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hot button social issues, republican congressman nancy mace will join us with her take. but first correspondent matt finn with the latest hi matt. mike: the house voted to amend the annual defense spending bill by overturning policy that reimbursing service members for abortion-related expenses. the house also voted to ban transgender health services in the military. in a bitter debate republicans have been arguing in part that the abortion reis burstment is a piece of the democrats woke military agenda that republicans are trying to end. the speaker of the house kevin mccarthy says democrats are trying to change the course of history. and for decades in america, from the most proceed-life to the most pro choice person in congress they believed in the hide amendment and that is simply what it s saying. do not use taxpayer money on abortion. and the other part would be is, what they re looking at, should we allow wokism in our military. now democrats allege republicans a
that president biden retained and disclosed classified materials from his time as vice president. the justice department declined to bring charges in part because, quote, at trial mr. biden would likely present himself to a jury as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with an important memory. president biden addressed those remarks in a rare primetime press conference. president biden: i am a well-meaning elderly man, i know what i m doing. i am the president, i put this country back on its feet. neil: dan heninger and kyle peterson, what do you make of this report? at least the decision not to prosecute and the reasons for it? dan:this is an exercise in prosecutorial discretion, that trump was indicted primarily for lying or misleading the fbi and instructing others to. that is a crime. whether keeping classified documents is a crime, or one that has been prosecuted, is a different question. that is included in the indictment of
restrictions on abortion access, to a key defense bill. what that can do to the chances of getting it through congress. later, without being able to say who left a pack of cocaine in the west wing. the secret service still says case closed. the question is why. good evening and special counsel jack smith decides to charge the former president for his role in trying to overturn the election. being able to show his intent will be critical. and showing intense could hinge on whether or not he really believed he had one. tonight, new evidence that smith is thinking along those lines, and is looking for evidence from people who would know, or might have heard him indicate that he had known he had loss. sources tell cnn that jared kushner, and former top aide, hope hicks, have both gone before the grand jury. and some questions asked whether the former president was told he had lost the election. this adds to the picture given by testimony from other members of his inner circle. in
beliefs. another day of decisions split 6-3 showing deep divisions at the nation s highest court in an opinion by chief justice john roberts the majority struck down the biden administration s plan to wipe out $430 billion until student loan debt. quote, we hold today that the act allows the education secretary to wave or modify existing statutory or regulatory provisions applicable to financial assistance programs under the education act. not to rewrite that statute from the ground up. the dissenters led by justice kagan argued the secretary did have that power. quote the statute read as written gives the secretary broad authority to relieve a national emergency s effect on borrowers abilities to repay their student loans. president biden who has repeatedly vowed to wipe out student loan debt while conceding he may not have authority blasted the court and promised to find other ways to benefit borrowers. i think the court misinterpreted the constitution. in today s oth