MSNBC’s Lisa Page describes the ‘searing shame and crushing weight’ of dealing with men

Former President Trump has scheduled a meeting with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, (R-CA) for this Thursday, so the two can discuss Trump's upcoming impeachment, Fox News reports. The meeting is set to take place in South Florida.

McCarthy opposed impeaching Trump but was open to a censure resolution. He has since criticized GOP conference chairwoman Liz Cheney's vote to impeach.

President Joe Biden reaffirmed Wednesday the United States' commitment to defend Japan in his first phone call with Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, striking a note of reassurance after the Trump era.

During Donald Trump's administration, America's Asian allies often questioned whether Washington would uphold long-standing promises to defend them in the event of attack.

Before President Joe Biden was sworn into office a week ago, liberal economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman predicted that Republicans in Congress would "magically rediscover fiscal conservatism" and oppose any coronavirus relief package he proposed. Sure enough, some Republicans are claiming that the new president wants to spend too much. And Krugman, in a Times column published this week, argues that Republicans in Congress are more interested in playing partisan politics than helping the millions of Americans who are still hurting financially because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

"President Biden is proposing a large relief package to deal with the continuing fallout from the coronavirus," Krugman explains. "The package is expansive, as it should be. But it is, predictably, facing demands that it be scaled back. Which, if any, of these demands have some validity?"