Hillary Clinton criticizes House Republicans for using the debt ceiling as a political weapon, warning that it undermines the U.S.'s global credibility and plays into the hands of adversaries like Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, and warns of the potential danger of playing games with the debt ceiling to the U.S. dollar's pre-eminent position in the global economy.
The Pentagon is investigating the leak of classified American and NATO plans to bolster the Ukrainian military ahead of a planned offensive against Russian troops.
"If I run, my top priority will be to end the corrupt merger between state and corporate power that has ruined our economy, shattered the middle class, polluted our landscapes and waters, poisoned our children, and robbed us of our values and freedoms," says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Last week, 25 of the largest banks in the United States recorded a $90 billion outflow of deposits after initially seeing an increase in deposits following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB).
A Gallup survey indicates that 83% of Americans view the current state of the U.S. economy negatively with inflation being the biggest economic concern, while non-economic issues such as aspects of government or leadership cited as the leading problem by twice as many Americans.
