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May 5, 2023
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| In the Game of Budget Chicken, Who Will Blink First? |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| President Joe Biden may have invited the top four congressional leaders to the White House, but no one is quite sure why. According to the White House, he has no intentions of debating the budget bill that House Republicans passed earlier this month. Despite the ticking time bomb of a national default, Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre insisted Biden "is not going to negotiate on the debt ceiling." Republicans need to "do their job," she argued. But Republicans have, Rep. Lisa McClain (R-Mich.) fired back. "[We] put forth a budget," she said. "We've done our job. Now it's the president's job and the Democrats' job, quite frankly, to do theirs." |
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| Colorado Shelves Abortion-Reversal Ban Rather Than Defend It |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| In a rare move, Colorado lawyers have promised a judge not to enforce a recently passed law banning medication to reverse abortions, rather than try to defend it in court. "We do think it's very telling [that], when presented the opportunity to defend the law that the state had just passed, the state chose to run away," said Becket Fund counsel Rebekah Ricketts, who is representing Catholic health care provider Bella Health and Wellness, in their lawsuit. |
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| Congressman Warns of Chinese Infiltration of American Education and Trade Sectors |
| by Dan Hart |
| As news broke that Chinese authorities are branding members of the Uyghur ethnic minority in Xinjiang as "extremist" for simply having a copy of the Quran, a U.S. congressman is warning of ongoing espionage efforts conducted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to infiltrate American universities, as well as U.S. trade and financial sectors. |
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| What Does It Mean When Politicians Literally Hide the Bible? |
| by Arielle Del Turco |
| On Monday, state legislators in Arizona filed an ethics complaint against state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton (D-Tucson) after she was caught on tape hiding Bibles in the House lawmakers' lounge. Stahl Hamilton, who is a Presbyterian minister and attended Princeton Theological Seminary, apologized last week and characterized her actions as "playful." But disrespectful acts toward Holy Scripture that take place in a state capitol building are far more serious than that, and it is good to see the lawmakers who filed the complaint recognize it. |
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