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| Gotta love that whole Democracy thing: |
 | | Omg, you guys. This woman decorated a 'lamb' cake for Democratic candidate Conor Lamb. / Credit: Getty | |
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| Via The Hill's Lisa Hagen and Ben Kamisar in Canonsburg, Pa., the House special election in Pennsylvania was too close to call Wednesday morning, with Democrat Conor Lamb leading by 641 votes but with more than 1,000 absentee votes still to be counted. Just how close it is: With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Lamb is winning by just two-tenths of a percentage point. The likely scenario: Lamb's chances of completing an upset win over Republican state Rep. Rick Saccone were promising, and the Democrat declared victory early this morning. http://bit.ly/2Dr1FXj |
| WHY THIS RACE IS SO IMPORTANT: |
| Even without a declared victor, the results illustrate the challenge Republicans face even in a district President Trump won by more than 20 percentage points just 16 months ago: Voters who were motivated to show up for Trump are far less motivated to show up for other members of his party, even when Trump himself implores them to vote. http://bit.ly/2paDNCF |
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It's March 14 -- Happy Pi Day! Keep reading for Pi Day deals today. I'm Cate Martel with a quick recap of the morning and what's coming up. Send comments, story ideas and events for our radar to cmartel@thehill.com, @CateMartel and on Facebook. |
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| To view the 12:30 Report online --> http://bit.ly/2p8ktWY |
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Theresa May to Russia -- Take. That.: |
| Via The New York Times's Richard Pérez-Peña, "British Prime Minister Theresa May expelled 23 Russian diplomats on Wednesday, blaming Moscow for the poisoning of a former Russian spy and sharply escalating the dispute between the two countries." May "described it as the biggest expulsion in more than 30 years." http://nyti.ms/2Duoqtq |
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First legislative action since the Florida shooting: |
| Via The Hill's Melania Zanona, the House is poised to easily pass a bipartisan bill focused on school safety. What it includes: It would create a new grant program to help educate students and teachers about how to spot and report signs of gun violence. What it doesn't include: Any new gun control. http://bit.ly/2pb3MKi |
| MEANWHILE...: |
| Today's vote happens to coincide with a nationwide walkout at high schools protesting inaction on gun control. Live updates on the walkout: http://nyti.ms/2pexv4t |
| WHEN THE WALKOUT STARTED: |
| 10 a.m. in each local time zone. Livestream of walkouts: http://bit.ly/2pdTusX |
| WHY STUDENTS ARE WEARING ORANGE FOR THE WALKOUT: |
| Via CNN, "The color choice dates back to at least 2013 when 15-year-old Hadiya Pendleton was shot and killed in Chicago. ... Her parents ... picked the color orange to honor her and to call for gun reform." http://cnn.it/2HyYuyW |
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Happening now at the Capitol: |
| Lawmakers are joining students outside the U.S. Capitol to protest gun violence. Video of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) addressing the crowd: http://bit.ly/2Hz9OLG |
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| LATEST WITH THE GOVERNMENT FUNDING FIGHT: | |
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I SWEAR if we have another government shutdown...: |
| Via The Hill's Jordain Carney and Niv Elis, Congress is scrambling to avoid its third government shutdown of the year. Republicans had hoped to vote this week to buy themselves more time before the March 23 deadline, but that timeline appears to be slipping in a standoff on controversial policy riders. The likely scenario ahead: http://bit.ly/2pbAH1z |
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Did anyone think Rex Tillerson's ouster yesterday seemed out of the blue?: |
| Well, here's a timeline of Trump's rocky relationship with his first secretary of State. http://bit.ly/2FIzUeD Op-ed: Andy Keiser, former deputy national security senior adviser to the Trump transition team and a senior adviser to the House Intelligence Committee, gives four reasons why CIA Director Mike Pompeo will succeed as the next secretary of State. http://bit.ly/2tLOmBb |
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Spotted with an Android phone!:
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| Apple CEO Tim Cook was seen on Capitol Hill yesterday getting lunch with Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.). Photo: http://bit.ly/2HxOaXX |
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Stephen Hawking dies: |
| Via The New York Times, "Stephen W. Hawking, the Cambridge University physicist and best-selling author who roamed the cosmos from a wheelchair, pondering the nature of gravity and the origin of the universe and becoming an emblem of human determination and curiosity, died early Wednesday at his home in Cambridge, England. He was 76." His obituary: http://nyti.ms/2tRICG0 |
| IN HIS WORDS: |
| Via CNN, here's "Stephen Hawking's theory on everything, in his words." http://cnn.it/2FCPQmQ |
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Getting traction -- Oh, Boston: |
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| Watch the video --> http://bit.ly/2tL0nqv |
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| The House and Senate are in. 12:10 p.m. EDT: President Trump leaves Los Angeles for St. Louis. 2:15 p.m. EDT: First votes in the House. Their schedule today: http://bit.ly/2jYhqPv 3:40 p.m. EDT: President Trump tours the Boeing Company in St. Louis. 3:45 p.m. EDT: The Senate votes. Their schedule today: http://bit.ly/2pcYtJD 4:45 p.m. EDT: Last votes in the House. 5 p.m. EDT: President Trump speaks at a joint fundraising committee reception in St. Louis. 5 p.m. EDT: Vice President Pence swears in the deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget. 9 p.m. EDT: President Trump gets back to the White House. |
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| 2 p.m. EDT: Transportation Security Administration Administrator David Pekoske testifies on Capitol Hill on how to prevent terrorist attacks. Livestream: https://cs.pn/2tLBg6Z 4:05 p.m. EDT: President Trump participates in a roundtable discussion on tax cuts and tax reform. Livestream: http://bit.ly/2GszZnU |
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| Today is National Potato Chip Day. It's also Pi Day! (3.14)
Here's a list of pizza and pie deals for Pi Day. http://ti.me/2tQWdNU |
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You know where to find me on April 21: |
| Major League Baseball is hosting an MLB Food Fest in New York in April. Think: The best local food each team's city has to offer. Think: Chicago hot dogs for the Chicago Cubs and Reuben Cuban sandwiches for the Tampa Bay Rays. List of festival food: http://atmlb.com/2FHKS42 |
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| And because you read this far, here's a dog politely asking for his food back from the cat who's eating it. I'm rooting for you! http://bit.ly/2FHwQPU |
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