Washington journal is next. Host welcome to washington journal, one of the nations three big Credit Rating agencies recently downgraded the u. S. Credit rating, citing concerns including deterioration in standards of governance over the last 20 years and eroding confidence in the u. S. s fiscal management. In the next hour, how much confidence do you have in the nations Economic Leadership . Call and let us know. 202 7488001 for republicans, 202 7488000 free democrats in independents 202 7488002. If you want to post on social media, you can do that on facebook and twitter. You can text us at 202 7488003 and follow the show on instagram. The Fitch Credit Agency made the announcement. Fitch downgrades the u. S. Longterm rating, outlook stable. When it comes to some of the reasonings for the downgrade, you can find online, here it is in part. There has been a steady deteoration of standards of governance over the last 20 years, including fiscal and debt matters nstanding the june bipartis
Clear that were not talking about the indian wars in this kind of lecture thats going to be in a couple weeks and were gonna use that as as a way to link. Kind of wars throughout the 19th century all the way up to it including the spanishamerican war so our focus is were kind of around that. Were thinking more kind of legal policy and issues and and such so the goal is to think in that broad 19th century way so our start point is a couple key things we need to kind of deal with the second half of our semester one of the Big Questions were picking up on is what does it mean to be an american . All right who can claim to be an american . Thats one of the Big Questions thats going to kind of . Take us through the end of our semester into as we deal with the 19th century. So in upcoming weeks were going to talk about, you know, immigrants. Were going to talk about kind of the progressive error and things like that. I think this is a good start point. To think about who is claiming american
Host good morning, it is tuesday, august 1, 2023. We will chat about the state of the economy. As we take you through the latest on the expanding congressional inquiry into the joe biden family the biting biden Family Business practice if you say yes, 202 7488000 is the number to call, if you say no 202 7488001. You can also call in if you are unsure. That number is 202 7488002. You can send us a text 202 7488003. If you do, include your name and where you are from. Catch us up with us on social media. A good Tuesday Morning to you. Here are the two lead paragraphs of the wall street journal story on that hearing yesterday on capitol hill. A former business associate of hunter biden testified monday to correctional leaders that President Biden and his son were in elite communications and the younger biden would put his father on speakerphone on business dinners. The associate said joe biden and his son never discussed business on his calls and only discussed casual conversation but the
Today an indictment was unsealed charging donald j. Trump with conspiring to defraud the united states, conspiring to disenfranchise voters, and conspiring and attempting to obstruct official proceedings. The indictment was issued by a grand jury of citizens here in the district of columbia that sets forth the crimes charged in detail. I encourage everyone to read it in full. The attack on our Nations Capital and january 6, 2021 was an unprecedented assault on the seat of american democracy. It is described in the indictment as fueled by lies, lies by the defendant targeted at obstructing a bedrock function of the u. S. Government, the nations process of collecting, counting and certifying the results of the president ial election. The men and women of Law Enforcement who defended the u. S. Capitol on january 6 are heroes. They are patriots and they are the very best of us. They did not just defend a building with people sheltering in it, they put their lives on the line to defend who
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