Senate passes bill to raise debt ceiling, preventing first-ever U.S. default
WASHINGTON — The Senate late Thursday passed a House-approved bill to raise the debt ceiling and cap government spending for…
Meet David Sacks, the friend of Elon Musk who could play kingmaker for Ron DeSantis
Venture capitalist and early PayPal executive David Sacks had a bundle of cash to deploy early in the 2022 midterm…
Biden says he’s ‘very optimistic’ about a debt ceiling deal
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden said he was “very optimistic” on Friday about reaching a compromise deal with House Republicans…
GOP-controlled Texas House impeaches Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, triggering suspension
Texas’ Republican-led House of Representatives impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday on articles including bribery and abuse of…
Biden and McCarthy reportedly have agreed to debt ceiling deal
U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy have reached a deal to raise the federal government’s $31.4…
White House and Republicans reach a tentative deal to avoid U.S. default
WASHINGTON — House Republicans reached a tentative deal with the White House on Saturday night to raise the nation’s borrowing…
Fight still ahead for Texas’ Ken Paxton after historic impeachment deepens GOP divisions
The historic impeachment of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton plunged Republicans on Sunday into a fight over whether to banish…
Debt ceiling deal will be ‘transformational’ for Americans, McCarthy says
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Sunday that the tentative deal House Republicans have reached with the White House to address…
What’s in the debt ceiling deal struck by Biden and McCarthy?
President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday signed off on an agreement to temporarily suspend the debt ceiling and…
Republicans speak out against U.S. debt-ceiling deal, in sign of rocky road ahead
A handful of hard-right Republican lawmakers said on Monday they would oppose a deal to raise the United States’ $31.4 trillion debt…
