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Andy Kim

 
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02/05/2025 --whyy
Delaware’s attorney general is part of a coalition that has stopped a freeze of domestic federal spending. But foreign aid is still paused.
02/04/2025 --ocregister
Joe Biden in December signed legislation making the raptor the country’s national bird.
02/04/2025 --fox5sandiego
President Donald Trump and billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk have moved to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which spent some $30 billion last year on humanitarian, development and security aid to more than 100 countries.
02/04/2025 --rollcall
Collins is seen during his confirmation hearing last month.
01/28/2025 --cbsnews
People speculated about the source of the drone sightings along the East Coast for weeks late last year.
01/27/2025 --rawstory
WASHINGTON — Democratic and independent U.S. senators introduced a resolution Monday to condemn President Donald Trump’s clemency for the rioters who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, injuring numerous law enforcement officers and sending lawmakers into hiding as they tried to certify the 2020 presidential election results.Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York along with Sens. Patty Murray of Washington, Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Andy Kim of New Jersey are leading all Democrat and independent senators who signed the resolution that “disapproves of any pardons for individuals who were found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police officers.” An initial press release did not include Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania as a co-sponsor, but reports on social media indicated he signed on. Fetterman’s office did not immediately confirm.ALSO READ: Top GOPer's ‘most immediate’ priority for new committee includes probing a MAGA conspiracyMurray will seek unanimous consent on the floor to pass the resolution. Only one senator needs to object to stop it from being adopted.Murray said in a statement Monday that she refuses to “allow President Trump to rewrite what happened on January 6th— armed insurrectionists, incited by Trump himself, broke into the U.S. Capitol and violently assaulted Capitol Police officers in their attempt to overthrow a free and fair election.”Condemning the pardons and commutations for those who caused cracked ribs, crushed spinal disks and other injuries, “should be the easiest thing in the world,” Murray said.“I hope and expect my Republican colleagues will allow this very simple resolution to pass as a show of support for the officers who put their lives on the line to keep senators safe,” Murray said.Republicans quiet about Jan. 6 pardonsStates Newsroom asked 22 Republican senators how they felt about the pardons and commutations the day after Trump signed the order. Barring a few exceptions, most either refused to answer, said they hadn’t seen Trump’s high-profile order, or spoke only on pardons issued by former President Joe Biden in the hours before he left office.GOP Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Trump ally, told NBC News’ “Meet the Press with Kristen Welker” on Sunday that the president’s pardons of violent Jan. 6 defendants were “a mistake because it seems to suggest that’s an OK thing to do.”Trump commuted the prison sentences of 14 of the attack’s ringleaders and members of the paramilitary groups the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys. The president granted a “full, complete and unconditional pardon” to all others charged with crimes after the attack.Among the approximately 1,572 defendants, 608 were charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement, including 174 charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer. Of those charged, 172 pleaded guilty to assaulting police — 69 of them pleading guilty to assaulting the officers with some sort of weapon.Investigators found that the rioters brought and improvised numerous types of weapons, including firearms, chemical sprays, tasers, knives, flagpoles and broken furniture.Violent offendersMurray, Schumer, Murphy and Kim highlighted several specific cases of violent offenders pardoned by Trump. Here are a few:Christopher Quaglin, of North Brunswick, New Jersey, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for spraying bear spray directly in the faces of officers, stealing riot shields and striking the officers, grabbing an officer’s neck and tackling him to the ground, and numerous other assaults on law enforcement that day.Tyler Bradley Dykes, of Bluffton, South Carolina, was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for stealing a police riot shield and using it to obstruct and assault officers at multiple locations in the Capitol.Robert Sanford Jr., of Chester, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to just over four years in prison for hitting three officers in the head with a fire extinguisher, among other actions.Robert Scott Palmer, of Largo, Florida, was sentenced to just over five years in prison for throwing a wooden plank at officers and spraying the entire contents of a fire extinguisher at them before throwing it in an attempt to strike them.Prior to leaving office Jan. 20, Biden preemptively pardoned all members of the congressional committee that investigated the attack as well as four police officers who testified before the panel. Trump is on record as recently as December saying the committee members “should go to jail.”
