deposition and instead offered for him to testify before a public committee hearing in December. Earlier this month, Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) sent subpoenas to Hunter Biden, James Biden, the president’s brother, and Rob Walker, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, to sit for deposition as part of House Republicans' impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/hunter-biden-willing-testify-before-oversight-committee-public-hearing Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ #shorts

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) will face off on Thursday in what will be a headline-grabbing debate, putting their respective states’ policy differences and leadership styles in the spotlight. The two will partake in a first-of-its-kind debate, airing live on Fox News from Alpharetta, Georgia. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/five-things-desantis-highlight-fight-newsom Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Donald Trump wants to make healthcare great again — again. The former president ignited a firestorm in Washington with a weekend social media post that called for seeking "alternatives" to the Affordable Care Act, which was passed in 2010 and is more commonly known as Obamacare. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/trump-obamacare-replacement-rallying-cry-gop-again Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ #shorts

Donald Trump wants to make healthcare great again — again. The former president ignited a firestorm in Washington with a weekend social media post that called for seeking "alternatives" to the Affordable Care Act, which was passed in 2010 and is more commonly known as Obamacare. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/trump-obamacare-replacement-rallying-cry-gop-again Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

Former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Dr. Anthony Fauci, has agreed to testify in front of the Republican-led House over the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 82-year-old, who served as the main adviser to the White House on the virus between 2020 and 2022, will sit for two days worth of transcribed interviews with the Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, which will take place behind closed doors on Jan. 8 and 9. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/fauci-testify-congress-covid-19-response-2024-hearing Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) issued a subpoena to Bank of America as part of an investigation into how financial institutions handled customer information around the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. In a letter to Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan, Jordan said the bank had failed to voluntarily provide documents requested by the committee regarding information sharing with the FBI during the days around the riot. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/jordan-subpoenas-bank-of-america-info-records-shared-regarding-jan-6 Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ #shorts

A Republican congressman has denied accusations from former colleague Liz Cheney that he referred to former President Donald Trump as “Orange Jesus." Former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney wrote in her new book, Oath and Honor, that Rep. Mark Green (R-TN) used the nickname while he was lined up to sign a sheet objecting to the electoral votes for the 2020 election, according to an extract shared with CNN. Read the full story here: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house/mark-green-denies-liz-cheney-claim-trump-orange-jesus Check out our website: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/