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The Latest Breaking News from Kevin McCarthy

Fury as MAGA extremists score committees

"I know it was you," Rep. Vern Buchanan fumed at McCarthy after he lost out on chairmanship

Salon

Biden-McConnell: personally mismatched, professionally bound

By temperament and manner, Joe Biden and Mitch McConnell are decidedly mismatched

The Independent UK

Far-right Republicans Greene and Gosar restored to House committees

Greene will sit on House homeland security committee, Gosar on natural resources and both on oversight

The Guardian - US

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First Thing: Ukraine’s interior minister killed in helicopter crash

Denys Monastyrskiy and officials, as well as children, among dead after crash outside Kyiv. Plus, meteorologists describe what it’s like to have a front row seat to the climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

Commentary: The US can afford a defense spending cut

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy had to beg, plead and deal to get his current job. One of the agreements struck on the House floor with the most conservative faction of the Republican caucus was a promise to keep the next spending bill at levels that were agreed to in fiscal…

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: If McCarthy won’t defend the global economy, Biden and Yellen must

Fast forward to this fall. Americans are thinking about Halloween costumes or how their kids are faring in the new school year, but one more pressing and widespread concern occupies the nation’s minds: the collapsing global economy, which has been spinning out with no signs of slowing, leading to heavy…

Tribune News Service

US-China officials to meet on economy, aim to ease tension

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is set to sit down with her Chinese counterpart in Switzerland on Wednesday

The Independent UK

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George Santos reportedly to be seated on two House committees

The New York fabulist has been assigned to the small business and the science, space and technology committees

The Guardian - US

GOP hardliners reap benefits of McCarthy speaker deal

The plum postings for Republican rebels fulfill a key concession McCarthy made.

Axios

New Rep. George Santos gets 2 House committee

assignments

Newsday

White House says no debt bargaining as McCarthy urges talks

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy called on Democrats to engage in talks with Republicans over a fiscal plan including an increase in the federal debt limit, while the White House reiterated its rejection of such negotiations, highlighting the risk of a market-rattling battle over the ceiling later this year.

Tribune News Service

‘Outrageous’: George Santos assigned to two House committees despite fabricated resume, investigations and calls to resign

He joins small business and space committees, which critics joked was a great get for a ‘successful entrepreneur and astronaut’ like the embattled GOP congressman

The Independent UK

McCarthy calls for immediate negotiations on budget, debt limit

Tribune News Service

EXPLAINER: How ominous is the debt limit problem?

The federal government is on the brink of hitting its legal borrowing limit on Thursday

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - US

White House says Republicans have ‘zero credibility’ over Biden documents case – as it happened

House Republicans are seeking to embarrass president over retention of papers from time as vice-president

Tribune News Service

McCarthy criticized for turning a blind eye on Rep. George Santos' lies

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is taking heat for claiming he “had a few questions” about the resume of Rep. George Santos while insisting the serial liar should not be forced out of office.

Salon

MTG & Boebert rage in House restroom

The two MAGA lawmakers were "nearly in a screaming match" over Kevin McCarthy, The Daily Beast reports

Roll Call

Parties dig in for protracted fight over debt ceiling - Roll Call

Top House Republicans want to talk to President Joe Biden about the debt ceiling, but Democrats are in no mood to negotiate.

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The Independent UK

Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene got into heated fight in the bathroom during speaker vote

The two former allies have made a dramatic split in the past year

The Independent UK

Kevin McCarthy gives awkward response to claims George Santos staffer impersonated his aide

Santos faces calls to resign from several Republicans, but none in leadership

Tribune News Service

White House, House GOP take aim at Big Tech, but see different targets

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Republican lawmakers last week launched yet another effort to confront thorny issues relating to Big Tech and social media platforms that have bedeviled previous administrations and Congress, but the path to progress this time around is just as murky.

Salon

Fascists in the House: Danger is real

As Biden honored the heroes of Jan. 6 at the White House, their temporary victory became a mockery on Capitol Hill

Roll Call

White House, House GOP take aim at Big Tech, but see different targets - Roll Call

President Biden and House Republicans are both eyeing legislation on Big Tech, but they part ways on what should be done.

The Independent UK

GOP Rep. Banks jumps into race for open Indiana Senate seat

Congressman Jim Banks of Indiana is launching a campaign for the U.S. Senate seat being given up by fellow Republican Mike Braun

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Shining a brighter light on federal spending bills

The White House drove the country into an inflation mess because it refused to listen to economists and others who predicted the administration’s massive multitrillion-dollar spending spree would overheat the economy. Next time — let’s hope there isn’t a next time, but … — such willful ignorance may be more…

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