内容摘要：“You leave whenever you want,” she said. “You can pack as much as you want in the car, make stops along the way.”

“You leave whenever you want,” she said. “You can pack as much as you want in the car, make stops along the way.”

Brad Smith, director of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation at CMS, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, April 20, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)Brad Smith, director of the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Innovation at CMS, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, April 20, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Unlike many DOGE workers, Gleason has no prior ties to Musk. She recently worked as chief products officer at Nashville-based health care firms founded by Brad Smith, who worked in the prior Trump administration on health care and is also a DOGE adviser.Smith and Gleason began working on Trump’s transition after the November election, and her role in Trump’s orbit has grown. In December, she rejoined the United States Digital Service, where she had previously worked from 2018 through 2021 on high-level government health care technology initiatives.On his first day back in office, Trump signed an executive order rebranding USDS as the US DOGE Service and

to help Musk’s cost-cutting initiative. Soon, dozens of Musk acolytes associated with DOGE began arriving at agencies across the government demanding access toand pushing for drastic changes.

While 21 others in the office

Gleason accepted a position that thrust her into an unfamiliar spotlight.When Treasury yields rise, it means more of taxpayers’ dollars are going just to repay the national debt rather than to keep the government running.

Higher yields can also filter into the rest of the economy and make it tougher for U.S. households and businesses to get their own loans.track 10-year Treasury yields, for example, and the average rate on a 30-year mortgage just hit its highest level since mid-February.

Higher Treasury yields can also translate into higher rates for everything from credit cards to auto loans. That means a sharp enough rise can put the brakes on the U.S. economy by discouraging businesses and households from borrowing and spending, raising the risk of a recession.High yields can also discourage investors from paying high prices for stocks and other investments.