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White House declines to say if Biden will hold campaign rallies

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday dodged questions about whether President Biden will hold a campaign rally for his 2024 reelection bid.

Debt limit deal is in place, but budget deficit still a multi-decade challenge for U.S. government

Even with the new spending restraints in the debt limit deal, the U.S. government's deficits are still on course to keep climbing to record levels over the next few decades.

U.S. expatriate charged with threatening to kill GOP senators, staffers over junk email

A U.S. citizen living in Thailand was arrested on charges of threatening to murder North Carolina Republican Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tillis along with their staffs because he was angry about receiving a huge number of unsolicited political emails.

Freedom Caucus lawmaker supports ousting McCarthy over debt-limit deal with Biden

Rep. Dan Bishop on Tuesday became the first Republican to signal his support for ousting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy over an agreement with President Biden to hike the debt limit past the 2024 election.

Narcissism and psychopathy predict left-wing authoritarianism: Study

It has long been clear that the ideology and mindset of the hyper-woke are quite distinct from mainstream liberals and conservatives. The preoccupation with both guilt and shame, the rituals, the reflexive censoriousness, and the refusal to entertain other points of view are all telltale signs that “woke” — primarily characterized by the desire to tear down existing structures and institutions due to perceived moral corruption, evidenced through disparities between groups — is something more than just another political ideology.

California’s disregard for fire prevention is making the insurance market worse

California’s periodic wildfires have grown so regular and so damaging that one of the biggest home and car insurance companies will no longer sell new home policies due to the risk and rising construction costs.

Brazil’s Lula is damaging democracy and allying himself with foreign autocrats

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro ended up being a clownish autocrat. Still, he generally supported the United States in international affairs. The same definitely cannot be said of Brazil's current returner president, Luiz Inacio "Lula" da Silva. Indeed, the only apt comparison between Bolsonaro and Lula is that both men have little regard for democratic norms.

Rick Scott says he will oppose bill to raise debt limit 

Florida Sen. Rick Scott (R) says he will vote against legislation to raise the debt limit until 2025 in exchange for cuts to domestic discretionary spending, signaling a battle on the Senate floor if the legislation passes the GOP-controlled House.   “This bill leaves us with trillions more in debt & no clear path to...

Bipartisan senators look to add fentanyl provision to defense policy bill

Two senators are taking aim at fentanyl trafficking by trying to add a provision to the annual defense policy bill that would make it a national security threat. Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) look to propose the Disrupt Fentanyl Trafficking Act as an amendment to the fiscal year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) later this...

GOP Oversight chair to launch contempt proceedings against FBI director

House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said Tuesday he plans to bring contempt of Congress proceedings against FBI Director Christopher Wray after the agency refused to provide a document reviewing an interaction with a confidential source. Comer issued a subpoena earlier this month to compel Wray to produce any FD-1023 forms — records of interactions...

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