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Past articles by Lisa:

Speaker McCarthy supports expunging Trump's impeachments over Ukraine and Jan. 6

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he supports the idea of expunging the two impeachments of Donald Trump. → Read More

Speaker McCarthy supports expunging Trump’s impeachments over Ukraine and Jan. 6

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Friday he supports the idea of expunging the two impeachments of Donald Trump as hard-right Republ... → Read More

GOP’s Boebert wanted to impeach Biden, but House Speaker McCarthy had other plans

WASHINGTON (AP) — A surprise effort by hard-right House Republicans to impeach President Joe Biden has been sidelined for now, but the ability of GOP ... → Read More

‘Stand with Trump’ becomes rallying cry as Republicans amplify attacks on U.S. justice system

WASHINGTON (AP) — Moments after Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to federal charges that he hoarded classified documents and then conspired to obstruct... → Read More

McCarthy and conservatives reach a truce to allow House to move forward on bills

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy appeared Monday to have resolved, for now, an impasse with some of the more conservative members of his... → Read More

GOP conservatives shutter House to protest McCarthy-Biden debt deal, setting up next budget brawl

WASHINGTON (AP) — In fallout from the debt ceiling deal, Speaker Kevin McCarthy is suddenly confronting a new threat to his power as angry hard-right conservatives bring the House chamber to a halt, reviving their displeasure over the compromise struck with President Joe Biden and demanding deeper spending cuts ahead. Barely a dozen Republicans, mainly members of the House Freedom Caucus,… → Read More

Just days to spare, U.S. Senate gives final approval to debt ceiling deal, sending it to Biden

Approval in the Senate on a bipartisan vote, 63-36, reflected the overwhelming House tally the day before, relying on centrists in both parties to pull the Biden-McCarthy package to passage. → Read More

Just days to spare, Senate gives final approval to debt ceiling deal, sending it to Biden

Fending off a U.S. default, the Senate gave final approval late Thursday to a debt ceiling and budget cuts package, grinding into the night to wrap up work on the bipartisan deal and send it to President Biden's desk. → Read More

Underestimated McCarthy emerges from debt deal empowered as speaker, still threatened by far right

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is nothing if not a political survivor. → Read More

Underestimated McCarthy emerges from debt deal empowered as speaker, still threatened by far right

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is nothing if not a political survivor. → Read More

Ahead of House vote, Biden and McCarthy scramble to corral support on debt-limit deal

President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are busy trying to get centrists from their respective parties to approve their debt-limit deal. → Read More

Ahead of House debt ceiling vote, President Biden shores up Democrats and Kevin McCarthy scrambles for GOP support

Hard-fought to the end, the debt ceiling and budget cuts package is heading toward a crucial House vote as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assemble a coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans to push it to passage. → Read More

Crucial days ahead as debt ceiling deal goes for vote and President Biden calls lawmakers for support

President Joe Biden says he “feels good” about the debt ceiling and budget deal negotiated with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. → Read More

Biden and GOP rush to complete debt ceiling deal, shore up support to prevent default

The debt ceiling deal has come with just days to spare before a potential first-ever government default. → Read More

Debt ceiling tests McCarthy, as GOP speaker rides breezily through fight of his career

WASHINGTON (AP) — One morning amid the debt ceiling crisis, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy climbed onto his mountain bike and took a ride along the Nati... → Read More

Joe Biden, Republicans reach tentative deal to raise debt ceiling, avoid calamitous U.S. default

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an “agreement in principle” to raise the nation's legal debt ceiling late Saturday as they raced to strike a deal to limit federal spending and avert a potentially disastrous U.S. default. However, the agreement risks angering both Democratic and Republican sides with the concessions made to reach it. Negotiators agreed to… → Read More

Biden, GOP reach debt-ceiling deal, now Congress must approve it to prevent calamitous default

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached an “agreement in principle” to resolve the looming debt crisis → Read More

Biden says debt deal 'very close' even as two sides far apart on work requirements

Work requirements for federal food aid recipients have emerged as a final sticking point in negotiations over the looming debt crisis, even as President Joe Biden says a deal is “very close.” → Read More

Debt ceiling deadline is extended to June 5, Yellen says

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a letter to Congress that inaction on raising the borrowing limit would 'cause severe hardship.' → Read More

‘Crunch’ time in debt ceiling talks, as McCarthy and Biden reach for a deal with deadline looming

The two sides hope to end weeks of frustrating talks and strike a deal by this weekend. → Read More