Schumer: ‘If Speaker McCarthy doesn’t change course, we are headed for default’

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) warned the United States is “headed for default” in response to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy‘s (R-CA) debt limit speech at the New York Stock Exchange, calling the speech “theater” during a press conference on Monday.

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