Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse and Dick Durbin demanded details from “court fixer” Leonard Leo and two billionaires who were featured in recent reporting on Justice Samuel Alito. A pair of Senate Democrats on Wednesday pressed Federalist Society co-chair Leonard Leo and two right-wing billionaires to provide a detailed accounting of all gifts and hospitality they’ve provided […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law on Saturday legislation that suspends the U.S. government’s debt limit through January 2025 and avoids a potentially disastrous default just days before the government runs out of cash to pay its bills. His signature came with two days to spare: the Treasury Department had said the government […]
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an agreement Sunday for a deal to increase the government’s borrowing limit and are urging Congress to approve the legislation to avoid a first-ever default. However, progressive Democratic lawmakers from the party’s ideological left and right-wing Republicans immediately voiced opposition Sunday to the deal […]
Top White House officials and Republican lawmakers were nearing a deal Thursday evening that would raise the debt limit for two years while also limiting federal spending on all but the military and veterans, according to news reports. If the deal can be agreed upon and enacted, it would raise the government’s borrowing limit for […]