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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden yesterday. McCarthy said Biden “used his official office to coordinate with Hunter Biden’s business partners about Hunter’s role in Burisma, the Ukrainian energy company.” The White House called the action “extreme politics at its worst.”
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks at the Capitol on Tuesday.
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- There’s almost no chance the investigation ends with a conviction, NPR’s Susan Davis says on Up First today. Senate Republicans like Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Mitt Romney have expressed skepticism. Davis says McCarthy’s announcement doesn’t make him look “particularly strong” at this moment.” How he navigates the impeachment inquiry and potential government shutdown will dominate the Capitol in the following weeks.
Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un met today in Vladivostok, where Putin gave Kim a tour of his country’s space launch facility.
- NPR’s Charles Maynes says the setting was “really designed to impress” and was of special interest since North Korea recently failed to launch its satellites. Maynes adds the timing of the meeting is clearly tied to Ukraine and Russia’s wider conflict with the West.
Check your medicine cabinets ahead of cold and flu season. A panel of FDA advisers concluded yesterday that phenylephrine, a key ingredient in dozens of cold and allergy medicines, doesn’t work. Phenylephrine can be found…
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