Month: May 2023

Speaker Kevin McCarthy is attempting a difficult balance as he tries to extract spending concessions from President Biden in exchange for raising the debt ceiling: building a deal that can win the votes of most Republicans without alienating the critical mass of Democrats he would. it is necessary to promote it in the Chamber. Far-right Republicans have fueled the debt limit standoff by demanding deep spending cuts as the price of avoiding a default, and are almost certain to oppose any compromise. This means that Mr. McCarthy, a Republican from California, would need the support of a solid bloc of…

AUSTIN – A House ethics panel is investigating the circumstances of a $3.3 million plea agreement that Attorney General Ken Paxton reached with four former employees who have accused him of corruption, it announced this Tuesday the spokesman’s office. The panel “is conducting a thorough examination of the events surrounding the firing of the whistleblowers, as well as Ken Paxton’s alleged illegal conduct,” said Cait Wittman, spokeswoman for House Speaker Dade Phelan. He added that the investigation began in March. The revelation came hours after Paxton accused Phelan of being drunk on duty and called for the speaker’s resignation in…

CNN — An Arizona judge threw out the final lawsuit filed by Republican Kari Lake, declaring that Democrat Katie Hobbs won the 2022 gubernatorial election. In a decision On Monday evening, after a three-day trial last week, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson found that Lake’s team failed to present “clear and convincing evidence or a preponderance of evidence” that misconduct was committed in last fall’s Arizona election. Lake, who has amplified former President Donald Trump’s lies about the 2020 election, has continued to spread falsehoods after the 2022 gubernatorial election, denying that Hobbs defeated him by approximately 17,000…

The state of Texas is suing the Biden administration to try to throw out a newly introduced asylum rule, saying a phone app migrants use to set up appointments at the border to seek entry to the United States is encouraging illegal immigration. The lawsuit filed Tuesday is the latest legal salvo attacking several aspects of the administration’s plan to manage migration after the end of a key pandemic-era immigration regulation called Title 42. In the lawsuit, Texas argues that the asylum rule encourages the use of a cellphone app, called CBP One, for migrants who lack the proper documentation…

Both PGF All-American Games on Saturday, July 29, 2023 will be broadcast live on the ESPN networks. Premier Girls Fastpitch (“PGF”) today released a video announcing the rosters of the PGF All-American Games which will take place on Saturday 29 July 2023. MLB announcer Daron Sutton hosts the 50-minute show released today on YouTube (click here to view or scroll down) with a UCLA Olympian and former great Amanda released and Softball extra entry Brent Eads adding insights and reflections on both the senior game and the game of the future. These back-to-back games will be a “Who’s Who” of…

Comment on this storycomment The House Ethics Committee closed its investigation into allegations that Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) had ties to a Chinese intelligence agent. In a letter sent to Swalwell on Monday that the congressman posted on his website the next day, the committee wrote that it will take no further action in the investigation into the “allegations raised in the complaint that you may have violated House rules, laws or other standards of conduct in relation to your interactions with Ms. Christine Fang.” According to the letter, the investigation began in April 2021. “The Committee has previously reviewed…

Beyond all the political rhetoric about the influx of migrants to New York, there is another vulnerable population that needs help finding housing: veterans. Derek Coy, a veteran who serves as a senior program officer at the New York Health Foundation, told Capital Tonight that one in five veterans experiencing homelessness will seek help. According to an estimate by the state Division of Veterans Services, about 37,000 veterans experience homelessness with nearly 23,000 in shelters nationally. In New York, that number is 990 people, representing a 21% decrease from 2020 to 2022. Coy says homelessness rates have been falling over…

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Biden administration has scrapped plans to award a $200 million grant to a U.S. battery maker amid criticism from Republican lawmakers over the company’s alleged ties to the china Texas-based Microvast was one of 20 companies to win preliminary grants totaling $2.8 billion to boost domestic manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries. The company is building a battery plant in Tennessee and was in talks with the Department of Energy for a $200 million grant funded through the 2021 infrastructure law. A spokeswoman for Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm confirmed Tuesday that negotiations with Microvast were canceled, but…