Ohio Republican Jim Jordan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, has announced his plans of joining the race to become the next Speaker of the US House of Representatives following Kevin McCarthy’s ouster from the post in a historic vote.
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Debt Ceiling Update: Joe Biden urges US Congress to pass the Bipartisan Budget Agreement
In the ongoing debt ceiling crisis, President Joe Biden said on Sunday that the only way forward for the US is a Bipartisan Budget Agreement and urged the Congress to pass the deal.
India-focused lawmakers want Modi to address joint session of Congress
The bipartisan leadership of an India-focused group of US lawmakers of the House of Representatives have called for extending an invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address a joint session of Congress during his upcoming state visit in June at the invitation of President Joe Biden.
Indian-origin teen charged with threatening to kill Biden and Harris
An Indian-origin teen has been charged with threatening to kill President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in order to “seize power”, according to media reports quoting officials. Sai Varshith Kandula, 19, allegedly rammed a rented truck into White House House barriers on Monday night.
President Joe Biden meets Congressional leadership over debt ceiling
President Joe Biden on Tuesday met with congressional leaders in an effort to avoid a debt default. “This afternoon, President Biden hosted Leader Schumer, Leader McConnell, Speaker McCarthy, and Leader Jeffries in the Oval Office for a productive and direct meeting about the need to ensure America does not default on its debt for the first time in our history, and on a budget agreement that can reach his desk,” read the White House press release.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reiterates US could default on debt by early June
In a letter to Congressional leaders, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen reiterated that the country could default on its debt obligations as early as June 1. The Department of Treasury will likely no longer be able to satisfy all of the governments’ obligations if Congress has not acted to raise or suspend the debt limit by early June, and potentially as early as June 1, Yellen said in the letter sent on Monday.
President Biden, Speaker McCarthy key players in US averting monetary crisis
As Democrats worry if any default on interest payments by the US government on its securities would lead to a global monetary crisis plus a internal constitutional monetary crisis, the best financial brains of the White House and the legal department are at work to ensure it does not as they feel they can invoke the 14th Amendment as a saviour. In this context, President Joe Biden is scheduled to meet House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on May 9 to resolve the crisis as part of a general discussion on fiscal issues.
Congressman Ro Khanna: Focus on unifying issues, not Hinduphobia
Indian American Congressman Ro Khanna has urged those among the Indian diaspora who have been raising the bogey of growing “Hinduphobia” lately, to focus on unifying issues.
Indian community in US working to advance bilateral commercial, economic ties: Envoy Taranjit Singh Sandhu
Indian Ambassador to the US Taranjit Singh Sandhu on Saturday said that Indian community members across America have been working to advance bilateral commercial, economic and people-to-people ties.
Will move forward with bill to block TikTok: US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
Amidst growing calls in the US to ban TikTok, owned by China-based company ByteDance, US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Sunday announced that lawmakers will be moving forward with legislation to “protect Americans from the technological tentacles of the Chinese Communist Party.”
New York City readies for possible arrest of Donald Trump
New York City has girded itself for the fallout from a possible arrest of former US President Donald Trump — a historic event if it happens — setting up barricades around the city and mobilising law enforcement, while Republicans prepared a counter-offensive.
President Biden shames Republicans for playing down Jan 6 Congress attack
President Joe Biden on Wednesday lambasted Republicans and said that they should be ashamed of supporting an effort by Fox News to play down the seriousness of the January 6, 2021 assault on Congress by a mob of Donald Trump supporters.
US shot down Chinese spy balloon, confirms Biden
Fighter jets have shot down the Chinese spy balloon that had been adrift across US airspace for days now.
“I ordered them to shoot it down,” President Joe Biden said on Saturday confirming the downing of the Chinese contraption that had gripped the country in a frenzy since Thursday, when the US department of defense had first made it public, acknowledging, at the same time, it was not first such incident.