McCarthy’s Tucker Carlson decision ‘despicable,’ says Schumer
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday said that Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) decision to share security footage from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol exclusively with Fox News host Tucker Carlson as “despicable” and damaging to security. Asked whether he would share the security footage of the attack, some of which was aired publicly during former President Trump’s 2021 impeachment hearing and during the hearings of the House select Jan. 6 committee, would need to be reviewed by experts. “Look, I think what McCarthy did was despi
Read MoreMcConnell opposes defense cuts, calls for substantial increase
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Tuesday said Congress should not cut defense spending but instead increase it as necessary to meet threats posed by Russia and China. McConnell made clear that he does not favor freezing the Pentagon’s budget or slowing its growth to less than the rate of inflation as part of any deficit reduction package that House Republicans may attempt to attach to debt-limit legislation. The GOP leader, who attended the Munich Security Conference earlier this month, said the calculus on national security spending is changing and argu
Read MoreBiden to nominate Julie Su for Labor secretary post
President Biden on Tuesday nominated Deputy Labor Secretary Julie Su to be his next secretary of Labor, potentially making her the first Asian American member of his Cabinet. Su would replace Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, who left the administration to lead the National Hockey League Players’ Association. He was the first Cabinet secretary in the line of succession to leave his post since the start of the Biden administration. Su, the former California labor secretary, was confirmed by the Senate to serve as deputy Labor secretary in a vote along party lines in July, 2021
Read MoreSupreme Court's conservatives cast doubt on student loan forgiveness program
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Read MoreTucker Carlson Jan. 6 tapes subject to security review, Republicans say
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