#Biden names former Obama official who helped oversee Benghazi, Solyndra responses as next White House counsel

#Biden names former Obama official who helped oversee Benghazi, Solyndra responses as next White House counsel

President Biden on Tuesday named Ed Siskel as the new White House counsel, tapping the former Obama administration official for the role as the White House faces GOP investigations and legal challenges to multiple policies. Siskel previously served in the White House counsel’s office during the Obama administration, rising to the level of deputy counsel….

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#Why are Congress’s budget experts failing to address the rise of climate-related health care spending?

#Why are Congress’s budget experts failing to address the rise of climate-related health care spending?

Beyond its role of scoring the budgetary and economic effects of proposed legislation, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) independently publishes reports and working papers addressing more than two dozen topics intended, in part, to enhance the office’s transparency and encourage external review and comment. Under the topic of “climate and the environment,” the CBO has…

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#Georgia Trump indictment invokes justice for election workers

#Georgia Trump indictment invokes justice for election workers

Sprinkled throughout the sweeping Georgia indictment covering every aspect of former President Trump’s effort to overturn the state’s 2020 election are references to one woman: poll worker Ruby Freeman. The Fulton County election staffer was aiding in counting ballots in the state when she was singled out by Trump and his then-attorney Rudy Giuliani and…

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#Manchin claims both parties ‘villainize’ each other amid speculation about No Labels bid

#Manchin claims both parties ‘villainize’ each other amid speculation about No Labels bid

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) accused both parties of villainizing each other on Sunday, as the moderate Democrat continues to fuel speculation about a potential third-party White House bid with the bipartisan group No Labels. “If you’re a Democrat, they expect you to villainize every Republican. And if you’re a Republican, you should villainize the Democrats,”…

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