U.S. debt default could hit Social Security payments first
A possible lapse in Social Security payments means the oldest beneficiaries — those over 88 — and the disabled could be among the first to suffer.
Treasury Facing Crisis, Asks If They Can Make Late Payments
Well, let's see. If you call up your mortgage company and say you can't pay your mortgage payment and ask them if you can pay later, and they ask when, and you say, well, depends on the debt ceiling crisis being solved. Could take a month, 6 months or a year, I think they'd say no and start foreclosure proceedings.
There’s now even less reason to blame Clinton for the Russia probe
This is a popular argument, as it has been in right-wing circles for months. But the report released this week by special counsel John Durham actually makes the already baseless claim even less plausible.
How to Use the Debt Ceiling to Inflict Cruelty on the Poor
But for millions of low-income Americans who depend on the federal government for health care and basic nutrition, the debate is about their very lives. That’s because Republicans have singled them out, yet again, as a prime target in this year’s extortion scheme.
Senate Democrats ask Biden to ready 14th Amendment, bypass GOP on debt limit
House Democrats also begin a long-shot attempt to force a vote on a debt ceiling increase without other spending cuts.
