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Biden, McCarthy strike tentative deal to raise debt limit

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during a news conference after President Joe Biden and McCarthy reached an "agreement in principle" to resolve the looming debt crisis on Saturday, May 27, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., back right, and Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., left, listen. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Biden struck a tentative deal on Saturday to raise the debt limit in exchange for cutting spending.

DeSantis holds an edge over Trump in building GOP

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a fundraising picnic for U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Sioux Center, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Republicans hold the slimmest of majorities in New Hampshire’s House right now and GOP officials in the state worry they won’t hold on to it if former President Donald Trump is the party’s presidential nominee next year.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a fundraising picnic for U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Sioux Center, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

DeSantis holds an edge over Trump in building GOP

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Rep. Andrew Murr, R - Junction, Chair of the House General Investigating Committee, center, speaks during the impeachment proceedings against state Attorney General Ken Paxton in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Saturday, May 27, 2023. Texas lawmakers have issued 20 articles of impeachment against Paxton, ranging from bribery to abuse of public trust as state Republicans surged toward a swift and sudden vote that could remove him from office. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

GOP-controlled Texas House impeaches Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, triggering suspension

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Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the graduation ceremony of the U.S. Military Academy class of 2023 at Michie Stadium on Saturday, May 27, 2023, in West Point, N.Y (AP Photo/Bryan Woolston)

Vice President Harris delivers commencement address to West Point graduates

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Conservative megadonor Harlan Crow purchased three properties belonging to Thomas and his family, in a transaction worth more than $100,000 that Thomas never reported, according to the nonprofit investigative journalism organization ProPublica on Thursday, April 13, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate Democrats renew calls for information from Harlan Crow about Justice Thomas

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, April 14, 2023. The Justice Department issued new guidance Thursday, May 25, 2023, emphasizing that investigations must be free from bias involving race and gender or against people with disabilities. Anti-profiling rules were also expanded to include thousands more people who are part of the justice system. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

DOJ drops plans to forbid federal agents from considering nationality in criminal investigations

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Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Conservative megadonor Harlan Crow purchased three properties belonging to Thomas and his family, in a transaction worth more than $100,000 that Thomas never reported, according to the nonprofit investigative journalism organization ProPublica on Thursday, April 13, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Senate Democrats renew calls for information from Harlan Crow about Justice Thomas

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington, Friday, April 14, 2023. The Justice Department issued new guidance Thursday, May 25, 2023, emphasizing that investigations must be free from bias involving race and gender or against people with disabilities. Anti-profiling rules were also expanded to include thousands more people who are part of the justice system. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

DOJ drops plans to forbid federal agents from considering nationality in criminal investigations

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

Special counsel John Durham, the prosecutor appointed to investigate potential government wrongdoing in the early days of the Trump-Russia probe, leaves federal court in Washington, May 16, 2022. Durham ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The report Monday, May 15, 2023, from Durham offers withering criticism of the bureau but a meager court record that fell far short of the former president’s prediction he would uncover the “crime of the century.” (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Durham to testify before Congress as calls for high-level prosecutions increase

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reacts to applause as he gives his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives March 7, 2023, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)

DeSantis camp offers positive spin to rough campaign launch

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

A Bible sits open as Pastor Rick Mannon stands at the pulpit at Calvary Assembly of God in Wilson, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Mannon's church is an outpost in the culture wars tearing at America, and a haven for people who feel shoved aside by a changing nation. Homosexuality is seen as dangerous here. Abortion is evil. The specter of one-world government looms. &quot;If Christians don't get involved in politics, then we shouldn't have a say,&quot; Mannon says. &quot;We can't just let evil win.&quot; (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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America, the faithless: Only half in nation now certain God exists

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Illustration on Biden's 'Woke" armed forces by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

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In this undated photo, Naomi Peña Villasano poses with a sash of both the Mexican and American flags that her school district barred her from wearing for her high school graduation ceremony. After Peña Villasano sued the district alleging that it violated her right to free speech, a federal judge in Colorado is weighing whether to let Peña Villasano wear the sash for graduation Saturday, May 27, 2023. (Daisy Jasmin Estrada Borja via AP)

Judge: School district can bar student from wearing Mexican and American flag sash at graduation

