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Month: January 2023

Kevin McCarthy, the view from home

By Kyung Lah, CNN The young man smiling in the last Bakersfield High School student newspaper for the 1983 school year was captioned — “Most Likely to Succeed.” That graduating student wasn’t then-senior Kevin McCarthy, the California Republican who on Saturday became the House speaker for the 118th US Congress, a powerful position that puts

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Colorado will halt busing of migrants to New York City and Chicago following conversation with cities’ mayors, governor says

By Isa Kaufman Geballe and Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN After earlier announcing that Colorado would help asylum-seeking migrants leave the state for their intended destinations, Gov. Jared Polis said the state would not be sending additional buses of migrants to New York City and Chicago following “a very productive conversation” with the mayors of both cities,

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Biden on the Border: A look back at President Biden’s visit to the El Paso Border

I’m in Mexico to meet with President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of Mexico and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada at the North American Leaders’ Summit.This gathering will deepen our coordination and advance our shared priorities for North America. pic.twitter.com/pYDLd1eetU— President Biden (@POTUS) January 9, 2023 UPDATE (4:40 p.m.): Congresswoman Veronica Escobar will hold a

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