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McCarthy, Biden to meet in hopes of avoiding debt limit debacle

WASHINGTON — When Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., meets President Joe Biden on Wednesday to discuss the debt limit, there are some structural advantages in favor of emerging from the fight this summer without tanking financial markets that didn’t exist in 2011, a similar moment in U.S. political history.

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McCarthy, Biden to meet in hopes of avoiding debt limit debacle - Roll Call

Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Joe Biden could actually have a chance to avoid a fiscal crisis this summer.

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Biden, McCarthy, once breakfast mates, wrangle over US debt

Not long ago, Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy used to have breakfast together in the then-vice president’s home

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Biden faces GOP debt showdown with bitter memory of 2011 crisis

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden was there in 2011 when Democrats tried to negotiate the type of broad deficit-reduction plan that GOP lawmakers are once again demanding as a condition of raising the federal debt ceiling.

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Editorial: If Kevin McCarthy is serious about protecting the economy, he’d raise the debt ceiling

After he was elected speaker on the 15th ballot, Kevin McCarthy promised that the U.S. House under Republican leadership would protect the national economy, saying that the party was committed to “stop wasteful Washington spending, to lower the price of groceries, gas, cars, housing, and stop the rising national debt.”

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The evolution of Mitch McConnell

We're seeing shift in strategy for a man who was Democrats' chief foil for more than a decade.

Axios

Chao fires back at Trump's racist attack

Mitch McConnell’s wife slammed Trump's repeated insults amid high-profile shootings targeting Asian Americans

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Elaine Chao responds to Trump’s barrage of racist attacks

The former president has faced criticism from AAPI groups for loaded rhetoric amid a rise in anti-Asian violence

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US will send dozens of Abrams tanks to Ukraine, Biden announces

US president says the new military aid underscores Washington’s ‘enduring commitment’ to Kyiv against Moscow’s invasion.

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McConnell says debt-ceiling solution hinges on McCarthy, Biden

WASHINGTON — Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says it’s up to President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to avert a catastrophic debt default later this year.

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Mike Pence’s lawyer finds 12 classified documents at ex-vice president’s Indiana home

A lawyer for former Vice President Mike Pence found 12 classified documents in a search of his Indiana home in the latest bombshell related to mishandling of secret information by officials.

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McConnell says McCarthy should take the lead on negotiating the debt ceiling standoff

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has placed the onus on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to negotiate a debt ceiling solution with the White House.

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Biden to meet with Democratic leaders as debt showdown looms

President Joe Biden will host the Democratic congressional leaders at the White House

The Independent UK

Trump invokes another racist attack on his transportation secretary, baselessly linking her to Biden documents

Trump has repeatedly and baselessly tied Elaine Chao to China as he rails against her husband Mitch McConnell

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Senators urge Biden to greenlight tanks for Ukraine - Roll Call

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle urged the Biden administration to send tanks to Ukraine amid reports that Germany had decided to do so.

The Independent UK

Debt ceiling: 2011 showdown leaves lessons for Biden, GOP

Lessons learned from the debt ceiling standoff more than a decade ago are rippling through Washington

The Independent UK

Pete Ricketts sworn in as Nebraska senator, replacing Sasse

Former Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts was sworn into the U.S. Senate on Monday, replacing Republican Sen. Ben Sasse as the Senate returns from several weeks of recess and begins a new session of closely-divided government

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Senate swears in newest member Pete Ricketts

WASHINGTON — Pete Ricketts had less than three weeks between his old job and his new one a thousand miles away. The former governor of Nebraska was sworn in to the Senate on Monday, raising his right hand as the chamber returned to start the year’s work in earnest.

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Senate swears in newest member Pete Ricketts - Roll Call

Ricketts had less than three weeks between his old job and his new one. The former Nebraska governor was sworn in as a senator on Monday.

The Independent UK

GOP investigations of Biden to test Chairman Comer’s power

Rep. James Comer has a balancing act ahead of him as the new chairman of the powerful House Oversight and Accountability Committee

The Guardian - US

Kevin McCarthy’s debt ceiling standoff is yet more Republican madness

The new House speaker is just a small man, talking a big game, taking a long walk off a short pier

The Independent UK

Biden-McConnell: Personally mismatched, professionally bound

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

The Independent UK

Biden-McConnell: personally mismatched, professionally bound

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

Axios

The battle over MLK's words

The divided nation uses King's words about colorblindness differently — and often incorrectly.

Al Jazeera

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.

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