01/27/2025 --dailykos
Over the weekend, Democrats and Republicans responded very differently to President Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally grant pardons to more than 1,500 people who attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in his name. Republican leaders struggled to defend him:xxYouTube VideoVice President JD Vance appeared on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” and was asked about the pardons handed out to one offender who used a stun gun to electroshock Capitol Police officer Michael Fanone, and another who hit an officer while wearing brass knuckles.“Is violence against a police officer ever justified?” host Margaret Brennan asked.Vance responded, “Violence against a police officer is not justified, but that doesn’t mean that you should have Merrick Garland’s weaponized Department of Justice expose you to an incredibly unfair process.”xxYouTube VideoOn NBC’s “Meet the Press,” longtime Trump ally and booster Sen. Lindsey Graham was more blunt when asked about Trump’s boost to convicted criminals.“Pardoning the people who went into the Capitol and beat up a police officer violently, I think was a mistake, because it seems to suggest that’s an okay thing to do,” Graham admitted.Republicans will face more pressure to answer for Trump’s actions with a resolution that is being introduced by Senate Democrats condemning the pardons. The text of the document says: “Resolved, That the Senate disapproves of any pardons for individuals who were found guilty of assaulting Capitol Police officers.”Nearly every member of the Senate Democratic caucus has signed on sponsoring the resolution, including all of the members in leadership positions. New Jersey Sen. Andy Kim, who was on the scene as a member of the House during the attack, explained to CBS News why Democrats objected to the pardons.“It gives the stamp of approval now to political violence, saying that if you conduct political violence, and it's in favor of Donald Trump, for the next four years that you'll be okay,” he said.A few days after the pardons were first issued, Trump tried to defend his actions in an interview with Fox News. He lied and claimed the convictions were for “very minor incidents.”xTrump on January 6 insurrectionists who assaulted police: "They were very minor incidents."— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-01-23T02:48:57.376ZContrary to this falsehood, the convictions were given out in response to violence committed in the act of attempting to overturn a presidential election. In the case of pardoned Proud Boy leader Enrique Tarrio, he was convicted in federal court of seditious conspiracy against the United States.In the hours following the pardons former Capitol Police Officer Aquilino Gonell, who was severely injured in the attack, said in a statement “I feel betrayed. Despite what we all witnessed four years ago, the American people voted [Trump] back in office, and one of the first things that he does is pardon the criminals who nearly took my life. It’s a desecration to our service and the sacrifices made to keep everyone safe.”Yet during the same period where Trump handed out a gift to hundreds of convicted criminals, his administration started a mass deportation anti-immigration initiative that detained a military veteran.In the first week of his presidency, Trump is already showing that under his leadership the innocent will find trouble, while those who commit violence on his behalf will get a pass.Campaign Action
01/24/2025 --dailykos
The Trump administration is coming under fire for an immigration raid in New Jersey that detained an American citizen who is also a military veteran.Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents raided a Newark, New Jersey, business on Thursday. According to Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, “one of the detainees is a U.S. military veteran who suffered the indignity of having the legitimacy of his military documentation questioned.”The raid comes just a few days after Donald Trump signed a flurry of anti-migrant executive orders as his administration and congressional Republicans plan to implement a policy of mass deportation. In an interview with longtime Trump admirer Sean Hannity on Fox News, Trump said his policy is focused on migrants who pose a security threat, which can be determined by merely looking at people.“Open borders with people pouring in. Some of whom, I won’t get into it, but you can look at them and you can say, ‘Could be trouble, could be trouble,” Trump said. Trump is a racist who has expressed anti-migrant sentiment for years, largely targeting brown-skinned members of minority groups.Baraka explained this “egregious act is in plain violation of the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,” referring to protection against unreasonable search and seizure.“Newark will not stand by idly while people are being unlawfully terrorized,” he added.New Jersey Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman described the raid as “unconstitutional” and evidence of “the reality of Trump’s reign of terror.”xToday, ICE carried out an unconstitutional raid in Newark, detaining lawful U.S. citizens, including a veteran who served our country, without a warrant. This is a flagrant violation of New Jersey's laws, our residents' rights, and the Constitution. Full statement below:— Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman (@repbonnie.bsky.social) 2025-01-24T00:40:21.806ZIn a joint statement, New Jersey Senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim said they were “deeply concerned” about the raid and that they have reached out to the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, for answers.“Actions like this one sow fear in all of our communities—and our broken immigration system requires solutions, not fear tactics,” the senators added.Veteran groups previously expressed concern about Trump’s actions against migrants before the New Jersey incident.As part of the administration’s anti-immigration efforts, ICE has been given the power to rapidly deport migrants who are legally in the country, including those granted temporary protected status under the Biden administration.In a letter addressed to Trump, veterans’ groups expressed fear that the crackdown would endanger the safety of interpreters who had helped the military during the war in Afghanistan, as well as their families, now living in America.Trump is implementing the immigration policy he has long touted and Republicans are on board with it, but just a few days in and veterans are already among the people who are in the crosshairs.Daily Kos is ready to hold Trump accountable every step of the way. But we need your help. Give $3 a month to support Daily Kos coverage and news you can do something about.
