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Yellen: New Debt Limit, Trump

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Federal government nears debt-ceiling limit, Yellen warns

The Treasury Department on Friday said the government is beginning to run out of money to finance its debt obligations.

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Yellen: US will hit debt ceiling in mid- or late-January

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday she expects the U.S. will officially run up against its borrowing limit in mid- to late-January, starting the clock on a major fiscal challenge facing President-elect Donald Trump in his first months in office.

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Janet Yellen Tells Congress US Could Hit Debt Limit in Mid-January

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, as early as January 14th,

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Federal lands hold the key to unleashing a new American energy revolution

Donald Trump’s Cabinet secretaries can work together to end-run regulations that are strangling new technologies and hitting ...

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Texas AG orders preservation of border wall materials for Trump

The office of Attorney General Ken Paxton said it "secured a victory" for President-elect Donald Trump during a hearing on ...

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We should all fear the extinction of our democracy

Perhaps we can hope that other branches of government will be cognizant of the need to restore public trust in our ...

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The United States needs more disagreement on national security policy

U.S. policy on countering China is displaying worrisome elements of frictionlessness, which can lead to poor decisions and ...

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Trimming the federal budget is a great idea in theory | GARY COSBY JR.

President-elect Donald Trump appears ready to cut federal spending, but the American public is addicted to federal money.

Natick engineer charged in connection with drone attack that killed US troops in Jordan due in federal court

Mahdi Mohammad Sadeghi is accused of conspiring to illegally export sensitive technology from a semiconductor manufacturer in Norwood to Iran through a Swiss front company.

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Editorial Roundup: United States

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ Dec. 23 The Washington Post on President Biden's commutation of death sentences ...

What’s affected if the federal government shuts down? What we can VERIFY

Will airports and post offices remain open? We VERIFY what would be impacted during a partial government shutdown.

When could the federal government shut down? What happens to Californians?

U.S. Representative Jimmy Panetta for the Central Coast speaks out against a government shutdown which could impact over ...

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Trump: “It Will Be the Policy of the United States That There Are Only Two Genders”

The President-elect's vow to “end the transgender lunacy” was one of many statements made in a sprawling speech at Turning ...

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Here’s what’s in and out of the government funding agreement

The Senate approved a slimmed-down, temporary government spending plan early Saturday morning, averting a shutdown of the ...

Trump seizes on Biden commutations to pledge resumption of federal executions

Promotion of the death penalty is a critical component of Trump’s bid to establish a presidential dictatorship. It is part of ...

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