Sunday Evening Links

[CNBC] Stock futures slide after U.S. debt downgrade highlights deficit risk: Live updates

[Axios] Prices will rise, Bessent says, as tariff pressure grows

[CNBC] House Speaker Mike Johnson stresses importance of Memorial Day deadline as ‘historic’ budget bill heads for revote

[AP] Trump’s tariffs may mean Walmart shoppers pay more, his treasury chief acknowledges

[WSJ] Donald Trump Plays Walmart CEO

[WSJ] Putin’s Plan to Outlast Ukraine and the U.S.

[WSJ] China Fills the U.S. Void in the Americas

[FT] The markets are declaring tariff victory too soon

[FT] Pro-EU centrist wins Romanian presidency in stunning reversal