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Powell’s debt-limit alarm echoes stealth lobbying effort in 2011

In the worst political showdown over the U.S. debt limit to date, a little-known former Treasury official in 2011 helped convince lawmakers that raising the ceiling was the only option. He’s back at it now, but from a much higher perch: chair of the Federal Reserve.

Tribune News Service

McCarthy defends giving out Jan. 6 tapes

"It almost seems like the press is jealous," McCarthy said.

Axios

McCarthy defends giving Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 trove access

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is defending his decision to give Fox News’ Tucker Carlson “exclusive” access to Jan. 6 security footage of the Capitol attack

The Independent UK

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GOP pushes to give Capitol security footage to Jan. 6 defendants

"Everyone accused of a crime in this country deserves due process."

Axios

Biden sketching dire picture of GOP desire to cut spending

President Joe Biden is aiming to use the leadup to the release of his proposed budget next week to sketch a dire picture of what could happen to U.S. health care if congressional Republicans have their way with federal spending

The Independent UK

More than three-quarters of voters in George Santos’ district say he should resign

A majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents want the embattled freshman Republican to resign

The Independent UK

Editorial: The House speaker plays a dangerous game by providing Tucker Carlson Jan. 6 surveillance footage

What does Kevin McCarthy think he’s playing at? The House speaker has given Fox News polemicist Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of U.S. Capitol security footage during the insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021. To anyone who believes in honest transparency and the safe functioning of our legislative branch,…

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Editorial: McCarthy gave Capitol footage to Carlson. Real journalists must have access too

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is supposed to work for the American people first and his party second. Fox News conspiracy-monger Tucker Carlson isn’t supposed to be anywhere on that list. McCarthy’s outrageous decision to give Carlson exclusive access to thousands of hours of Capitol security camera data that is generally…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Turning over unseen Jan. 6 video to Fox host Tucker Carlson is asking for trouble

If Carlson promotes a conspiratorial tale, the truth might never catch up in many people’s minds.

Chicago Sun-Times

Capitol Hill finds rare bipartisan cause in China – but it could pose problems

Experts fear this moment of agreement in Washington could escalate tensions with Beijing and increase the risk of conflict

The Guardian - US

Ukraine Parliament member urges U.S. to use Russian oligarchs' money as aid

Kira Rudik's comments come as lawmakers wrestle with the issue of continued assistance to Ukraine.

Axios

Patricia Murphy: Marjorie Taylor Greene completes her divorce from reality

They’d been on the rocks for a while, Marjorie Taylor Greene and the world most of us recognize as reality, where we sit in living rooms instead of green rooms and try to solve our problems instead of inflaming them.

Tribune News Service

Bipartisanship isn’t dead. Here’s what Congress might actually agree on

A banking bill for cannabis businesses. “Junk fee” curbs. Insulin price cuts. The U.S. Congress is bitterly divided, but in these niche areas, there’s hope for compromise.

Tribune News Service

Uproar as Fox News host Tucker Carlson gets Jan 6 videos

Speaker Kevin McCarthy has provided thousands of hours of tape to the Fox News host

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The Guardian - US

January 6 insurrection has proved an obsession for Fox News’s Tucker Carlson

Whatever the TV host claims the footage from Kevin McCarthy shows will be worth taking with a generous pinch of salt

The Guardian - US

Kevin McCarthy denounced for giving January 6 tapes to Fox News host

Republican House speaker says he promised to release footage of deadly attack as Democrats denounce release to Tucker Carlson

The Guardian - US

Democrats condemn McCarthy for handing Capitol attack footage to Tucker Carlson – as it happened

House Republican leader’s move ‘poses grave security risks’, Democrats say

Daily Record

ADVICE COLUMN: EK broker takes you through all the steps of securing new home

Kevin McCarthy from Mortgage Advice Bureau East Kilbride takes you through the process from securing funds to getting the keys

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Scott Perry battles DoJ over work with Trump allies to overturn 2020 election

The far-right congressman is invoking a constitutional clause that allows him to block access to his phone

WEKU

Democrats are warning against the release of Jan. 6 tapes to a Fox News host

After reports that Speaker Kevin McCarthy granted Fox News' Tucker Carlson access to the tapes, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed the move.

The Independent UK

New estimate U.S. could face default on debt by early June

A new estimate finds the U.S. could face an unprecedented default on its obligations as soon as early June if Congress does not act to lift the debt limit

Salon

McCarthy's sacrifice to the MAGA cult

His gift to Tucker Carlson is one of many capitulations to the far-right extremists in the party for Kevin McCarthy

Tribune News Service

Why do politicians weaponize Medicare? Because it works

The Medicare wars are back, and almost no one in Washington is surprised.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Kevin McCarthy lets Fox News’ Tucker Carlson look at Jan. 6 riot footage. Big mistake

In a news conference at the Capitol last month, a reporter asked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy if the videotapes of the Jan. 6 riot should be released to the public. “Yeah, I think the public should see what happened,” the California Republican said.

Salon

Alarm after Carlson lands Jan. 6 video

Critics fume after McCarthy hands footage of "domestic riot to only one member of an extremist media organization"

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