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Hard-Right House Members Revolt: Vote Against Advancing Gas Stove Protections Amid Frustration With McCarthy
forbes.com A group of hard-right House members voted against their party Tuesday, delaying the advancement of two bills that would prohibit the Biden Administration from regulating gas…

Far-right House Republicans just sent gas stove bills up in flames
businessinsider.com Two bans on banning gas stoves failed in the House today after far-right Republicans voted against a rule. iStock / Getty Images (left) J. Scott Applewhite/AP (right)…

Rishi Sunak blasts Russia’s ‘new low’ as MI6 investigates Ukraine dam explosion
politico.eu ON BOARD THE PRIME MINISTER’S JET — U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Tuesday’s attack on the Nova Kakhovka dam in Ukraine would constitute a “new low” if shown to be the…

GOP Hardliners Revolt Against McCarthy’s Leadership As Gaetz Vows to Fight to End the ‘Imperial Speakership’
mediaite.com House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) suffered a blow to his leadership on Tuesday from within his own party as a dozen hard-right GOP House members voted down a rule to bring…

How the debt ceiling deal may impact your wallet
morningbrew.com Contextualizing the finance news you need to know. America took a deep sigh of relief when President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy came up with a deal that would…

US House conservatives revolt against leadership, block gas stove bill
investing.com A Republican effort to block future regulation of gas-fueled stoves stalled in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday when a group of about a dozen conservatives…

MAGA gets revenge on Kevin McCarthy
newsweek.com Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy proved his critics wrong after brokering a deal with President Joe Biden's White House to avert defaulting on the national debt in…

GOP hardliners tank vote to force McCarthy reckoning
axios.com A group of right-wing House Republicans on Tuesday sabotaged a procedural vote teed up by GOP leadership in a bid for retribution over the debt ceiling bill that passed last…

Republicans angry with McCarthy over debt deal join Democrats to block gas stove bills
aol.com WASHINGTON — A band of 11 House conservative rabble-rousers on Tuesday took the rare step of joining all Democrats to block a pair of GOP bills to protect gas stoves to…

Conservatives surprise McCarthy with floor rebellion over debt deal anger
politico.com A band of House conservatives mounted an extraordinary rebellion against their own party leaders on Tuesday, venting their angst over the recent debt limit fight with a…

Rogue Republicans Tank GOP Bills To Spite McCarthy
zerohedge.com Rogue Republicans Tank GOP Bills To Spite McCarthy Eleven House Republicans - most of them in the Freedom Caucus - joined Democrats on Tuesday in voting against a rule to…

Conservatives block bills to protect gas stove amid feud over McCarthy debt deal
nbcnews.com Create your free profile or log in to save this article Create your free profile or log in to save this article WASHINGTON — A band of 11 House conservative rabble-rousers…

The Debt Deal Suggests McCarthy Is Very Good at His Job
thehill.com I’m a little confused. I watch lots of cable news, I read a lot of mainstream media, and I even talk to a lot of elected officials — including sources that lean left…

The Wolves On Kevin McCarthy's Right Will Come For His Job
msnbc.com If past is prologue, then the 2011 debt ceiling debate informed the 2023 debt ceiling drama Congress faced this week. In 2011, Republican Speaker John Boehner tried to…

Moderates win on debt-ceiling
nypost.com That wasn’t so hard: The Senate on Friday overwhelmingly passed legislation with bipartisan support, 63-36, to raise the debt ceiling along with the first major rollback of…

McCarthy may have just torpedoed GOP hopes of boosting the defense budget
politico.com Republican defense hawks thought they had found a back-door way to boost defense spending after the debt ceiling deal effectively flattened the Pentagon’s budget. The…

McCarthy will not support supplemental for Ukraine aid
msnbc.com House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said he would not support a defense supplemental for additional aid to Ukraine, but fellow Republican lawmakers suggest they will…

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/6/2023
nakedcapitalism.com Patient readers, I have some catching up to you from the enormous amount of links that build up when I have an open thread, like yesterday. Plus I had to do Cornel West.…

Blinken to embark on high-stakes trip to China
nbcnews.com WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to travel to China in the coming weeks for talks, two U.S. officials told NBC News on Tuesday. The news comes…

McCarthy Opposes Extra Ukraine Spending After Debt Deal
wsj.com WASHINGTON—House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.) declined to commit to providing additional financial support for Ukraine, putting him in direct conflict with Senate…

