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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.

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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

Salon

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.

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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

The Independent UK

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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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is having a moment. What does it mean?

The Georgia congresswoman is positioning herself as a bridge between mainstream Republicans and the party's right flank in Washington.

WEKU

Jonathan Bernstein: C-SPAN won’t solve your democracy problem, America

The one part of Speaker Vote Week that received rave reviews was C-SPAN’s wall-to-wall coverage, with cameras showing live scenes of lawmakers interacting on the House floor. Normally, when the House is in session it controls the cameras that feed into C-SPAN and other news outlets. But without a speaker…

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How McCarthy’s speaker deals will cause ‘cannibalistic brawl among extremists’

The deals struck between Kevin McCarthy and the far-right House Freedom Caucus will give the most conservative figures considerable power

The Guardian - US

House GOP seizes on Biden docs as new attack line

The GOP-led House Judiciary Committee has already launched an investigation into Biden's handling of the records.

Axios

George Santos a ‘bad guy’ who did ‘bad things’ but should not be forced out, top Republican says

New York congressman’s résumé is largely fiction and campaign finance questions abide but support is vital for speaker McCarthy

The Guardian - US

“This is just hypocrisy”: Members of Congress react to Biden document probe

“We have a lot of questions for the National Archives," Rep. James Comer said.

Axios

McCarthy may be speaker, but Trump is the real leader of House Republicans

After Trump’s pick for speaker narrowly won, what sway will the former president hold over Congress’s Republican majority?

The Guardian - US

Heated speaker contest shows high stakes of Rep. Tom Emmer's U.S. House leadership role

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer spent the longest speaker election in more than a century trying to mend a bitter divide within the Republican Party.

Tribune News Service

The U.S. could hit its debt ceiling within days. Here's what you need to know.

The U.S. is expected to hit its debt ceiling Thursday, forcing the Treasury to take "extraordinary measures" to pay off its bills. A political stalemate could lead to an unprecedented federal default.

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Here's what we know about the classified documents found at Biden's home and office

The fast-moving revelations have placed the president under the investigation of a special counsel and ignited Republican criticism. The White House said on Saturday that more documents were found.

The Guardian - US

How will Biden handle a hostile Republican House and what does it mean for 2024?

As Republicans threaten to ensnare the president in investigations and legislative brinkmanship, Biden is touting bipartisanship

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US President Biden to give State of the Union speech in February

Biden will likely push for bipartisanship as he faces an empowered Republican majority in House of Representatives.

The Guardian - US

Democrats plan defense as Republicans ramp up investigations into president and Hunter Biden – as it happened

House judiciary committee Republicans announce their own investigation into president’s classified documents

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Biden to deliver State of the Union on Feb. 7 after accepting McCarthy’s ‘kind invitation’

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will deliver the State of the Union address to the newly divided government on Feb. 7 after the new Republican speaker extended a formal invitation.

Reason

Cutting Government Back to Last Year's Size Shouldn't Be 'Impossible' or 'Severe'

Taking stock of the utterly unserious fiscal policy discourse in Washington.

The Independent UK

McCarthy invites Biden for Feb. 7 State of the Union speech

President Joe Biden plans to deliver his second State of the Union address on Feb. 7

Salon

GOP wants to expunge Trump impeachment

Legal experts ripped McCarthy's "outrageous" suggestion that the House GOP can clear Trump's record

The Independent UK

Biden to deliver State of the Union address on 7 February

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre says President Biden is looking “forward to delivering the State of the Union address on Tuesday February 7”

The Independent UK

White House sounds alarm on GOP ‘malfeasance’ after Treasury warns of approaching debt limit

The Treasury Secretary says a ‘failure to meet the government’s obligations’ would end up doing ‘irreparable harm to the US economy, the livelihoods of all Americans, and global financial stability’

Los Angeles Times

For ultraconservatives in McCarthy’s red California district, speaker drama in D.C. was welcome

HANFORD, Calif. — At an Elks Lodge in the Central Valley, Larry Faria stood before a grassroots conservative group called the 1776 Sons of Liberty and asked for a show of hands.

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