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“The most stunning thing is that this massive #debt-ceiling increase would be paired with a massive increase in new #borrowing, whereas in the past the pressure has been to couple them with debt decreases,” said Maya MacGuineas the president of the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal […]
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Most economists & analysts welcome a reprieve from #debt limit brinkmanship that has destabilized the economy in recent years. However, raising the debt limit along with #legislation that is projected to add $3 trillion to the national debt over a decade suggests that lawmakers are overlooking […]
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The national debt is approaching $37 trillion. This week, #Senate Republicans unveiled #legislation that would raise the debt limit by $5.1 trillion, higher than the $4 trillion increase that #House Republicans voted for in their bill last month. Such an increase would likely extend the nation’s […]
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#GOP lawmakers are prepared to push through the #debt limit increase w/only votes from their party, through a #budget process called reconciliation. That is making it harder for #Republicans to maintain their fiscal hawk credibility, prompting some resistance from a few lawmakers who have warned […]
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This year, the party of fiscal conservatism is poised to discard that philosophy as #Republicans prepare to press ahead with #domestic #policy #legislation that combines nearly $4 trillion in tax cuts with a $5 trillion increase to the #debt limit. An increase of that magnitude would be a record […]
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In 2005, #SCOTUS held that such displays in a pair of #Kentucky courthouses violated the #Constitution. At the same time, the #court upheld a #TenCommandments marker on the grounds of the #Texas state Capitol in #Austin.
#Louisiana #law #ChurchAndState #Christian #Evangelism […]
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#Law experts have long said they expect the #Louisiana case to make its way to the #SCOTUS, testing the #conservative #court on the issue of #religion & #government.
In 1980, the #SupremeCourt ruled that a similar #Kentucky law violated the #EstablishmentClause of the US #Constitution, which […]
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The mandate was signed into #law last June by #Republican #Louisiana Gov. #JeffLandry.
The court’s ruling backs an order issued last fall by US District Judge John deGravelles, who declared the mandate #unconstitutional & ordered state #education officials not to take steps to enforce it & to […]
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The mandate has been touted by #Republicans, including #Trump, & marks one of the latest pushes by #conservatives to incorporate #religion into classrooms.
The ultra conservative #5thCircuit Court of Appeals’ order stems from a lawsuit filed last year by #parents of #Louisiana school #children […]
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#Trump admin lawyers wrote in a June 17 filing that #MahmoudKhalil's request for release should be addressed to the judge overseeing his #immigration case, an administrative process over whether he can be deported, rather than to Farbiarz, who is considering whether Khalil's March 8 arrest & […]
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#MahmoudKhalil's lawyers deny that allegation & say people are rarely detained on such charges. On June 16, they urged Farbiarz to grant a separate request from their client to be released on bail or be transferred to #immigration detention in New Jersey to be closer to his family in New York […]
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US District Judge Michael Farbiarz ruled on June 11 the #Trump admin was violating #MahmoudKhalil's #FreeSpeech rights by detaining him under a little-used #law granting the US secy of #state power to seek #deportation of non-citizens whose presence in the country was deemed adverse to US […]
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#MahmoudKhalil, a prominent figure in pro-#Palestinian #protests against #Israel's #war on #Gaza, was arrested by #immigration agents in NYC March 8. #Trump falsely called the protests #antisemitic & vowed to #deport foreign #students who took part.
Khalil had condemned #antisemitism & #racism […]
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Before the meeting w/ #France, #Britain, #Germany & the #EU's foreign policy chief, 2 diplomats said Araqchi would be told the #US is still open to direct talks. But expectations for a breakthrough are low, diplomats say.
A snr Iranian ofcl told Reuters #Iran was ready to discuss limitations on […]
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#Iran Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said there was no room for negotiations w/the US "until Israeli aggression stops". But he later arrived in Geneva for talks w/European foreign ministers at which #Europe hopes to establish a path back to #diplomacy over Iran's #nuclear program.
#geopolitics […]
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Doha was asking companies to raise governments' awareness of the risks to #global #gas & #oil supply in the #US & #Europe, they said. #QatarEnergy did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The White House said on Thurs #Trump *would decide* on US involvement in the conflict in the […]
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Fars news agency quoted an Iranian military spox as saying the latest missile & drone attacks used long-range & ultra-heavy missiles that targeted military sites, defense industries & command & control centers.
In a sign of increasing concern about any strikes on #energy facilities in #Iran or […]
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#Iran fired missiles at the southern #Israel city of #Beersheba early on Friday & Israeli media said initial reports pointed to missile impacts in #TelAviv, the #Negev & #Haifa after further attacks hours later.
About 20 missiles were fired in the latest strikes, an Israeli military official […]
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…There’s considerable evidence that #investors will be better off if they can transcend this kind of thinking. …if you had invested $1,000 in the S&P 500 from early 1953 through March 2024, & stayed in the index only during #Republican admins, it would have grown to $27,400. If you had kept the […]
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There was a political #assassination in #Minnesota & #arrests across the country of govt officials protesting #Trump’s #immigration agenda, along w/political #polarization so acute that it is affecting people’s views on a broad array of topics.
