US representative Katie Porter used her now-signature whiteboard as she grilled former Celgene CEO Mark Alles over the connection between the significant price hike for Revlimid - a common cancer drug - and his personal bonus. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub The Democratic congresswoman for California presented her argument during a … [Read more...]
Katie Porter stumps postmaster general with postcard cost question
In an exchange with congresswoman Katie Porter at the House oversight committee, Louis DeJoy was unable to say how many people had voted by mail in the last election or the cost of sending a postcard in the US. 'I'll submit that I know very little about postage stamps,' the postmaster general conceded, as he defended his leadership of the United States Postal Service amid … [Read more...]
Congresswoman Katie Porter grills billionaire CEO over pay disparity at JP Morgan
California Democratic congresswoman Katie Porter spelled out to JP Morgan's CEO, Jamie Dimon, the real-world implications of the low wages his bank pays its junior employees at a senate hearing on Wednesday. After running Dimon through the numbers, Porter found that a single mother on the bank's starting salary for a teller would be $567 in the red at the end of each month. … [Read more...]
Congresswoman Katie Porter secures free coronavirus testing for all Americans
The US representative Katie Porter has secured free coronavirus testing for all Americans after presenting compelling evidence in the US House of Representatives on Thursday. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub According to her calculations, coronavirus testing would cost a citizen a minimum of $1,331. She pressed a member of the … [Read more...]
Kevin McCarthy: ‘I have the votes’ to become speaker
Kevin McCarthy says he has enough votes to win House speaker election. The California Republican, who has lost 13 straight votes over four days, said 'I’ll have the votes', ahead of a 14th vote. US politics: latest updates biden,california,capitol hill,congress,congress live,democrats,dems,election,gdnpfpnewspolitics,gop,house speaker,house speaker vote,joe biden,kevin … [Read more...]
Liz Truss: ‘I’m sorry for the mistakes, but I fixed them’
Liz Truss has apologised for 'mistakes' in her programme that caused investor confidence to evaporate and her poll ratings to plunge before nearly all of it was finally shredded on Monday by her new chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, but said she would not step down. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub The prime minister and her former chancellor, … [Read more...]
Sarah Sanders and her fiery relationship with the media
Sarah Sanders will finish as White House press secretary at the end of the month. She be remembered for her adversarial relationship with the press. Few Trump aides have been so willing to so often step out in front of the world’s media and defend him, no matter what he had done or said. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Sarah Sanders exits … [Read more...]
‘She knows it wasn’t stolen’: Liz Cheney challenges rival over Trump’s false election claim
Down in the polls and facing losing her seat in Congress over her opposition to Donald Trump and membership of the House January 6 committee, Liz Cheney came out swinging in a Republican debate in Wyoming. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub 'I will always stand for my oath and stand for the truth,' she said in Sheridan on Thursday night, … [Read more...]
Keir Starmer reacts to Boris Johnson’s resignation: ‘He can’t cling on’
The Labour leader says Johnson 'can't cling on' to the prime ministerial position for any longer after announcing his resignation as Tory leader this morning. Starmer has threatened to mobilise his party to bring a vote of no confidence if the prime minister does not leave No 10 imminently Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub The Guardian … [Read more...]
Crowds gather to boo Boris Johnson during resignation speech
Large crowds gathered outside Downing Street to boo the prime minister during his resignation speech. Boris Johnson was joined by supporters outside No 10 but the sound of booing could be heard as he addressed the country. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub The 33 hours that brought Boris Johnson down – in three minutes ► … [Read more...]