On Tuesdayâs broadcast of MSNBCâs âMorning Joe,â Harris-Walz Campaign Co-Chair Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) argued that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs to put a ceasefire and hostage deal âat the very front of his agendaâŚbut it is Hamas, after all, that launched the attack on October 7, that continues to hold the hostages, and
Harris Co-Chair: Bibi Should Make Ceasefire, Hostage Deal Top Priority, Hamas ‘Has the Most to Gain’ from Ceasefire
August 28, 2024 by
Fact Check: Republicans and Democrats Opposed Kamala Harris-Backed Deal to Expand Immigration
August 22, 2024 by
CLAIM: A deal to expand immigration brokered by Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) was a âreal bipartisan solutionâ that only failed because former President Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans to oppose it. VERDICT: Not entirely true. The deal was opposed by Republicans and a handful of Democrats when it was
Blinken Pushes for Hostage Deal During Democratic National Convention
August 19, 2024 by
Ma’ayan Toaf / GPO Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Monday with Israeli officials and pushed for a hostage and ceasefire deal as Democrats kicked off their convention in Chicago, with the goal of a deal by the end of the week. President Joe Biden laid out the end-of-week goal on Saturday, and Blinken claimed
Executive Workspace sues Volkswagen for $4M over NYC EV charging station deal
July 20, 2024 by
A Volkswagen subsidiary which pulled the plug on a deal to install electric vehicle charging stations in Midtown never intended to follow through on the plan, the buildingâs owners claim in a $4 million lawsuit. The company, Electrify America, allegedly failed to apply for charging station permits it needed from the cityâs Department of Buildings, […]
Mom of sicko seen in gut-wrenching video lasso woman before sex assault says she âfacilitatedâ his arrest: âHe has to deal with itâ
May 12, 2024 by
The mother of the man accused of lassoing a woman around the neck with a belt, dragging her unconscious and raping her said she stayed up all night convincing her âsicko sonâ to turn himself to law enforcement over the twisted caught-on-camera attack in the Bronx. âIâm his mother that turned him in. Iâm the […]
Exclusive: Sen. John Cornyn Raises âSerious Concernsâ with Senate Immigration Deal
April 6, 2024 by
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has âserious concernsâ with the Senateâs just-introduced immigration plan, he told Breitbart News through a spokesperson on Monday morning. âNow that I have seen text, I have questions and serious concerns,â Cornyn said in a statement to this outlet. Cornynâs comment did not say straight up he would oppose or vote
Tom Cotton: ‘Hell of a Coincidence’ Shou Zi Chew Became TikTok CEO Day After Inking Deal with China
April 3, 2024 by
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Wednesday said there was a âhell of a coincidenceâ in how Shou Zi Chew became the CEO of TikTok the day after he brokered a deal with China. Cotton spoke during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation, which included big tech companies such as Facebook, Snapchat
Johnson confronts biggest test yet: Whether to walk away from his own funding deal
February 27, 2024 by
Mike Johnson (center), flanked by Reps. Steve Scalise (left) and Tom Emmer (right), departs a press conference. Johnson and his team are offering private reassurances to rattled rank-and-file Republicans that he didnât concede anything to conservatives. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Speaker Mike Johnsonâs grip on his fractious conference slipped this week after he struck a government
Johnson strikes his first bipartisan deal â a $1.7T funding accord
February 19, 2024 by
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) at the Capitol in December. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Congressional leaders have clinched a deal on overall budget totals that could pave the way for a broader government funding compromise in the coming weeks â further enraging Speaker Mike Johnsonâs right flank. The long-stalled
Climate Alarmists Shame COP28 into Overtime Deal to Abandon Fossil Fuels
February 13, 2024 by
The COP28 climate conference in Dubai seemed to be heading for an anticlimax on Tuesday, as the last scheduled day of negotiations passed without reaching the top goal of the climate movement: a worldwide agreement to phase out fossil fuels. The conferees went into âovertime,â however, and were able to hammer out a âhistoricâ deal
Republicans’ headache: Cutting a border deal with a DHS chief they loathe
December 23, 2023 by
In the House, Alejandro Mayorkasâ impeachment is taking a back seat to the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. | Alex Brandon/AP Senate Republicans are working closely with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as they try to craft a bipartisan border security deal. Which creates a new problem for the GOP negotiators: If they succeed
Joe Biden loves to talk about compromise, so why no Senate border deal?
