Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley acknowledged on Friday that it would be difficult for Ukrainian forces to “eject” Russian forces from all of Ukraine this year.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen asserted on Saturday that House Republicans attempting to negotiate spending cuts amid the renewed debt ceiling battle are “very irresponsible.”
The Department of Justice will not provide House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, with materials related to its ongoing investigations, the agency said Friday.
The U.S. government bumped up against its debt limit Thursday, prompting the Treasury Department to take “extraordinary” accounting steps to avoid default — as friction between President Joe Biden and House Republicans raised concern about whether the U.S. can sidestep an economic crisis.
Former President Donald Trump blasted Jack Smith — the special counsel for the investigation into documents Trump brought to Mar-a-Lago at the end of his presidency — in a series of fiery Truth Social posts last week.
On Friday, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wrote a letter to congressional leaders warning that the U.S. would hit its debt limit on January 19 and encouraged Congress to "act promptly to protect the full faith and credit of the United States," CNBC reported.
We’re starting to see the choices for Chairs of Committees now that the Speaker vote is past and the ones announced so far are looking like big wins for conservatives in the effort to get some true accountability.
