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Senate Clears Last Major Hurdle to Raising Debt Ceiling

Debt Ceiling

The Senate on Thursday cleared away the last major hurdle to raising the debt ceiling, approving legislation that would all but guarantee that Congress will be able to move quickly in the coming days to steer the government away from a first-ever federal default.

Calls growing for raising social distancing scheme to Level 3

social distancing

An increasing number of small business owners, parents and health experts here are calling on the government to raise it five-tier social distancing measures to the highest ― Level 3 ― as the current Level 2.5, imposed Dec. 8, has appeared to fail to slow the spread of COVID-19 cases amid the third wave of […]