White House seeks to quell recession anxiety
The White House is scrambling to tamp down fears of a recession as high inflation and the Federal Reserve’s attempts to rein it in boost the risks of a downturn. President Biden and top administration officials have spent days attempting to reassure the American public that the U.S. economy is not destined to slip into recession. Despite growing alarm among consumers, business leaders and economists, the administration has signaled hopefulness in the economy’s resilience. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters on Tuesday that the U.S. is in a “mo
Read MoreVote on Biden ATF pick nears as gun reform talks yield fruit
The Senate is poised to confirm President Biden’s pick to head the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), a big moment for the White House after it had to pull its last nominee before the latest string of deadly mass shootings. Confirming Steve Dettelbach would be a victory for Biden, who has promised to be tough on guns but has waited on the sidelines as a bipartisan group of senators nails down a package on gun violence prevention that falls far short of Democratic goals. “The confirmation of Dettelbach will be a massive step forward on gun safety,”
Read MoreBiden can’t escape questions on his age
President Biden can’t escape questions about his age, a fact of life that’s causing uneasy Democrats to assess whether he can realistically run for reelection in 2024, when he will be 81 years old. Conversations that were once whispered in private are spilling out into the public amid angst over a potential drubbing for the party in this fall’s midterm elections and existential questions about its future two years later. Biden’s approval ratings haven’t recovered from a swoon late last summer, inflation is now sky high and worries are growing about a recession.
Read MoreSenators hail ‘bipartisan breakthrough’ on gun safety legislation
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Read MoreThe Memo: Republican state officials, ex-election worker scorch Trump over election lies
Three Republican state officials and a former Georgia elections worker combined to deliver a coruscating indictment of former President Trump during Tuesday’s hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. Each of the witnesses testified about the threats unleashed upon them as Trump and his team propagated false claims of election fraud in an effort to overturn President Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. They also emphasized, again and again, the failure of Trump and his allies to produce evidence to support those claims.
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