Two decades of tax cuts, recession responses and bipartisan spending fueled more borrowing — contributing $25 trillion to the total and setting the stage for another federal showdown.
Tag: Obama, Barack
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Why the Debt-Ceiling Fight Could Get Really Ugly — and How It Might End
Ross Douthat and two analysts discuss Kevin McCarthy, the House G.O.P. and the looming drama over the government borrowing cap.
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Second Set of Documents Were Found at Biden’s Home in Delaware, White House Says
A statement by the president’s special counsel confirmed reports that more documents had been uncovered after a previous batch was found at a think tank.
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Obamacare Is Everywhere in the Unlikeliest of Places: Miami
A decade after the Affordable Care Act’s federal health insurance marketplace was created, its outsize — and improbable — popularity in South Florida persists.
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Kevin McCarthy and the Return of the Pre-Trump G.O.P.
In the struggles over the speakership, the old G.O.P. world, with all its dysfunctions, stalemates and futility, has come again.