Kaitlan Collins

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

Sen. Ted Cruz was not invited nor did he ask to join President Biden on his trip to Houston today, per Jen Psaki. — PolitiTweet.org

Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins

The White House says the director of national intelligence will release the report on Jamal Khashoggi's death today. This was widely expected but is now confirmed by the press secretary. The belief was they were waiting for Biden call to Saudi first. — PolitiTweet.org

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The White House gaggle aboard Air Force One is delayed because press secretary Jen Psaki says they need to do some prep for President Biden for his trip to Texas. — PolitiTweet.org

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Dem Sen. Tim Kaine calls for a briefing on the Syria strike and says they deserve to know Biden’s justification for acting “without coming to Congress.” “Offensive military action without congressional approval is not constitutional absent extraordinary circumstances,” Kaine says — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @barbarastarrcnn: #SyriaStrikes The original target list would have had @CENTCOM strike two targets last night but there were last minut… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @KFILE: I wrote about our daughter's experience, the reality of pediatric brain cancer – 6 surgeries, infections, the ICU, seizures, che… — PolitiTweet.org

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(Biden predicted this outcome weeks ago publicly in a CBS interview, to the chagrin of some progressives.) — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden is “disappointed” the parliamentarian ruled the $15 min wage can’t be included but “respects” decision, per @PressSec. “He will work w/ leaders in Congress to determine the best path forward because no one in this country should work full time & live in poverty.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Defense Secretary Austin says President Biden authorized the strike this a.m. It happened around 6 p.m. EST. No presidential appearances are currently expected tonight. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ForecasterEnten: A $15 minimum wage passed in Florida with 61% of the vote in 2020. Biden got just 48% of the vote in the same Florida… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @cnnbrk: The US military has carried out air strikes in Syria targeting an Iranian-backed militia site, the first known military action… — PolitiTweet.org

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"We're going to honor the rules of the Senate and work within that system to get this bill passed," WH chief of staff Ron Klain said last night, making clear they won't attempt to overrule the parliamentarian's ruling. — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden has carried out his first known military action, striking a site in Syria used by two Iranian-backed militia groups following repeated rocket fire on American forces in the region in the past two weeks, a U.S. official confirms to @barbarastarrcnn. — PolitiTweet.org

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Reminder President Biden spoke with the Iraqi prime minister yesterday and "they discussed the recent rocket attacks against Iraqi and Coalition personnel and agreed that those responsible for such attacks must be held fully to account." — PolitiTweet.org

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After implying he could be criminally prosecuted for his role in the Jan. 6 riot, McConnell says on Fox News he will support the nominee of the Republican Party — even if that’s former President Trump. — PolitiTweet.org

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Team @seungminkim. — PolitiTweet.org

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“I will never forget the face of the first person I vaccinated,” Ebram Botros, a CVS pharmacy manager, says. It was an 80-year-old who hadn’t seen his children or grandchildren since March. How grim pop-up clinics have turned into "gratitude factories." https://t.co/7UbzqeB6Ka — PolitiTweet.org

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There is no explicit mention of Jamal Khashoggi in the White House readout of President Biden's call with Saudi Arabia, though it says he brought up the rule of law and human rights. The call happened ahead of the expected release of a U.S. intel report on Khashoggi's murder. — PolitiTweet.org

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President Biden has spoken to Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud, per @NicRobertsonCNN. — PolitiTweet.org

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Biden has spoken to — PolitiTweet.org

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"This is not a victory lap. Everything’s not fixed. We’ve got a long way to go," Biden says while marking 50 million shots since he took office. (As of yesterday’s update from the CDC, the U.S. has administered over 66 million doses overall.) — PolitiTweet.org

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"If they approve it, we have a plan to roll it out as quickly as Johnson & Johnson can make it," President Biden says, adding the FDA will make the decision "based on science, not due to any political pressure from me or anyone else." — PolitiTweet.org

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Psaki says she doesn't think lawmakers from either party are flying with Biden to Houston on Air Force One tomorrow. GOP Sen. Cornyn said he hoped to go with him. She cites capacity restrictions on the plane and notes the first lady is going with him. — PolitiTweet.org

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More than 10,000 pro-Trump rioters entered the Capitol grounds and about 800 of them breached the building during the Jan. 6 attack, the acting chief of the U.S. Capitol Police told lawmakers today, per @MarshallCohen. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Gary Peters, who chairs the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, says they won't take up Neera Tanden's stalled nomination until next week at least. "We're not doing it today." Sen. Sinema is on that committee and hasn't disclosed how she'll vote. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FoxReports: There are two members now to watch on every. single. thing. in the U.S. Senate. Here's how Manchin and Sinema have emerged… — PolitiTweet.org

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The Manhattan District Attorney’s office has obtained Trump’s tax returns and related records, per @KaraScannell. They got them Monday after the Supreme Court rejected his effort to block them. The records include millions of pages of documents. — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen. Coons says on CNN he thinks the Jan. 6 commission should be evenly split along party lines. "I think it's important that we have a balanced January 6th commission...But it's going to have to be done by folks who are not currently serving or seeking office." — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jeneps: Klain ruled out the possibility of VP Harris overruling the Senate parliamentarian if the minimum wage increase is ruled imperm… — PolitiTweet.org

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White House chief of staff Ron Klain says on MSNBC they are “fighting our guts out” to get Neera Tanden confirmed. If not confirmed, they won’t try to make her acting director, but will put her in a role that doesn’t require Senate confirmation. — PolitiTweet.org