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McCarthy’s next challenge: Passing rules he promised

The dust has barely settled from House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's historic battle to win the gavel, but the California Republican already faces a test of his leadership: passing the rules package that helped mollify his Republican opponents.

January 8, 2023

Trump claims credit for McCarthy winning speaker’s gavel

The victory lap came after Mr. McCarthy thanked the 2024 presidential candidate just minutes after the California Republican won the contentious battle for speaker on the 15th ballot that spanned over five days.

January 8, 2023

Jim Jordan previews military spending cuts, says ‘everything’ on table, including ‘woke’ policies

Rep. Jim Jordan, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus and the incoming chair of the Judiciary Committee, said Sunday that everything must be on table to cut in order to rein in federal spending -- including the Pentagon's budget and "all the 'woke' in our military."

January 8, 2023

Crenshaw apologizes for equating McCarthy holdouts to ‘terrorists’: ‘It’s clearly a turn of phrase’

The Texas Republican said he was frustrated but only meant it figuratively and was surprised his colleagues were offended.

January 8, 2023

Chip Roy warns McCarthy that GOP will ‘enforce’ deal to secure speakership

A House Republican who was one of the nearly two dozen holdouts who demanded concessions in order to vote for Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker warned Sunday that he and others plan to hold the California Republican to his word.

January 8, 2023

Axing Keystone XL pipeline cost thousands of jobs, billions of dollars, Energy Department says

President Biden's cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline that would have carried 800,000 barrels of oil per day from Canada to the Gulf Coast likely cost thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity, according to a new report from the Department of Energy.

January 6, 2023

McCarthy rebels received millions from McCarthy-aligned campaigns in past elections

All of the 21 House Republicans who voted against Kevin McCarthy in one of the 10 attempts to elect him speaker as of Thursday evening have individually benefited to the tune of thousands of dollars in recent elections from political groups tied to Mr. McCarthy.

January 5, 2023

Pennsylvania Dem Sen. Bob Casey, up for reelection in 2024, reveals cancer diagnosis

Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania revealed Thursday that he was diagnosed with prostate cancer in December and will undergo surgery in the coming months.

January 5, 2023

Michigan Sen. Debbie Stabenow won’t seek reelection, adding wrinkle to Dems’ tough 2024 map

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Michigan Democrat, said Thursday she won't seek reelection in 2024 after serving more than 25 years in Congress, making her party's path to keeping the chamber's majority more difficult.

January 5, 2023

Biden tax credits out of reach for Americans with lower incomes

Biden administration officials advertise their clean energy tax credits and rebates that kick in this year as major savings for Americans struggling with inflation, but they fail to mention it will cost a whole lot of green to qualify.

January 5, 2023

Kentucky fires warning shot at finance firms BlackRock, JPMorgan to drop ‘energy company boycotts’

In 2022, red states divested nearly $4.3 billion in public funds from investment giant BlackRock alone, which was one of the 11 firms placed on the Kentucky treasurer's blacklist.

January 3, 2023

Schumer promises bipartisanship, hopes next House speaker works with Dems

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer began a new session of Congress on Tuesday by vowing to reach across the aisle to achieve bipartisan victories but suggested the onus will be on House Republicans to compromise.

January 3, 2023

EPA reverses Trump-era rule to reinstate waterway regulations that GOP calls ‘overreaching’

The Biden administration finalized a rule to increase protection for small streams, wetlands and other waterways across the country. The move reverses a Trump-era regulation that federal courts threw out over fear of pollution.

January 3, 2023

Nuclear power catching the eyes of Silicon Valley’s tech billionaires for clean energy alternative

Venture capitalists from Silicon Valley and beyond are pouring investment money into nuclear power, an energy source that elected leaders and environmentalists are increasingly turning toward to combat climate change and achieve energy security.

January 3, 2023

Trump’s taxes: GOP defends ex-president amid warnings of ‘dangerous precedent’ set by Democrats

The top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee laid into Democrats on Sunday for releasing former President Donald Trump's tax returns after years of legal battles and just days before the GOP takes control of the House.

January 1, 2023

Democratic senator on regulating Big Tech: ‘Stop pretending they’re some little company’

Sen. Amy Klobuchar took aim at Big Tech on Sunday, saying that it's time Congress stop kicking the can on passing legislation to crack down on large social media companies.

January 1, 2023

Retiring Jan. 6 Republican says good riddance to Congress: ‘I’m not going to miss the job’

Rep. Adam Kinzinger, an Illinois Republican and member of the Jan. 6 committee who did not seek reelection after his district was redrawn, said Sunday he won't lose any sleep over no longer being a member of Congress.

January 1, 2023

Rep. Kevin Brady sounds off on release of Trump taxes: ‘Every American ought to be frightened’

While the private returns were obtained under powers afforded to Congress, Mr. Brady said the average American should still be concerned.

January 1, 2023

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson coy on 2024 presidential run, says it won’t be Trump

The former president, who announced shortly after the GOP's poor performance in the midterm elections in November, has come under increasing fire from critics in the Republican Party after having met with antisemitic figures.

January 1, 2023

Md. Gov.-elect Wes Moore: Dems should take patriotism from GOP

Mr. Moore suggested that investigating the frantic withdrawal of U.S. troops from abroad would be a waste of time and energy.

January 1, 2023