by James Fite | May 10, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
The much-ballyhooed meeting between President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) came and went, and the situation remains much as it was before. Biden had invited Speaker McCarthy to the White House for a debt limit discussion on Tuesday, May 9 –...
by James Fite | Mar 29, 2023 | Articles, Editor's Choice, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
The federal government hit the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling in January. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen enacted “extraordinary measures” to keep America from defaulting, but even that is expected to fail by June if Congress and the president can’t work something out....
by Mark Angelides | Feb 9, 2023 | Lights, Camera, Action, LN Radio Videocast Segments, LN Radio Videocasts, Politics
With the debt ceiling deadline fast approaching, are the overtures by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy just sweet words to soothe a savage press?
by Mark Angelides | Feb 7, 2023 | Articles, Opinion, Politics
When asked this weekend to enumerate Joe Biden’s political successes, Transport Secretary Pete Buttigieg replied: “There have been so many accomplishments under this administration, it can be difficult to list them in a distilled way.” A more...
by Graham J Noble | Feb 3, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Politics
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) is not yet free of suspicion over his former association with Chinese national Christine Fang, AKA Fang Fang – a suspected intelligence operative. Though the extent of the congressman’s relationship with Fang is unclear, the two collaborated...