Could minting a trillion-dollar coin solve America’s debt crisis?

Could minting a trillion-dollar coin solve America’s debt crisis?

As the US grapples with its debt problem,an old idea that at first blush might seem unthinkable has been revived.

  • byAlan Rappeport

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Former White House COVID co-ordinator to become Biden’s next chief of staff

Former White House COVID co-ordinator to become Biden’s next chief of staff

Jeff Zients was credited with overseeing efforts to get Americans vaccinated,but also criticised that the administration did not do enough early on to boost testing capacity.

  • byZeke Miller
Embarrassment for Joe Biden as FBI finds classified documents at home

Embarrassment for Joe Biden as FBI finds classified documents at home

The discoveries have undermined the president’s efforts to portray himself as an image of propriety compared to Donald Trump.

  • byZeke Miller andMichael Balsamo
Biden’s own messy secret document saga is a gift to Trump
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Biden’s own messy secret document saga is a gift to Trump

The White House’s own clumsy PR strategy,which lacked transparency and made the US president look like he had something to hide,may yet help derail his re-election.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
More classified papers found at Joe Biden’s home

More classified papers found at Joe Biden’s home

Biden’s legal team had already acknowledged this week it had found classified documents relating to his time as vice president at his Delaware home.

  • bySteve Holland andKanishka Singh
‘Coming here with nothing,and nowhere to go’:Biden under pressure to tackle US migrant crisis

‘Coming here with nothing,and nowhere to go’:Biden under pressure to tackle US migrant crisis

As cities struggle to cope with an influx of new arrivals from the border,the US president is getting tougher on asylum seekers. But will it fix the problem?

  • byFarrah Tomazin
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Special counsel appointed to probe Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents

Special counsel appointed to probe Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents

The issue has become a political headache for the White House,in view of the criticism Biden levelled at former president Donald Trump over the classified documents seized by the FBI at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

  • byFarrah Tomazin
Biden ‘surprised’ classified documents found in private office

Biden ‘surprised’ classified documents found in private office

Biden spoke a day after the White House acknowledged that his lawyers had discovered a small cache of Obama-era documents an old office.

  • byGlenn Thrush andCharlie Savage
Penny Wong:US must ‘have skin in the game’ to compete with China in Asia-Pacific

Penny Wong:US must ‘have skin in the game’ to compete with China in Asia-Pacific

The US needs to invest money in trade and foreign aid in the region,as well as defence,the foreign minister will say in a major speech.

  • byMatthew Knott
‘Not a fruitful avenue’:Biden has no intention to negotiate over Ukraine

‘Not a fruitful avenue’:Biden has no intention to negotiate over Ukraine

Vladimir Putin is open to negotiations on Ukraine but the West must recognise Russia’s “new territories”,the Kremlin said.

  • byPavel Polityuk
‘It pains me’:Anthony Fauci bids the public farewell,with regrets

‘It pains me’:Anthony Fauci bids the public farewell,with regrets

“People who take science seriously” need to speak up more,said the public face of America’s COVID response,“because the other side that just keeps putting out misinformation”.

  • byFarrah Tomazin