McConnell: Debt limit deal up to McCarthy and Biden
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday told reporters he will not take the lead in debt limit negotiations with the White House and said any bill to avoid a national default later this year will have to originate in the Republican-controlled House. While McConnell cut a deal with Senate Democrats to allow them to move a debt limit increase around a potential GOP filibuster in the fall of 2021 and negotiated another deal to end the 2011 debt limit impasse, he told reporters he doesn’t plan to play that role again. “You’re probably wondering wha
Read MoreGeorgia DA notes 'imminent' charging decisions in seeking to shield grand jury report
A Georgia prosecutor investigating whether former President Trump and his allies broke any laws as they sought to influence the outcome of the 2020 election has asked a judge to keep sealed a grand jury report detailing the probe, saying charging decisions for multiple people “are imminent.” The probe, led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis (D), comes after Trump’s call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) shortly before Jan. 6, 2021, asking him to “find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have.” The report is expected to include recomme
Read MoreSpartz won't support McCarthy in denying Omar seat on Foreign Affairs committee
Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-Ind.) said she will not support Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) effort to deny Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) a seat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, making matters more difficult for the GOP leader as he looks to follow through on his pledge to not seat the congresswoman on the panel. Spartz also said she opposes McCarthy’s vow to block Reps. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) from the House Intelligence Committee. But while McCarthy has the power to unilaterally block Schiff and Swalwell from the Intelligence Committee, u
Read MoreClassified documents found at Pence's Indiana home
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Read MoreManchin doesn't rule out White House bid: 'Everything's on the table'
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) is weighing his options ahead of 2024, leaving open the possibility of a presidential bid. Manchin told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that while he has no plans to run for West Virginia governor — a job he already held from 2005 until 2010 — “everything’s on the table” when it comes to his next political move. “I haven’t made a decision what I’m going to do in 2024,” Manchin said. “I’ve got two years ahead of me now
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