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Mike Rhode is a general comics scholar with a particular interest in Washington, D. C. cartoonists as revealed through his Comics DC blog (and, full disclosure, is a friend of The Daily Cartoonist). Yesterday Mike went on a three part self-described "rant" about The Washington Post's recent treatment of comics and cartoons appearing in the…

Washington — A meeting planned for Friday between President Biden and top congressional officials on the debt ceiling has been postponed until next week, leaders in Congress said. The delay came amid...

And more on the latest CBO report.

WASHINGTON - Exiting the White House in February, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sounded a hopeful note, describing his roughly hour-long conversation with President Joe Biden as a "good first meeting"...

If the government defaults, it would likely run out of money to pay most of its bills. It would not be able to borrow money to pay for Social Security, issue tax refunds, or pay the salaries for federal workers and members of the military.

House Republicans have locked the Biden administration in a standoff over a deadline to raise the national debt ceiling by this summer, or risk fiscal

Rather than compromise with conservative counterparts to resolve the debt ceiling situation, some Democrats want to declare the limit itself unconstitutional.

Here’s our list of the experts and advocates, outside the government, who are playing big roles in Washington’s policy debates.

And Proud Boys leaders are found guilty of seditious conspiracy.

And Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas) is planning to mount a campaign against Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).