A default can result in credit rating downgrades, making it more expensive for the U.S. government to borrow in the future.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/what-happens-if-the-us-defaults/

Against the backdrop of the Space Race, the U.S. government has recruited former Nazis to help them in beating the Soviet Union to space (based on the real-life Operation Paperclip).

Source: https://www.cbr.com/disney-indiana-jones-5-300-million-dollars/

A last-ditch weekend spending agreement avoided a U.S. government shutdown but left pro-Ukraine officials in Washington scrambling on Monday to determine the best path forward for securing approval for billions more assistance for Kyiv.

Source: https://japantoday.com/category/world/us-congress-debates-ukraine-aid-as-pentagon-warns-money-running-low

“And it’s guaranteed by the U.S. government, so it’s an extremely safe investment.”

Source: https://fortune.com/recommends/banking/what-are-series-i-bonds/

And periodically, the U.S. government reviews the species’ status and makes recommendations.

Source: https://stjohntradewinds.com/feds-conch-is-threatened-vi-not-by-us/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feds-conch-is-threatened-vi-not-by-us

And so we had to go through a U.S. government waiver process and also an international approval process to be allowed to do this testing in the territory of a foreign partner.

Source: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense-main/2023/12/big-breakthrough-for-beyond-line-of-sight-communications-in-the-u-s-military/

And the other thing I would say is the investment by the U.S. government in onshoring certain industries back into the U.S. is a real thing, and we're seeing it.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4603436-granite-real-estate-investment-trust-grp-u-q1-2023-earnings-call-transcript?source=feed_all_articles

And Trump is not charged with illegally retaining it or nearly 200 other documents that were returned to the U.S. government before the Justice Department issued its subpoena to Trump.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trumps-classified-documents-case-joe-biden-hillary/story?id=100011485

Apart from the State government officers, the U.S. government thanked Rev. Fr. Patrick Pradhan of the Darjeeling cemetery and Father Paul D’Souza, who helped in the exhumation process.

Source: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/decorated-american-officers-last-remains-to-head-home-from-darjeeling-after-58-years/article66907138.ece

A Pentagon spokesperson pushed back against those claims, saying the U.S. government is confident the balloon is being used for surveillance.

Source: https://augustafreepress.com/news/u-s-military-tracking-suspected-chinese-surveillance-balloon-spotted-over-montana/

A protester read a statement from Woodward at the protest: “A small portion of our business involves indirectly supplying the U.S. government with subsystems that go into military equipment.

Source: https://collegian.com/articles/news/2023/11/category-news-woodward-accused-of-making-weapons-used-in-gaza-people-protest/

A significant change in approach from the U.S. government is needed today to pull Gaza back from this abyss.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/11/opinion/international-world/us-government-gaza-humanitarian-aid.html

A supplier of much of the fourth- and fifth-generation mobile technology (4G and 5G) in Brazil, Huawei had the approval of its new technologies suspended by the U.S. government, which classified the company as a risk for national security.

Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/business/lula-seek-chinese-semiconductor-technology-investment-beijing-3372856?cid=cna_flip_070214

At least 67 million Takata inflators are involved, and the U.S. government says that millions have still not been repaired.

Source: https://jalopnik.com/subaru-is-getting-serious-about-evs-in-the-u-s-1850699038

At the time, the U.S. government was doling out up to $5,000 to Afghan warlords and to the government of Pakistan for capturing suspected members of Al Qaeda or the Taliban and turning them over.

Source: https://theintercept.com/2023/01/07/guantanamo-detainees-sabri-al-qurashi-kazakhstan/

But in recent months, according to sources, Pratt told investigators that he now supports the current U.S. government, describing himself as someone who tends to just “side with the king.”

Source: https://1310kfka.com/abc-news/u-s-news/10/after-white-house-trump-allegedly-discussed-potentially-sensitive-info-with-mar-a-lago-member-sources/

But it also carried a heavy price, with American Paul Whelan still detained in Russia on espionage charges that his family and the U.S. government says baseless.

Source: https://drgnews.com/2023/04/11/griner-sends-letter-to-president-biden-pleading-for-his-help/

But the DOE report represents a marked shift in the thinking of the U.S. government.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/biden-and-xi-relationship-could-be-further-strained-by-lab-leak-report/article_f2d06577-5d28-5560-a50b-27597c769865.html

But the U.S. government is now winding down those federal assistance programs.

Source: https://www.mcall.com/2023/06/02/evictions-rose-in-lehigh-county-after-rent-assistance-program-ended-will-northampton-see-the-same/

But under federal law, the payment of G Fund principal and interest is guaranteed by the U.S. government.

Source: https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2023/03/no-your-retirement-investments-arent-insured/384372/