Tag: Executive Branch

Debt Limit Meeting With Biden Yielded ‘No New Movement’: McCarthy

Heading into his May 9 debt ceiling talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other congressional leaders, President Joe Biden joked, “We’re going to solve all the world’s problems.” But when the meeting was over, the world still had problems, and according to McCarthy, the national debt was very much still one of them….


EXCLUSIVE: Watchdog Urges Investigation of CDC, NIH Misinformation

President Joe Biden’s administration should investigate scientific integrity violations committed by officials who made false or misleading claims about COVID-19 and other matters, a watchdog says in a new letter. Multiple officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for instance, falsely said that COVID-19 was a top-five cause of death for…


LIVE 5 PM ET: Exterior View of the White House as Biden, McCarthy Hold Debt Limit Talks

President Joe Biden meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other top congressional leaders at the White House on the nation’s debt ceiling on May 9. Exterior views of the White House will be livestreamed. …


LIVE NOW: McCarthy, McConnell Speak After Debt Limit Talks With Biden

President Joe Biden meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other top congressional leaders at the White House on the nation’s debt ceiling on May 9. Exterior views of the White House will be livestreamed. …


GOP, Democrat Leaders Speak After Debt Limit Talks With Biden

President Joe Biden meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other top congressional leaders at the White House on the nation’s debt ceiling on May 9. Exterior views of the White House will be livestreamed. …


LIVE NOW: House Committee Meets to Consider Secure the Border Act of 2023

The House Rules Committee holds a meeting to consider H.R. 2, the “Secure the Border Act of 2023,” at 4:00 p.m. ET on May 9. …


House Committee Meets to Consider Secure the Border Act of 2023

The House Rules Committee holds a meeting to consider H.R. 2, the “Secure the Border Act of 2023,” at 4:00 p.m. ET on May 9. …


Rep. Burlison Reacts to Whistleblower Alleging ‘Criminal Scheme’ Involving Biden

An FBI file the House Oversight Committee is demanding is “just one piece” of the information a whistleblower gave two top Congressional Republicans regarding an alleged “criminal scheme” involving President Joe Biden, according to Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.). The Republican-led House panel on May 3 subpoenaed the FBI for a file alleging that a whistleblower linked…


Pressure for Compromise Mounts as Biden, McCarthy Resume Debt Limit Talks

As President Joe Biden prepared to welcome House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to the White House on May 9 to resume their debt ceiling negotiations, the pressure for the president to bend on the issue was on the rise. The meeting—which will also involve Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell…


‘Calamitous Collaboration’: Lawmakers Condemn NIH Grant Renewal for Bat Coronavirus Study to Wuhan Lab-Linked EcoHealth

Lawmakers have condemned the U.S. National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) decision to re-activate a controversial federal grant to EcoHealth Alliance that was suspended three years ago over concerns of grant term violations. EcoHealth Alliance, the nonprofit organization that for years prior to the COVID-19 pandemic used NIH funds to conduct coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute of…