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		<title>Jeffries is taking Trump&#8217;s threats against Greenland ‘seriously’</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 04:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Tuesday that he is taking President Trump’s threats about taking over Greenland “seriously.” “Everything the President says at this point we have to take seriously because he is uncommitted to the rule of law, uncommitted to the Constitution and uncommitted to doing anything that actually makes life better&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Brown gunman cited grudge, expressed no remorse in videos, transcripts reveal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 02:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Authorities found several videos recorded by Claudio Manuel Neves Valente around the time of the shootings.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Influencer Trisha Paytas weighs bid for congressional seat in 2026</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5675897-influencer-trisha-paytas-weighs-bid-for-congressional-seat-in-2026/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Teddy Grant]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 02:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trisha Paytas said she became more concerned about the world after she became a mother in 2022.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Democrat wins Virginia state Senate special election</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brandon Conradis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 01:05:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Democrat Mike Jones on Tuesday glided to victory in the special election for a Richmond-area seat in Virginia&#8217;s state Senate, according to Decision Desk HQ. Jones defeated Republican John Thomas in the race to replace Ghazala Hashmi, who was elected as Virginia&#8217;s lieutenant governor in November. Democrats were expected to carry the district, which former&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Michael Reagan, son of late president, dies in LA</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5675758-michael-reagan-ronald-los-angeles/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cameron Kiszla]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The younger Reagan was the adopted son of Ronald Reagan and his first wife, Jane Wyman.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump: Venezuela to turn over 30-50M barrels of oil to US</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump said late Tuesday that Venezuela is going to turn over 30 million to 50 million barrels of oil to the U.S., an announcement that follows the recent operation in which U.S. military forces captured Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. “I am pleased to announce that the Interim Authorities in Venezuela will be turning over&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Michael Reagan, eldest son of Ronald Reagan, dies at 80 </title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Michael Reagan, the eldest son of former President Reagan, has died at the age of 80, according to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute. “The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute mourns the passing of Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman, and a steadfast guardian of his father’s&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Rick Scott backs Machado for president of Venezuela </title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Tuesday said he backs Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado as Venezuela&#8217;s new leader after President Nicolás Maduro was ousted from power following a U.S. operation Saturday. &#8220;María Corina Machado is a fighter, she is loved by Venezuelans in Venezuela, and in America, and in Chile, and in Colombia,&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bad flu season reaches a record high </title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/newsletters/health-care/5675766-bad-flu-season-reaches-a-record-high/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Choi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care &#8202; The Big Story&#160; Bad flu season reaches a record high&#160; With a more severe flu strain circulating on top of other respiratory illnesses like COVID-19, RSV and whooping cough, the percentage of people going to their doctors for flu-like illnesses has reached the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Crockett compares Trump to Maduro</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5675768-jasmine-crockett-trump-maduro-us/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Tuesday that President Trump attempted to be “a Maduro of the United States” on the day of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, referring to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. “I do want to just say this. Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>GOP, Democratic senators say Trump should &#8216;respect sovereignty&#8217; of Denmark on Greenland</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5675779-tillis-shaheen-warn-greenland-nato/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Bolton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) and Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), the co-chairs of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, issued a statement Tuesday urging the Trump administration to “respect the sovereignty and the territorial integrity” of Denmark, which controls Greenland, a territory that President Trump has set his ambitions upon. Tillis and Shaheen argued&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What to know about the CDC’s upended vaccine schedule under RFK Jr.</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5675764-cdc-changes-childhood-vaccine-schedule/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:27:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention upended the childhood vaccine schedule Monday,&#160;reducing the number of recommended shots for&#160;kids.&#160; Effective&#160;immediately, the agency will recommend only vaccines for 11 diseases, down from 17. The&#160;shots for the other six diseases will be recommended for “high risk” children only, or under a framework called “shared decision making” based&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Who is Judge Alvin Hellerstein, the 92-year-old overseeing Maduro case?</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5675614-hellerstein-oversees-maduro-case/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 23:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Judge Alvin Hellerstein, one of the longest-serving sitting judges in the U.S., is set to oversee the high-profile case for Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.  Hellerstein has had a career spanning decades inside the courtroom and will preside over Maduro’s case for the Southern District of New York.