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The pound has hit a new 37-year low after the bonanza of tax cuts and spending measures in Kwasi Kwarteng’s mini-budget threatened to undermine confidence in the UK. Sterling fell to $1.077 in early trading when Asia-Pacific markets opened after the weekend, closer to parity with the US dollar. Chris …

The Senate is 50-50. President Joe Biden’s approval ratings are subterranean. It would seem as though the situation is set up perfectly for Republicans to capture the Senate by storm and essentially vitiate the last two years of Biden’s term, at least with respect to legislation. But the GOP is …