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The plan would rescind COVID-19, IRS money and block student debt forgiveness. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday unveiled a long-awaited GOP proposal to lift the debt limit and enact federal spending cuts. Speaking on the House floor, McCarthy outlined what's included in the so-called Limit, Save, Grow Act, designed to raise the debt limit into next year and also provide more than $4.5 trillion in savings. "The American people have elected a divided government, and our government is a divine compromise," McCarthy said. "That is why the House, the Senate and the White House should be negotiating a responsible debt limit increase right now." Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy speaks in New York City, April 17, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters, FILE The legislation would claw back unspent COVID-19 money, block federal student loan cancellation, rescind billions of dollars for the Internal Revenue Service provided by the Inflation Reduction Act, end gr...

Trump has pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment charging him with falsifying business records related to a hush payment to adult film actress Story Daniels. A federal judge in New York on Tuesday set a hearing next month to consider whether former President Donald Trump should be allowed to move his criminal case from State Supreme Court in Manhattan to federal court . Judge Alvin Hellerstein set the hearing for June 27. "In the meantime, proceedings may continue in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County," Hellerstein's order said. That means Trump and the Manhattan district attorney's office must, as ordered at a hearing last week, work together to pick a trial date for some time in February or March 2024. Trump has pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment charging him with falsifying business records related to a hush payment to adult film actress Story Daniels in the closing weeks of the 2016 campaign. MORE: The Manhattan DA...

Former President Donald Trump tried again in a new court filing to get his criminal prosecution in New York moved to federal court. Former President Donald Trump tried again in a new court filing to get his criminal prosecution in New York moved to federal court, arguing the alleged crimes "took place while the president was in office." Trump's attorneys accused the Manhattan district attorney's office, known by the acronym DANY, of "deceptively mischaracterizing and ignoring the applicable facts and body of law" by seeking to keep the case in state court . "According to DANY, the crux of its case was a purportedly 'illegal scheme that was largely per Pet rated before defendant became [P]resident.' Such an alleged scheme, albeit nonexistent, could only violate federal , not state, campaign finance laws, as made clear by both the federal jurisprudence and the New York State election board,'" the defense filing said. MORE: Trump seek...

The 6-3 opinion repudiated much of the "independent state legislature" theory. The Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a strong rejection of a controversial legal theory that threatened to upend state election laws nationwide and give state legislatures unchecked power over federal election rules in the case Moore v. Harper. In a 6-3 decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, the Supreme Court sided with a group of North Carolina voters who challenged an attempt by state Republican lawmakers to circumvent a state court decision that struck down a new gerrymandered election map. Roberts was joined by Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan, Ketanji Brown Jackson, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. MORE: Supreme Court hears extraordinary bid to upend election laws, casts skeptical eye At the heart of the case was a fringe legal concept dubbed the "independent state legislature" theory, which contends the Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution provides state ...

Former President Donald Trump is expected to file a motion to move his Georgia indictment to federal court, which experts said could have some advantages. Former President Donald Trump may soon seek to have his Georgia election interference case removed to federal court. Attorneys for Trump notified Georgia state court in Fulton County on Thursday that they may file a removal motion, according to a new court filing. Trump would be following in he footsteps of former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and five other defendants charged in the sprawling racketeering case brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. MORE: Mark Meadows, all remaining defendants plead not guilty in Georgia election case The potential advantages for Trump in doing so, attorneys and law professors said, would be the possibility of a more sympathetic jury pool and the potential delays such a move could cause. The law allows federal officers facing state charges to have the prosecution moved to...

Former President Donald Trump filed a notice of removal in the Colorado ballot 14th Amendment case be moved from state court to federal court. Former President Donald Trump on Friday asked to have the case to bar him from the Colorado ballot under Section 3 of the 14th Amendment be moved from state court to federal court . In the notice of removal, Trump's legal team says, "there is an urgent public interest in promptly resolving whether Trump is constitutionally eligible to serve as president in advance of the approaching primary election." Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold's office responded to Trump's filing, saying that state court s were "well suited" to answer 14th Amendment questions and that the office is "exploring legal options." MORE: Trump challenges argument 14th Amendment disqualifies him in 2024, and more trail takeaways Earlier this week, a lawsuit filed by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW),...

A Republican-led House Oversight Committee is launching a probe into the federal Maui wildfire response. The House Oversight Committee will be launching a Republican-led probe into the federal response to the Maui wildfire s, claiming Biden had "failed" in that effort when it came things such as government aid and housing assistance. In a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency leadership signed solely by House Republicans, Rep. James Comer, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, and Rep. Pet e Sessions, the subcommittee chairman, are demanding information on the recovery and what steps have been taken by the agency. "To ensure locals are receiving the assistance they need, and taxpayer dollars being used effectively, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is taking action and seeking information from FEMA on all ongoing recovery efforts in Maui," Comer and Sessions wrote in a statement. MORE: Maui slowly edges toward rebuilding 1 month aft...

The White House is estimating that 3.5M federal workers will have to go without pay if the government shuts down. The White House estimates that 3.5 million federal workers will have to go without pay if the government shuts down. Roughly 2 million of them will be military. The rough tally comes as House Republicans struggle to push through spending bills that would keep the government open in the new budget year. Absent a last-minute bipartisan deal, which appears unlikely, federal agencies are expected to curb much of their work and require many employees to work without pay. MORE: From Social Security to travel: Everything to know about a government shutdown In addition to the 2 million Military service members, the White House Office of Management and Budget estimates 1.5 million federal civilian employees will go without pay. About 820,000 of those federal workers will be sent home, or "furloughed." The U.S. Capitol Building is shown on Aug. 1, 2023 in Washington....

Facing new charges, George Santos said Wednesday he not intend to resign, he does not intend to take a plea deal and he intends to fight the case until "the bitter end" Hours after he was hit with a new round of federal charges , New York congressman George Santos briefly sat down with a small group of reporters on Wednesday morning to reiterate a few things: He does not intend to resign , he does not intend to take a plea deal and he intends to fight the case until "the bitter end." "I'm strong in my convictions that I can prove my innocence," he insisted. Prosecutors this week said that Santos, a Republican first elected last year, allegedly racked up thousands of dollars in charges on his donors' credit cards, exaggerated contributions to his campaign and claimed to have lent $500,000 of his own money when he only had $8,000 in the bank. A superseding indictment was filed against Santos on Tuesday. He was previously charged by federal prosecu...

Nancy Marks, the former treasurer for embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges. Nancy Marks, the former treasurer for embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal conspiracy charge . Marks allegedly filed the names of false donors to Santos' congressional campaign. Federal prosecutors said she did so to inflate the amount of campaign donations Santos appeared to have amassed so he could qualify for national party support. The names of Marks' and Santos' family members were among those falsely reported to have lent his campaign $500,000, despite not having the financial means to do so, prosecutors said. Republican Representative of New York George Santos walks to the House chamber during a House vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, D,C., Sept.14, 2023. Michael Reynolds/EPA via Shutterstock MORE: George Santos makes 1st court appearance after pleading not guilty to 13 counts "These reports were cr...