U.S. commitments to allies and security partners are bound to come into conflict, as has happened with the Turks and the Syrian Kurds. These relationships should be constantly scrutinized, and adapted to strategic realities.
So long as Congress isn't ready to consider major changes to current banking legislation and the regulatory burdens it poses, non-bank payments innovations like Libra remain one of the few lifelines for the financially excluded.
Medicare for All supporters want to give the federal government $11 trillion employers use to purchase health benefits. House Republicans want to give that $11 trillion to the workers who earned it.