&#160; The 92-year-old has handled high-profile legal proceedings in the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>House Democrats reconvene Jan. 6 committee to counter Trump on anniversary</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Beitsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[House Democrats reconvened the House select committee on Jan. 6, 2021, for the fifth anniversary of the attack on the Capitol, reflecting on the significance of the riot and actions from President Trump they say risk the future of American democracy. Staged as a forum, it’s the first time the panel has been assembled since&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump backs Henry Cuellar&#8217;s GOP challenger after controversial pardoning</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5675434-trump-endorses-cuellar-challenger/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Manchester]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump endorsed Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D-Texas) Republican challenger Tano Tijerina on Tuesday, roughly a month after he pardoned Cuellar, who was facing charges related to allegedly accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes and laundering the funds. “I don’t know why, but the fact that Henry Cuellar would be running against Donald J. Trump, and the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump&#8217;s NATO ambassador: &#8216;The Iranian people want to be free&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5675526-us-nato-ambassador-iran/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[U.S. NATO Ambassador Matt Whitaker on Tuesday said the Iranian people &#8220;want to be free&#8221; and that citizens deserve to be “listened to.” “I don&#8217;t want to speculate in what the future is for Iran or its leaders, but I can tell you, the Iranian people want to be free, and they have been repressed&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Minnesota governor&#8217;s race remains likely Democratic after Walz exit: Sabato’s Crystal Ball</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5675578-minnesota-governor-race-democrats-walz-klobuchar/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:28:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Democrats are still likely to win this year’s Minnesota gubernatorial race after the current governor, Tim Walz (D), ending his campaign, according to Sabato’s Crystal Ball. On Monday, Walz announced he was ending his reelection bid amid increasing scrutiny about his management of massive pandemic era fraud scandal. In a statement, the former running mate&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Venezuelan army says 24 soldiers died in US operation to capture Maduro</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5675420-venezuela-army-maduro-trump/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Venezuelan army is mourning the two dozen soldiers it says were killed in the U.S. operation to capture the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, this weekend. The army posted a tribute to the soldiers on Instagram on Monday. The U.S. captured and arrested Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in the predawn hours of Saturday.&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Klobuchar: &#8216;I&#8217;m seriously considering&#8217; Minnesota governor bid</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5675591-klobuchar-serious-governor-run/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline Vakil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) confirmed Tuesday she’s &#8220;seriously considering&#8221; a bid to succeed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), who announced Monday that he was dropping his campaign for a third term. “I love my job, I love my state and I’m seriously considering it,” the North Star State’s senior senator&#160;told CNN. A source close to&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump weighs US military as option to obtain Greenland, White House says</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5675547-trump-weighs-military-greenland/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Manchester]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The White House said on Tuesday that President Trump is weighing using the U.S. military to acquire the Danish territory of Greenland.&#160; “President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it’s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region,” White House press&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Live updates: White House escalates Greenland annexation threats</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5673270-live-updates-trump-maduro-venezuela-january-6th/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The White House has escalated its rhetoric about possibly seizing Greenland, as U.S. military action in Venezuela roils the government.&#160; Press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday reiterated that military use “is always an option,” while senior adviser Stephen Miller said Monday that “nobody is going to fight the United States militarily” over the island. President&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Musk AI chatbot facing backlash over sexualized images of women, children</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5675506-elon-musk-grok-backlash/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Shapero]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is facing growing backlash from regulators around the world after it produced sexualized images of women and children on the social platform X.  Users began raising concerns about the images last week, as Grok was generating pictures of women and children in sexualized attire in response to user prompts.   The European Commission, the European Union’s&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Petraeus outlines Trump administration&#8217;s challenges in Venezuela</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5675428-petraeus-outlines-venezuela-challenges/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Retired Gen. David Petraeus, a former CIA director and former head of U.S. Central Command, on Monday outlined the challenges he believes the Trump administration will face in Venezuela after the capture of the country&#8217;s leader, Nicolás Maduro. “Presumably there&#8217;s a large team being put together that has expertise in all different areas of governance&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pentagon orders review of women in ground combat roles</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5675474-pentagon-ground-combat-roles-women-review/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ellen Mitchell]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Pentagon confirmed Tuesday it directed a review of women’s “effectiveness” in ground combat roles after nearly a decade of them serving in such jobs.  The move follows Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s September announcement that newly proposed military fitness standards may exclude women from certain combat roles. “The Institute for Defense Analyses is reviewing the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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<dcterms:modified>2026-01-06T22:06:33+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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		<title>Bolsonaro awaits court approval to be hospitalized after head injury in prison</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5675133-jair-bolsonaro-prison-injury-hospital/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is waiting for approval from Brazil&#8217;s Supreme Court to go to the hospital for testing after he fell in prison and hurt his head Tuesday. His wife, Michelle, wrote on Instagram that her husband was &#8220;not well&#8221; after experiencing a &#8220;crisis&#8221; in prison. &#8220;We are going to the hospital,&#8221; she&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>House Democrat confronts Jan. 6 protesters near Capitol</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5675376-suozzi-confronts-capitol-protestors/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday confronted protesters commemorating Jan. 6, 2021, outside of the Capitol, which resulted in a testy exchange involving Capitol Police.  