Hard-right backtrack on spending levels leaves sour taste for colleagues
Washington Post· 11 hours agoUnder a sweltering July heat outside the Capitol, members of the House Freedom Caucus devoted a...
Power & Market
Ludwig von Mises Institute· 6 days agoThe US government ran a $66.56 billion deficit in October, according to the Monthly Treasury Statement. This was slightly lower than last year’s October...
Kamala Harris Takes A Swipe At Kevin McCarthy Over His Joe Biden Age Comments, Declines To Comment...
Deadline via Yahoo News· 3 days agoAs an afternoon guest at The New York Times‘ DealBook Summit, Vice President Kamala Harris took a...
Congress got its Christmas break — and will suffer for it in January
Politico via Yahoo News· 6 days agoSome Republicans worry that dynamic will doom the House GOP's priorities all the way through a major deadline on Feb. 2 — or perhaps even longer, with internal conference ...
Leubsdorf: New year to have old fight: Congress avoided shutdown, but didn’t solve big issues
The Columbian· 5 days agoThe new House speaker, Mike Johnson, gave federal workers, U.S. troops and the American people a...
Playbook: Congress gets a reality check
Politico· 3 days agoJohnson told Senate Republicans he was inclined to extend the year-end deadline into February as part of the annual defense policy bill — then asked them not to leak it to ...
Grace Segers
New Republic· 4 days agoGrace Segers is a staff writer at The New Republic, where she covers Congress and politics. Previously, she worked as a political reporter for CBS News, where she covered two Supreme Court confirmations ...
Speaker Johnson singed by a blast of conservative fury
Politico via Yahoo News· 3 days agoThe right's ire toward the Louisiana Republican isn't universal. But it's growing: One member called him a "joke," and another deemed his performance "plummeting."
Cases 32-34: Grandma cares for 4 kids. COVID damaged her organs and she can't catch her breath.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch· 4 days agoIt makes it hard to provide for her three grandchildren, ages 8 and 10, and her niece, 13, whose...