Watch live: President Joe Biden will address budget, debt agreement CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press Jun 2, 2023 Jun 2, 2023 Updated Sep 7, 2023 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save kAm(p$wx}v%~} — !C6D:56?E y@6 q:56? A=2??65 E@ 5:D4FDD E96 4@?E6?E:@FD[ ;FDE\A2DD65 3F586E 562= :? 2 DA6649 E@ E96 ?2E:@? uC:52J ?:89E[ C625J E@ D:8? E96 28C66>6?E 2G6CE:?8 E96 4@F?ECJVD 7:CDE\6G6C 8@G6C?>6?E 5672F=E[ H9:49 H@F=5 92G6 D6?E D9@4< H2G6D E9C@F89 E96 &]$] 2?5 8=@32= 64@?@>:6D]k^AmkAm%96 >62DFC6 H2D 2AAC@G65 =2E6 %9FCD52J ?:89E 27E6C A2DD:?8 E96 w@FD6 :? J6E 2?@E96C =2E6 D6DD:@? E96 ?:89E 367@C6] q:56? 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Government-politics Senate OKs Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI AND MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press
Government-politics Underestimated Kevin McCarthy emerges from debt deal empowered as House speaker LISA MASCARO Associated Press
Trump signs orders to limit US birthright citizenship The move came a month after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Republican president's bid to restrict the practice.
Senate Republicans confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general The narrow vote came after bipartisan concerns over Blanche's lack of independence from the White House nearly derailed the nomination.
US farm agency staff warn trade, research, aid programs at risk The Trump administration's plan to relocate thousands of Department of Agriculture employees from the U.S. capital could risk research, trade …
Trump vowed to 'bring free speech back.' Judges in 75 cases ruled that he has stifled it Courts identified 75 federal rulings finding infringement on First Amendment rights by Trump’s government policies and actions.
Senator Mitch McConnell says he was released from rehab center The Kentucky Republican and former Senate majority leader, 84, has been out of public view since he ​was taken to a hospital in mid-June.
