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Key questions and takeaways from the debt ceiling deal
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- After months of back and forth, House Republicans and the White House this weekend unveiled a deal on raising the nation's $31.4 trillion borro...
May 29, 2023
Top DHS official on how his background informs his mission: Dismantling drug cartels
Leigh Vogel/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Deputy Homeland Security Secretary John Tien, a 24-year Army vet, now finds himself with a new challenge, handed down by Secretary Alej...
May 28, 2023
McCarthy defends debt ceiling deal, predicts Democrats will join GOP in passing it to avert default
Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A bipartisan majority of Congress will approve a compromise in the coming days to raise the nation's debt ceiling and avert a historic default that co...
May 28, 2023
McCarthy announces tentative debt limit deal with White House
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced at a brief presser on Saturday night that House Republicans and the White House have reached a tentative deal to raise th...
May 28, 2023
Treasury extends potential debt default deadline to June 5
Mint Images/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday issued a new letter to Congress stating the government won't begin to run out of money to pay its bills until June 5 -...
May 26, 2023
McCarthy says negotiators 'made progress' but no deal as default deadline nears
Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- With potential default just six days away, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy arrived at the Capitol Friday telling reporters he remained optimistic despite no deal i...
May 26, 2023
DeSantis campaign rakes in $8.2 million in the first 24 hours of his presidential launch
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- What started as a rocky presidential campaign launch marred with technical issues ended with a massive roll-in of cash for the first 24 hours of Florida Gov....
May 26, 2023
Former Oath Keeper sentenced for role in Jan. 6 Capitol attack
Creativeye99/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A former leading member of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group was sentenced Friday to eight years and six months in prison for her role in the Jan. 6 att...
May 26, 2023
Debt ceiling drama hurting American families: 'We're being treated like numbers'
Tetra Images - Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Gridlock in Washington over raising the debt ceiling threatens to disrupt payments to millions of Americans who rely on government benefits eac...
May 26, 2023
All 123 US federal prisons need 'maintenance': Inspector general
Office of the Inspector General/Dept. of Justice(WASHINGTON) -- The 123 federal prisons in the United States need roughly $2 billion worth of "maintenance" and most are "aging and deteriorating," acco...
May 26, 2023