Suozzi was eventually escorted away from the crowd by multiple officers who lined his path on both sides. His office did not immediately respond to The Hill’s requests for comment&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Former senior aide to Holmes Norton launches bid for her seat</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5675412-norton-faces-re-election-pressure/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline Vakil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A former senior aide to Washington, D.C. Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) is launching a bid to be the city’s next nonvoting member in Congress as Norton faces growing pressure to drop her reelection bid in the House. Trent Holbrook, who’s&#160;listed as senior legislative counsel&#160;for Norton,&#160;filed paperwork on Monday&#160;to run for Norton’s seat. He confirmed&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Watch live: Schumer, Jeffries speak on fifth anniversary of Jan. 6 Capitol attack</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/video-clips/5675041-schumer-jeffries-jan6-anniversary/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) are holding a press conference Tuesday afternoon to mark the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. Their remarks come hours after House Democrats reconvened the select committee that investigated the riots. Democrats are using the anniversary to&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Live results: South Carolina state House special election</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5674562-democrats-upset-south-carolina/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Democrats are hoping to score an upset victory in a special election for a state House seat in South Carolina on Tuesday. Republican Greg Ford and Democrat Sonja Ogletree Santini, both Air Force veterans, are vying for the seat vacated by state Rep. Chris Murphy (R), who announced his resignation in August. President Trump won&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Live results: Virginia state Senate special election</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5674761-democrats-narrow-virginia-majority/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Democrats are looking to pad out their narrow majority in Virginia&#8217;s state Senate in a special election on Tuesday. Democrat Mike Jones is running against Republican John Thomas in the deep-blue Richmond-area district. Follow Decision Desk HQ&#8217;s live results here.]]></description>
		
		
		
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<dcterms:modified>2026-01-06T17:09:23+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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		<title>Greenland feels tremors after Trump&#8217;s shocking move in Venezuela </title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5675369-greenland-trump-shocking-venezuela-maduro/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarakshi Rai]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Defense]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump’s threats against Greenland are taking on a newfound resonance in the wake of the U.S. operation to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The U.S. president has frequently mused about taking over the semiautonomous Danish territory — which is rich with minerals and well situated in the Arctic to bolster U.S. national security —&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
		      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>Thune dismisses prospect of military seizure of Greenland</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5675323-thune-dismisses-greenland-military-takeover/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Bolton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:39:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Tuesday dismissed the prospect of deploying the military to seize mineral-rich Greenland, even though top White House adviser Stephen Miller declared the ice-covered territory should rightfully belong to the U.S. “I think that’s probably getting the cart ahead of the horse. I don’t see military action being an&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>&#8216;Significant progress&#8217; made in Russia-Ukraine peace talks: Witkoff</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5675273-witkoff-trump-russia-ukraine-peace-talks/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[White House special envoy Steve Witkoff said Tuesday that the Trump administration has made “significant progress&#8221; in peace talks with Russia and Ukraine. “We have made significant progress on several critical workstreams, including our bilateral security guarantee framework and a prosperity plan,” Witkoff wrote in a post on the social media platform X, after high-stakes&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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<dcterms:modified>2026-01-06T20:53:13+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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		<title>Walz says he won&#8217;t resign amid scandal, slams Trump</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5675265-minnesota-gov-walz-resists-resignation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline Vakil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) vowed that he would not resign from his position as the North Star State’s top executive amid a fraud scandal that’s embroiled the state, and he attacked President Trump for promoting a social media conspiracy around Walz and the late Melissa Hortman, who served as Speaker of the Minnesota House&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Small group of Proud Boys protesters march to the Capitol on Jan. 6 anniversary</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5675226-jan-6-attack-proud-boys/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tara Suter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A small group of Proud Boys protesters marched to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, the fifth anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the building. The group convened by the Ellipse midday Tuesday, later making their way to the west Capitol grounds, The Hill’s partner network NewsNation reported. Upon making it to the west&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2M Epstein documents under review: DOJ</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5675052-doj-2-million-epstein-documents/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 20:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reviewing over 2 million documents potentially related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein&#8217;s legal cases, according to a Monday court filing. The update from Attorney General Pam Bondi and her deputy, Todd Blanche, come as Democrats and some Republicans hammer the DOJ for missing deadlines to release documents under&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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<dcterms:modified>2026-01-06T20:06:38+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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		<title>Doctors&#8217; visits for flu-like illness at highest rate on record since 1997</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5674732-severe-flu-season-2025/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joseph Choi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Activity during the current flu season is growing to severe levels, with the percentage of doctors&#8217; visits for flu-like illnesses reaching the highest level on record, according to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). According to the CDC&#8217;s FluView dashboard, which tracks data on influence like illness (ILI)&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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<dcterms:modified>2026-01-06T19:59:19+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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		<title>Maduro kidnapped, but former Honduran president pardoned? Hypocrisy. </title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/lindseys-lens/5675203-trump-contradictory-drug-policy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsey Granger, opinion contributor  ]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you’re confused by the White House’s message on drugs right now, you’re not alone — because the logic simply doesn’t add up.  ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>White House unveils Jan. 6 webpage saying Democrats &#8216;staged the real insurrection,&#8217; criticizing Capitol Police</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5675182-trump-launches-jan6-website/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Beitsch]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The White House launched a website Tuesday praising President Trump for his handling of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, simultaneously blaming Democrats for having “masterfully reversed reality” and saying Trump “corrected a historic wrong” in pardoning those charged with crimes related to the storming of the building. The website, which became public on the fifth&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wright to meet with oil companies as Trump seeks to move on Venezuela reserves</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5675174-wright-maduro-venezuela-oil/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Frazin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:52:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Energy Secretary Chris Wright plans to meet with oil companies in the wake of the Trump administration’s capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. A spokesperson for the Energy Department confirmed that the meeting will occur, saying in a Tuesday email, &#8220;Secretary Wright remains in close contact with U.S. oil companies and plans to meet with&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Actor Michael Rapaport says he&#8217;s running for NYC mayor in 2029</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5675131-amichael-rapaport-new-york-mayor-zohran-mamdani/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Actor and podcaster Michael Rapaport says he&#8217;s running for New York City mayor in 2029, railing against Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) just days after the democratic socialist was sworn into office. &#8220;I, Michael Rapaport, will be running for mayor of New York City in 2029,&#8221; the &#8220;Higher Learning&#8221; performer said&#160;in a video&#160;posted on Instagram on&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kemp sets date for special election to fill remainder of Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8217;s term</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5675057-kemp-georgia-special-election-marjorie-taylor-greene-seat/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Mueller]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) has set a March date for a special election to fill the vacancy left by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after she resigned from Congress on Monday. Voters in the Peach State&#8217;s 14th Congressional District will cast their ballots March 10 to fill the remainder of Greene’s term, Georgia Secretary&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jan. 6, 2021, was even worse than Pearl Harbor</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5674111-trump-failed-coup-house-investigation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brad Bannon, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump's attempted coup on Jan. 6, 2021, was worse than the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and former special counsel Jack Smith had gathered enough evidence to bring charges against Trump for his role in the failed coup.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>$2.5B settlement over Amazon Prime: How to file a claim</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/nexstar_media_wire/5674886-2-5b-settlement-over-amazon-prime-how-to-file-a-claim/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Addy Bink]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you didn't already receive an automatic refund, now is your chance to file a claim.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Wyoming top court strikes down nation&#8217;s first abortion pill ban</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5674918-wyoming-supreme-court-abortion-ruling/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Wyoming&#8217;s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that abortion will remain legal in the state, undoing the country&#8217;s first abortion pill ban enacted following the U.S. Supreme Court&#8217;s 2022 repeal of Roe v. Wade. State justices, in a 4-1 decision, sided with Wellspring Health Access, the abortion access advocacy group Chelsea&#8217;s Fund and four women. They all&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Buttigieg set to travel to Wisconsin for town hall amid 2028 speculation</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5674891-pete-buttigieg-town-hall-wisconsin/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is heading to Wisconsin for a town hall later this month. The event is set for 6 p.m. EST on Jan. 16 in La Crosse, Wis., roughly three hours northwest of Milwaukee. A description of the town hall says Buttigieg will discuss the cost of housing, child care, health care&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Schumer rips DOJ over missed Epstein files deadline</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5674872-schumer-rips-doj-epstein-files/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sophie Brams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) ripped the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday for blowing past deadlines in its release of information related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law last November, ordered the DOJ to release all documents regarding Epstein and his longtime associate Ghislaine&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Helping Americans break free from government dependency</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5673996-benefits-cliff-poverty-trap/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio), opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Upward Mobility Act is a proposed bill that would combine multiple federal anti-poverty programs into a single, flexible funding stream to help low-income Americans move up the economic ladder without fear of losing their federal assistance.