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Donald trump, and at this early stage has yet to see her campaign take off particularly as ron desantis and trump have taken up much of the oxygen in the race. now, it was not just foreign policy and ukraine in which she used the issues to differentiate herself from the two men. another one we heard was entitlement programs. and both trump and desantis despite previously saying otherwise, they said they would not touch medicare and social security, and haley said that you have to make actions to...

Most issues in domestic politics right now. so, its unlikely that voters will come away completely satisfied with her responses on the domestic front. but she clearly was interested in highlighting her differences between trump and the rest of the primary field. thats what will she did last night. >> right, she certainly took a position on medicare entitlement programs, ukraine, and abortion which of course is an issue for many voters sort of danced around that question. daniel strauss of the ne...

They went to the house and they had a conversation with him. according to the criminal complaint, he told federal investigators, he said he was extremely angry with certain politicians over the handling of entitlement programs for vets. and he went on to say in particular he was-up set with a senator who was allegedly blocking military promotions. he also went on to deny any intentions to actually go through with any sort of violence. and he did not recall exactly what he left on that voicemail....

Ends and means. in 2011, the two parties were debating a true grand bargain that would have everything on the table. and would have a material impact on the u.s. fiscal picture. here, the republicans ruled out the pentagon changes. and they ruled out anything to do with our large entitlement programs, the principal driver of increased spending. youre left arguing about a small slice of the budget, and normal appropriations process. and against that, you have a guillotine of an unprecedented defa...

Spending and cutting into entitlement programs. thats not going to happen. i think the big event here is theres not going to be a breach of the debt limit. there wont be a default, and i think markets will likely be calmed by that. there is an expression on wall street that you buy the rumor and sell the news. well have to wait to tomorrow to see how markets react. >> let me ask you about 2011 because theres all of this monday morning quarterbacking, but looking back on 2011 and the effect that ...

Against this cruel and senseless tradeoff when it comes to work requirements for entitlement programs. you can imagine all of this is part of the conversation today as they race to reach this deal. if a deal is reached today, they still have to post the bill, then have time for members to review, later a vote on the house floor and then later the senate. of course, nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to. >> thanks to both of you. lets talk more about this. ronna, good to see you. mor...

Also, on top of what she discussed, we dont know what the spending caps are going to be. a big sticking point has been will it be 2022 levels or back prior to covid? >> i think actually the bigger question for me, besides the top line number, is what actually is eligible for cuts. we have heard a lot of reporting, including just now, about whats been carved out, what is protected. defense, veterans programs, entitlement programs, whatever things democrats want to hold up as the things they have ...

Praised, taxes are off the table, and the big entitlement programs for seniors and that the primary drivers of the federal deficit are off the table, part because 65% of their votes now comes from white voters over 45. on your left is with this small sliver of a federal budget, domestic just aries funding, its only about once every six or $7 at the federal government spends. you can squeeze it as much as you want, and you are still not going to fundamentally change the trajectory of the deficit,...

The repercussions of a first-ever default on the US federal debt would quickly reverberate around the world. Experts say that no corner of the global economy would be spared

Joe Biden and his administration have been searching for ways to act unilaterally to avoid an economic ‘calamity’ if Congress can’t reach agreement to allow more borrowing. While some advocate using the 14th Amendment, the president has viewed the route as a problematic and untested legal theory