The Hill’s 12:30 Report: Hearing to focus on play-by-play of Trump on Jan. 6

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Nearly 90 percent of Americans anxious over inflation

Story at a glance As the COVID-19 pandemic continues into its third year, the economic fallout is top-of-mind for most Americans. Eighty-seven percent of those polled reported inflation-related anxiety in June, a rise from previous figures reported in May. Results varied based o

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WATCH: Sea lions chase California beachgoers

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Parkland shooting victim interrupts Biden speech at White House

President Biden on Monday was interrupted by Manuel Oliver, the father of Parkland shooting victim Joaquin Oliver, during an event at the White House held to celebrate the passage of the bipartisan gun control bill. Oliver was eventually escorted out of the event on the White House lawn. Biden was saying the country could make meaningful progress on gun violence when he was interrupted by Oliver, who stood to make his voice clear. The event was carried live on some cable television networks. "Because, make no mistake—,” Biden said when he stopped to try to he

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Biden ‘determined’ to renew assault weapons ban

President Biden on Monday capped off a celebration of a recently passed bipartisan gun safety law with a call to take further action, including a ban on assault weapons. Biden spoke to a crowd of hundreds of lawmakers, advocates and relatives of gun violence victims on the South Lawn of the White House to mark the passage and signing last month of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act in the wake of a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, that left nearly 20 children dead. At the end of his remarks, Biden acknowledged more needed to be done, focusing in particular on the avai

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