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National Debt Tracker: American taxpayers (you) are now on the hook for $34,583,094,965,544.54 as of…The U.S. national debt is climbing at a rapid pace and has shown no signs of slowing down, despite the growing criticism of massive levels of government spending.The national debt — which measures what the U.S. owes its creditors — increased to $34,583,094,965,544.54 as of Wednesday afternoon, according to the latest numbers published by the Treasury Department. That is down about $6.6 billion from the $34,576,488,508,928.92 figure reported the previous day.By comparison, just four decades ago, the national debt hovered around $907 billion.The outlook for the federal debt level is bleak, with economists increasingly sounding the alarm over the torrid pace of spending by Congress and the White House. SOARING DEFICITS TO PUSH PUBLICLY HELD DEBT TO RECORD LEVEL IN 4 YEARSThe latest findings from the Congressional Budget Office indicate that the national debt will grow to…

House Set to Vote on Foreign Aid Bills for Ukraine, Israel and TaiwanAfter clearing a critical hurdle on Friday, the pieces of the $95 billion package was expected to pass in a series of votes, putting the legislation on track for enactment after a tortured journey through Congress. ….. Read More.THE NEW YORK TIMES – World News | World News & EventsSat, April 20, 20244 hours ago

Newt Gingrich Perfectly Describes How Everything Is His FaultWith Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson struggling to hold onto the gavel in the face of eternal rebellion from some of his party’s most intransigent far-right members, Politico thought it would be a good idea to call up former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to ask him about the situation.  And I agree, it was a good idea. Not because Gingrich, who served as speaker for four years during the Clinton administration, has a ton of great advice himself, but because in the process of trying to offer some anyway, he offered up the cleanest distillation of his own legacy. Here it is: Do you ever look at the House and think, “If I was speaker, I could get these knuckleheads in line?” You can’t keep them in line, because the technology’s changed. They have the ability to…

TikTok to start banning ‘problematic’ content from its For You feedViewTikTok will let you mess up once, maybe even a couple times, but repeating your mistakes a little too often is going to cost you.The social media platform announced Wednesday it’s updating its standards for what’s allowed on the algorithmically-generated For You feed, which provides users a personalized experience with videos and creators the app believes they would like. But come May 17, those who create content the company considers “fine if seen occasionally but problematic if viewed in clusters” won’t be eligible to be on it, making their account temporarily ineligible from being on the FYF. TikTok will also make their content harder to find in search, thereby reducing a person’s ability to reach a larger audience in multiple ways.In its announcement, TikTok specified some types of “repetitive content patterns” it will start interrupting to ensure they’re viewed less often. Those include…

Republican aims to break decades long Senate election losing streak in this blue stateEXCLUSIVE – It’s been over a half century since a Republican won a Senate election in blue state New Jersey.But real estate developer and hotelier Curtis Bashaw is optimistic about his party’s prospects in November’s elections to end the decades-long losing streak.Bashaw, one of the two leading contenders in a multi-candidate field in June’s GOP Senate primary in New Jersey, emphasized “I believe this is a once in a generation opportunity.””I can’t wait to see how we prove to the rest of the country that New Jersey is a lot more purple than people realize,” he added in a national digital exclusive interview with Fox News.THIS POPULAR FORMER GOP GOVERNOR AIMS TO FLIP A SENATE SEAT IN HIS DEEP BLUE STATEA major reason for Bashaw’s optimism is the prospect of a three-way race in New Jersey. Longtime Democratic…

Senate passes surveillance program renewal despite privacy concernsViewAfter its midnight deadline, the Senate voted early Saturday to reauthorize a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse.The legislation approved 60-34 with bipartisan support would extend for two years the program known as Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. It now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law. White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Biden “will swiftly sign the bill.””In the nick of time, we are reauthorizing FISA right before it expires at midnight,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said when voting on final passage began 15 minutes before the deadline. “All day long, we persisted and we persisted in trying to reach a breakthrough and in the end, we have succeeded.”U.S. officials have said…