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump tells Republicans to be &#8216;flexible&#8217; on abortion restriction demands in health care</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5674971-trump-house-gop-obamacare-abortion-flexibility/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump on Tuesday told House Republicans to be “flexible” in their demands for restrictions against federal funds going to ObamaCare-funded health care plans that cover abortion. “Now, you have to be a little flexible on Hyde,” Trump said in reference to the Hyde Amendment, the provision that prevents federal funds from being used on&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Appeals panel upholds block of NIH research overhead payment cuts</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5674967-nih-research-cuts-block-upheld/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nathaniel Weixel]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a ruling preventing the Trump administration from cutting billions of dollars in support of research payments to universities, medical centers and other recipients  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit affirmed the ruling of a lower court, which had previously blocked the National Institutes of Health&#8217;s plan to cap the “indirect” research payments while&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Top editor Will Welch to leave GQ</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5674921-will-welch-leaves-gq/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominick Mastrangelo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Will Welch, who has served as GQ&#8217;s top editor for the last six years, will leave the company to join Pharrell Williams, the men’s creative director of Louis Vuitton. Welch informed GQ staff of his decision on Tuesday, the New York Times reported, along with other outlets, noting a successor has not been named. His&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>DeSantis: Florida &#8216;looking very seriously&#8217; at state charges for Maduro</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5674892-desantis-florida-ag-maduro-venezuela-tren-de-aragua/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Tucker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state's attorney general is "looking very seriously" at bringing charges against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who was captured in a military operation last week and brought to the U.S. to face drug trafficking charges in New York.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>NATO ambassador: &#8216;We could be on the cusp&#8217; of peace deal between Russia, Ukraine</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5674837-nato-ukraine-security-framework/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matt Whitaker on Tuesday said talks between Russia and Ukraine could culminate in a peace deal soon, following months of negotiations. Whitaker said a group of around 50 allied countries, many of which are in NATO, are going to agree to a certain security framework for Ukraine in addition to the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Subsidies won&#8217;t fix America&#8217;s health care &#8216;crisis&#8217; </title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5673507-rising-health-insurance-premiums/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deane Waldman and Vance Ginn, opinion contributors ]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Lawmakers can either double down on policies that overcharge families and ration care, or they can pursue reforms that finally let patients prosper. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Can children still get vaccines no longer recommended by the CDC?</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5674703-can-children-still-get-vaccines-no-longer-recommended-by-the-cdc/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Addy Bink]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Several vaccines are no longer recommended for all children.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Here are the Trump officials involved in Venezuela transition</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5674464-trump-venezuela-us-officials-regime-transition/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:45:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump said the U.S.will be “running” Venezuela with the support of top officials aiding in a regime transition after the capture of leader Nicolás Maduro.&#160; Maduro and his wife were&#160;captured&#160;on Saturday in an overnight military operation,leaving Venezuelans uncertain about the state of politics in the Latin American nation. Former Vice President Delcy Rodríguez was&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump administration surges federal agents to Minneapolis in major crackdown</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5674817-homeland-security-minneapolis-immigration-crackdown/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Davis]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Trump administration has begun a massive immigration operation in Minnesota following a welfare fraud investigation in the state. “GOOD MORNING MINNEAPOLIS!,” the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted Tuesday morning on the social platform X.  In a statement shared with The Hill on Tuesday, DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin said the department &#8220;has already made more&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bolton on Trump Venezuela plan: &#8216;I don&#8217;t think he understands anything&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/5674815-venezuela-leadership-bolton-trump/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[John Bolton, a former national security adviser to President Trump, said he doesn&#8217;t think the president grasps the specifics of the situation in Venezuela in the wake of the U.S. capturing its leader, Nicolás Maduro. Outlining the next steps for the South American country and arguing that Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado and her&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump: Melania &#8216;hates when I dance&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5674808-trump-dance-melania/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump says his wife, Melania, isn&#8217;t down with his dancing. &#8220;She hates when I dance,&#8221; Trump said Tuesday while speaking with House Republicans in Washington as part of&#160;a GOP retreat. &#8220;She&#8217;s a very classy person,&#8221; the president said while describing how his spouse of more than two decades wanted him to put the kibosh&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump warns Democrats will impeach him if Republicans don&#8217;t win midterms</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5674791-trump-impeachment-midterms/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Manchester]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:23:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump warned House Republicans on Tuesday that he will be impeached if the party does not win the midterms, highlighting the stakes of November’s elections.&#160; “You gotta win the midterms. Because if we don’t win the midterms…they’ll find a reason to impeach me,” Trump told the Republican conference at its retreat at the Kennedy&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>CIA concluded Maduro loyalists best positioned to lead Venezuela</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5674691-venezuela-cia-report-maduro/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An intelligence report from the CIA concluded that the best replacements for Venezuelan regime leader Nicolás Maduro are individuals who previously served within his administration, NewsNation has learned.  President Trump was briefed on the report in recent weeks, which highlighted now-acting president Delcy Rodríguez as a viable successor for Maduro.  The information comes as opposition&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Mamdani tenant adviser once called home ownership &#8216;weapon of white supremacy&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5674535-nyc-mayor-tenant-director-controversy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ryan Mancini]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The new director of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s (D) Office to Protect Tenants previously called home ownership a &#8220;weapon of white supremacy.&#8221; Cea Weaver, who previously worked as a tenant organizer, said this in a post on the social platform X, then known as Twitter, in August 2019 before her account was deactivated.