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In a dear colleague letter to his fellow senators, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer unloaded on Tucker Carlson and Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Schumer wrote in a letter provided to PoliticusUSA:Like many of you, I was surprised to hear reports that Speaker Kevin McCarthy plans to allow Fox News’ Tucker Carlson …

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) asked why the security footage of the Capitol on 1/6 was only made available to Tucker Carlson and told America to smell the MAGA propaganda coming. Rep. Raskin tweeted: McCarthy giving 40,000 hrs of Jan. 6 tape to a pro-Putin journalist is an astounding ethical collapse. …

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy defended Capitol Police officer Lieutenant Michael Byrd, who shot and killed unarmed Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt during the January 6th, 2021 riot at the Capitol. It’s quite the different story than the one told by his new buddy in Congress, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who said …

WASHINGTON — President Biden will meet with Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the White House on Wednesday afternoon for a discussion that carries high stakes: the need to raise the nation’s borrowing limit in order to avoid a financial crisis. The meeting will be the first between the two leaders since …

After conservative news network Newsmax found itself abruptly stripped from the channel lineup on AT&T’s DirecTV, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy confirmed to Newsmax’s Sean Spicer that he found the situation “very concerning” and said during the interview that he pledged to hold congressional hearings regarding the matter. While discussing this …

WASHINGTON — President Biden will ask Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Republican of California, on Wednesday for details on what budget cuts his party is demanding in order to raise the federal debt limit and for assurances that Mr. McCarthy will not accept an economically debilitating government default, White House officials said. …

Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s George Santos problem was put on full display as McCarthy crumbled when pressed on Face The Nation. Video of the full McCarthy interview: Transcript via CBS’s Face The Nation:MARGARET BRENNAN: Approval level, according to Gallup, of Congress, is at 22%. Approval level of journalists is also not …

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) warned Speaker McCarthy that he will not stop Democrats from defending democracy by kicking them off of committees. Video of Schiff: Adam Schiff, “I can assure you if the former president or Kevin McCarthy believes that this is going to stop any of us from fighting …

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced members named to two select subcommittees – one investigating the origins of COVID and another looking into the weaponization of the federal government – and Democrats are livid over the addition of certain MAGA lawmakers. “The government has a responsibility to serve the American people, …

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said that the lies and smears against him that are being spread about him by Kevin McCarthy are inciting death threats. Video of Swalwell on MSNBC’s Deadline: White House: Rep.Swalwell was asked by MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace why he was stripped of his committee assignments, and he …