
Fitch warns debt ceiling fight could cost America its AAA credit rating
CNN
Fitch Ratings warned Friday that the fight in Washington over raising the debt ceiling could force the firm to downgrade America's AAA credit rating.
"The failure of the latest efforts to suspend the U.S. federal government's debt limit indicates that the current stand-off could be among the most protracted since 2013," Fitch said.

Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











