The White House on Wednesday rejected the claims of ex-Biden aide Tara Reade who said she was in danger of being killed after accusing him of assault – and who appears to be seeking to defect to Russia. White House national security spokesman John Kirby fielded questions about Reade from the White House on Wednesday,…
McConnell expects debt limit bill to pass in the House, says McCarthy “should be congratulated” – CBS News Watch CBS News Senate Republicans spoke with reporters Wednesday afternoon about the debt ceiling deal reached by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he anticipates the bill will pass in…
BEIJING – Wall Street is slumping with stock markets worldwide Wednesday as worries rise about the strength of the global economy and inflation. The S&P 500 was 0.4% lower in afternoon trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 128 points, or 0.4%, at 32,915, as of 2:10 p.m. Eastern time, while the Nasdaq composite…
US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, speaks to the media about debt … [+] ceiling negotiations (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and President Joe Biden reached an agreement over the weekend to limit spending…
Justice Department SUES West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice to collect $5 million in unpaid fines from his 13 mining companies – as Democrat Joe Manchin-backed pipeline is set to slide through in debt deal DOJ sued the Wester Virginia govern and his businesses in federal court Suit cites 130 violations totaling $5 million in civil…
Not all people in Hollywood are happy about the DNC’s decision to coronate Joe Biden as their 2024 presidential nominee. Actor James Van Der Beek put out an Instagram video decrying the decision to cancel the primary debates. He also noted the president’s declining mental state and what they could mean going forward. You may…
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden has nominated a highly decorated Marine officer who has been involved in the transformation of the force to be the next Marine Corps commandant. The nomination of Gen. Eric Smith, now the assistant commandant, had been widely expected and has been forwarded to the Senate. The current top Marine, Gen….
The US government will appear in a federal court next Tuesday to answer questions regarding Prince Harry’s visa application after he admitted using illegal drugs. The Heritage Foundation, a Washington DC-based conservative think-tank, is suing Joe Biden’s administration to force officials to release the Duke of Sussex’s immigration files. The organisation wants to know how…
() — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is trying to sell the debt limit deal to his conference, but Rep. Bob Good isn’t buying. The Virginia Republican says the agreement struck with the White House keeps spending flat, as opposed to the cuts Good’s Freedom Caucus sought. He’s among the Republicans who are opposing the legislation,…
WASHINGTON – Hard-fought to the end, the debt ceiling and budget cuts package is heading toward a crucial U.S. House vote as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assemble a coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans to push it to passage over fierce blowback from conservatives and some progressive dissent. Biden is sending top…
There’s still a long way to go, but House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s debt ceiling bill took an important step forward Tuesday night as the Rules Committee voted 7-6 to advance the measure to the floor and a vote by the full House. There’s not much time left if the nation is to avoid default: The…
Topline House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) said Tuesday his committee is “taking steps” to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt of Congress, arguing the FBI would not provide subpoenaed documents about an alleged bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden—escalating a broad GOP-led probe into the president. House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer…
Foreign desk: US-China ‘Collision’ Ahead The US-China “cold war is getting colder,” argues Nouriel Roubini at Project Syndicate, as the recent G7 summit “magnified Chinese concerns about the United States pursuing a strategy of ‘comprehensive containment, encirclement, and suppression.’ ” The group “devoted a substantial portion of its final communiqué to explaining how it will confront…
Joe Biden accuser Tara Reade is seeking to defect to Russia – saying on a Kremlin-backed program that she has fears for her own safety in the U.S. Reade made a series of stunning assertions while appearing on Russian state TV with Maria Butina, who was convicted of acting as an unregistered foreign agent inside…
North Korean strongman Kim-Jong Un has claimed to have launched a military satellite as part of a plot to spy on the U.S. military. Pyongyang said it had dispatched ‘a space launch vehicle’, which mistakenly triggered an evacuation order in South Korea’s capital Seoul. The country’s state news agency KNCA had earlier carried a chilling…
Departing Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky has agreed to testify before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic next month about the influence nongovernmental groups such as teachers unions had over public health mandates during the outbreak. Walensky, who was invited to testify after ignoring records requests related to the…
() — The FBI will not hand over unclassified documents requested by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability concerning President Joe Biden’s business dealings while he served as vice president, committee chairman Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., said on Tuesday. “Today, the FBI informed the Committee that it will not provide the unclassified documents subpoenaed…
BREAKING NEWS: Republicans WILL hold FBI Director Wray in contempt for REFUSING to hand over document allegedly detailing Biden’s part in a $5million bribery scheme with a foreign national By Kelly Laco, Executive Editor Of Politics For Dailymail.Com Published: 16:55 EDT, 30 May 2023 | Updated: 17:03 EDT, 30 May 2023 Republicans are moving forward…
The final language in the budget deal that President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are pushing toward a big vote this week will still bring on board thousands of new enforcement agents who are tasked with driving up revenue collection rates with a focus on the rich. And White House officials are keeping…
Speaker Kevin McCarthy has declared he will begin contempt charges against FBI Director Chris Wray if he does not hand over a potentially damning document involving President Joe Biden. Tuesday marks the deadline for the FBI to turn over an internal document that Republicans claim shows President Joe Biden was involved in a $5 million ‘criminal’ scheme with a…