The Republican National Committee (RNC) has welcomed MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell into the fold, despite his baseless claims of election interference. At its winter meeting, the RNC passed a resolution urging Republican members to pass the most aggressive anti-abortion legislation possible in the run-up to 2024, blaming weak midterms performance on candidates not pushing their anti-abortion stances hard enough. The resolution follows a call for a ban on all abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, with no exceptions for rape or incest, and is likely to be a key issue in the 2024 election.
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The White House announced on Monday that it plans to end the nation's COVID-19 public health emergency and national emergency on May 11, providing a 60-day notice period to allow local governments and health care providers to transition back to pre-pandemic operations. The extension of the emergency declarations will not impose any restrictions on individual conduct with regard to COVID-19, and the White House has opposed two Republican measures to end the emergencies.
Key takeaways: Republican leadership is facing a difficult task of instructing their rank-and-file on the difference between debt default and a government shutdown. Tax cuts,…
Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) has called out Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) for their opposition to abandoning the filibuster, which has hindered Democrats' ability to pass police reform and other legislation. Protests and vigils are continuing in response to the incident, but the future of police reform remains uncertain.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has declared that cuts to Medicare and Social Security are “off the table” as he and President Joe Biden negotiate a deal to raise the debt limit. McCarthy and Biden are set to meet on Wednesday to discuss the debt limit, and the outcome of the meeting could have a major impact on the future of the government budget. Biden has expressed skepticism that McCarthy will be able to avoid cuts to Medicare and Social Security, and the meeting will be a critical moment in the fight to raise the debt limit.
Manhattan district attorney's office is set to present evidence to a grand jury on Monday regarding Donald Trump's alleged role in hush money payments to Stormy Daniels during his 2016 presidential campaign. The saga began in 2018 when The Wall Street Journal reported Michael Cohen, Trump's longtime attorney, paid Daniels $130,000 one month before the election. Prosecutors have also reached out to David Pecker, former head of the National Enquirer's publishing company, in connection with the investigation. If criminal charges are filed against Trump, it would mark a major milestone in the investigation.
In a recent interview with CNN, Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA), Eric Swalwell (D-CA) and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) have accused Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) of attempting to keep them off House committees. The Democrats argue that McCarthy is using his power to cling to his position as speaker, and Rep. Swalwell referred to McCarthy's home area in California as "some Bakersfield B.S." The House is expected to finalize committee assignments in the coming weeks, and it remains to be seen whether the Democrats will be able to reclaim their positions on the House Intelligence Committee.
The parents of Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died after being beaten by police in Tennessee, have been invited to attend President Joe Biden's State of the Union address next week by Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.), the chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus. The invitation is in response to renewed calls for policing and gun control measures following the death of Nichols and a mass shooting in California this month. The State of the Union address will be an opportunity for President Biden to address the nation and Congress on the current state of the country, and the Congressional Black Caucus and the Nichols family hope that his words will bring about meaningful change and justice.