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DRYDEN TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A former Michigan congressman who quit the Republican Party to protest GOP efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump has died.Paul Mitchell died Sunday, according to a statement his family provided to CNN. He was 64.In June, Mitchell told radio station WJR that he had been diagnosed with…

White House press secretary Jen Psaki will have to circle back with reporters asking about the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.An email query from the Washington Examiner sent Sunday evening to President Joe Biden’s top spokesperson prompted an automatic reply from Psaki’s account that said she “will be out of the office” Sunday through next weekend.The…

President Joe Biden gave strong assurances last month that the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan would not play out like the fall of Saigon at the conclusion of the Vietnam War.Speaking to reporters at the White House on July 8, Biden said the Taliban was “not remotely comparable” to the North Vietnamese Army “in…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The U.S. flag flies in front of the Capitol Dome at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo By David Morgan and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nine moderate Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives threatened on Friday to withhold support for a $3.5 trillion budget…

© Bloomberg. Lawrence Summers (Bloomberg) — Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers criticized President Joe Biden’s efforts to lower the price of gasoline, saying it should be allowed to rise because fossil fuel consumption warms the planet. Summers said in an interview Friday on Bloomberg Television’s “Wall Street Week” that the Biden administration should instead adjust…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden discusses his ‘Build Back Better’ agenda for economic growth and job creation following early morning Senate passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the budget resolution, during a speech in the East Room at 2/2 By Jeff Mason and Susan Heavey WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden…

3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the U.S. Capitol is seen as Senators work to advance the bipartisan infrastructure bill in Washington, U.S., August 8, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo 2/3 By Makini Brice and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hours after the U.S. Senate approved a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint chock-full of investments in…

President Joe Biden dismissed threats from Republicans who say they won’t strike a deal on raising the debt ceiling, a fresh sign that both parties are on the verge of a major clash that raises the threat of default.”Nope, they’re not going to let us default,” he told reporters. “$8 trillion of that is on…

3/3 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The exterior of the U.S. Capitol is seen as Senators work to advance the bipartisan infrastructure bill in Washington, U.S., August 8, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger/File Photo 2/3 By Makini Brice and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Hours after the U.S. Senate approved a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint chock-full of investments in…

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: The sun rises on the U.S. Capitol dome before Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo By Richard Cowan and Susan Cornwell WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Democratic-controlled U.S. Senate on Tuesday passed a massive infrastructure bill and immediately kicked off debate on a $3.5 trillion spending…