01/24/2025 --foxnews
A New Jersey mayor and other leading Democrats have blasted an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid on a worksite which they say resulted in undocumented residents as well as a U.S. citizen being "detained."
01/20/2025 --reporterherald
Donald Trump will be surrounded by a very different Washington than he was eight years ago.
01/16/2025 --kron4
The battle over wildfire aid for Los Angeles is quickly evolving into a game of high-stakes chicken. Many Republicans are demanding conditions on any new emergency funding, blaming Democratic leaders in California for exacerbating the crisis. Democrats are rejecting conditions outright, accusing Republicans of exploiting the disaster to score political points. And both sides appear [...]
01/15/2025 --theintercept
During his Senate confirmation hearing, Russell Vought downplayed Trump’s moves to strip protections from civil service employees.The post White House Budget Office Nominee Tries to Whitewash Trump’s First Term appeared first on The Intercept.
01/15/2025 --foxnews
Former Rep. Sean Duffy sat for an hourslong confirmation hearing as President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Transportation secretary, sitting before Chairman Sen. Ted Cruz and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell.
12/29/2025 --nbcnews
Democrats and Republicans began honoring former President Jimmy Carter for presidency and humanitarian work shortly after the Carter Center announced his death.
12/24/2024 --postbulletin
I see it from the families’ perspective, from my teachers’ perspective, and from the business perspective. The system is not working for any of us. Families cannot afford the cost of child care.
12/17/2024 --wbur_org
Three term Democratic Representative Andy Kim is now New Jersey's newest Senator. He’s been listening to Americans who supported both himself and President-elect Donald Trump. His lessons from those conversations.
12/17/2024 --salon
Without a definitive explanation for purported drone sightings, idle speculation has filled the void
12/16/2024 --huffpost
The Democratic senator posted his own videos of what he thought were drones, but has come to believe were regular aircraft.
12/16/2024 --theepochtimes
The president-elect also called for government transparency in a Monday news conference.
12/16/2024 --postregister
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — A large number of mysterious drones have been reported flying over parts of New Jersey and have been spotted in recent days across the eastern U.S., sparking speculation and concern over where they are coming from...
12/13/2024 --express
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been hospitalized after she "sustained an injury" during an official engagement in Luxembourg, according to a spokesman.
12/13/2024 --theepochtimes
'Sometimes they were solid white light, others flashed of red and green,' Sen. Andy Kim said.
12/13/2024 --abcnews
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has been hospitalized after she “sustained an injury” during an official engagement in Luxembourg, according to a spokesman
12/13/2024 --troyrecord
Details of the injury have not been released
12/09/2024 --theepochtimes
The two legislators resigned from the House on Dec. 8 and begin serving their terms earlier than other newly elected senators.
12/09/2024 --abc7
As California's newest senator, Schiff says he's not going to shy away from familiar territory - opposing President-elect Donald Trump when he feels it necessary. But he's also hoping to be known for bipartisanship, as well.
12/09/2024 --foxnews
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy appointed Sen.-elect Andy Kim, D-N.J., to the Senate on Sunday, meaning he'll join the upper chamber three weeks early.
12/09/2024 --rollcall
Syrian citizens take down a statue of the late President Hafez Assad in Damascus on Monday after his son Bashar Assad's government collapsed. (Murat Sengul/Anadolu via Getty Images)
12/05/2024 --rollcall
Just how tight was the battle for control of the House? Well, consider that if just three additional races had broken in Democrats’ favor, we would have had to wait for nearly a month on vote counting in California to determine which party had won the majority. And if that had happened, we might still [...]The post At the Races: Full House appeared first on Roll Call.
12/04/2024 --journalstar
A Florida energy company wants to build a nearly $600 million, 304-megawatt solar project on more than 2,400 acres of land east of Hallam in the southern part of the county.
