Tester talks debt, immigration and TikTok

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., talked about national debt, immigration and bank failures in a rural press call Thursday where he also weighed in on some state issues, including the recently passed state ban on TikTok.

Tester said the biggest issue in Congress at the moment is obviously the ongoing negotiation and debate over raising the national debt ceiling, with congressional Republicans threatening to let the country default if their demands of the Joe Biden administration are not met.

He said a default like this would crash the U.S. economy almost immediately, destroying retirement savings...