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McCarthy agrees to meet with Biden on debt ceiling next week

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has accepted President Biden's invitation to meet next week regarding the looming debt ceiling deadline.

Senate Republicans demand Blinken turn over records related to Hunter Biden

Secretary of State Antony Blinken lied to Congress when he denied knowing President Biden's son Hunter Biden held a lucrative job on the board of a Ukrainian gas company, two Republican senators said in a letter delivered to the nation's top diplomat Tuesday morning.

GOP senators push bill to increase prison time for Supreme Court intimidation

Republican senators are pushing a bill to increase the punishment for anyone who intimidates Supreme Court justices.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott rejects Chicago mayor’s plea to stop busing migrants

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says he will continue to bus migrants to Chicago despite pleas from departing Mayor Lori Lightfoot to stop the practice.

No one is inevitable

South Carolinian Lauri Lechner said when it comes to next year’s primary election for the Republican nomination for president, no one candidate is preordained as the winner. That includes former President Donald Trump, someone she said she voted for twice.

Markets keep assuming the Federal Reserve’s next rate hike will be the last

Although investors are in near unanimous consensus that the Federal Reserve will raise the federal funds rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a range of 5% to 5.25%, only a quarter of futures traders seem to believe the Fed's next rate hike won't be the last. While it is possible that the central bank will hold rates above 5% for the rest of the year rather than raising them, the underlying numbers do not back that assumption.

Writers’ strike set to hit TV, movies hard: What you need to know

Hollywood writers are on strike — and from late-night shows, to beloved sitcoms and major movies — the effort could have a significant impact on what millions of viewers are watching on TV and in the theaters. The Writers Guild of America (WGA), a union representing 11,500 professionals, announced it voted to strike beginning Tuesday. The move...

Abbott retracts claim that Texas shooting victims were all illegal immigrants

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's (R) office issued an statement retracting the governor's statement that claimed all five victims of the Cleveland, Texas mass shooting were "illegal immigrants." Spokesperson Renae Eze said in a statement to The Hill that "federal officials" told the governor's office that the suspect and the five victims killed in the shooting...

41% of LGBTQ young people contemplated suicide in the last year: survey

A new mental health survey out Monday from The Trevor Project shows 41% of LGBTQ young people seriously contemplated attempting suicide in the last year.

The potential gift tax implications of Clarence Thomas’ luxury trips

Gifts of luxury vacations should not escape taxation because someone utters the words, “We are good friends.” 

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