House GOP struggles over budget ideas
House Republicans are struggling to unify as the party tries to hash out a cost-cutting budget strategy, creating headaches for Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as he launches high-stakes talks with President Biden over raising the debt limit. Republicans charged into the year newly energized with their House majority, and all factions of the conference say they want to take concrete steps to rein in federal spending. But that's about where the agreement ends. Defense hawks are fighting to maintain — or even increase — military spending
Read MoreGroups file ethics complaint over Sinema’s alleged use of staff
More than a dozen activist groups, including several based in Arizona, have filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee asking for an investigation into media reports that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) required her Senate staff to run personal errands such as grocery shopping and getting her home internet fixed. Sinema’s spokeswoman has denied the allegations, which stem from a 37-page document that The Daily Beast reported about in December, was intended to guide aides who personally staff Sinema and set her schedule. The document, which emerged sho
Read MoreFlorida Democrats fight to reclaim political relevance
Florida Democrats are scrambling to claw their way back from the brink of irrelevance after an unsparingly brutal midterm election cycle that saw some of the last vestiges of the party’s power in the Sunshine State slip away. Their challenges are steep. The Florida Democratic Party, now without a chair, has been mired in financial and organizational struggles for years. Republicans now hold supermajorities in both chambers of the state legislature, and for the first time since Reconstruction, there’s not a single Democrat in statewide office. Democratic leaders in the st
Read MoreMemphis police chief ran aggressive force similar to Scorpion unit while in Atlanta: report
Memphis Police Chief Cerelyn Davis reportedly oversaw a street crime unit in Atlanta that, similar to the now defunct Scorpion unit implicated in the death of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols, was eventually disbanded amid public backlash over its aggressive tactics, according to
Read MoreBiden, Harris to announce funding for lead pipe removal in Philadelphia
President Biden and Vice President Harris on Friday will announce $500 million in federal funding for the Philadelphia to upgrade its water system as part of a broader government effort to remove and replace lead pipes. Biden and Harris will visit the Belmont Water Treatment Plant to detail the new investments, a White House official said. They will announce $160 million will be allocated from the 2021 bipartisan infrastructure law to upgrade water facilities and replace 20 miles of lead service lines, with an additional $340 million coming through a loan from the Environmental Pr
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