Feehery: McCarthy dealt with Jan. 6 select committee correctly
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) played the Jan. 6 committee exactly right. Here are six reasons why. 1) Nobody cares about the Jan. 6 committee. Sure, the inside the Beltway media cares, the liberal elite cares and the Democrats care (to a certain extent). This is especially the case following the Supreme Court’s Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision. Polls show that interest is low in the committee and its findings. The ratings have been horrific. As two Democratic members of Congress told Jonathan Swan of Axios, “nobody cares about Janua
Read MoreGen Z wants doctors to discuss food, housing, safety, survey finds
Story at a glance Researchers from the University of Michigan recently compiled a survey on the role of physicians and screening for social determinants of health. Researchers found that the overwhelming majority of survey respondents want health care providers to ask patients about access to food and housing. Over a
Read MoreUS, other G7 countries to acknowledge challenges posed by China
President Biden and U.S. allies will release a collective statement on Tuesday acknowledging challenges posed by China on workers, companies and national security, the White House announced at the Group of Seven (G7) Summit. The statement from countries representing more than 50 percent of the world economy is focused on strengthening cooperation on economic issues, cyberspace and quantum computing as well as the harms caused by China’s non-transparent, market-distorting industrial directives. A senior Biden administration official on Tuesday called the release “unpreced
Read MoreUS, allies to give $4.5B to address global food security
President Biden and international allies will contribute $4.5 billion to address global food security, the White House announced at the Group of Seven (G7) summit on Tuesday, with more than half of that commitment coming from the United States Biden will announce $2.76 billion in additional funding from the U.S. to help protect over 47 countries that are considered to have the world’s most vulnerable populations, and mitigate the impacts of the war in Ukraine on growing food insecurity and malnutrition. Up to 40 million more people could be pushed into poverty in 2022 as
Read MoreThe Hill's Morning Report — US, allies vow to back Ukraine ‘as long as it takes’
The Kremlin’s message to Western leaders posing in the Bavarian Alps on Monday during a Group of Seven summit was unmistakable: Russian forces shocked Ukrainians in an industrial city at the center of the country by turning a crowded shopping mall into a fireball with an artillery strike. The grinding war in Ukraine, which is heading toward its fifth month, shows no signs of ending, and there are no active diplomatic overtures in sight, even as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked
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