12/04/2024 --6abc
United States Senator-Elect Andy Kim was just as surprised as anyone on Tuesday when South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared a state of martial law.
11/18/2024 --rollcall
Rep. Mikie Sherrill became the latest New Jersey Democrat to announce her campaign for governor.
11/18/2024 --columbian
TOTOWA, N.J. (AP) — Patrons at Murph’s Tavern are toasting not just Donald Trump’s return to the presidency but the fact that he carried their northern New Jersey county, a longtime Democratic stronghold in the shadow of New York City.
11/15/2024 --whyy
Gottheimer announced his run at a diner in populous suburban Bergen County, which he partly represents.
11/07/2024 --rollcall
Delaware Sen.-elect. Lisa Blunt Rochester is shown speaking on the third night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., on Aug. 21.
11/06/2024 --axios
Across branches and levels of government, Tuesday's election results included firsts for gender, race and age of winning candidates. The big picture: Voters backed a White House ticket slated to include the oldest president and one of the youngest vice presidents, while securing wins for two Black, female senators and the first transgender person elected to Congress.Here are some of the milestones: Trump: Oldest and first felon president-electAt 78 years old, Trump became the oldest person elected to the White House.He became the first U.S. president to be a convicted felon in May after being found guilty of 34 felony counts in his New York criminal trial. Now, he's the first felon elected to the presidency. Vance: First millennial in the White HouseAt 40 years old, Vance is one of the youngest elected vice presidents and the only millennial. He will also be the first former Marine to be vice president, per the Washington Post. His wife, Usha Vance, will be the first Indian American and Hindu second lady.Rochester and Alsobrooks: First Black women to serve in Senate together Delaware Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) and Prince George's County, Maryland, Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) became the first Black women elected to represent their respective states on Tuesday. It'll be the first time two Black women serve in the Senate at the same time. McBride: First transgender person elected to CongressDelaware state Sen. Sarah McBride (D) on Tuesday won her race to become a U.S. representative for the state's only congressional district. She was already the highest-ranking transgender elected official in the U.S.Morrison: first pro-abortion rights OB-GYN in CongressKelly Morrison (D) will represent Minnesota's third congressional district and become the first pro-abortion rights obstetrician-gynecologist in Congress.Congress' two OB-GYNs, retiring Rep. Michael Burgess (R-Texas) and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), both supported the Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade, per the Wall Street Journal.Fedorchak: North Dakota's first woman representativeJulie Fedorchak (R) will be the first woman to represent North Dakota in the House, leaving Mississippi behind as the only state that hasn't elected a woman to the congressional chamber.Other milestonesTexas state Rep. Julie Johnson (D) became the first openly LGBTQ person elected to Congress from the South, per the Washington Post.Rep. Andy Kim (D) will be the first Korean American in the Senate and its third-youngest member, per the New York Times. Bernie Moreno (R) will be the first Latino senator from Ohio, per CNN. Yassamin Ansari (D) became the first Iranian-American Democrat elected to Congress, per CNN. She will represent Arizona in the House. In state and local races, Danny Avula (D) became the first-ever immigrant and Asian mayor of Richmond, Virginia. He will be the city's first non-Black mayor in more than 20 years. Josh Stein (D), currently North Carolina's attorney general, will become the state's first Jewish governor. Go deeper: America chose Trump with eyes wide open
11/06/2024 --santacruzsentinel
Vote counting in some races could go on for days.
11/03/2024 --huffpost
Vice President Kamala Harris, whose mother was an Indian immigrant, would be the country's first South Asian American president.
10/25/2024 --abcnews
After a dramatic primary, New Jersey voters turn to the Nov. 5 general election to resolve several races for federal offices up and down the state
10/22/2024 --kenoshanews
They used their platform on the bench to denounce efforts to downplay the Jan. 6 violence and cast the rioters as political prisoners.
10/17/2024 --theadvocate
Kim and Andy Dakin
09/19/2024 --itemlive
Guest CommentarySam Daley-Harris Why does cynicism feel like a reasonable, inevitable, even smart posture these days? I think most of us have been there ... ready to write off politics as corrupt or hopeless, ready to identify those on the other side of an issue as heartless or evil, feeling like the savvy thing is to [...]The post Daley-Harris: Impactful advocacy requires moving past cynicism appeared first on Itemlive.
