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A Supreme Court Ruling That Could Tip the House

June 10, 2023 House, Supreme, could, Court, ruling0 comment

A decade’s worth of disappointment has conditioned Black Americans and Democrats to fear voting-rights rulings from the Supreme Court. In 2013, a 5–4 majority invalidated a core tenet of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Subsequent decisions have chipped away at the rest of the law, and in 2019, a majority of the justices declared that federal courts have no power to bar partisan gerrymandering. So this morning, when two conservatives joined the high court’s three liberals in reaffirming a central part of the Voting Rights Act, Democrats reacted as…

House lawmakers urge Biden administration to defend U.S. against North Korean cyber onslaught

June 6, 2023 Lawmakers, North, administration, Korean, Cyber, defend, U.S., Onslaught, Biden, House, urge, against0 comment

House lawmakers are urging the Biden administration to take action to protect Americans in response to new details of North Korean hackers targeting U.S. officials first reported by The Washington Times. The Washington Times stories: White House

Sports no sure respite from politics when title-winning athletes visit the White House

May 25, 2023 Athletes, Politics’, respite, titlewinning, House, from, visit, White, sure, sports0 comment

President Calvin Coolidge wasn’t as big a baseball fan as his wife, Grace. But even Silent Cal got swept up in the excitement of the Washington Senators’ unexpectedly successful season in 1924. After the team clinched the American League pennant, the players swung by the White House to shake hands and pose for pictures with Coolidge. The Washington Times stories: White House

Biden, McCarthy to meet at White House amid deadlock in debt limit talks

May 21, 2023 Limit, Meet, deadlock, McCarthy, Biden, Amid, House, debt, talks, White0 comment

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is to meet Monday with President Biden at the White House in hopes of forging a breakthrough on a deal to cut spending and raise the debt limit. The Washington Times stories: White House

VHA on track to meet 2023 staffing targets, but House lawmakers urge further hiring reforms

May 17, 2023 hiring, Further, 2023, staffing, House, urge, Lawmakers, Track, Meet, Targets, Reforms0 comment

Ongoing recruitment challenges for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ health care workforce are gaining more attention — and concerns — from Congress. The Veterans Health Administration is on track to reach its year-end target increase for its total number of employees. But problems persist in VHA’s hiring and onboarding processes, lawmakers on the House Veterans Affairs Committee said. “We all know that this is a crisis situation. It was a crisis before COVID. It’s a bigger crisis now. And we have to treat it accordingly and work on this in…

Biden invites McCarthy to White House for debt talks as new default deadline looms June 1

May 1, 2023 McCarthy, June, Deadline, Biden, House, debt, talks, White, Looms, Default, invites0 comment

President Biden reversed course Monday and invited House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders to the White House next week for talks, as the Treasury Department warned the U.S. could default on some of its bills as early as June 1. The Washington Times stories: White House