#McConnell lets an indicted Trump twist in the wind

#McConnell lets an indicted Trump twist in the wind

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) and his top deputies stayed silent Tuesday as former President Trump pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts, signaling how far they have diverged from their former ally. Many Republican senators blame Trump for the loss of the Senate majority and the disappointing performance of Senate Republicans last year….

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#Kevin McCarthy will meet Taiwan’s president with an eye on China

#Kevin McCarthy will meet Taiwan’s president with an eye on China

An expected meeting between Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen this week in California is a careful exercise in standing up to Beijing’s threats while holding back from triggering a war in the Pacific. For Tsai, a Los Angeles run-in with Washington’s most powerful California representative, is a convenient and strategic cover…

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#House Speaker vows to hold Bragg ‘and his unprecedented abuse of power to account’

#House Speaker vows to hold Bragg ‘and his unprecedented abuse of power to account’

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday vowed to hold Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg (D) “and his unprecedented abuse of power to account” after news broke that former President Trump has been indicted by a New York grand jury, the first time a sitting or former U.S. president has faced criminal charges. McCarthy argued Bragg “irreparably damaged…

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#GOP downplays importance of budget with debt ceiling looming

#GOP downplays importance of budget with debt ceiling looming

House Republicans are deemphasizing the importance of a GOP budget in the context of debt-ceiling talks, signaling their blueprint might not even be finalized until after the conference figures out its moves on raising the federal government’s borrowing limit. It’s a significant shift for the GOP that comes after hard-line lawmakers during the 15-ballot Speaker’s…

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