United States of America downgraded to AA- by Scope Ratings

(Reuters) -European rating agency Scope downgraded the United States’ credit rating by a notch on Friday, citing sustained deterioration in public finances and a weakening of governance standards. Scope cut the U.S. local and foreign currency long-term issuer and senior unsecured debt ratings to “AA-“, from “AA”, but revised the outlook to “stable” from “negative”. …

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Wash Post — No historical precedent for Hunter Biden pardon; Politico equally stunned by scope of pardon.

Biden didn’t just pardon his son for his convictions on tax and gun charges, but for any “offenses against the United States which he has committed or may have committed or taken part in during the period from January 1, 2014, through December 1, 2024.” That’s a nearly 11-year period during which any federal crime …

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