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Jackie Calmes: Why is the climate on the table in the debt ceiling fight?

Lost amid all the attention to the partisan standoff over raising the nation's debt limit is the insanity of a big part of the Republicans' bargaining position: Many of the savings they demand in return for a higher debt ceiling would come from killing the landmark clean energy initiatives President…

Los Angeles Times · May 19, 2023

Noah Feldman: Biden has no power to unilaterally raise the debt ceiling

If Congress fails to raise the debt limit, can President Joe Biden somehow borrow more money to save the United States from default? The short answer is no. But that hasn’t stopped a group of Senate Democrats from urging Biden to act unilaterally by invoking the Fourteenth Amendment.

Tribune News Service · May 19, 2023

Michael Hiltzik: Conservative attacks on abortion depend on a law that courts have snubbed for 100 years

Nothing reflects that show-stopping lyric "everything old is new again" like the tactics of the antiabortion movement — specifically, its reliance on a long-discredited 1873 law to eviscerate women's healthcare rights in the modern age.

Los Angeles Times · May 19, 2023

George Santos accused of scamming fellow GOP candidates in fraud scheme

The New York congressman is now under federal indictment

The Independent UK · May 19, 2023

LA Council approves Bass’ $13 billion budget, greenlighting plan to hire 1,000 cops

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council signed off on Mayor Karen Bass’ plan for expanding the Police Department on Thursday, approving a budget that calls for the hiring of about 1,000 officers over the next fiscal year and record spending to fight homelessness.

Los Angeles Times · May 19, 2023

Former FBI employees testify on GOP politicization claims after losing clearances

Several FBI employees accused the bureau of politicization in congressional testimony Thursday, a day after the agency announced two of them had seen their security clearances revoked over concerns about how their views of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capital attack affected their work

The Independent UK · May 19, 2023

Democratic tensions rise as Biden narrows debt ceiling talks

"There are going to be a lot of Democrats in a really uncomfortable position."

Axios · May 18, 2023

Supreme Court brushes aside issue on border policy challenge

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered that a request by Republican officials to join litigation over pandemic-era asylum restrictions be dismissed, one week after the contested border policy was lifted.

Tribune News Service · May 18, 2023

Dianne Feinstein’s office confirms health complications are broader than previously known

Health of top Democrat has been major subject of concern

The Independent UK · May 18, 2023

GOP border bill expanded to stiffen penalty for human smuggling, create border-crossing crime

State Sen. Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury, tacks two of his stalled bills onto legislation that would create a border police unit and increase state spending in border communities.

The Texas Tribune · May 18, 2023