Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) emerged Monday evening from a roughly hour-long meeting with President Biden on the debt ceiling saying the latest conversation was “productive,” but that the two sides still don’t have an agreement on how to avoid default just days until the deadline. “I felt we had a productive discussion. We don’t have...
As the federal government once again approaches its debt limit, House Republicans are right to be pushing spending cuts to begin addressing the nation’s ballooning debt. The Congressional Budget Office predicts that the federal government will spend $663 billion on interest payments this year, an amount projected to climb to $1.4 trillion by 2033. That’s...
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) is batting down suggestions that Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) efforts to find a compromise debt limit deal with President Biden could endanger his speakership due to conservative frustration. “Literally nobody except the press is talking about removing McCarthy right now,” Gaetz wrote on Twitter. In a statement to the Washington Examiner,...
Minnesota's Democrat-led Legislature began finishing state budget negotiations Monday as its majority party celebrated a number of key policy wins this session.
Puerto Rico will decentralize its oft-criticized Education Department, noting potential better outcomes for students absent the largely ineffective and bureaucratic system.
Former President Donald Trump's accuser, E. Jean Carroll, motioned to have her 2019 defamation lawsuit against the former president amended to include statements made to CNN in May.
Pennsylvania House Democrats have passed bills that, if signed into law, would implement "red flag" seizure orders and expand background checks for prospective gun buyers.