White House COVID-19 Ashish Jha is set to leave his position next week after President Biden ended the public health emergency around the coronavirus as part of a pivot to normalcy. The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., “have finally backed off their idea that they won’t negotiate” on the debt ceiling, according to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. “They finally backed off the insane, un-rational, un-sensible idea that you just raise the debt ceiling,” McCarthy said at a joint press conference on Wednesday with Republican lawmakers in both the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate. “The president’s selected two individuals, the [Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young] and [counselor to the president Steve] Ricchetti, to sit down…
Read More...President Joe Biden met with Republican and Democrat leaders Tuesday to discuss the debt ceiling as the U.S. could “run out of cash” in less than a month. Biden met with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.; Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y. at the White House. Biden and McCarthy previously met on Feb. 1. “Nothing has changed since then. The only thing that has changed is the House has raised the debt ceiling and passed the bill. That’s why we…
Read More...Impeachment is the only recourse if a government whistleblower’s allegation that President Joe Biden was part of a bribery scheme is true, said Rep. Gary Palmer, R-Ala., chairman of the Republican Policy Committee. “You can’t prosecute a sitting president for crimes, so the only recourse—if this document exists, and we believe it does—is for the House to bring articles of impeachment,” Palmer told The Daily Signal in a phone interview Friday. Palmer stressed that members of Congress need to see an FBI document that the unnamed whistleblower says alleges a…
Read More...President Biden tore into House Republicans Wednesday over their proposed spending cuts, accusing them of risking economic devastation unless he caves to their “whacko notions” to raise the debt ceiling. The Washington Times stories: White House
Read More...President Biden credited his administration’s economic agenda for Friday’s strong jobs report, declaring the U.S. faces economic headwinds from a position of strength. The Washington Times stories: White House
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