What to do now ahead of student loan pause ending
thehill.com After three years, the student loan payment pause is officially ending for 40 million borrowers. The cycle of extensions for the payment pause, which began under…

See the brands that will get hit hardest as student-loan payments come due, including Nike, Nordstrom, Gap, and Crocs
businessinsider.com Millions of people are expected to slash their shopping budgets when student-loan repayments restart. Photo by Larry French/Getty Images for We, The 45 Million Student-loan…

Defeated and deflated, Freedom Caucus backs off anti-McCarthy push
msnbc.com Last week, members of the far-right House Freedom Caucus weren’t content to oppose the bipartisan budget deal that resolved the Republicans’ debt ceiling crisis. They also…

Nearly 750,000 adults may lose SNAP federal food assistance after debt ceiling deal, research shows
cnbc.com SNAP already has work requirements for most adults ages 18 through 49 who do not have children. Those beneficiaries may only qualify for benefits for three months in a…

Steve Bannon calls for Marjorie Taylor Greene to be primaried
newsweek.com Former White House adviser Steve Bannon has called on all 149 House Republicans who voted to increase the debt ceiling to be primaried while appearing to take particular…

‘It’s Just Unbelievable!’ Morning Joe Crew Mocks Biden Probe’s FBI Contempt Push Over ‘Conspiratorial Wanderings’
mediaite.com Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough and his crew of regulars mocked the push by House Republicans to hold FBI Director Christopher Wray in contempt over the “conspiratorial…

The Debt-Ceiling Deal Exposes Republicans' Greed Agenda
thehill.com Today’s Republican Party just stripped down to reveal the heart of its agenda in the debt ceiling negotiations. First, we saw that Republicans were willing to risk big job…

Bannon Goes to War With House Republicans, Wants Primary Opponents for MTG, Jim Jordan, and Others Over Debt Vote
mediaite.com Former Trump campaign manager Steve Bannon declared Monday that he wants to see all of the 149 House GOP members who voted to increase the debt ceiling last week primaried…

Biden campaign launches ad blitz capitalizing on debt ceiling deal
politico.com The lifting of the debt ceiling might not seem like bumper sticker material for a campaign. But President Joe Biden’s aides believe voters will reward him for working across…

Marjorie Taylor Greene Slams Steve Bannon: ‘I’m Done’
mediaite.com (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images) Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) fired off a text to fellow Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), saying that her rift with former…

The Best Part of the Debt-Ceiling Deal
wsj.com It is heartening to this former congressional staffer that Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s debt-limit measure (“Wasteful Government Doesn’t Have to Keep Growing,” op-ed, May 30),…

Can Laura Loomer take down Marjorie Taylor Greene?
newsweek.com Conspiracy theorist and self-described Islamophobe Laura Loomer floated a potential primary challenge to Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene last week after the Georgia…

This Week in Coins: XRP, Litecoin and Solana Outpace Bitcoin in Week of Small Gains
decrypt.co Markets managed to finally overcome four weeks of inertia and grow a little this week, but perennial leaders Bitcoin and Ethereum remained virtually flat, with only nominal…

House GOP tees up contempt vote for FBI director as Biden probe heats up
politico.com House Republicans are escalating their standoff with the FBI over an unreleased document that they say ties then-Vice President Joe Biden to a “bribery scheme” — without…

With the debt ceiling resolved, it’s time for a fiscal responsibility commission
thehill.com The House and the Senate passed the Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) with large bipartisan margins. The act was based on negotiations between President Joe Biden and House…

Marjorie Taylor Greene slams Steve Bannon after he calls for primary challenge, saying she's 'done' with him in fiery texts to Matt Gaetz
businessinsider.com Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia on Capitol Hill on November 10, 2022. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the…

Billionaire businessman's message to Democrats: If you want to get re-elected, stop screwing the consumer
foxbusiness.com United Refining Company Chairman and CEO John Catsimatidis joined "Cavuto: Coast to Coast" Monday, criticizing the Democratic Party for "screwing" the American consumer over…

Target gets more bad news after boycott
newsweek.com Target's stock was downgraded by economic analysts because of a resumption of student loan payments in the U.S. that was part of the recent debt ceiling bill. KeyBanc…

Biden supporters use Fox News to fight Kevin McCarthy's debt ceiling win
newsweek.com In the lead-up to his bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy did everything he could to control the narrative. Long known as press averse,…

