The Hill Articles: July 23, 2023

Durbin tests positive for COVID-19 for third time in past year  Biden calls on Netanyahu not to advance vote on Israel’s judicial reform bill  ‘Barbenheimer’ gives Hollywood hope amid labor fights  Jill Biden heads to France to mark US rejoining UNESCO, honor WWII troops Maryland prosecutors level hate crime charges against suspect in Annapolis home shooting  Republicans to be more selective in choosing Senate candidates in 2024 RFK Jr. says media criticizes him more than Trump Schiff: Jan. 6 committee probe ‘compelled’ DOJ to look at alleged criminal activity by Trump Congress should establish a national strategy to reduce plastic pollution Hogan sidesteps question on running as third-party candidate for president in 2024  Palm Springs mayor urging residents to stay indoors during heat wave Schiff: Trump Jan. 6 target letter ‘the most serious thing he’s faced’ Smithsonian Latino museum sees its fate thrown into budget fight Pence confident he’ll meet donor threshold for 2024 GOP debate: ‘We will make it’ Hogan: GOP candidates not gaining traction due to focus on Trump legal troubles  Ramaswamy defends fundraising strategy: ‘I’m not a super PAC puppet’  Bernstein: ‘Every reason to believe’ positive economic trends will ‘persist’ Bipartisan governors want Americans to ‘disagree better’ over politics We failed Sudan in 2004 — we cannot let history repeat itself  Pelosi mum on reelection campaign plans Blinken on reviving Iran nuclear deal: ‘We’re now in a place where we’re not talking about a nuclear agreement’ Gonzales: Migrants waiting for ‘cooler part of the year’ to cross border  SEC failure proves need for congressional crypto legislation Passport backlog sends wave of angry constituent calls to Senate, sparking search for solution Costco crackdown: Can people in my household still use my Costco membership? Christie: DeSantis reaction to slavery curriculum in Florida ‘not leadership’ Washington governor: Climate change ‘pounding on the door’ Biden wants to torpedo short-term health insurance Blinken: Ukraine has already retaken 50 percent of occupied territory Texas Republican: Newly reported tactics of state troopers at border ‘not acceptable’ ‘Sound of Freedom’ breaks $100M in revenue, reaches milestone Why media literacy is key to tackling AI-powered misinformation McCaul: Travis King made ‘serious mistake’ by crossing North Korea border Pence: ‘Biden has done a terrible job explaining our national interest in Ukraine’ Ramaswamy: Trump showed bad judgment on Jan. 6, but it’s ‘not the same thing as a crime’ US seeks to crack Putin power with high-level Russian spies Pelosi: McCarthy is ‘playing politics’ with support of expunging Trump’s impeachments Trump holds wide leads in Iowa, South Carolina: polls India, Russia, Japan and the US have launched the next phase of lunar exploration Map shows the contaminated Superfund sites closest to your home Pence: Justice Department ‘has lost confidence of American people’   Netanyahu doctors say pacemaker implantation went smoothly The vincible Bukele: Can the Millennial autocrat be stopped? Zelensky points to lack of munitions, training for delayed Ukraine counteroffensive Musk says Twitter changing brand, eliminating ‘all the birds’ For a cleaner energy future, we must embrace small nuclear reactors 1 dead, cathedral damaged in latest Russian strike on southern Ukraine Manchin on push for centrist 2024 candidates: ‘The country was not designed to be this divided’ Conspiracy-mongers in Congress: Republicans go off the deep end Vehicle accident at Fort Bliss leaves 1 soldier dead, 5 injured Mega Millions jackpot increases to $820 million; 8 players win $1 million prize Frustrated lawmakers demand answers on UFOs Key drug-pricing bill capping insulin costs faces hurdles in Congress