At this point, not very. Democrats are not unsurprisingly on board, but even more telling is where Senate Republicans stand. The Hill’s Alexander Bolton reports that Republicans in the upper chamber argue there isn’t enough evidence to impeach President Biden. 

And if House Republicans try: Senate Republicans are not on board. “Republican senators are highly skeptical that Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) could even muster enough votes in the House to pass an article of impeachment and warn it would be quickly dismissed if it ever got to the Senate, possibly without going to a full trial.”  

GOP senators’ message to the House GOP: Republican senators argue the party will have an advantage on the economy and other issues, and don’t want to distract with a likely fruitless impeachment effort. Read Bolton’s full reporting 

The biggest monopoly case in decades is beginning today between two of the most powerful entities in the world, the U.S. and Google.  

The case: Whether Google’s search engine is a monopoly — The New York Times has a helpful explainer on the accusations, but here’s the gist: 

The U.S. argument: The Justice Department (DOJ) alleges that Google used illegal partnerships with phone companies and browsers to make its search engine the default. The DOJ claims it has stifled the success of others. 

Google’s argument: Google argues that their business partnerships are legal — and that its product is superior. The tech giant has also claimed that it does have competitors, including Amazon and TikTok where users go for information.

Who are Google’s search engine rivals?: Bing and DuckDuckGo are two examples.  

How much does Google pay Apple to be the default search engine?: “The exact amounts of those default search agreements have been redacted for this trial, but estimates put it at as much as $20 billion a year to Apple alone.” (Vox) 

Google does control most of the market: “Google, which is worth $1.7 trillion, controls around 90% of the U.S. search engine market. It’s put together a massive legal team and brought on outside law firms to help fight its case.” (NPR) 

The last major monopoly case: This is the first major monopoly case since the U.S. sued Microsoft in 1998. Here’s how the cases are similar, via The New York Times