By Jesse Bedayn - Associated Press

Drivers weave through blazing wreckage after a crash on the second lap of the Indianapolis 500 auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis on May 30, 1964. Eddie Sachs and Dave MacDonald were killed in the wreckage. The fiery crash that took the lives of Sachs and MacDonald led to more firefighters being hired for races. (AP Photo/File)

Deaths and tragedy from 1973 Indy 500 opened the door for safety evolution in racing

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Patrons walk through the National Gallery of Art in Washington on April 8, a week after Matisse's "The Plumed Hat" was vandalized. (Associated Press)

Climate protesters arrested, indicted after smearing red paint on a National Gallery of Art exhibit

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Addison Beer, 17, center, prepares for summer campers arriving next week at the Virginia G. Piper branch of the Boys & Girls Club where she works, Thursday, May, 25, 2023 in Scottsdale, Ariz. With the job market the tightest in half a century, younger workers are playing a critical role in kicking off the summer tourism season this Memorial Day weekend. (AP Photo/Alina Hartounian)

Teen workers are in high demand for summer and commanding better pay

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during a news conference after President Joe Biden and McCarthy reached an "agreement in principle" to resolve the looming debt crisis on Saturday, May 27, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., back right, and Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., left, listen. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden, McCarthy strike tentative deal to raise debt limit

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reacts to applause as he gives his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives March 7, 2023, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)

DeSantis camp offers positive spin to rough campaign launch

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference by the Congressional Progressive Caucus on the threat of default, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

AOC townhall descends into shouting match among constituents

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, talks with his sister Ashley Biden as they attend his daughter Maisy Biden's commencement ceremony at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Monday, May 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

IRS whistleblower testifies privately about allegations of cover-up in Hunter Biden criminal probe

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A Bible sits open as Pastor Rick Mannon stands at the pulpit at Calvary Assembly of God in Wilson, Wis., Wednesday, Nov. 16, 2022. Mannon's church is an outpost in the culture wars tearing at America, and a haven for people who feel shoved aside by a changing nation. Homosexuality is seen as dangerous here. Abortion is evil. The specter of one-world government looms. &quot;If Christians don't get involved in politics, then we shouldn't have a say,&quot; Mannon says. &quot;We can't just let evil win.&quot; (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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America, the faithless: Only half in nation now certain God exists

Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw (22) plays ball with his daughter before the start of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Sunday, May 14, 2023, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Allison Dinner)

Dodgers relaunch Christian Faith Day amid Catholic backlash over drag-queen nuns

Attendees wave placards during a rally to protest the one-year anniversary of Colorado's abortion law, the Reproductive Health Equity Act, on April 4, 2023, outside the State Capitol in downtown Denver. After Colorado’s Democratic governor signed a bill Friday, April 14, outlawing what experts consider unproven treatments to “reverse” medical abortions, a federal judge temporarily halted enforcement following a lawsuit from a religious clinic. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski) **FILE**

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This image released by Disney shows Halle Bailey as Ariel in "The Little Mermaid." (Disney via AP)

Part of whose world? ‘Little Mermaid’ live-action remake irks the right with progressive fixes

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In this Aug. 29, 2018, file photo, Don Blankenship listens to arguments in the West Virginia Supreme Court n Charleston, W.Va. On Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, a federal judge in West Virginia refused to toss the misdemeanor conviction of former coal CEO Don Blankenship for conspiring to violate mine safety laws. (Chris Dorst/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP, File)

Blankenship asks Supreme Court to revisit libel standards for media

In this photo released by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute, the Nuri rocket lifts off from a launch pad at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, South Korea, Thursday, May 25, 2023. South Korea launched the commercial-grade satellite Thursday for the first time as part of its growing space development program, as rival North Korea is pushing to place its first military spy satellite into orbit. (Korea Aerospace Research Institute via AP)

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Pacific Legal Foundation attorney Erin Wilcox speaks at a news conference outside the federal courthouse on March 10, 2021, in Alexandria, Va., where her organization filed a lawsuit against Fairfax County's school board, alleging discrimination against Asian Americans over its revised admissions process for the elite Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology. A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, upheld the constitutionality of a new admissions policy at the elite public high school in Virginia that critics say discriminates against highly qualified Asian Americans. (AP Photo/Matthew Barakat, File)

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This image released by Disney shows Halle Bailey as Ariel in "The Little Mermaid." (Disney via AP)

