Government shutdown talks return as US debt reaches $33 trillion. When will Congress care?
USA TODAY Opinion via Yahoo News· 4 days agoMaya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, has been warning of...
The Dollar Still Has Plenty of Swagger
New York Times· 2 days agoEarlier this year, before the rebound, spot currency traders made good money wagering that the dollar would decline from the 20-year highs it reached in...
How a government shutdown could play in the 2024 election
Colorado Springs Gazette· 4 days agoCongress has less than two full weeks to agree to some form of legislation that will fund the government past its Sept. 30 deadline, but as hard-line House GOP members buck a recently announced ...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom mocks Republican impeachment effort as ‘student government’ and says...
CNN via AOL· 5 days agoCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom mocked House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s decision to launch an impeachment...
US national debt hits $33T for first time in history
FOX Business· 5 days ago"The United States has hit a new milestone that no one will be proud of: our gross national debt just surpassed $33 trillion," said Maya MacGuineas, the...
Haake: For the freedom caucus, chaos is the point
Chicago Tribune· 17 hours agoAfter Republicans added an obscene $8 trillion to the nation’s tab under the Trump administration, the Freedom Caucus forced a debt ceiling showdown only...
For the House Freedom Caucus, tormenting Kevin McCarthy is the point
Salon via Yahoo News· 2 days agodebt incurred over the last 230 years actually occurred during the 4 years of the Trump...
Editorial: Looming federal government shutdown should spur a reset in DC
The Post and Courier· 3 days agoWell, extraordinary by today’s shambolic standards: With the United States about to default on its...
Prospect of government shutdown poses a new threat to U.S. economy
Washington Post· 22 hours agoThe looming federal shutdown poses a new threat to American households, whose budgets are already...
Federal government to relaunch free COVID test program
ABC News via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe federal government program used for the last two winters to send free COVID tests to Americans'...