Biden’s Debt Deal Strategy: Win in the Fine Print
nytimes.com The president and his negotiators believe they worked out a deal that allowed Republicans to claim big spending cuts even as the reality was far more modest. A small team of…

Fake Debt Ceiling Fight Yields Fake Spending Cuts And A Credit Card With No Limits
zerohedge.com Fake Debt Ceiling Fight Yields Fake Spending Cuts And A Credit Card With No Limits Authored by Michael Maharrey via SchiffGold.com, We have a debt ceiling deal. And the deal…

US Treasury Set for Debt Issuance Worth $1T Following President Biden’s Signing of Debt Ceiling Bill
coinspeaker.com Coinspeaker US Treasury Set for Debt Issuance Worth $1T Following President Biden’s Signing of Debt Ceiling Bill US President Joe Biden’s assent and signing of the bill…

Biden-McCarthy Bonhomie, Saudi's Preemptive Move, Elon Musk's Brain Pain And More: 5 Key Stories You May Have Missed From The Weekend
benzinga.com The weekend belonged to the ratification of the budget bill after months of bickering and this is expected to bring much-needed calm to the financial markets. OPEC+, the oil…

Lauren Boebert running late for debt ceiling vote video viewed 12m times
newsweek.com A video of Representative Lauren Boebert running up the Capitol steps in hopes of voting on the debt limit bill has gone viral on social media. Last week the House of…

Speaker Kevin McCarthy's Strategic Victory
newsweek.com The great debt ceiling negotiation of 2023 is over. People will argue over how much the House Republicans got and how much President Joe Biden got in the final details of…

Saudi output cut plans, Apple unveils new hardware
investing.com Investing.com -- Saudi Arabia vows to slash oil production from next month, while U.S. President Joe Biden signs into a law a bill that lifts the country's debt ceiling and…

With debt limit deal behind him, Biden returns to 'previously scheduled programming'
nbcnews.com WASHINGTON — President Biden plans to use the bipartisan debt limit deal to pivot back to his shadow reelection campaign, pointing to the achievement to burnish his image…

Five things the debt-ceiling deal suggests about the future
theguardian.com 1. House MAGA Republicans will be less of a force. It was supposed to be their ace in the hole, their single biggest bargaining leverage. But in the end, House MAGA…

A Wall Street trader made a $7.5 million windfall on a suspiciously-timed investment ahead of a surprise debt limit deal concession
finance.yahoo.com None A trader bought 100,000 call options on the pipeline's owner days before that was announced. • None The identity of the mystery trader is unknown, and some think it's…

Indian opposition leader Gandhi calls on U.S. audience to stand up for ‘modern India’
politico.com NEW YORK — Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi pressed his criticism of the country’s leadership in a speech Sunday, calling for Indians in the U.S. and back home to stand…

Stocks slide as debt ceiling vote looms, jobs data stays hot: Stock market news today
finance.yahoo.com US stocks closed lower Wednesday as investors kept a watchful eye on the prospects for the debt-limit deal in an expected House floor vote. Meanwhile, strong US jobs data…

Capitol Police Halt Christian Children's Choir Performance, Apologize
zerohedge.com Capitol Police Halt Christian Children's Choir Performance, Apologize US Capitol Police issued an apology for halting a Christian children's choir performance of the…

The Debt Deal’s Defense Threat
wsj.com The U.S. Capitol in Washington, May 30. President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy might have pulled themselves out of the debt-ceiling quagmire, but now the real work…

Democrat Senator Says Biden ‘Teed Up’ 2024 Win By Signing Debt Bill With Nothing Good for ‘Anybody in America’
mediaite.com Rhode Island Democrat and Senate Budget Committee chair Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse told MSNBC’s Al Sharpton on Sunday that President Joe Biden scored a political victory by…

Video casts doubt on Lauren Boebert's excuse for missing debt ceiling vote
newsweek.com Video posted to social media on Sunday cast doubt on Representative Lauren Boebert's excuse for missing the House vote on raising the federal debt ceiling. The United States…

Somebody made wild profits off the debt-ceiling bill and nobody is sure who: ‘What are their connections to the government?’
fortune.com The US government’s move to greenlight a 300-mile natural gas pipeline as part of legislation to stave off a Treasury default shocked just about everyone, except for a…

Vulnerable lawmakers can relax after debt ceiling compromise
axios.com With the debt ceiling debate behind them for another two years, vulnerable lawmakers in swing districts — from both parties — are breathing a sigh of relief. Why it matters:…