#National security adviser: Biden ‘has expressed confidence’ at G7 that US won’t default

#National security adviser: Biden ‘has expressed confidence’ at G7 that US won’t default

National security adviser Jake Sullivan said that while the debt limit talks have been a subject of interest at the Group of Seven (G-7) summit, President Biden has “expressed confidence” to world leaders in avoiding a default.  “It is definitely a subject of interest,” Sullivan told reporters during a Saturday morning press conference in Japan. “Here at…

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#Democrats signal growing frustration with globalization

#Democrats signal growing frustration with globalization

Democrats are sounding increasingly fed up with free trade agreements and some of the basic tenets of globalization that have defined the last several decades of U.S. trade policy, echoing some of the “America First” sentiments that put former President Trump at odds with the economic orthodoxies of his own party and a longstanding policy…

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#What we know about Energy Department’s lab leak conclusion

#What we know about Energy Department’s lab leak conclusion

What we know about Energy Department’s lab leak conclusion The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that the Energy Department has concluded with “low confidence” that the COVID-19 virus emerged from a laboratory in China. The newspaper, citing a classified intelligence report, said the Energy Department’s new position adds to divisions within the intelligence community…

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