The complete loss of the highest credit rating is a consequence of the U.S. budget problems that have been growing for years. Debt is mounting, it is becoming record expensive to service, and markets are already demanding a risk premium. Does the White House have ways to solve this problem?

Rising spending and massive debt: does the U.S. have quick ways to solve the budget problem

Tesla, Inc.

Analysts expect Ilon Musk's Tesla to transform from an automobile company into a diversified technology company, where energy storage systems, unmanned cabs and even humanoid robots could become the main business drivers. But this is all a matter of the distant future, and in the meantime Tesla's business is being killed by politics.

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Rising spending and massive debt: does the U.S. have quick ways to solve the budget problem

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