#Five ways a federal debt default could hurt Americans

#Five ways a federal debt default could hurt Americans

Five ways a federal debt default could hurt Americans Americans are getting a crash course on the country’s borrowing limit, as a high-stakes standoff on Capitol Hill dominates national attention.  Last month, the Treasury Department announced it’s implementing “extraordinary measures” to keep the nation from defaulting on its debt, after it hit the roughly $31.4…

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#McCarthy: ‘We won’t touch Medicare or Social Security’

#McCarthy: ‘We won’t touch Medicare or Social Security’

McCarthy: ‘We won’t touch Medicare or Social Security’ Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Thursday that House Republicans will not target Medicare or Social Security in their negotiations over the debt ceiling. “We won’t touch Medicare or Social Security,” he told Donald Trump Jr. in an interview in the Speaker’s office for Trump’s “Triggered” podcast….

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