A US debt crisis will arrive sooner as banking turmoil hits the economy and federal revenue, strategist says

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President Joe Biden gestures as he delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California, watch.
President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

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US Trade Rep fires back at GOP House member who said she has 'too nice a smile' to do her job: 'I don't need your pity'

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US Trade Representative, speaks during the Senate Finance Committee Hearing on the Presidents 2023 Trade Policy Agenda at the U.S. Capitol on March 23, 2023 in Washington, DC.

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TikTok CEO testifies before Congress

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  • TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before Congress.
  • Lawmakers have privacy concerns over the app's Chinese parent company, ByteDance.
  • But experts say a TikTok ban in the US is still unlikely.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew testified before Congress.

Republican senators could be stuck in the minority 'for the rest of the decade' if GOP doesn't flip chamber in 2024, campaign chair warns

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Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, speaking at a press conference on Capitol Hill in February 2021.
Republican Sen. Steve Daines of Montana, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, speaking at a press conference on Capitol Hill in February 2021.

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The TikTok CEO's day in Congress was a 'disaster' that means the app will still likely get banned or sold, Wall Street says

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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew and the TikTok logo in front of US flag
TikTok's CEO Shou Zi Chew testified in front of Congress Thursday, but it did little to assuage lawmakers concerns about the social media app.

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Action from Congress, not the Fed, is what's needed to grow the US economy, Mohamed El-Erian says

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Rep. Cory Mills founded a company that sells arms to foreign governments. He won't say which ones.

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Rep.-elect Cory Mills, R-Fla., attends a news conference in the Capitol Visitor Center on a resolution requesting information from the Biden administration on Ukraine funding, on Thursday, November 17, 2022.
Rep. Cory Mills.

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Sinema privately trashed Senate Democrats to GOP lobbyists, saying they eat too much Jell-O and waste time

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Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona.

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Senate GOP populists push Republican colleagues to back railway regulations, arguing 'their voters' are the most affected by disasters

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Republican Sens. JD Vance and Josh Hawley at a campaign event in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio in May 2022.
Republican Sens. JD Vance and Josh Hawley at a campaign event in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio in May 2022.

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Rep. Jamaal Bowman says the push to ban TikTok is 'xenophobic' and 'part of another Red Scare'

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Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York holds up a phone at the Capitol in May 2022.
Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman of New York holds up a phone at the Capitol in May 2022.

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