White House Probes Tracking Tech That Monitors Workers’ Productivity: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts White House probes tracking tech that monitors workers’ productivity: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts Kiplinger · May 19, 2023
McCarthy puts debt-limit talks on ‘pause’ as clock ticks down WASHINGTON — Debt-limit negotiations hit an impasse Friday as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy blamed the White House for resisting spending cuts, casting doubt on efforts in Washington to avert a catastrophic default. Tribune News Service · May 19, 2023
Republican says US debt-ceiling talks to resume Republican Leader McCarthy says deb cap negotiations will resume Friday evening after a pause that rattled markets. Al Jazeera · May 19, 2023
Republican debt-ceiling negotiators walk out of meeting, say White House ‘unreasonable’ House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s top debt-ceiling negotiators abruptly left a closed-door meeting with White House representatives soon after it began Friday morning, throwing into doubt the status of talks to avoid a US default. Tribune News Service · May 19, 2023
SC’s Tim Scott files to enter 2024 Republican presidential race U.S. Sen. Tim Scott formally entered the race for president Friday, filing paperwork with the Federal Election Commission declaring that he was beginning a White House campaign. Tribune News Service · May 19, 2023
DeSantis more likely to ‘double down’ than pivot as he enters presidential race Thomas Massie had been in Congress less than a year when a colleague approached him with a controversial plan. Rep. Ron DeSantis of Florida, himself a freshman, was urging Republican lawmakers on to the U.S. House floor to rail against a proposed Internet sales tax that had the strong support… McClatchy Washington Bureau · May 19, 2023
White House: "real differences" in debt talks Team Biden also wants to signal that a bipartisan compromise is still possible Axios · May 19, 2023
Debt talks resume after a snag as the country gets closer to a possible default Negotiators between the White House and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's team briefly paused talks on Friday. There's a little more than a week before the country runs out of money to pay its bills. WEKU · May 19, 2023
Trump’s White House lawyer predicts ex-president will end up in jail as Mar-a-Lago probe heats up Ty Cobb’s prediction came as it was revealed that the National Archives had found a trove of records allegedly proving the former president knew he shouldn’t have taken classified documents to Mar-a-Lago The Independent UK · May 19, 2023
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week Social media users shared a range of false claims this week The Independent UK · May 19, 2023
Negotiating with post-Trump Republicans is like dealing with a toddler’s tantrum While one side is happy to defecate on the floor, the other side has no choice but to clean up the mess The Guardian - US · May 19, 2023
Democrats, worried about a Biden-McCarthy deal, push a backup plan to avoid default Progressive Democratic lawmakers raised the alarm over comments Biden made earlier this week suggesting he's entertaining possible changes to federal safety net programs. WEKU · May 19, 2023
Martin Schram: Another master plan run amok As President Joe Biden’s Air Force One landed in Japan Wednesday for a carefully planned G7 summit, he had a world of problems on his mind: Tribune News Service · May 19, 2023
Chicago to work with Biden administration on plan to fight homelessness The White House on Thursday announced a two-year, multiagency federal partnership with Chicago aimed at curbing unsheltered homelessness, placing a federal official within city government to organize response plans and help coordinate sources for additional federal funding. Chicago Tribune · May 19, 2023
The Independent UK · May 18, 2023 White House vows more federal aid to reduce homelessness in 5 cities and California Five major U.S. cities and the state of California will receive federal help to get unsheltered residents into permanent housing
The Independent UK · May 18, 2023 Debt ceiling negotiators rushing for weekend deal, but much work remains Negotiators from the White House met over the debt limit with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s emissaries at the Capitol
Salon · May 18, 2023 Kevin McCarthy created this "crisis" At least Mitch McConnell admits the obvious: There will be no default, and everyone knows it. So WTF is going on?
The New Daily · May 18, 2023 Biden heads to Japan for G7, reassures Pacific allies US President Joe Biden has departed for Hiroshima to attend this year's Group of Seven summit.
Reuters · May 18, 2023 Biden will try to hold trilateral meeting with South Korean, Japanese leaders during G7 U.S. President Joe Biden will try to hold a trilateral meeting with South Korean and Japanese leaders on the sidelines of a summit of G7 leaders in Japan, White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on Wednesday.
The Independent UK · May 17, 2023 Who's who in the debt limit fight: Meet the four negotiators who could save the US from default President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are turning to a select group of negotiators to help broker a deal to increase the nation’s borrowing authority and avoid the economic carnage that would ensue if a deal is not reached soon
Roll Call · May 17, 2023 White House defends Biden’s travel to Japan amid debt talks - Roll Call President Joe Biden heads to Japan as debt talks continue, but faces Republican criticism for leaving the country.
Daily Mirror · May 17, 2023 Iran-Russia's lethal pact could have 'dire consequences' for US - and nuclear deal A security expert has spoken exclusively to The Mirror over the potential consequences Iran and Russia's military relationship will have on the US after the White House revealed Iran is supplying hundreds of drones to Moscow
The Independent UK · May 17, 2023 Biden says he’s ‘confident’ US won’t default on debt ‘America will not default,’ President Biden says
The Independent UK · May 17, 2023 Watch: Joe Biden addresses debt ceiling as deadline looms Watch as Joe Biden makes remarks in the Roosevelt room at the White House before departing for Japan to attend the G7 summit.
Axios · May 17, 2023 Biden admin pushing for Saudi-Israeli peace deal by end of year, officials say Jake Sullivan recently told MBS the U.S. thinks there is an opportunity to get a Saudi-Israeli deal by the end of the year.