On Wednesday, Florida Governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis said during an interview that the United States needs to become economically independent from China and that he would be willing to use tariffs to force the change. DeSantis made his comments during an interview on Fox News with host Kayleigh McEnany. “I think
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The United States economy contracted at an annual rate of 0.5 percent in the first quarter of 2023, which is the fourth quarter out of the last five with negative growth, according
On Wednesday, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) explained Republicans’ stance on the debt ceiling as the Biden administration continues to refuse to engage in negotiations despite a looming U.S. default. McCarthy made
During an interview over the weekend, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, warned that America’s adversaries would “love nothing more” than for the United States to default on
On Friday, President Biden inexplicably claimed that raising the debt ceiling “doesn’t have a damn thing to do” with the budget during a statement ahead of a meeting of the Council of