December 10, 2023 by
President Biden has the opportunity to lead a compromise with a deal for Ukraine and the border crisis. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File Joe Biden loves to tout his bona fides as a bipartisan compromiser during his days as a senator. So why on earth, with a chance as president for real compromise on the […]
Rep. Dean Phillips slams Biden hostage deal: âInexcusableâ that Americans remain in Hamasâ hands
November 22, 2023 by
Insurgent Democratic presidential challenger Rep. Dean Phillips would not have accepted the terms of the hostage release deal the Biden administration recently negotiated with Hamas terrorists, the Minnesota Democrat said this week. Under the terms of the agreement, set to go into effect Friday, 50 women and children being held captive by Hamas in Gaza […]
Inside the bipartisan deal that might have saved Kevin McCarthy
October 24, 2023 by
Hakeem Jeffries called for a âbipartisan coalitionâ to govern the House under an arrangement similar to one the Problem Solvers Caucus had discussed. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Centrists in the House attempted to engineer a last-minute bipartisan power-sharing agreement that could have saved Kevin McCarthyâs speakership â a frantic but failed effort that continued just hours
Tom Cole: McCarthyâs âcutsâ deal with conservatives now void
October 24, 2023 by
âThis agreement was faulty from the beginning. Itâs changed over time, and now in a sense, it doesnât exist at all because McCarthy isnât the speaker anymore,â Rep. Tom Cole said in an interview. | AP With Kevin McCarthy out as speaker, House Rules Chair Tom Cole says Republicans are free to step back from
Republican Senators bash Biden’s $6B Iran deal in push to support Israel
October 8, 2023 by
At least 700 people killed, thousands others injured in Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel  Biden admin should admit appeasement policy toward Iran is ‘abject failure’: Ortagus Former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus discusses the Gaza-Israel conflict, Israeli-Americans being held hostage and the Biden administration’s foreign policy in the Middle East. Senate Republicans are turning up […]
Summers: Deal on Battery Plants Between UAW, Big 3 Will Be Harder to Reach than an Agreement on Wage Increase
September 24, 2023 by
During an interview aired on Fridayâs edition of Bloombergâs âWall Street Week,â Harvard Professor, economist, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama, and Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton Larry Summers argued that it will be more difficult for the UAW and automakers to reach an agreement on things like battery plants
Foxconn Pulls out of $19.5 Billion Chip Deal in Setback for Narendra Modiâs Tech Agenda
September 19, 2023 by
Taiwan-based tech giant Foxconn announced Monday its withdrawal from a $19.5 billion joint semiconductor manufacturing deal with Indian metal and energy company Vedanta. The dealâs collapse is a setback for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modiâs plan to make India a leading source of computer chips and a personal disappointment because the Foxconn-Vedanta plant would have
LIV Golf brings on some more political muscle to deal with congressional probe
September 1, 2023 by
Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, laughs while greeting golfers at the range before the start of the second round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament. | Seth Wenig/AP Photo One of D.C.âs most prominent lobbying firms has signed on to help the much criticized Saudi-funded LIV Golf league navigate its
How PGA Tour officials defended their Saudi golf deal to Congress
August 14, 2023 by
PGA Tour officials faced their first public questioning Tuesday since their controversial agreement with Saudi-backed LIV Golf, repeatedly asserting the deal was essential to the survival of professional golf. If LIV Golf had managed to snag five players annually, then âthey can gut us,â said Jimmy Dunne, board member of the PGA Tour who has
GOP centrists pan Trump impeachment erasure as McCarthy denies any deal
August 12, 2023 by
Asked whether he promised Donald Trump an expungement vote, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters: “No.” | Francis Chung/POLITICO Kevin McCarthy denies he made any deal with Donald Trump to expunge his impeachment record. Even if the speaker did call for such a vote, a bloc of House GOP centrists would likely defeat it. Roughly
