#Manchin keeps 2024 presidential speculation alive: ‘I don’t like the direction we’re going’ 

#Manchin keeps 2024 presidential speculation alive: ‘I don’t like the direction we’re going’ 

Manchin keeps 2024 presidential speculation alive: ‘I don’t like the direction we’re going’  Centrist Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) kept speculation alive about him running for president in 2024 as a third-party candidate, telling reporters Tuesday “I don’t like the direction we’re going” and declining to rule out a bid for higher office.  Manchin has criticized…

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#House GOP seeks to divide, conquer Democrats on socialism

#House GOP seeks to divide, conquer Democrats on socialism

House GOP seeks to divide, conquer Democrats on socialism As House Republicans aim to use their majority to divide Democrats on toxic political issues, they found early success this month making new hay out of an old idea: the “horrors” of socialism.   House GOP leaders staged a vote Thursday on a resolution condemning socialism as a…

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#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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