&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>House Republican Jim Baird hospitalized after car crash</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5674649-house-republican-jim-baird-hospitalized/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rep. Jim Baird (R-Ind.) has been hospitalized after a car crash, his office said Tuesday. “Congressman Baird is in the hospital and is expected to make a full recovery, and he is extraordinarily grateful for everyone’s prayers during this time,” Baird’s office said in a statement. “Congressman Baird looks forward to continuing his work on&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jon Stewart says Trump &#8216;reverse ICE&#8217;d&#8217; Maduro: &#8216;He was actually imported&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5674661-jon-stewart-trump-venezuela-maduro-ice-oil/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jon Stewart says President Trump helped orchestrate a &#8220;reverse ICE&#8221; operation to capture Venezuelan leader Nicolás&#160;Maduro. &#8220;He was actually imported to a jail in Brooklyn,&#8221; Stewart quipped of Maduro. Stewart focused his Monday monologue on Maduro&#160;while hosting&#160;Comedy Central&#8217;s &#8220;The Daily Show&#8221; days after Trump announced that the U.S.&#160;had captured&#160;Venezuela&#8217;s president as part of a &#8220;large-scale&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Section 8 cuts would send shockwaves through the housing market</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/5673248-housing-shortage-threatens-nation/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Elizabeth Strojan and Ahmed Tigani, opinion contributors]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The last thing we need during our national housing shortage is to shake investor confidence and make lenders wary of Section 8.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>National gas price average to fall to around $3 per gallon</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/business/5674641-national-gas-price-average-3-dollars-per-gallon/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jordan Perkins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The yearly average for a gallon of gas is expected to be $2.97, down from $3.10 in 2025.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Watch live: Jan. 6 defendants hold march on fifth anniversary of Capitol riot</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/video-clips/5674284-watch-live-jan-6-defendants-march-capitol-attack-anniversary/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jan. 6 defendants, including those pardoned by President Trump last year, are holding a march Tuesday to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the Capitol attack. Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio, who was convicted on seditious conspiracy and other charges before being pardoned by Trump, is among the organizers of Tuesday&#8217;s march. He said the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jeffries: Trump administration &#8216;has no real plan&#8217; for Venezuela</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5674433-jeffries-trump-administration-venezuela-plans/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[U.S. strikes in Venezuela]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday that the Trump administration “has no real plan” for the future of Venezuela after the capture and indictment of its leader Nicolás Maduro.&#160; “But there&#8217;s no real plan that we&#8217;ve heard from the Trump administration as to how to ensure that the Venezuelan people will actually get&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why RFK Jr.’s Denmark-style vaccine recommendations won’t work in the US</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/5673597-vaccine-policy-us-denmark-comparison/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheldon Jacobson and Janet A Jokela, opinion contributors]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The U.S. and Denmark healthcare systems are radically different —  examining only the specific vaccines offered in each country “misses the forest by focusing entirely on the trees.”  ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Björk urges Greenland to &#8216;fight for independence&#8217; amid Trump takeover threats</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5674523-bjork-greenland-denmark-iceland-trump-maduro-venezuela/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Judy Kurtz]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Singer Björk&#160;says she supports Greenland&#8217;s &#8220;fight for independence&#8221; amid President Trump&#8217;s rising threats to take over the territory. &#8220;I wish all greenlanders blessing in their fight for independence,&#8221; the Icelandic performer said&#160;in a post&#160;to her 2 million Instagram followers on Monday. &#8220;Icelanders are extremely relieved that they managed to break from the danish in 1944,&#8221;&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Miller: &#8216;Nobody&#8217;s going to fight the United States militarily&#8217; over Greenland</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5674507-stephen-miller-trump-greenland/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller doubled down on President Trump’s renewed threats to make Greenland a U.S. territory, but he dismissed the prospect that a military confrontation would be necessary to achieve that goal. In an interview on CNN’s “The Lead,” the top White House adviser reaffirmed the “formal position of the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Who needs Congress? Might as well shut it down.</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5674080-venezuela-trump-regime-change/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Bill Press, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Columnists]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donald Trump]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump's takeover of Venezuela and seizure of Nicolas Maduro is a flagrant violation of international law, and Congress has failed to take any action to stop it.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Man faces federal charges in Vance home vandalism</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5674416-man-facing-federal-charges-in-vance-home-vandalism/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The man arrested in connection to vandalism of Vice President Vance&#8217;s home in Ohio now faces several federal charges. William D. DeFoor,&#160;26, was reportedly armed with a hammer during the Monday attack and refused to comply with law enforcement, according to the Justice Department.&#160; DeFoor breached the property line and attempted to break the driver’s&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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<dcterms:modified>2026-01-06T16:23:25+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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		<title>Corporation For Public Broadcasting votes to dissolve organization</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5674403-corporation-for-public-broadcasting-cpb-pbs-npr/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dominick Mastrangelo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) will officially dissolve after the body&#8217;s board voted to close the organization this week. The CPB was created by Congress nearly 60 years ago; its closure follows last year&#8217;s rescission from Congress of all of the nonprofit&#8217;s federal funding, which came on the heels of sustained attacks by President&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>European leaders: &#8216;Greenland belongs to its people&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5674305-european-leaders-back-greenland/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[European leaders backed Greenland’s sovereignty Tuesday amid President Trump’s continued interest in acquiring the island.