This is fresh air, I'm Tiri Gross.

Now that Kevin McCarthy has assumed his new role as speaker of the house,

a position he won after making concessions to the far right of his party,

what can we expect?

Jim Jordan, a Trump ally who played a role in trying to overturn the election,

is now chair of the Judiciary Committee,

as well as chair of a new subcommittee to investigate the weaponization of government.

That subcommittee is likely to investigate the Biden administration

and members of Congress who have been investigating the attempt to overthrow the election

and the attack on the Capitol.

The January 6th committee, Sipina Jordan,

Jordan refused to comply, now he's the one with the Sipina power.

Republican-led committees will be investigating President Biden and his son Hunter,

including Hunter's business practices,

and the classified documents found in President Biden's home and office.

Republicans may block efforts to raise the debt ceiling,

which would lead to America defaulting on its debt, and throw our economy

in parts of the global economy into chaos.

And there's George Santos, who lied his way into Congress,

fabricating his biography in resume.

Who knows how that will play out?

He would talk about these issues and more is Katie Edminson,

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