President Biden has proposed legislation to Congress to crack down on hidden fees, such as those attached to airline and concert tickets, vacation packages, and television and telephone bills. The proposal would cap credit card late fees at $8, ban airlines from charging additional fees for family members to sit alongside their young children, and require hotels and other businesses to disclose their fees upfront. It would also make it easier for consumers to compare prices and find the best deals by eliminating excessive fees for tickets to concerts and sporting events.
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President Joe Biden is set to meet with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) at the White House on Wednesday to discuss the federal budget and debt ceiling. Biden is expected to press McCarthy to provide a detailed list of spending proposals and to commit to the principle that the U.S. will never default. The White House will release its own budget in early March, and has urged McCarthy to do the same. McCarthy has responded to the memo, but has called Biden's demand for assurances that the U.S. won't default "irresponsible".
Vice President Kamala Harris will be attending the funeral of Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee on Wednesday, joined by several other senior Biden administration officials. The death of Tyre Nichols has sparked outrage and calls for justice, and the Biden administration has expressed its support for the family and commitment to justice. Vice President Harris' attendance at the funeral is a sign of the administration's solidarity with the family and its commitment to justice.
Key takeaways: The FBI conducted a search of the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement in mid-November. The search was prompted by the…
More than 65 current and former Democratic US senators, members of the US House, governors, mayors and legislators from a dozen Southern states have sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison, urging them to select Atlanta as the host city for the 2024 Democratic National Convention. The letter argues that the choice would solidify the party's gains in Georgia and demonstrate commitment to the entire region, as well as thank the people of Georgia for their support in the 2020 election. Houston's mayor has also joined Atlanta's bid, adding his name to the letter in the hopes that their message will be heard and that Atlanta will be chosen as the host city.
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.
The Justice Department has informed the Senate Intelligence Committee that it is actively working to brief lawmakers on the potential risks to national security posed by the discovery of classified documents in the possession of both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. The Department is working with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to provide information without harming the ongoing Special Counsel investigations, and has a policy of maintaining the confidentiality of such information. The Biden administration has taken steps to ensure that all documents are properly secured and that personnel have the appropriate security clearances, but the potential risks to national security remain unclear.
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.