One-hundred days after becoming House speaker, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced he will hold a debt-ceiling vote that could serve as the sequel to his historic — and chaotic — quest for the gavel.
Why it matters: Unlike January's speaker election, in which GOP unity and McCarthy's personal ambitions were the main assets at stake, the House's vote "in the coming weeks" could determine whether the U.S. economy averts a catastrophic default.
Top Senate Republicans on Monday signaled widespread opposition within their conference to temporarily replacing Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Why it matters: Republicans said temporarily replacing a senator on a committee is a virtually unprecedented action – but that if Feinstein resigns, the more routine task of filling her seats would be an easier lift.
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise is feeling good about GOP wins in the first 100 days of the 118th Congress, he told Axios in an interview last week.
Why it matters: Speaker Kevin McCarthy promised on Monday the GOP can pass a debt limit increase into 2024, and House Republicans are set to unveil sweeping immigration legislation that could divide the caucus.
The big picture: Congress reconvened Monday after a two-week recess, with Fetterman as well as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) returning after absences. Meanwhile, Democrats have grappled with the impact of Sen. Dianne Feinstein's absence (D-Calif.) on their slimmajority.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis introduced a legislative proposal Monday aimed at nullifying the Walt Disney Company's recent effort to restrict the state's ability to rein in future development at Disney World.
Why it matters: Disney's restrictive development agreement undercut DeSantis' oft-repeated talking point that he defeated "woke corporatism" in his state. Now, the governor is hitting back.
Republicans on the House Judiciary panel are set to unveil border legislation that includes codifying controversial Trump-era policies.
Why it matters: GOP infighting over specifics has delayed Speaker Kevin McCarthy's promise to bring immigration legislation to the House floor early in this Congress.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Monday rejected former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's petition to throw out his 2022 conviction for the murder of George Floyd.
The big picture: Video of Chauvin using his knee to pin down Floyd as he cried that he couldn't breathe ignited widespread protests in 2020 over racism and police brutality.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Monday the House will vote on a bill to raise the debt ceiling through 2023 and cut government spending.
Why it matters: The U.S. is expected to reach its fiscal cliff this summer, heightening the need for a solution on the debt ceiling in the coming months to stave off default.
More than three-quarters of Americans believe that the nation's scourge of mass shootings can be stopped if real effort is made to do so, according to a new CBS/YouGov poll released Sunday.
Why it matters: The first months of the new year have already been marred by dozens of mass shootings — including in Monterey Park, California, Louisville, Kentucky and Nashville, Tennessee.
Companies have committed more than $200 billion to U.S. manufacturing projects as President Biden’s "effort to spark a new industrial revolution gains momentum," according to a new Financial Times report.
Why it matters: "The investment in semiconductor and clean tech investments is almost double the commitments made in the same sectors in the whole of 2021, and nearly 20 times the amount in 2019," the FT calculates.
Ron Klain, two months after leaving as White House chief of staff, today will "return home" to the global legal giant O’Melveny as partner in its Litigation Department, based in Washington and New York, and as a member of the firm’s Executive Committee.
Why it matters: Klain, who was an O’Melveny partner from 1999 to 2004, will have the flexibility to be an informal senior adviser to Biden's reelection campaign.
We spend our days captivated by people with the most power and the biggest mouths. But it turns out a rising number of Americans want something else — political independence.
Driving the news: Gallup polling last month found that a record 49% of Americans see themselves as politically independent — the same as the two major parties put together.
An American warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait Sunday — days after China's military conducted live-fire drills around the island and as diplomats from the Group of Seven nations gathered in Japan to discuss increasing threats from Beijing.
The big picture: The U.S. Navy's 7th Fleet in a statement Monday described the guided-missile destroyer USS Milius' transit through the strait as a "routine" demonstration of "the United States' commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific."
A shooting at a birthday party in an eastern Alabama town on Saturday left at least four people dead and 28 others injured — some critically, police said Sunday evening.
The big picture: The mass shooting in Dadeville, some 57 miles northeast of Montgomery, is the 32nd to occur this month in the U.S., and the seventh of nine of the weekend, according to statistics compiled by the Gun Violence Archive.