&#160; French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said in a joint statement that&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>It&#8217;s up to Americans to stop the steamrolling of federal workers </title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/labor/5672636-public-disconnect-federal-employees/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Yochelson, opinion contributor   ]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[American public]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The damage will only be reversed when many more Americans recognize that federal workers are not a commodity but an essential national resource.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump officials to brief senators on Venezuela Wednesday</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5674378-trump-officials-senate-hearing-venezuela/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Bolton]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A group of senior Trump administration officials including Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will brief all senators Wednesday morning on the situation in Venezuela and President Trump’s plans for managing the power vacuum after the ouster of President Nicolás Maduro. Rubio and Hegseth will join Attorney General Pam Bondi,&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hilton removing hotel that sparked DHS accusations from its systems</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5674328-hilton-removes-minnesota-hotel-dhs/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ashleigh Fields]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Hilton said Tuesday it is dissolving its relationship with a Minnesota hotel that sparked backlash from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for denying federal immigration agents from booking accommodations.&#160; “The independent hotel owner had assured us that they had fixed this problem and published a message confirming this. A recent video clearly raises concerns&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump says US could reimburse oil companies for Venezuela expenses</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5674374-trump-venezuela-oil-maduro/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rachel Frazin]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Energy & Environment]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump has floated the idea of the U.S. reimbursing energy companies for expenses in Venezuela as he pushes for U.S. extraction of Venezuelan oil.&#160; In an interview with&#160;NBC News, the president said, &#8220;A tremendous amount of money will have to be spent, and the oil companies will spend it, and then they’ll get reimbursed&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>California Republican Doug LaMalfa dies</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5674356-doug-lamalfa-northern-califoria-republican-dies/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa, who represented a Northern California district, has died at 65 years old. He represented California&#8217;s 1st Congressional District since 2013, previously serving in the California state Assembly and Senate. President Trump acknowledged LaMalfa&#8217;s death in a speech to the House Republican retreat at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday morning, calling him&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>President Trump: Globalist, interventionist, nation-builder</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5674094-trump-foreign-policy-globalist/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Merrill Matthews, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump has become a globalist and interventionist, using military power and tariffs to influence political decisions around the world, and even considering nation-building in countries like Venezuela and Gaza.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump touts Massie primary challenger</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5674335-gallrein-trump-massie-primary-clash/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline Vakil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump touted retired Navy SEAL officer Ed Gallrein, who’s challenging Trump critic Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) in the GOP primary, in a post on his Truth Social platform on Monday, calling his endorsee “A WINNER WHO WILL NOT LET KENTUCKY DOWN!” “A Brave Combat Veteran, Ed knows the Wisdom and Courage required to Defend&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bolton: Trump &#8216;endangers&#8217; NATO alliance with every Greenland remark</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5674313-john-bolton-donald-trump-nato-greenland/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Former national security adviser John Bolton said Monday that President Trump’s musings about taking over Greenland pose a threat to the strength of the NATO alliance. “As for Greenland, every time he mentions this, Trump endangers the NATO alliance,” Bolton said in an interview on CNN’s “The Source,” when asked about the president&#8217;s threats to&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Watch live: Trump gives remarks at House GOP retreat</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/video-clips/5674159-watch-live-donald-trump-house-republicans-retreat/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump on Tuesday morning will meet with House Republicans at the Kennedy Center as part of the GOP retreat. His remarks come just days after the U.S. captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife, who have been indicted on narco-terrorism charges. Maduro pleaded not guilty on Monday during his first court appearance in&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Machado says she &#8216;certainly&#8217; wants to give Nobel to Trump</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/5674262-machado-nobel-peace-prize-trump-venezuela/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Max Rego]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado wants to give her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize to President Trump. “I certainly would love to be able to personally tell him that we believe — the Venezuelan people, because this is a prize of the Venezuelan people, want to give it to him and share it with him,”&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Watch: House Democrats mark fifth anniversary of Jan. 6 Capitol attack</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/video-clips/5674152-watch-live-house-democrats-jan-6-capitol-attack-anniversary/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Hill Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[House Democrats, led by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and former members of the panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, will hold a hearing Tuesday morning to mark the fifth anniversary of the riot. The event comes a day after House Judiciary Democrats filed a new report, shared with The Hill, outlining crimes&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Experts agree: AI is here to stay </title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/5673342-measuring-ai-returns-investment/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Gleb Tsipursky, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Leaders who treat AI as an operating improvement, not a stunt, are already harvesting repeatable gains. