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Scott Perry battles DoJ over work with Trump allies to overturn 2020 election

The far-right congressman is invoking a constitutional clause that allows him to block access to his phone

The Guardian - US

Democrats are warning against the release of Jan. 6 tapes to a Fox News host

After reports that Speaker Kevin McCarthy granted Fox News' Tucker Carlson access to the tapes, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer slammed the move.

WEKU

New estimate U.S. could face default on debt by early June

A new estimate finds the U.S. could face an unprecedented default on its obligations as soon as early June if Congress does not act to lift the debt limit

The Independent UK

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McCarthy's sacrifice to the MAGA cult

His gift to Tucker Carlson is one of many capitulations to the far-right extremists in the party for Kevin McCarthy

Salon

Why do politicians weaponize Medicare? Because it works

The Medicare wars are back, and almost no one in Washington is surprised.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Kevin McCarthy lets Fox News’ Tucker Carlson look at Jan. 6 riot footage. Big mistake

In a news conference at the Capitol last month, a reporter asked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy if the videotapes of the Jan. 6 riot should be released to the public. “Yeah, I think the public should see what happened,” the California Republican said.

Tribune News Service

Alarm after Carlson lands Jan. 6 video

Critics fume after McCarthy hands footage of "domestic riot to only one member of an extremist media organization"

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McCarthy gives Carlson access to 1/6 footage, raising alarms

Thousands of hours of surveillance footage from the attack on the U.S. Capitol are being made available to Fox News host Tucker Carlson

The Independent UK

Jeffries rips McCarthy for "egregious security breach" over Jan. 6 footage

Jeffries said his team is dealing with the potential national security implications.

Axios

US Lawmakers Call On The Biden Administration To Block A UN Resolution Backing Palestine

Lawmakers pressure the Biden administration to veto a prospective PA-backed resolution at the UNSC condemning Israel

Zenger

Palestinian Authority Shelves Anti-‘settlements’ UN Resolution Amid Pressure

US affirms to a two-state solution with both Israel & Palestine as Congress urges to vote against the resolution in the UNSC.

Zenger

Democrats assail Fox News’ possession of Jan. 6 Capitol video

WASHINGTON — Tucker Carlson’s access to unpublicized footage of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection is an “egregious security breach” by Republicans, the House’s top Democrat says.

Tribune News Service

McCarthy gives Tucker Jan. 6 footage

Jan. 6 committee members raised "significant security concerns" over the release

Salon

Border, Bidens, COVID: House GOP casts wide net in probes

House Republicans are launching far-reaching investigations as part of their oversight agenda of the Biden administration

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The Independent UK

Kevin McCarthy gives trove of unreleased Jan 6 footage to Tucker Carlson

New House Speaker previously said footage should be released publicly

Axios

Exclusive: Kevin McCarthy gives Tucker Carlson access to massive trove of Jan. 6 riot tape

Exclusive: Carlson producers were on Capitol Hill last week to begin digging through the trove, which includes multiple camera angles from all over Capitol grounds.

Tribune News Service

Conservatives use abortion strategies in fight over transgender care

WASHINGTON — Republicans hoping to elevate conservative messaging about health care and services for transgender individuals have followed the same playbook that they used to advance anti-abortion legislation: starting in the states, focusing initially on minors.

The Independent UK

Drama of McCarthy's election may open House to more cameras

Since the drama of Kevin McCarthy's election as House speaker, there's been some movement toward opening the chamber to more public view

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McClatchy Washington Bureau

McConnell in winter: For GOP leader in thinly divided Congress, it’s 2014 again

WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell has been here before.

Axios

House GOP's overlapping COVID investigations

House Republicans overlapping COVID investigations

Los Angeles Times

Nicholas Goldberg: Kevin McCarthy can't govern, so he resorts to cynical stunts like reading the Constitution aloud for 43 minutes

To hear the Republicans tell it, the U.S. Constitution has been beaten, buffeted and willfully misconstrued by radical socialists and liberal Democrats who hope to twist it to encourage abortions, promote transgender rights and confiscate Americans' guns.

The Guardian - UK

How big a threat does the hard right pose to US support for Ukraine?

A year after the conflict began, the consensus against Russian aggression has held but alarm bells are ringing in Congress

Roll Call

Texas challenges federal spending law over proxy voting rule - Roll Call

Texas filed a federal lawsuit that seeks to wipe out the $1.7 trillion fiscal 2023 spending package over former House rules for proxy voting.

Roll Call

Conservatives use abortion strategies in fight over trans care - Roll Call

As the fight over transgender health care heats up, conservatives are drawing from the same playbook they used to fight access to abortion.

WEKU

How seniors could lose in the Medicare political wars

Politicians are again pointing fingers over cutting Medicare. Any party accused of threatening the program tends to lose elections, but without a bipartisan agreement, seniors stand to lose the most.

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