“Speaker McCarthy is wasting precious time catering to the hard, hard MAGA right,” said Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer. “The House Republicans are a total shit show.” So said Congressman Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) Thursday afternoon, just over a week away from a potential U.S. government shutdown, as the fractured House Republican Conference once again proved incapable of […]
U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday that lawmakers would launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, advancing an investigation concerning allegations that Biden had benefited from his son Hunter’s foreign business dealings. “These allegations paint a picture of a culture of corruption,” McCarthy told reporters. “We have found that President Biden […]
FIREWEED ROCK GLACIER — “I’ve been thinking of this stuff for the last 20 years,” says Adam Bucki. My friend, soon to be 50, was in his 20s the last time he stood on this massive pile of pointy rocks that oozes slowly downhill. Adam has returned to Alaska from his home in suburban Texas […]
“Voters have a message for Kevin McCarthy,” said one critic of the House speaker’s proposed fiscal commission: “Hands off Social Security and Medicare!” As House Republicans advance a budget proposal that one leading critic warns would “destroy Social Security as we know it,” a survey published Wednesday showed U.S. voters overwhelmingly oppose the creation of the fiscal […]