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Federal, Policy

GOP conservatives shutter House to protest McCarthy-Biden debt deal, setting up next budget brawl

June 7, 2023

Via: Federal News Network

In fallout from the debt ceiling deal, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is suddenly confronting a new threat to his power as angry hard-right conservatives bring the House chamber to a halt, reviving their displeasure over the compromise struck with President Joe […]


Federal, Policy

Supreme Court opened the door to states’ voting restrictions. Now a new ruling could widen them.

June 6, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

Within hours of a U.S. Supreme Court decision dismantling a key provision of the Voting Rights Act, Texas lawmakers announced plans to implement a strict voter ID law that had been blocked by a federal court. Lawmakers in Alabama said […]


Federal, Policy

After sailing through House on bipartisan vote, Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal now goes to Senate

June 1, 2023

Via: Federal News Network

Veering away from a default crisis, the House overwhelmingly approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, sending the deal that President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy negotiated to the Senate for swift passage in a matter of days, […]


Federal, Policy

IRS faces $20B cut from modernization fund under debt ceiling agreement

May 29, 2023

Via: Federal News Network

The IRS is facing substantial cuts to funds meant to rebuild its workforce and modernize its legacy IT systems over the next decade, as part of a deal to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a first-ever government default. The […]


Federal, Policy

Debt ceiling talks stuck on classic problem: Republicans demand spending cuts and Democrats resist

May 24, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

Debt ceiling negotiations are locked on a classic problem that has vexed, divided and disrupted Washington before: Republicans led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy want to roll back federal government spending, while President Joe Biden and other Democrats do not. […]


Federal, Policy

A Default on the U.S. Debt Would Be Far Worse Than a Government Shutdown. Here’s How.

May 22, 2023

Via: Government Executive

A U.S. default on its debt would have a significantly broader impact on federal operations, financial markets and the global economy than recent government shutdowns that have left ordinary Americans largely untouched. While the two have been confused frequently during […]


Federal, Policy

Biden campaign sees multiple ‘viable pathways’ to 2024 election win

May 18, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

President Joe Biden ‘s reelection campaign is vowing to hold the states that won him the White House in 2020 but also compete in places it lost like North Carolina and increasingly Republican-dominated Florida, providing what it says are “a […]


Federal, Policy

Biden scraps planned visit to Australia, Papua New Guinea to focus on debt limit talks

May 16, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

President Joe Biden said Tuesday he’s curtailing his upcoming trip to the Indo-Pacific, scrapping what was to be a historic stop in Papua New Guinea as well as a visit to Australia for a gathering with fellow leaders of the […]


Federal, Policy

US, Spain collaboration on migration looms large as Biden, Sánchez hold talks at White House

May 12, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

President Joe Biden and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez are set to hold talks Friday as their countries are collaborating along with Canada to establish migration hubs in Latin America where asylum seekers fleeing poverty and violence in their home […]


Federal, Policy

How those fleeing Ukraine inspired US border policies

May 9, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine, refugees from the threatened nation started showing up at Mexico’s border with the United States. Roughly 1,000 Ukrainians a day flew to Tijuana on tourist visas, desperate to reach U.S. soil. The volume was overwhelming […]


Federal, Policy

Biden will veto Republican-led clawback of unemployment funding, White House says

May 8, 2023

Via: FCW

President Joe Biden would veto a Republican proposal to clawback unobligated funds for unemployment modernization included in Democrats’ American Rescue Plan Act if it were to make it to his desk, the Office of Management and Budget said in a […]


Federal, Policy

Democrats pressure GOP on debt limit, spending cuts

May 4, 2023

Via: Federal News Network

Senate Democrats pressured Republicans on the debt ceiling impasse Thursday, focused in a hearing on what they say will be painful reductions in government services if a bill recently passed by the House becomes law. No one expects that the […]


Federal, Policy

US to open foreign centers in bid to stop migration surge

April 27, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

The Biden administration will open migration centers in Guatemala and Colombia for asylum seekers heading to the U.S.-Mexico border, in a bid to slow what’s expected to be a surge of migrants seeking to cross as pandemic-era immigration restrictions end, […]


Federal, Policy

House, Senate Republicans push for rules change to ban use of TikTok

April 17, 2023

Via: Fox News

Republican lawmakers called on House and Senate committee leaders to ban members of Congress from using TikTok for “official use” on Monday, arguing it could harm constituents. The 15 lawmakers, led by Sen. Tom Tillis, R-N.C., and Rep. Dan Crenshaw, […]


Defense, Federal, Industry, Policy

Biden says feds ‘getting close’ to finding classified document leaker

April 13, 2023

Via: Fox News

President Biden said Thursday that the U.S. is “getting close” to finding the person responsible for leaking Pentagon documents that the Department of Defense has described as containing “sensitive and highly-classified material.” “I can’t right now [give an update]. There […]


Federal, Policy

USPS reform law sought to ease financial burdens. A year later, what’s changed?

April 10, 2023

Via: Federal News Network

The Postal Service, after trying for more than a decade, finally convinced Congress last year to pass reform legislation, in the hopes of improving the agency’s long-term financial health. After USPS made it through the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic […]


Federal, Policy

Social Security Trustees Predict Benefit Cuts in 2033 without Congressional Action

April 3, 2023

Via: Government Executive

Social Security will no longer be able to pay full benefits in 2033, a year earlier than previously expected, according to a report released Friday. The updated projections, in the annual trustee report, mean that without action to stabilize the […]


Federal, Policy

Biden: GOP policies would surrender tech economy to China

March 28, 2023

Via: Washington's Top News

President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Republicans’ ideas for cutting the budget could undermine U.S. manufacturing and help China dominate the world economy. Speaking at a semiconductor maker in North Carolina to highlight his own policies, Biden is trying to […]


Federal, Policy

Canadian lawmakers laugh after Biden accidentally applauds China: ‘You can tell what I’m thinking’

March 24, 2023

Via: Fox News

President Biden accidentally commended China instead of Canada while praising the nation’s stance on migration on Friday. Biden made the gaffe during a speech at the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa while he was discussing U.S. immigration policies. “In the United […]


Federal, Policy

Fed facing a blurrier outlook as it meets to weigh rate hike

March 22, 2023

Via: Federal News Network

The Federal Reserve is grappling with a hazier economic picture, clouded by turmoil in the banking industry and still-high inflation, just as it meets to decide whether to keep raising interest rates or declare a pause. Most Fed watchers expect […]