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A police car with flashing lights is shown in this Jan. 17, 2022 file photo (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File) **FILE**

Man accused of breaking into cop car and stealing a rifle while wearing police insignia

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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Owner of Indiana funeral home pleads guilty to over 40 counts of theft for services not rendered

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton, center, flanked by his staff, makes a statement at his office in Austin, Texas, Friday, May 26, 2023. An investigating committee says the Texas House of Representatives will vote Saturday on whether to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas House launches historic impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Ken Paxton

By Acacia Coronado, Jim Vertuno and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

A State Farm Catastrophe Services vehicle is parked out front as people look over the damage to Sue and Jack Holloway's home on Crab Apple Court in the Nassau Station development in Lewis, Del., on Sunday. A poll found that just 14 percent of homeowners had a flood insurance policy. The lowest coverage was in a region hit by Irene: The Northeast, with 5 percent. The highest coverage rate was in the South, with 19 percent. (Associated Press)

State Farm will no longer insure homes, businesses in California due to fire risks and costs

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

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Poland's opposition leader and former prime minister, Donald Tusk, watches lawmakers vote to approve a contentious draft law in parliament in Warsaw, Poland, on Friday, May 26, 2023. The law is for investigating Russia's alleged influence in Poland that is targeting the opposition, especially Tusk, and may affect the outcome of fall parliamentary elections. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Polish president seeks experts’ advice on contentious law targeting opposition

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Pope Francis leaves after meeting with members of the Italian Conference of Bishops at the Vatican, Thursday, May 25, 2023. Vatican, Thursday, May 25, 2023. Pope Francis skipped meetings Friday because he was running a fever after a particularly busy day, the Vatican said. The Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said Francis was tired and attributed the fever to the fact that Francis had greeted, one by one, a particularly big crowd of his school foundation Thursday afternoon. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis resumes regular appointments after canceling schedule with a fever

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Chinese and Hong Kong flags are hanged to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong handover to China, in Hong Kong, Friday, June 17, 2022. Hong Kong's government on Saturday, May 27, 2023 slammed rights group Amnesty International's accusation over a missing Uyghur student as "groundless," and said that government records showed that the student had not entered or been refused entry to Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Hong Kong denies knowledge about Uyghur student, slams Amnesty for saying he disappeared at airport

By Zen Soo - Associated Press

Large parts of the forests are missing in the Taunus region near Frankfurt, Germany, Friday, April 7, 2023. The European Union has been at the forefront of the fight against climate change and the protection of nature for years. But it now finds itself under pressure from within to pause new environmental efforts amid fears they will hurt the economy. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)

Cracks emerging in Europe’s united front to battle climate change

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

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This shows a general view of the Arena Lviv stadium in Lviv, western Ukraine, on Feb. 16, 2015. Two soccer teams exiled from cities in war-battered eastern Ukraine play each other Sunday, May 28, 2023 in the safer western part of the country with the league title at stake. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky, File)

Ukraine soccer league set for a title-deciding game in a remarkable, war-hit season

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Oakland Athletics catcher Carlos Pérez, right, is unable to catch James Kaprielian's pitch to Houston Astros' Corey Julks, left, during the third inning of a baseball game in Oakland, Calif., Friday, May 26, 2023. Astros' Yordan Alvarez scored on the play. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez)

Astros send A’s to most losses through 53 games to start season since 1900

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Washington Nationals' Lane Thomas celebrates in the dugout after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals Friday, May 26, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Dickerson’s 3-run HR highlights Nationals’ highest scoring inning in win over Royals

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In this rendering released by the Oakland Athletics Friday, May 26, 2023 is a view of their proposed new ballpark at the Tropicana site in Las Vegas. (Oakland Athletics via AP)

New bill to build Athletics stadium on Las Vegas Strip caps Nevada’s cost at $380 million

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Women walk towards an open-air market in the village of Wagalla in northern Kenya Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. The United States is stepping up to buy about 150,000 metric tons of grain from Ukraine in the next few weeks for an upcoming shipment of food aid from ports no longer blockaded by war, the World Food Program chief has told The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)

American leadership in the East Africa is helping stabilize the region

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a fundraising picnic for U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Sioux Center, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

