#Biden signs bill to raise debt ceiling

#Biden signs bill to raise debt ceiling

President Biden on Saturday signed legislation to raise the debt ceiling into 2025 and avert a default, marking a significant bipartisan accomplishment amid divided government in Washington, D.C. The president signed the bill just days before Treasury officials warned the department would run out of money to pay the nation’s bills, potentially triggering a recession…

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#DeSantis looks to peel off evangelical vote from Trump

#DeSantis looks to peel off evangelical vote from Trump

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is seeking to peel away evangelical Christian support from former President Trump as the group is set to play a pivotal role in the 2024 Republican primary. The competition for the voting bloc was on full display this week in Iowa, where DeSantis held his campaign launch at Eternity Church in…

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#Greene flips on public release of Jan. 6 tapes, claims it could ‘put the security of the Capitol at risk’

#Greene flips on public release of Jan. 6 tapes, claims it could ‘put the security of the Capitol at risk’

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) has changed her position on the public release of the tapes documenting the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, warning Friday that their release could “put the security of the Capitol at risk.”  Greene said in an interview on the right-wing channel Real America’s Voice that releasing the video footage publicly would…

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#DeSantis shouts down heckler at South Carolina rally

#DeSantis shouts down heckler at South Carolina rally

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) shouted down a heckler who called him a “fascist” at a presidential campaign rally in South Carolina on Friday. As DeSantis talked about parents’ rights in education, a woman in the crowd in Lexington, S.C., shouted, “What about the parents’ rights to health care, to their kids’ health care? You’re…

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#Political winners and losers from the debt ceiling drama 

#Political winners and losers from the debt ceiling drama 

Congress has sent legislation to raise the debt ceiling to President Biden, ending a months-long saga that brought the U.S. days away from a possible default.  The legislation was the product of months of gamesmanship between Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), culminated by furious negotiations and an aggressive effort by leaders in both parties to…

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