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Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California said Tuesday that House Republicans are threatening to "hijack the entire U.S. economy" and "subject it to collapse" in pursuit of cuts to Social Security and other right-wing policy goals, a warning that came as the Treasury Department prepared to take emergency measures to prevent the U.S. from breaching the debt ceiling.

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Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said ahead of President Biden's first visit to the southern border that Congress must act on legislation to strengthen border enforcement and bolster the country's asylum processing infrastructure.

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna, who argues that "a new economic patriotism" can make the U.S. a manufacturing powerhouse once again.

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Progressives are taking aim at Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg over the Southwest airlines holiday travel fiasco that continues to cause mass delays and cancellations across the country, urging further scrutiny of the department's practices.

The relationship between India and the United States can define the 21st century, Indian-American Congressman Ro Khanna said on Monday, as a leading American daily in a long-form article articulated that the post-Ukrainian war world would see India's emergence.

"The US-India relationship can define the 21st century," Khanna said in a tweet, referring to The New York Times article.