Bessent flags bigger debt buyback potential, coming fiscal plan

Bessent flags bigger debt buyback potential, coming fiscal plan

The US Treasury Secretary announces an ‘increased focus on fiscal consolidation’ Published Fri, Aug 21, 2026 · 06:48 AM US TREASURY Secretary Scott Bessent said that he is prepared to expand efforts to buy back costlier debt and that the administration will be unveiling a new fiscal initiative to address the highest borrowing costs in…

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Outer Banks’ Chase Stokes Details Saving Madison Bailey From Drowning During Filming

Outer Banks’ Chase Stokes Details Saving Madison Bailey From Drowning During Filming

While Bailey was struggling—noting that she couldn’t swim closer to the boat—people on set wrongly believed she and Stokes were just “really committed” to the scene. “Everyone thought it was like, ‘Oh, wow, they’re in the scene. This is great,’” Stokes explained. “I was like, ‘No, she’s drowning.’ I was like, ‘Hey, that’s not acting!’”…

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Sons of Anarchy Creator Kurt Sutter Reacts to Spinoff Made Without Him

Sons of Anarchy Creator Kurt Sutter Reacts to Spinoff Made Without Him

Indeed, Sutter pointed out that the project is a meta thriller in which the original Sons of Anarchy cast—including his wife Katey Sagal—will portray fictionalized versions of themselves attending a fan convention. From there, the plot will spiral into a series of unfortunate events as dangerous as what once happened to their characters on TV.…

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WGA Rips LA Mayor Karen Bass For Supporting “False Choice” In Paramount-WBD Merger Tangle

WGA Rips LA Mayor Karen Bass For Supporting “False Choice” In Paramount-WBD Merger Tangle

The Writers Guild of America fired back at Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Thursday after she expressed support for a settlement in the Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery merger lawsuit. Bass joined other state and local Democratic officials, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, in expressing support for a settlement of the antitrust lawsuit filed against the $110…

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Paramount-Warner Bros Backlash: Hollywood Divided Amid Threats To Leave

Paramount-Warner Bros Backlash: Hollywood Divided Amid Threats To Leave

Paramount‘s pending acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has evoked a range of emotion in Hollywood, mainly fear among creatives at the planned merger of two more major studios. But now that uncertainty is tinged with panic after CEO David Ellison threatened to relocate his Los Angeles-based company to Tennessee, Texas or Georgia. Separately, the risks…

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