President Joe Biden finally changed his narrative on Monday by contacting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to discuss coordinating a meeting for May 9 to discuss the debt ceiling and avert a default. The call contradicts the White House’s previous official position.
The Republicans gained a majority in the House of Representatives. Giving the Republicans a boost in their power to set the agenda on Capitol Hill after two years in which the Democratic Party had complete control of both chambers of Congress and the White House.
In a half-hour speech delivered from Scranton, Pa., Mr. McCarthy seized the themes that President Biden was addressing in a prime-time address. He turned them on their head against Democrats in a remarkable attempt at political jujitsu aimed at muddying the waters about Mr. Trump’s conduct and handling of sensitive government information.