House Speaker Mike Johnson’s Mar-A-Lago Visit with Donald Trump

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) held a meeting with Donald Trump at the former president’s residence in Florida on Monday, as per multiplereports. Johnson’s visit is further indication of congressional Republicans’ unwavering loyalty to Trump, despite the ex-president facing multiple criminal cases. The meeting mirrors former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s trip to Mar-a-Lago shortly after Trump …

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Biden’s Bold Investment Boom: A Risky Political Wager

When President Joe Biden arrives in South Carolina today to highlight a new solar-energy manufacturing facility, he will bring attention to an interesting trend: some of the biggest beneficiaries of his economic agenda are Republican-leaning areas whose political leaders have consistently opposed his initiatives. Built upon a trio of bills signed by Biden in his …

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What Has Made the Risk of Default So Much Higher at Present

The ongoing debt-ceiling crisis appears strikingly similar to the 2011 clash between congressional Republicans and former President Barack Obama. Once again, the GOP majority in the House is using the threat of a national default to pressure a first-term Democratic president to agree to spending cuts in exchange for raising the federal borrowing limit. A …

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