Why Kevin McCarthy Can’t Lose George Santos

The Republican Party has had no better friend than Nassau County in the past few years. Of America’s largest counties, few have turned more sharply toward the GOP than New York City’s neighbor to the east. This collection of Long Island suburbs swept Democrats out of local office in 2021, and last fall, Nassau County voted resoundingly Republican in New York’s gubernatorial race. Most important for the national GOP, the county helped elect three Republicans to Congress, including two candidates who flipped Democratic seats in districts that President Joe Biden…

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The GOP Can’t Hide From Extremism

The role of extremist white nationalists in the GOP may be approaching an inflection point. The backlash against former President Donald Trump’s meeting with Nick Fuentes, an avowed racist, anti-Semite, and Christian nationalist, has compelled more Republican officeholders than at any point since the Charlottesville riot in 2017 to publicly condemn those extremist views. Yet few GOP officials have criticized the former president personally—much less declared that Trump’s meeting with Fuentes and Ye, the rapper (formerly known as Kanye West) who has become a geyser of anti-Semitic bile, renders him…

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Why America Can’t Test Like Europe

Except for maybe pasta and work-life balance, no topic makes liberal Americans wish they were European more than health care. So when President Joe Biden announced a plan earlier this month mandating that private insurers reimburse people for rapid coronavirus tests that they take at home, some commentators cried out that his plan was not enough. The new rule won’t help everyone, and getting reimbursement will still take legwork, critics crowed—and plus, the Europeans have a better solution! One of the biggest holes in Biden’s new plan is that it…

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U.S. Default Date Is Estimate Congress Wants, Yellen Can’t Give – Bloomberg

U.S. Default Date Is Estimate Congress Wants, Yellen Can’t Give  Bloomberg Congress, Raise the Debt Limit  The Wall Street Journal Yellen urges US Congress to raise debt limit to avoid financial crisis  Philstar.com Five questions and answers about the debt ceiling fight | TheHill  The Hill Yellen urges Congress to act quickly on debt ceiling or risk ‘economic catastrophe’  MarketWatch View Full Coverage on Google News “us congress” – Google News

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