Mr. Ramaswamy calls himself a scientist from the biotech industry, but his vast fortune stems from two huge paydays that speak to hope and hype in the world of finance.
Category: Republican Party
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The Business of Being Chris Christie
Mr. Christie left the governor’s office in New Jersey and set out to, as he put it, “make money.” He successfully traded on his political profile — and on his ties to the man he now wants to defeat.
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Biden’s Debt Ceiling Strategy: Win in the Fine Print
The president and his negotiators believe they worked out a deal that allowed Republicans to claim big spending cuts even as the reality was far more modest.
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Biden’s Debt-Deal Strategy: Win in the Fine Print
The president and his negotiators believe they worked out a deal that allowed Republicans to claim big spending cuts even as the reality was far more modest.
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How to Enforce a Debt Deal: Through ‘Meat-Ax’ Cuts Nobody Wants
The debt-limit legislation includes a provision meant to force both sides to pass additional bills following through on their deal: the threat of automatic cuts if they fail to do so.
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Yellen’s Debt Limit Warnings Went Unheeded, Leaving Her to Face Fallout
The Treasury secretary, who considered ways to contain the fallout of a default when she was a Fed official in 2011, had urged Democrats to raise the limit while they still had control of Congress.
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Investors See Hope for a Debt Limit Deal
Stock and bond trading suggest that investors see an imminent deal to raise the debt limit and prevent the federal government from defaulting.
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Military Spending Emerges as Big Dispute in Debt-Limit Talks
President Biden has offered to freeze discretionary spending, including for defense. Republicans want to spend more for the military, and cut more elsewhere.
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Republicans Report Progress in Debt Limit Talks as Negotiations Continue
Negotiators reconvened on Thursday after working through the night to strike a deal, as hard-right Republicans and some Democrats expressed concerns about the shape of an emerging compromise.