Barack Obama returns to the White House to celebrate the ACA
Hello, live readers of the blog. Happy Tuesday. Former President Barack Obama will return to the White House today for the first time since leaving in January 2017, to celebrate the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, his legislative achievement. Obama will make remarks on behalf of Joe Biden, who was his vice president at the time and whom Obama has long considered to have played a key role in passing the bill. “Joe Biden,” Obama said in a White House video released last year, “we did it together. “We always talked about how, if we could consolidate the principle of universal coverage, we could then rely on it.” Vice President Kamala Harris will also comment on the event this afternoon, where Biden is expected to announce “additional steps to further strengthen the ACA and save families hundreds of dollars a month on their health care.” With Biden struggling to get to the polls in a year of by-elections – when White House parties often receive surprises (ask Obama) – Democrats will be hoping for a boost from the 44th president who is promoting popular politics. More follow. Before 7 p.m. 16:28 Martin Pengely Ivanka Trump will testify before the committee on January 6 this afternoon. The Guardian has confirmed that the eldest daughter of former President Donald Trump and a former senior White House adviser will speak virtually at the panel. Her testimony will come after that of her husband and former presidential adviser, Jared Kouchner, who spoke to the panel for more than six hours last week. After Kouchner’s testimony, Maryland Democrat Jamie Ruskin, a member of the committee, told the Guardian: “There is a momentum in this process when there is cooperation. “When people see that others are doing the right thing, it gives them the courage to do the right thing.” The whole story: before 23 p.m. 16:13 Republican MP Fred Upton announces his retirement on the floor of Parliament: Before 42 p.m. 15:54 More Democratic senators express support for Ketanji Brown Jackson, as expected: Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson will soon become JUSTICE Ketanji Brown Jackson. I’m proud to support her candidacy for the United States Supreme Court. – Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) April 5, 2022 This week, I will be voting YES to the candidacy of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson in the Supreme Court. Judge Jackson is incredibly qualified and has an unparalleled character — he will serve the Supreme Court and our country well. – Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) April 5, 2022 I just voted to promote Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s #SCOTUS candidacy for the Senate. ⁰ I am honored to support Judge Jackson as he writes history. – Senator Alex Padilla (@SenAlexPadilla) April 4, 2022 54 minutes ago 15:41 Martin Pengelly Donald Trump has admitted that he did not win the 2020 election. “I did not win the election,” he said. The admission was made in a video interview with a group of historians convened by Julian Zelizer, a Princeton professor and publisher of The Presidency of Donald Trump: A First Historical Assessment. The interview was published by Atlantic on Monday. Describing his efforts to get South Korea to pay more for US military aid, Trump said South Korean President Moon Jae-in was one of the “happiest” leaders in the world after the 2020 US election. who put Joe Biden in the White House. “By not winning the election,” Trump said, “he was the happiest man – I would say, in turn, China was – no, Iran was the happiest.” “[Moon] was going to pay $ 5 billion, $ 5 billion a year. “But when I did not win the election, he had to be the happiest – I would probably rate South Korea third or fourth happiest.” Trump also said that “the election was rigged and lost.” The whole story here: Overview of the Donald Trump Presidency here: 1 hour ago 15:23
Fred Upton, a moderate Republican who voted in favor of Trump’s resignation, is retiring
Politico reports that Fred Upton, a Republican MP representing Michigan, is retiring. NEWS: Fred Upton retires, every 4 familiar people – Alex Isenstadt (@politicoalex) April 5, 2022 Upton was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to oust Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. In addition to Upton, three others are retiring from this select group: Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, John Katko of New York, and Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio. 2 hours before 15:03 The Senate is expected to confirm Ketanji Brown Jackson in the Supreme Court this week. She has three Republicans vowing to vote to confirm her candidacy, which seems like a huge victory for some, given how bipartisan politics have been in recent years. But it is still a tight vote: Even with a margin of six votes, Jackson is ready to have one of the narrowest confirmation votes since Reconstruction. Murkowski, one of the three YES votes, last night condemned the “awful process”. “We are at the point where it is almost automatic,” he told reporters at the Capitol pic.twitter.com/PpauGO8yIr – Manu Raju (@mkraju) April 5, 2022 2 hours ago 14:51 US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken called the atrocities in Bucha “a deliberate campaign to kill, torture, rape and commit atrocities.” Before flying to Brussels, Blinken told reporters that the events in Bucha were a “deliberate campaign to kill, torture or rape. The reports are more than credible. The evidence is there for the public to see.” – John Hudson (@John_Hudson) April 5, 2022 2 hours ago 14:42
Ivanka Trump will meet today with the committee on January 6
Morning Joe reports that Ivanka Trump is meeting today with the select committee of the House of Representatives in charge of investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. In February, the Guardian reported that the commission was considering issuing a summons to Ivanka Trump to force her to cooperate with the investigation into the efforts of her father, Donald Trump, to return to power on January 6, 2021. Last month, the commission issued a public letter to Ivanka Trump calling for it to provide “voluntary cooperation with our investigation”. “We are writing to request your voluntary cooperation with our research on a number of critical issues,” the letter said. “We respect your privacy and our questions will be limited to issues related to January 6, the activities that contributed to or influenced the events of January 6 and your role in the White House during this period.” 2 hours ago 14:27 Confirmation week continues for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as Democrats consider efforts to make Jackson the first black woman to be confirmed in the Supreme Court by the end of the week. Jackson is already expected to clear the way, with Susan Collins, the Republican senator from Maine, pledging last week to step down from the party line and back it. But last night he received additional support from Republicans Mitt Romney and Lisa Murkowski. While Jackson did not need the votes of Romney or Murkowski – or even Collins – to be confirmed, they are a symbolic victory after tough, politically charged questions from Republicans during confirmation hearings and the debate over court history. Jackson Qualifications. They also say a lot about Joe Biden and his constant efforts to reach the runway. Read more here: 2 hours ago 14:17
Barack Obama returns to the White House to celebrate the ACA
Hello, live readers of the blog. Happy Tuesday. Former President Barack Obama will return to the White House today for the first time since leaving in January 2017, to celebrate the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act, his legislative achievement. Obama will make remarks on behalf of Joe Biden, who was his vice president at the time and whom Obama has long considered to have played a key role in passing the bill. “Joe Biden,” Obama said in a White House video released last year, “we did it together. “We always talked about how, if we could consolidate the principle of universal coverage, we could then rely on it.” Vice President Kamala Harris will also comment on the event this afternoon, where Biden is expected to announce “additional steps to further strengthen the ACA and save families hundreds of dollars a month on their health care.” With Biden struggling to get to the polls in a year of by-elections – when White House parties often receive surprises (ask Obama) – Democrats will be hoping for a boost from the 44th president who is promoting popular politics. More follow.
