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Humza Yousaf vows to shift independence campaign into 'fifth gear'

Social security minister Ben Macpherson had said it would take longer than the short or medium term for Scotland to become a successful independent country.

Daily Record

New details for people on Carer’s Allowance moving to devolved payment next year

A full rollout of the new devolved benefit is expected to begin across Scotland in Spring 2024.

Daily Record

Doyle McManus: Biden's budget was an opening bid. Where's the Republican plan?

President Joe Biden unveiled his $6.8 trillion budget proposal last week, and it drew the customary jaded responses: a work of fiction. A party platform with price tags. And, of course, dead on arrival.

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Republican John Kennedy takes aim at Biden over social security funding

Senator accuses president of ‘demagoguing’ issue to fund and protect program, along with Medicare, from Republican proposals

The Guardian - US

‘Scotland not able to be successful independent state in short to medium term’

Ben Macpherson, an SNP MSP and Scottish Government minister, issued the warning to party members as they prepare to vote for a new leader.

The Independent UK

House GOP's spending plans could threaten key Senate races

Several House Republicans are likely to run for Senate.

Axios

Ads praise, bash Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as he visits battleground states

Gov. Ron DeSantis took his book tour to Iowa on Friday, the first GOP caucus state in the 2024 primaries, as his would-be presidential campaign heated up with new ads both for and against him seeking the White House.

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DWP shares financial support available to single parents during cost of living crisis

Parents on certain benefits may also be able to claim a new £100 monthly devolved child payment.

Daily Record

People in Scotland with one of these 21 health conditions could be due up to £627 each month

Around 329,334 people in Scotland were claiming PIP in October of last year with over two million in England also claiming for it. Meanwhile in Wales, over 200,000 people also claimed the benefit with a total of 3,166,864 claimants in the UK.

Glasgow Live

Freedom Caucus lays out debt limit, spending demands - Roll Call

House Freedom Caucus members want to cap nondefense discretionary spending at fiscal 2022 levels for the next decade.

Roll Call

Biden budget vs. House GOP: Values on display in debt fight

President Joe Biden's federal budget is a statement of his values

The Independent UK

Michael Pascoe: Coalition had more bullets for the ‘undeserving’ poor

Ms Wilson has made a supplementary statement that is as damning of the Coalition and its facilitators as anything the commission has heard.

The New Daily

A look at what is in Biden’s budget plan

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden unveiled a $6.8 trillion budget blueprint on Thursday that included new spending on child care, education and health care, and $5 trillion in proposed tax increases on wealthy Americans and corporations over the next decade.

Los Angeles Times

Biden to propose tax hike on billionaires’ investment income in 2024 budget

Mr Biden’s budget proposal will reportedly cut $3 trillion from the US budget deficit

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Debt ceiling catapults new Biden budget into market spotlight

President Joe Biden’s budget proposal is an opening salvo in the looming impasse with Republicans over raising the debt ceiling and funding the U.S. government.

The Texas Tribune

At a Korean community center in Houston, the struggle immigrant Texans face with language barriers is clear

Texas largely conducts its state business in English and Spanish. It falls to interpreters like Terry Yun to help people scale the wall dividing them from crucial government services.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: Wall Street Journal tells us to weep for the plight of the very, very rich

Coverage of the richest Americans in publications aimed at their tax bracket tend to fall into two genres.

Tribune News Service

Matthew Yglesias: Who’s worse, Trump or DeSantis? A pointless liberal debate

As the Ron DeSantis presidential campaign edges ever closer to reality, liberal fears of a DeSantis presidency are getting ever more detached from it. Is he just as bad as Donald Trump? Or even worse? And is it OK to scold your fellow liberals for jumping to conclusions about DeSantis?…

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Debt limit action needed by mid-August, analysts warn. Here are 5 possible scenarios

WASHINGTON — Economists at Moody’s Analytics estimate that the Treasury Department will run out of borrowing room by mid-August if Congress doesn’t act to raise or suspend the statutory debt limit by then.

The Independent UK

SNP leadership contenders urged to ‘deliver for women’

Scottish Labour MSP Pam Duncan-Glancy called for the Scottish Government to change how social security payments are made.

Tribune News Service

Debt limit action needed by mid-August, analysts warn

Economists at Moody’s Analytics estimate that the Treasury Department will run out of borrowing room by mid-August if Congress doesn’t act to raise or suspend the statutory debt limit by then.

Roll Call

Debt limit action needed by mid-August, analysts warn - Roll Call

Economists at Moody’s Analytics estimate that the Treasury Department will run out of borrowing room by mid-August if Congress doesn’t act.

Daily Record

People in Scotland with any of these 21 health conditions may be due up to £627 each month

Over 540 conditions are supported through Adult Disability Payment and PIP.

Axios

Medicaid has a target on its back

Some House GOP members told Axios that Medicaid changes could be on the table.

Tribune News Service

CBO director to brief House members ahead of budget release

WASHINGTON — Congressional Budget Office Director Phillip L. Swagel will brief House members Wednesday on the agency’s budget and economic outlook as lawmakers consider whether to adjust spending levels in conjunction with lifting the debt limit.

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