White House and Republicans reach a tentative deal to avoid U.S. default

House Republicans have reached a tentative deal with the White House to address the nation’s debt ceiling and avoid a default on U.S. sovereign debt.

GOP-controlled Texas House impeaches Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, triggering suspension

Texas’ GOP-led House of Representatives impeached state Attorney General Ken Paxton on Saturday on articles including bribery and abuse of public trust.

Warren Buffett slammed the last debt-ceiling crisis as a stupid waste of time – and called for the government’s borrowing limit to be removed

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna points to declining populations to calm fears about A.I. taking jobs

Employees doing routine tasks that A.I. can perform is “not an option” given population declines, argues the IBM chief. Read More

Truss had it right – there’s only one way out of this mess

Target Stock Falls for the 7th Day After Earnings. Now Backlash to Its LGBTQ+ Merch Is Hitting Shares.

Debt-Ceiling Deal Is Close. Why Recession And Stock-Market Drop Will Follow.

DeSantis takes on Trump directly now that he’s a candidate: ‘I don’t know what happened to Donald Trump’

“He’s going left on culture,” DeSantis said of Trump. “He’s even sided with Disney against me.” Read More

China’s ban on Micron chips is ‘economic coercion’ and won’t be tolerated, says Gina Raimondo

Beijing’s actions against Idaho-based Micron have “no basis in fact,” Biden’s commerce secretary said Saturday. Read More

Elon Musk admits BYD cars ‘are highly competitive these days’ after 2011 clip shows him laughing at the rival now trouncing Tesla in China 

“I don’t think they have a great product,” Musk said of BYD in 2011, adding it wasn’t a Tesla competitor in his mind. Read More