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White House says McCarthy debt limit plan will ‘devastate’ economy

The White House on Thursday dismissed House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's proposal to increase the debt limit and cut government spending, accusing the California Republican of "holding the American economy hostage."

April 20, 2023

Biden says he won’t cave to GOP’s ‘wacko notions’ on debt ceiling

President Biden tore into House Republicans Wednesday over their proposed spending cuts, accusing them of risking economic devastation unless he caves to their "whacko notions" to raise the debt ceiling.

April 19, 2023

Biden to escalate rhetoric over debt ceiling plan, rebuke Republicans

President Biden will sharply rebuke House Republicans on Wednesday, accusing them of holding the U.S. economy hostage by demanding spending cuts in exchange for a debt ceiling deal.

April 19, 2023

Biden says child care plan won’t involve new spending

President Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday directing federal agencies to find ways to make care for children and the elderly cheaper and more accessible, a move aimed at boosting the president's popularity ahead of a 2024 reelection bid.

April 18, 2023

President Biden aims to boost child care, but GOP wary about cost

President Biden on Tuesday will sign an executive order intended to expand access to child care as well as reduce its costs, although White House officials did not put a price tag on the plan.

April 18, 2023

FBI arrests two in connection with secret Chinese ‘police station’ in New York

The FBI arrested two New York residents Monday on charges of acting as agents of the People's Republic of China by operating a clandestine police station in Manhattan and using it to monitor and intimidate Chinese dissidents.

April 17, 2023

Judge rejects Trump’s request to delay trial in rape accuser’s lawsuit

A federal judge in New York on Monday rejected former President Donald Trump's request to delay a trial over whether he defamed writer E. Jean Carroll when he denied accusations that he raped her.

April 17, 2023

White House threatens to veto GOP bill that would ban transgender women from sports

The White House on Monday threatened to veto a House Republican bill that would bar transgender women and girls nationwide from competing in female sports.

April 17, 2023

White House invokes Reagan, Trump to slam McCarthy’s debt-ceiling plan

The White House on Monday cited examples of Democrats working with Republican Presidents Trump and Reagan to condemn House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's Wall Street pitch for his plan to address the debt ceiling.

April 17, 2023

Clinton rape accuser dismayed by the left’s lauding of Stormy Daniels

Juanita Broaddrick, who accused Bill Clinton of raping her in 1978, is troubled by the dismissive treatment she has received from liberal news media compared with its embrace of pornography actress Stormy Daniels, who has been lauded as a "feminist hero" for her legal tangle with former President Donald Trump.

April 7, 2023

Kamala Harris meeting with expelled lawmakers in Tennessee

Vice President Kamala Harris is planning to stop in Nashville, Tennessee, to meet with two Democratic state lawmakers expelled from the Republican-controlled General Assembly after participating in a gun-control protest in the chamber.

April 7, 2023

Biden condemns Tennessee House for expelling two Democrats over gun protest

President Biden on Thursday condemned Tennessee's Republican-controlled House of Representatives for expelling two Democratic lawmakers after they participated in a gun-control protest in the chamber.

April 6, 2023

House Judiciary Committee subpoenas former prosecutor in Manhattan DA’s Trump probe

The House Judiciary Committee on Thursday issued a subpoena demanding congressional testimony from Mark Pomerantz, a former prosecutor in Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office who worked on the hush money probe of former President Donald Trump.

April 6, 2023

DOJ ‘inadvertently’ hid evidence in case of FBI agent accused of colluding with Russia

The Justice Department acknowledged Thursday that it "inadvertently" withheld evidence from defense attorneys representing a former top FBI official who was involved in the Trump-Russia collusion investigation and is now charged with conspiring with Russia to violate U.S. sanctions.

April 6, 2023

Felony elevations weaken Bragg’s case against Trump; DA vague on further crime

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's historic 34 felony charges against former President Trump hinge on dubious legal theories that critics say make it an extraordinarily weak case.

April 5, 2023

Unsealed indictment describes 34 felony counts against Trump for falsifying business records

The indictment unsealed Tuesday against former President Donald Trump charged him with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records for his role in paying $310,000 in hush money to silence three individuals who threatened to come forward with salacious stories, including allegations of sexual encounters with Mr. Trump.

April 4, 2023

Trump pleads not guilty at arraignment to 34 felony counts; first former president to be arrested

Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday in front of a New York state judge to 34 felony charges of falsifying business records as he became the first ex-president in history to be arrested, in a prosecution hotly challenged by Mr. Trump and his lawyers as a partisan probe.

April 4, 2023

Trump under arrest ahead of court arraignment

In a historic moment, former President Donald Trump became the first current or former commander in chief to be placed under arrest when he arrived at the Manhattan district attorney's office Tuesday.

April 4, 2023

Marco Rubio on Trump indictment: ‘We are going to regret this day for a long time’

Sen. Marco Rubio took to social media Tuesday warning that the arrest and indictment of former President Trump is reaching a point of no return.

April 4, 2023

Sen. Hyde-Smith endorses Trump hours before his arraignment

Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith announced her endorsement of former President Donald Trump for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on Tuesday, hours before he was set to be arraigned on criminal charges.

April 4, 2023