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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) may have demonstrated his bipartisanship by steering a debt ceiling increase through a severely divided Congress, but it came at a price. Hard-liners in the House Freedom Caucus and their allies oppose the deal, saying it does not include deep enough spending cuts and that McCarthy should not have agreed to suspend the debt ceiling beyond the 2024 presidential election, a key demand of the president. Biden. Frustrations boiled over after the bill the House passed with more votes from Democrats (165) than Republicans (149). McCarthy won the support of two-thirds of the House GOP…

Republican strategists are increasingly worried President Biden’s ability to serve nation after taking a tumble last week at an Air Force event, less than a year after telling voters to “watch me” if they don’t think he has what it takes to fulfill his duties to to another mandate. Various Republicans have questioned whether 80-year-old Biden, the oldest person to serve as US president, is physically and mentally up to the intense demands of the White House for four more years. However, many who questioned his abilities had done so well before he fell at the graduation ceremony at the…

Nikki Haley, who was the first prominent Republican to announce a challenge to former President Donald J. Trump in the 2024 race, has yet to see her presidential campaign ignited. On Sunday night, she got another chance to defend her candidacy during a 90-minute prime-time CNN town hall in an effort to break out of the low single-digit polls she’s been mired in. Mrs. Haley, the former governor of South Carolina and ambassador to the United Nations under Mr. Trump, she was well versed in political matters, she was optimistic and even. While he drew contrasts with Mr. Trump, he…

Related: Competition against Donald Trump Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email to receive exclusive US coverage and analysis delivered to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Donald Trump is facing criticism from his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination after he congratulated North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on his country’s admission to the World Health Organization’s Executive Board. Reacting to a campaign appearance in Iowa, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said: “I was shocked to see this. I mean, first of all, Kim Jong-un is a murderous dictator.” Nikki Haley, Trump’s former ambassador to the UN, responded…

ATLANTA — Atlanta police are investigating a shooting in northwest Atlanta. Authorities said at 5:34 a.m. Monday, officers received reports of a person shot on Mildred Place NW. We have a crew en route to the scene and will have the latest breaking news on Channel 2 Action News this morning. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Police have confirmed that at least two people have been shot. The identities of the victims have not been released. TRENDING STORIES: Police have not said what led to the shooting or whether anyone has been arrested. The scene…

Some new University of Virginia trustees are pushing for the university to collect information on the political views of faculty and students. Daily progress reported At a Board of Visitors meeting Friday, Douglas Wetmore, who was appointed to the board by Gov. Glenn Youngkin, a Republican, last year, asked why the university’s diversity panel does not include an assessment of the ideologies of students or teachers. “How come we don’t have dashboards that track, say, faculty political ideology?” asked Wetmore. “Why wouldn’t we do that to try to convince ourselves that we have a balance and that we’re serving the…

Breaking news, Lionel Messi chooses his new team and it is not Barcelona We enter the end of the soap opera Messi, in its key days. The Argentine player has already left PSG and can announce his next destination at any time. It is clear that their absolute priority is Barcelona, ​​but for this to be carried out they are totally dependent on the League’s approval of the aforementioned road plan. While this is resolved – or not – there are two specific offers on Messi’s desk and that the Argentine welcomes in the event that Barcelona cannot be carried…

BOSTON – Potential worker shortages are putting critical treatment services out of reach for Bay Staters struggling with substance use disorder, especially those who rely on safety net benefits, a new report warns . Although overdoses in Massachusetts continue to kill more than 2,000 people each year, nearly a quarter of jobs in the substance use disorder treatment system are unfilled and the average wait for admission to some long-term residential recovery programs is more than a month, according to the Association. for behavioral health said. The industry group surveyed dozens of its members, who reported a shortage of doctors,…