Whether you are feeling upbeat about the #stock […]
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It has been impossible to watch the news in the #US without seeing displays of military & #LawEnforcement #power — airborne pyrotechnics in the #MiddleEast, parading #tanks & #soldiers in Washington, & vistas of #NationalGuard troops, #Marines, #police officers & #immigration agents in […]
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The #markets are fundamentally amoral & supposedly] apolitical…. They are remarkably indifferent to pandemics, elections, civil unrest & just about everything else that may be extraneous to the central purpose of making #profits. And [#corporate profits remain strong, despite everything […]
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Global economic growth has been slowing, amid predictions of a sharper deceleration later this year, when the #tariff war started by the #US is expected to really bite.
Deutsche Bank projected this past week that if the conflict led to the closing of the #StraitOfHormuz or to damage to regional […]
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Yet even the #oil #market hasn’t moved all that much…. The #futures price of benchmark Brent #crude on Wed was still below $80 a barrel—less than where it stood in January or 1 year ago.
There are rational explanations for the #oil market’s restraint. Before #Israel’s attack on #Iran, global […]
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#Shipping through the strait encompasses ¼ of “total global seaborne #oil trade,” per #EIA, & protecting the route has been a preoccupation of US #military since the days of the shah of #Iran, deposed in 1979.
Given the gravity of the situation & soaring oil prices associated w/ onset of […]
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The start of a much bigger #war, w/the #US joining #Israel’s effort to eliminate #Iran as a potential #nuclear threat, would undoubtedly wake the #markets from their apparent slumber.
The economic risks in the #PersianGulf are enormous. If Iran were desperate enough, in addition to targeting US […]
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This isn’t to say all #markets have been entirely placid. The price of #oil has oscillated since #Israel launched a barrage of air attacks on #Iran last Friday, setting off a new, heightened stage of conflict between the 2 longtime adversaries. #Trump has warned Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah […]
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That’s noteworthy, when you consider the crises that are looming: the highest #tariffs in decades; a contentious crackdown on #immigration & a swelling #budget #deficit in the #US; &, in the #MiddleEast, an escalating #war between #Israel & #Iran that could sharply reduce global #oil supplies […]
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#JeromePowell, the #Fed chair, said that the #economy faced the risks of both higher #inflation & #stagnation, but that the central bank needed more evidence before it could decide where the greatest dangers lay.
“Right now, it’s a forecast in a foggy time,” he said. Even more than usual, the […]
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That request centers on a 19th-century #law, the #PosseComitatusAct, that generally makes it illegal to use the #military for #domestic law enforcement. The #Trump admin has argued that the #troops are not themselves performing law enforcement tasks, but rather are protecting civilian agents who […]
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Judge Breyer’s temporary restraining order #TRO] concerned only the #NationalGuard & whether it was lawful for #Trump to mobilize them under #federal control. At the hearing on Friday, he is also set to address a #state request to limit #troops under federal control to guarding federal buildings […]
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Either way, litigation in the case is set to return on Friday to the San Francisco courtroom of the Federal District Court judge, Charles Breyer, for a hearing. He is weighing whether to issue a more durable preliminary injunction restricting what #Trump can do with some 4,000 #NationalGuard […]
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The ruling means control of the #California #NationalGuard will stay in #federal hands as the lawsuit continues to unfold.
The #state could choose to ask the full appeals court to rehear the matter, or it could directly ask #SCOTUS to intervene. But the state might also just move on from the […]
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The court case could have wider implications on the president’s #power to deploy #soldiers within the #US after #Trump directed #immigration officials to prioritize #deportations from other #Democratic-run #cities.
Trump, a Republican, argued that the #troops were necessary to restore order […]
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The decision halts a ruling from Judge Breyer, who found #Trump acted illegally when he activated the #NationalGuard over opposition from #California Gov #GavinNewsom.
The #9thCircuit court of appeals concluded that “it is likely that the President lawfully exercised his statutory authority” […]
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The court used 14 of its 38 page ruling rejecting the #DOJ's argument that #Trump's decision to federalize the #California #NationalGuard can't be reviewed by the courts.
But, the court concluded that the requirement in #Title10 §12406 that "orders ... shall be […]
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A 3-judge panel of the San Francisco-based #9thCircuit Court of Appeals extended a pause it placed on US District Judge Charles Breyer's June 12 ruling that #Trump had called the #NationalGuard into #federal service unlawfully […]
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#DHS, which includes #ICE & US Customs & Border Protection, said #CBP vehicles used the parking lot briefly.
"This had nothing to do with the Dodgers. CBP vehicles were in the stadium parking lot very briefly, unrelated to any operation or enforcement," DHS propagandist Tricia McLaughlin said […]