White House under pressure to explain why it didn’t reveal documents discovery earlier
The White House is under mounting pressure to explain why the discovery of classified Biden documents was not immediately revealed to the public, with critics openly questioning if there was an intentional effort to keep the first find quiet in the lead up to the midterm elections. The first batch of documents were first discovered on Nov. 2, which was just six days away from the election. But the White House did not disclose the findings until after they were reported by CBS News earlier this week. “That’s your version of the case,” White House press secretary Kar
Read MoreHow McCarthy won: Inside one of the most dramatic weeks in the House
The four-day, 15-ballot floor fight over whether Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) should get his gavel was the culmination of weeks of tension bubbling up from the House GOP’s right flank. The threat to his Speakership first came into focus on election night, escalated through battles over House and GOP conference rules and ended with a whirlwind, late-night vote on the House floor. The Speakership fight illustrates fault lines in the party that could impact policymaking for years to come. Here’s how the Speaker fight went down. Election night
Read MoreRisk of prosecution on Biden, Trump docs differs due to cooperation
Two presidents. Two tranches of classified documents. Two special counsel investigations. But the similarities in the cases between President Biden and President Trump appear to take a sharp divide when it comes to important elements of the law prohibiting the mishandling of state secrets. Biden is under fire following revelations that since November, his staff has alerted authorities to classified docu
Read MoreJapan sells Tokyo as US linchpin of security against China, Russia
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit with President Biden is aimed at selling Tokyo as the linchpin of eastern security and a bulwark against Chinese and North Korean aggression. It’s part of a historic shift for the island nation, which has committed to growing its military and shirking off its pacifist policy that was self-imposed in the aftermath of World War II. Japan has also joined sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine war, though it has not provided lethal aid to Kyiv. “Japan has really broken out of the kind of postwar mold, i
Read MoreWhite House calls for debt ceiling hike 'without conditions'
The White House on Friday called for the debt limit to be raised without conditions, laying down a marker ahead of what is likely to be a bruising fight with House Republicans in the coming months. "We believe, when it comes to the debt limit, it has been done in a bipartisan way over the years and decades. And it should be done in a bipartisan way. And it should be done without conditions. That is important here,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. Jean-Pierre’s comments came shortly after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wrote to Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.)
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