History was made on Tuesday when eight Republicans voted with House Democrats to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from his role as House speaker, which he served for nine months. However, the motion to vacate and the support it garnered was foreshadowed throughout the California Republican's speakership. Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley is emerging as the preferred alternative to former President Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican presidential primary in New Hampshire, where the first Republican primaries occur. High earners in California are about to feel the effects of what the Wall Street Journal describes as a “stealth tax increase” that will hit the state’s upper-middle class especially hard.

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