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Show me the money: Biden to press McCarthy for budget specifics during debt limit talks
President Biden is expected to press House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to release the GOP's plan to reduce the deficit during Wednesday's meeting on the debt ceiling, according to a White House memo released Tuesday.
Drones and water slides: How cities spent Uncle Sam’s pandemic money
When the coronavirus pandemic struck, someone in the Mississippi government thought of drones.
Preparing for strategic competition: The need for irregular warfare professional military education
The Department of Defense does not provide the education necessary for success in competition and conflict in the 21st century.
Rubio: DOJ response to request for information on classified documents ‘silly’
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is dismissing as "silly" the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) response to the Senate Intelligence Committee’s request for information on classified documents found at President Biden’s and former President Trump’s residences. “Their answer is that it would imperil the investigation,” Rubio, the top Republican member of the Intelligence panel, told Fox News’s...
State considers bill urging companies to switch to 4-day workweek
A bill working its way through the Maryland state legislature would incentivize companies switch to a four-day workweek, allowing employees to work 32 hours instead of 40 without seeing any pay cut or loss of benefits.
McCarthy calls Biden memo on spending cuts, avoiding default ‘political games’
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) called a White House memo outlining President Biden’s plan for their meeting on Wednesday ‘political games.’ The memo, released on Tuesday, said Biden will ask McCarthy if he will commit to avoiding a default and if he will release a budget proposal outlining House GOP spending plans. “Mr. President: I received...
Whole Foods asks suppliers to lower prices
Whole Foods asked suppliers in a recent meeting to lower prices on packaged foods The Wall Street Journal viewed a recording of a meeting in December between Whole Foods and its suppliers in which the Amazon-owned company said it wanted its suppliers to lower its prices so that it could lower its own prices. Grocery...
DeSantis responds to Trump attacks by pointing to his reelection
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday brushed off former President Donald Trump’s latest attacks with a simple message: check the scoreboard. Asked during a news conference about Trump’s criticism over the weekend of his approach to the COVID-19 pandemic, DeSantis responded with a reminder that he won reelection last year by the largest margin of...
We’ll need oil for decades to come — and OPEC needs the high price
The non-story of the week is — or rather, should have been — the OPEC+ meeting of the world’s top oil exporters, who meet virtually on Feb. 1 and are expected to make no change in their production. The calming perception expected of this meeting probably changed on Monday, when the Kremlin announced that President Vladimir...
Omar launching US-Africa policy working group amid uncertainty over committee post
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) announced that she will be launching a policy working group to hear from officials and experts who work with and in Africa as her committee assignment remains unclear. Omar launched the U.S.-Africa Policy Working Group on Tuesday, saying in a statement that the group will hold briefings with administration officials, journalists...