08/22/2024 --necn
The Democratic National Committee credentialed about 200 content creators for its annual conference just as if they worked for NBC News or the Wall Street Journal. DNC officials say this strategy opens Harris campaign messaging to a potential audience of 169 million people on social media – and generated 30 million views on night one alone.Former Boston Globe Bostonian of the Year Sam Hyun, a social media strategist who advocates for the Asian American and Pacific Islander community, applauds the DNC for embracing the power of content creators, which he says is an essential ingredient for winning a general election.However, he’s also critical of the DNC, for what he describes as a lack of representation of Asian voices in the primetime speaker line-up. He thinks Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval or U.S. Senate Candidate Andy Kim would have been excellent choices.“I was hoping to see more representation from my community that was visible,” Hyun said in Chicago while attending the convention. “We’re the fastest growing racial demographic in the country. The AAPI vote was crucial to a Biden victory in 2020. We’re going to be crucial again in battleground states. You say that you appreciate and care about the AAPI community, but actions speak louder than words.”Hyun’s criticism was harsher for the Republican National Committee and its convention last month. He believes there was racism directed toward Usha Vance, the wife of vice presidential nominee JD Vance who is of South Asian heritage. He defended her sense of belonging on the RNC stage.Sam Hyun is the director of government affairs for The Asian American Heritage Foundation and was an invited participant at a content creator summit at the White House earlier this month.More from the Democratic National Convention2024 DNCAug 21Live updates: Walz accepts VP nomination in high-energy speech at DNC2024 DNCAug 21Geoff Duncan describes experience of Trump pressuring him post-2020 election2024 DNCAug 20Live updates: Barack and Michelle Obama fire up DNC after Harris surprises crowd with remarks from rally
08/22/2024 --rollcall
Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski Editor’s note: At the Races will not come out on Aug. 29. It will return [...]The post At the Races: Can ‘joy’ give Democrats the House gavel? appeared first on Roll Call.
08/22/2024 --rawstory
Twenty years after he graduated from the University of Chicago, Rep. Andy Kim returned to the Windy City Wednesday as part of a group of speakers at the Democratic National Convention who made the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol a focal point of the convention’s third day.In a speech that lasted just under three minutes, Kim (D-03) discussed his efforts to clear the Capitol Rotunda of debris after it was ransacked by supporters of then-President Donald Trump. The convention gave Kim a chance to introduce himself to a national audience as he seeks a U.S. Senate seat in November.Kim said when he was a child, his Korean immigrant parents brought him to the Capitol and taught him the building is “sacred ground, a symbol of democracy.” But on Jan. 6, he said, “we saw something unimaginable — a mob tearing down flags, assaulting police officers.”“The floor was covered in broken glass and garbage, strewn with the chaos unleashed by Donald Trump. And I thought to myself, how did it get this bad? So I did the only thing I could think of — I grabbed a trash bag and started cleaning up,” he said.Kim has evoked the Jan. 6 riot frequently on the campaign trail, as well as his clean-up effort that garnered him national attention.“What I learned on January 6 is that all of us are caretakers for our great republic. We can heal this country, but only if we try,” Kim said Wednesday. “Always remember, this chaos that we see, it doesn’t have to be this way.”Kim faces Republican hotelier Curtis Bashaw in November in a race to succeed Sen. Bob Menendez, a Democrat who resigned in disgrace from the Senate Tuesday following his conviction last month on federal corruption charges. Menendez had intended to seek reelection as an independent in November, but suspended that campaign last week.Kim ended his speech by calling on the crowd and the country to support the Democratic presidential ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.“There is a hunger right now in this country for a new generation of leadership to step up. Let’s choose Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Let’s do this for our kids and our grandkids,” he said.GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX SUBSCRIBENew Jersey Monitor is part of States Newsroom, a nonprofit news network supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. New Jersey Monitor maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Terrence T. McDonald for questions: [email protected]. Follow New Jersey Monitor on Facebook and X.
08/15/2024 --bgdailynews
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy will name his former chief of staff George Helmy to serve as interim senator when Bob Menendez resigns later this month after his conviction on federal bribery charges. A person familiar with the decision...
08/15/2024 --foxnews
Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy will reportedly tap former chief of staff, George Helmy, to hold Sen. Bob Menendez's seat until January.
08/15/2024 --6abc
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is expected to name former chief of staff George Helmy as an interim senator to serve the remainder of Sen. Bob Menendez's term
 
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