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According to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennet, Israel is capable of acting alone against Iran if necessary. At the same time, however, it is striving for a collective response after the tanker attack.

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Treasury Secretary Janet [The Thing] Yellen laid out a number of “extraordinary measures” to avoid a default on national debt. In a letter to Congress on Monday, Yellen announced the Treasury suspended investments in retirement services for civil servants and postal workers.

In 2019, Congress voted to suspend the federal debt limit for two years. On Saturday, that suspension expired with an increase in federal debt limit to about $28.5 trillion.

Before heading out for legislative recess, the House failed to address the end of the suspension. Yellen went on to say >>> she was unsure how long the Treasury would be able to maintain these measures in order to buy more time for Congress to address the issue.

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