President takes aim at Republicans for perceived ambition to cut benefits in New York Times guest essay
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Joe Biden has been laying out some of his budget plans today in a guest opinion piece for the New York Times, and wastes little time bashing Republicans over benefits for future generations.
The president, whose full budget proposal is set to be unveiled on Thursday, says expanding Medicare will be a priority to maintain a “rock-solid guarantee that Americans have counted on to be there for them when they retire.”
For decades, I’ve listened to my Republican friends claim that the only way to be serious about preserving Medicare is to cut benefits, including by making it a voucher program worth less and less every year. Some have threatened our economy unless I agree to benefit cuts.
Only in Washington can people claim that they are saving something by destroying it.
Rightwing TV host Tucker Carlson is receiving pushback for “sanitizing” the January 6 Capitol riot in selective footage aired on his Fox News show on Monday night, provided to him exclusively by Republican House speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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Trump is mulling who he might pick as a running mate in 2024, Axios says, with election denier and failed Arizona governor candidate Kari Lake emerging as a favorite.
Michelle Obama “cried uncontrollably for 30 minutes” after Trump’s January 2017 inauguration after she and outgoing president Barack Obama left the White House for the last time, according to the ex-first lady’s new podcast airing today. The Washington Post has the story.