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Month: February 2023

‘Go on offense’: Inside Democrats’ strategy to try to undercut GOP investigations and protect Biden

By Lauren Fox, Alayna Treene and Jeremy Herb, CNN Congressional Democrats are betting that a coordinated offense is their best defense against the coming Republican investigative onslaught. Democrats on Capitol Hill, at the White House, in agencies and in outside political groups are gearing up to do battle with the Republican committee chairs probing all

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Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy put their brand new relationship to the test with debt ceiling crisis looming

By Phil Mattingly, Chief White House correspondent President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy aren’t friends. Biden’s advisers describe the relationship in bland but respectful terms like “cordial” and “professional.” The president on Tuesday called McCarthy a “decent man” and the speaker said after a November meeting between Biden and congressional leaders he “can

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