The debt ceiling agreement negotiated by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy removed a major procedural hurdle on Tuesday night, just days before a potential default by the US government. The House Rules Committee has given the go-ahead for the Fiscal Responsibility Act to go to the full House so members can schedule … Read more
Rep. Garret Graves (R-La.), left, with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield), who faces a challenge to get the debt ceiling agreement passed. (Patrick Semansky/Associated Press) Despite the scathing rhetoric that preceded last weekend’s debt and budget deal, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden stand to benefit politically. Biden and McCarthy and their aides were … Read more
By Daniel Trotta and Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California appeals court on Tuesday overturned Governor Gavin Newsom to find Leslie Van Houten, one of Charles Manson’s murderous “families”, eligible for parole after more than 50 years of jail for his role in the 1969 cult killing spree. Van Houten, 73, the youngest … Read more
By Tyler Clifford NEW YORK (Reuters) – Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg decided on Tuesday to block former President Donald Trump’s attempt to persuade a federal court to resume a criminal case in which he is accused of falsifying business records before the 2016 elections. In documents filed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, Bragg … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Oversight Committee said on Tuesday he was moving forward with holding FBI Director Chris Wray in contempt of Congress because the department failed to turn over a filing from the office. which claims to relate to President Joe Biden and his family. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., Slammed … Read more
Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Dan Bishop of North Carolina.Win McNamee and Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images GOP Rep. Dan Bishop has called for the impeachment of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House after reaching a debt ceiling compromise with Biden. “I think it has to be done,” Bishop said at a … Read more
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – Financial documents show no sign that Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves kept his promise to give campaign donations to those accused of wrongfully spending welfare on the biggest corruption case. state public. Reeves, a Republican, became governor in January 2020 after serving two terms as lieutenant governor. On February 5, 2020, the … Read more
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Donald Trump said on Tuesday that if re-elected president in 2024, he would seek to end automatic citizenship for children born in the United States to immigrants in the country illegally, a plan that contradicts the how a 19th century amendment to the United States Constitution has long been … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Even with the new spending restrictions under the debt limitation agreement, U.S. government deficits are still on track to continue climbing to record highs over the next few decades. . The projections are a sign that the two-year truce between President Joe Biden and R-California House Speaker Kevin McCarthy could be just … Read more
By Philip Blenkinsop, Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis LULEA, Sweden/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday urged Turkey to immediately finalize Sweden’s NATO membership, saying the Nordic country had already taken significant steps to meet the Ankara’s objections to its membership. Blinken also rejected the suggestion that Turkey’s endorsement of Sweden’s … Read more