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Bacon: Miller Greenland seizure remarks &#8216;really dumb&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5674255-don-bacon-stephen-miller-greenland-rhetoric/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Monday criticized White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller for musing about seizing Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark. “This is really dumb. Greenland and Denmark are our allies. There is no up side to demeaning our friends. But, it is causing wounds that will take time to heal,”&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Shapiro touts more than $30M in bank to start 2026</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5674270-governor-shapiro-white-house-run/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Caroline Vakil]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:34:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) is starting 2026 in a strong financial position as speculation grows that he&#8217;s considering a presidential bid. Shapiro’s campaign said the governor had raised over $10 million between October and December 2025, hauling in more than $23 million in the last year altogether. All together, he has more than $30&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>2025 was a time of deconstruction. How to rebuild in 2026.  </title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/5673114-trump-executive-overreach-congress/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[James D. Zirin, opinion contributor ]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We can look back over 2025 and hope we are rising to the challenge of saving the republic.]]></description>
		
		
		
		      <dc:creator><![CDATA[James Zirin, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
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		<title>Trump rejects comparisons between Iraq, Venezuela: ‘We’re going to keep the oil’</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5674228-trump-venezuela-iraq-oil/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Julia Manchester]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump on Monday dismissed comparisons between past U.S. involvement in Iraq and the recent military operation in Venezuela, saying the difference is that the Trump administration plans to keep the seized oil from Venezuela. “The difference between Iraq and this is that [former President George W. Bush] didn’t keep the oil. We’re going to&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Machado plans to return to Venezuela &#8216;as soon as possible&#8217;</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/policy/international/5674202-maria-corina-machado-venezuela-return/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Fortinsky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, who’s been in hiding for more than 16 months, said Monday that she plans to return home “as soon as possible.” In an interview on Fox News’s “Hannity,” the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner told host Sean Hannity that she plans to continue serving her cause of fighting for&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump’s ‘America First’ base on edge over Venezuela intervention</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/newsletters/the-movement/5673701-trump-venezuela-intervention-maga/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Emily Brooks]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump’s&#160;capture of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro&#160;is giving him an opportunity to redefine “America First” as pro-intervention — but risks fracturing the MAGA coalition. There was some predictable pushback to the strikes from some of the biggest isolationist voices in the Republican Party who have turned into Trump antagonists. Now-former Rep.&#160;Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.)&#160;said&#160;the strikes represented&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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<dcterms:modified>2026-01-06T21:53:41+00:00</dcterms:modified>
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		<title>I was there on January 6 — it was terrifying and we must never forget</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-blog/5672908-capitol-insurrection-democracy-test/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Ghermay, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I had escaped the 1998 Ethiopian-Eritrean war as a child. I did not anticipate experiencing such an attack on our democracy here in the U.S.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A new generation of Hispanic conservatives powers Trump&#8217;s movement</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/5673005-trump-wins-hispanic-support/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Cortez, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Democrats may not want to admit it, but most Hispanic families in the U.S. support strong borders because we know that chaos is not compassion.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>DEI has no place in our K-12 classrooms</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rhyen Staley, opinion contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is not just the teaching of this ideology alone that is of concern, but also the requirement that the youth engage in radical activism to help drive this movement. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New cars kept selling in 2025, just not to everyday buyers</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/business/5674017-new-cars-selling-2025/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrew Dorn]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Households earning more than $150,000 now buy 43% of the new cars sold in the U.S., up from 30% in 2019.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Trump moves to dominate Western Hemisphere</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/newsletters/morning-report/5674161-trump-venezuela-foreign-policy/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jared Gans]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Trump signals aggressive U.S. influence in Venezuela and beyond, targeting Cuba, Colombia, and Mexico. Conservatives express concerns.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>The Memo: Trump sends signal of imperialist muscle in Venezuela</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5673661-don-roe-doctrine-trump/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Niall Stanage]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Trump is flexing U.S. imperial power in an extraordinarily overt way. The impulse extends beyond the seizure of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. Trump is now beating a threatening drum, with varying degrees of intensity, in relation to Cuba, Colombia and even Greenland. Trump and his allies are ostensibly pursuing this approach as part of&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Is it too ‘late’ to celebrate America 250?</title>
		<link>https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5673539-american-nation-system-debate/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Chris Stirewalt]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Americans seem to be feeling very “late” these days. “Late-stage capitalism” has for a few years been the catchall for the indignities and inconveniences of life for workers and consumers. It is now joined by “late republic,” a lament for the threadbare and tattered Constitution. For many, particularly for the pseudo-intellectuals of social media, the&#8230;]]></description>
		
		
		
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