NBC’s Todd: ‘I Guess Greg Abbott Was Right’ that Dems Would Turn on Biden when They Had to Deal with Migrants
August 10, 2023 by
On Wednesdayâs broadcast of NBCâs âMTP Now,â host Chuck Todd discussed complaints and demands for help from the federal government from Democratic officials in New York and Massachusetts about the influx of migrants in their areas and said that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) âwas rightâ that Democratic-run cities would be angry at the Biden
Bruner: Biden Family ‘a National Security Threat’ When They Deal with CCP
August 9, 2023 by
On Tuesdayâs broadcast of the Fox News Channelâs âHannity,â Government Accountability Institute Research Director Seamus Bruner stated that the millions of dollars the Biden family has received from people linked to the Chinese government are worse than a pay-to-play scheme, itâs âa national security threat. The Bidens are a national security threat when theyâre dealing
âNot happyâ: Key progressive pushes back on new food aid work requirements in debt deal
August 8, 2023 by
Rep. Jim McGovern declined to say if he would help Republicans get the bill out of the Rules Committee. | Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images The Houseâs biggest anti-hunger crusader is rejecting the Biden administrationâs defense of new food aid restrictions in its deal with Republicans to raise the debt ceiling â but he didnât
McCarthy overcomes Rules rebellion over debt deal
August 6, 2023 by
The House Rules Committee is now on track to advance the bipartisan debt deal to the floor for a vote Wednesday after Rep. Thomas Massie helped the GOP lock down a simple majority. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Speaker Kevin McCarthy has cleared yet another hurdle for his bipartisan debt deal with President Joe Biden: fending off
McCarthy rallies support for debt deal amid hints of mutiny
August 6, 2023 by
Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks with reporters as he departs the U.S. Capitol, May 29, 2src23. McCarthy spent Memorial Day working to build consensus on the debt deal from his Capitol suite. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Speaker Kevin McCarthy hunkered down in a mostly desolate Capitol building on Monday to build support for his debt limit compromise
Pragmatic House Republicans support debt deal, Dusty Johnson says
August 4, 2023 by
Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) said that House Speaker Kevin McCarthy made no concessions to President Joe Biden. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Rep. Dusty Johnson on Sunday downplayed initial conservative opposition to the debt ceiling deal announced late Saturday, saying it was only the âmost colorfulâ conservatives who were opposed. Speaking to host Jake Tapper on CNNâs
Now comes the hard part: Getting the debt ceiling deal through Congress
August 2, 2023 by
Now comes the hard part. If you thought it was hard for President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., to marshal a debt ceiling deal, wait to see if itâs even more challenging to advance the bill through Congress. Both the president and speaker will test their powers of persuasion to line up the […]
Lawmakers react to debt ceiling deal reached between House GOP and Biden
August 2, 2023 by
Washington leaders responded on Sunday to the bipartisan Fiscal Responsibility Act, a deal reached between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Biden to evade defaulting on the countryâs financial obligations. Both McCarthy and Biden held their posture as long as they could with a looming deadline of June 5, and on Sunday, reached a […]
House Republicans Demand AG Merrick Garland Answer for Hunter’s ‘Not Standard’ Plea Deal
August 1, 2023 by
House Republicans Demand AG Merrick Garland Answer for Hunterâs âNot Standardâ Plea Deal Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images House Republicans demand Attorney General Merrick Garland, President Joe Bidenâs top law enforcement officer, provide answers as to why the Justice Department (DOJ) agreed to a plea deal with Hunter Biden that was ânot standardâ and âdifferentâ from what the judge