The Mexican government said Wednesday that a dead body had been found caught in the controversial floating barriers installed by Texas authorities to stop migrants crossing into the United States. U.S. authorities informed Mexico that “they found the body of a lifeless person stuck...
Politically divided face-offs over money during the past 20 years have driven one credit rating agency to downgrade the United States’ credit rating. KEY TAKEAWAYS Fitch Ratings downgraded the U.S.’s credit rating to AA+ from AAA. The credit ratings agency cited fiscal...
Fitch Ratings’ downgrade of US government debt sparked criticism from Washington and Wall Street even amid unease that swollen fiscal deficits risk eventual turbulence in markets, the economy and next year’s presidential election. Fitch cut the US’s sovereign credit grade one level from...
Fitch Ratings downgraded its US debt rating on Tuesday from the highest AAA rating to AA+, citing “a steady deterioration in standards of governance.” The downgrade comes after lawmakers negotiated up until the last minute on a debt ceiling deal earlier this year, risking...
Today, August 1, the United States assumes the presidency of the United Nations Security Council, presenting an opportunity to bring additional focus to issues that are important to the United States and essential to the Security Council’s mandate of maintaining international peace and...
