debt limit Top Republican McCarthy rules out default "There will be no default," said Kevin McCarthy, Speaker of the US House of Representatives. photo © Susan Walsh/AP/dpa The US is no longer allowed to take on new debt. Democrats and Republicans must agree, otherwise the US could soon be insolvent. The chairman of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, does not expect a default. "There will be no default," McCarthy said on CBS. He will meet with President Joe...
Berlin Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) wants to deliver Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine. According to information from the Handelsblatt, the decision was made on Tuesday. As the “Spiegel” first reported, at least one company should initially be equipped with the Leopard 2A6 version from Bundeswehr stocks.Accordingly, it is about 14 vehicles. The new Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said in the morning that he expected Germany to make a quick decision to deliver Leopard main battle tanks to Ukraine....
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is a conservative. Nevertheless, he wants to boost the production of green electric cars and solar cells in his state. But that doesn't make him a climate saver. Brian Kemp looks like what you would imagine a conservative US Republican to look like. An elderly white man, his gray hair neatly combed. Dark suit, tie - and a faded Southern accent. He is father, husband, businessman. The governor of Georgia, who recently passed his second term...
This is the kind of post-election violence that the authorities feared in the current tense climate. A former Republican legislative candidate in New Mexico, United States, accused of paying men to shoot at the homes of four Democrats, was arrested on Monday.Solomon Pena, who failed to win a seat in the election, is accused of organizing the shootings at the homes of two county commissioners and two state legislators.He "is charged with conspiring" and "paying off four other men to...
Debt limit to fall US Treasury Secretary Yellen warns of insolvency 01/13/2023 11:42 p.m And annually "greets" the insolvency. Treasury Secretary Yellen warns that US debt ceiling is approaching and should be raised or scrapped. Otherwise, the government is threatened with default again from the summer. The consequences would be significant. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned of an impending US government default. In a letter to the US Congress, she called on MPs to raise the debt limit...
Days of election chaos At the 15th attempt: Republican McCarthy new speaker of the US House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy, former Republican Minority Leader in the US House of Representatives and new US House Speaker, is sworn in by House Dean Hal Rogers (not pictured) as Speaker of the House in the Capitol © Andrew Harnik/AP/DPA Kevin McCarthy has reached his goal: After days of torment, the Republican has made it to the top post in the US House of...
That was nothing. again. For the third day in a row, Kevin McCarthy and with him the entire Republican Party made a fool of himself in the spotlight of the world public. The haggling over the prestigious post of speaker in the House of Representatives continued after another five and now a total of eleven ballots. 20 right-wing mutineers, almost all members of the arch-conservative Freedom Caucus, make life difficult for the 57-year-old MP from California. An end to the...
From our correspondent in California,Two days, six ballots, and a “House” still without “Speaker”. The civil war that is tearing the Republican Party apart for elect Kevin McCarthy at the perch of the House of Representatives continued on Wednesday, with around twenty elected officials categorically rejecting a candidate yet supported by Donald Trump. Each faction camped on its positions, and the tone rose, until a chaotic suspension of the session in the evening, pending a new vote Thursday at noon...
Kevin McCarthy Republican drama: Vote in US Congress postponed again Kevin McCarthy speaks to reporters after several unsuccessful ballots. photo © Jose Luis Magana/AP/dpa The US Congress descends into chaos - and Kevin McCarthy's humiliation continues: The Republican fails in six ballots in the vote for the chairman of the House of Representatives. After a series of defeats for Republican Kevin McCarthy, the power struggle for the highest office in the US Parliament is entering the next round today. The...
From our correspondent in California,Two days, six ballots, and a “House” still without a “Speaker”. The civil war which is tearing the Republican Party apart to elect Kevin McCarthy to the roost of the House of Representatives continued on Wednesday, with around twenty elected officials categorically rejecting a candidate who was nevertheless supported by Donald Trump. Each faction camped on its positions, and the tone rose, until a chaotic suspension of the session in the evening, pending a new vote...