Despite passing a debt ceiling bill nearly a month ago, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is still stuck negotiating with Joe Biden on a deal to raise the debt ceiling that the president is willing to sign into law. A central contention of the White House is that McCarthy's deal — which tacks on $14 trillion onto the national debt in the next year, as opposed to a "clean" debt ceiling increase, which would add $19 trillion — contains unacceptable work requirements for recipients of Medicaid.
Hyperbolic hysteria is a core tenet of left-wing and liberal politics. Any casual and objective observer of current events and politics should be able to admit freely that the impetus for much of their platform and agenda is making a group of people think something terrible is on the verge of happening to them. Without the fearmongering, they have nothing, and that is precisely why the NAACP declared its so-called "travel advisory" to black people about traveling to Florida.
If Congress doesn’t act quickly to reauthorize the Federal Communications Commission to conduct spectrum auctions, the younger generation could quickly face an economic disaster as the “homework gap” widens.
Wishful thinking about Russia has dominated U.S. policy circles since the collapse of the Soviet Union over 30 years ago. As Russia’s failing invasion of Ukraine drags on, Washington is at risk of repeating its mistakes. Current and former officials, together with some European leaders, continue to believe that after President Vladimir Putin’s demise, a cooperative relationship can be established and Moscow will start behaving as a responsible international player. A series of deep-rooted illusions form the core of this misguided approach.
It is risky for the world's most important country to elect a president in his 80s. The danger was clear last weekend when President Joe Biden spoke at a press conference at the G7 meeting in Hiroshima, Japan.
Nolan the robot is very clever at weaving his way through homeless encampments. He doesn’t stop for crime scenes; just keeps trundling along regardless....
