US loses AAA rating for first time
Standard and Poor’s have revised the US credit rating downwards to a AA+ with a negative outlook © AFP Stan Honda AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) –…
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Treasury consults dealers amid debt cap brawl
Treasury officials were to meet with the 20 primary dealers of US debt in New York Friday to gauge the market situation © AFP/File AFP…
US Fed, Treasury huddle on debt crisis
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke © AFP Mandel Ngan AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The head of the US Federal Reserve, one of his top lieutenants…
What Happened to the $2.6 Trillion Social Security Trust Fund?
Dees Illustration Merrill Matthews Forbes Here’s how President Barack Obama answered CBS’s Scott Pelley’s question about whether he could guarantee that Social Security checks would…
Debt Political Theater Diverts Attention While Americans’ Wealth is Stolen
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today spoke on the House floor about the massive transfer of wealth from the American people to the hands of the…
Our Supreme Corporate Court: 3 Strikes and We’re Out!
Supreme Court – Wikimedia Commons Gary Corseri, Contributing Writer Activist Post First, some aphoristic opals: “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” — Wendell Phillips…
Moody’s warns of spillover if US downgraded
US President Barack Obama leaves a press conference in the East Room of the White House © AFP Saul Loeb AFP WASHINGTON – Moody’s said…
US Treasury to cut issues as May 16 debt cap nears
The US Treasury © AFP/File Karen Bleier AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US Treasury said Monday it would begin cutting certain debt issues as it…
US raps China for ‘serious backsliding’ on rights
© AFP/File Mike Clarke AFP BEIJING (AFP) – A US envoy accused China of “serious backsliding” on human rights Thursday following talks on the issue…
US, China in human rights talks amid clampdown
© AFP/File Liu Jin AFP BEIJING (AFP) – US and Chinese officials met in Beijing on Wednesday for sensitive human rights talks, with the American…
State Dept. wants to make it harder to get a passport
Edward Hasbrouck Consumer Traveler If you don’t want it to get even harder for a U.S. citizen to get a passport — now required for…
US, China to hold human rights talks
© AFP/File Fabrice Coffrini AFP BEIJING (AFP) – China and the United States will hold human rights talks in Beijing next week, the State Department…
US Baghdad embassy will double in size: envoy
Editor’s Note: The U.S. embassy in Iraq is already the largest and most expensive in the world, reportedly costing over $1.5 billion — Now it…