Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said he will not be “intimidated” by the looming deadline of June 5 to raise the debt ceiling. President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) came to an agreement in principle late Saturday to raise the debt ceiling for two years and apply new caps on federal spending. The proposed deal has…
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Graham blasts defense spending in debt ceiling deal as ‘a joke’
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) took aim at the defense spending proposed in the debt ceiling deal, saying on Sunday that adopting what he labeled as President Biden’s defense budget would be a “joke.” “I want to raise the debt ceiling, it would be irresponsible not to do it,” Graham told Shannon Bream on “Fox News…
Jeffries says he has ‘no idea’ about McCarthy’s remark on lack of Dem support on debt deal
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) responded to remarks made by Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) earlier Sunday about the lack of Democratic support on the debt ceiling agreement made Saturday night. “I have no idea what he’s talking about, particularly because I have not been able to review the actual legislative text. All that we’ve…
Jeffries cagey on Democratic support for debt ceiling deal
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Sunday sidestepped questions on Democratic support for the spending and debt ceiling agreement reached by House Republicans and President Biden, saying his colleagues need to review the text of the agreement and be briefed by the White House. “I do expect that there will be Democratic support, once…
McCarthy defends debt ceiling deal amid conservative GOP pushback
Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Sunday defended the debt ceiling deal Republicans made with the White House amid pushback from conservative GOP lawmakers who aren’t satisfied with some of the terms of the agreement. President Biden and McCarthy came to an agreement late Saturday in principle to cap spending and raise the debt ceiling to…
Tuberville says he doesn’t know if inner city teachers ‘can read and write’
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said on Thursday that he does not know whether inner city teachers “can read and write.” In a Thursday appearance on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast, “Triggered,” Tuberville took aim at the public school system in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. He said that he does not know how teachers in…
Tesla, Ford announce partnership on Superchargers
Ford electric vehicles are set to gain access to Tesla’s electric car chargers starting next year, the companies announced Thursday. In a Twitter Spaces livestream, Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Ford CEO Jim Farley announced on Thursday the partnership on Superchargers between the two companies. Starting in 2024, all of Ford’s existing customers and future customers will…
Billionaire surprises UMass Boston grads with $1,000 each
Billionaire Rob Hale surprised University of Massachusetts Boston graduates with gifts of $1,000 each at the school’s undergraduate commencement ceremony Thursday. Hale, who was the school’s co-keynote speaker, and his wife announced they will give each of the 2,000 undergraduates in attendance $1,000. Each graduate received two envelopes, one with $500 for themselves and…
Gaetz sees ‘no serious threat’ to McCarthy in bipartisan debt ceiling deal
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said he sees “no serious threat” to Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif) Speakership amid the ongoing bipartisan debt ceiling deal. As House Republicans and the White House scramble to come up with a debt ceiling deal, Gaetz predicted on a Twitter Spaces livestream that a bipartisan deal would pass with “about 80-100 Democrat…
Americans say average family needs $85,000 to get by: Gallup
A new poll found that Americans believe that the average family needs to make a minimum of $85,000 annually to get by, a major increase from just a decade ago. The Gallup poll shows about a 46 percent increase in the perceived average income a family of four needs compared to 2013, when American put…