Kevin McCarthy Wants to Hold China Accountable. His Top Aide Lobbied for Alibaba.
Daniel Meyer still holds a six-figure stake in the government-linked “Amazon of China.”
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Biden Used Classified Documents Accusation Against Carter CIA Nominee
As a senator, Joe Biden helped kill President Jimmy Carter's CIA director nominee because he allegedly mishandled classified materials.
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Jim Jordan Is No Frank Church
House Republicans want to assume the mantle of one of the nation's most iconic investigative committees, but the differences are stark.
Inflation Is Slowing — Without the Higher Unemployment Larry Summers Said Was Necessary
New data shows the call for yearslong recession from monetary hawks like Summers has aged poorly.
House Rules Package Gives Democrats a Path to Averting a Debt Ceiling Crisis
Republicans preserved the discharge petition in the new rules package, allowing any bill with 218 votes to come to the floor — even one codifying Roe v. Wade.
Financial World Celebrates Slowing Wage and Employment Growth in New Jobs Report
In the debate over American workers’ welfare versus the Federal Reserve’s inflation-cooling rate hikes, the workers are losing.
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Biden’s Border Plan Drapes Trump Policies in Liberal Rhetoric
The U.S. border regime is cruel whether it is enforced by a president spewing racist slurs or one appealing to “safe and orderly processing."
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The GOP's Kevin McCarthy Debacle Is an Insurrection by Other Means
Two years after January 6, Republicans are still locked in a battle for personal political power.
Republican Freedom Caucus Pushes for New Committee to Investigate the Surveillance State
Democrats fear the committee on "Weaponization of the Federal Government" will become a partisan cudgel.
Kevin McCarthy Must Commit to Government Shutdown Over Raising Debt Ceiling, Says Freedom Caucus Holdout
Rep. Ralph Norman, a South Carolina Republican, said the debt ceiling fight is a “non-negotiable item.”