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Special counsel John Durham, the prosecutor appointed to investigate potential government wrongdoing in the early days of the Trump-Russia probe, leaves federal court in Washington, May 16, 2022. Durham ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The report Monday, May 15, 2023, from Durham offers withering criticism of the bureau but a meager court record that fell far short of the former president’s prediction he would uncover the “crime of the century.” (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Durham to testify before Congress as calls for high-level prosecutions increase

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reacts to applause as he gives his State of the State address during a joint session of the Senate and House of Representatives March 7, 2023, at the Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)

DeSantis camp offers positive spin to rough campaign launch

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Jury box, courtroom. Photo credit: Crazy City Lady via Shutterstock. *FILE*

Owner of Indiana funeral home pleads guilty to over 40 counts of theft for services not rendered

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks during a House Select Subcommittee hearing on the Coronavirus pandemic investigation of the origins of COVID-19, Tuesday, April 18, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Marjorie Taylor Greene announces articles of impeachment against FBI Director Wray

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Elizabeth Holmes, then the CEO of Theranos, speaks at the Fortune Global Forum on Nov. 2, 2015 in San Francisco. As Holmes prepares to report to prison next week, the criminal case that laid bare the blood-testing scam at the heart of her Theranos startup is entering its final phase.(AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

As Elizabeth Holmes heads to prison for fraud, many puzzle over her motives

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Chinese and Hong Kong flags are hanged to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong handover to China, in Hong Kong, Friday, June 17, 2022. Hong Kong's government on Saturday, May 27, 2023 slammed rights group Amnesty International's accusation over a missing Uyghur student as "groundless," and said that government records showed that the student had not entered or been refused entry to Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Hong Kong denies knowledge about Uyghur student, slams Amnesty for saying he disappeared at airport

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a fundraising picnic for U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, Saturday, May 13, 2023, in Sioux Center, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

DeSantis holds an edge over Trump in building GOP

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Pope Francis leaves after meeting with members of the Italian Conference of Bishops at the Vatican, Thursday, May 25, 2023. Vatican, Thursday, May 25, 2023. Pope Francis skipped meetings Friday because he was running a fever after a particularly busy day, the Vatican said. The Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, said Francis was tired and attributed the fever to the fact that Francis had greeted, one by one, a particularly big crowd of his school foundation Thursday afternoon. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Pope Francis resumes regular appointments after canceling schedule with a fever

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In this undated photo, Naomi Peña Villasano poses with a sash of both the Mexican and American flags that her school district barred her from wearing for her high school graduation ceremony. After Peña Villasano sued the district alleging that it violated her right to free speech, a federal judge in Colorado is weighing whether to let Peña Villasano wear the sash for graduation Saturday, May 27, 2023. (Daisy Jasmin Estrada Borja via AP)

Judge: School district can bar student from wearing Mexican and American flag sash at graduation

By Jesse Bedayn - Associated Press

Practitioners of Falun Gong, meditate and exercise outside of the Chinese consulate, Thursday, April 25, 2019, in New York. U.S. authorities have arrested two suspected Chinese government agents on Friday, May 26, 2023 in connection with an alleged plot by Beijing to disrupt and ultimately topple the exiled anti-communist Falun Gong spiritual movement. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

US: Chinese agents paid bribes in plot to disrupt anti-communist Falun Gong movement

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President Joe Biden talks with reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 26, 2023, as he heads to Camp David for the weekend. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden: Debt deal ‘very close’ even as two sides far apart on work requirements for food aid

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Texas state Attorney General Ken Paxton, center, flanked by his staff, makes a statement at his office in Austin, Texas, Friday, May 26, 2023. An investigating committee says the Texas House of Representatives will vote Saturday on whether to impeach state Attorney General Ken Paxton. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Texas House launches historic impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Ken Paxton

By Acacia Coronado, Jim Vertuno and Jake Bleiberg - Associated Press

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks with members of the press about debt limit negotiations Saturday, May 27, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

McCarthy confident that Congress will meet new debt limit deadline

By Kerry Picket - The Washington Times

Sen. Angela Paxton, R-McKinney, talks to Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, on the Senate Floor at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, on Thursday May 25, 2023. About two hours later, the House General Investigating Committee recommended articles of impeachment against her husband, Attorney General Ken Paxton. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Texas’ GOP-held House set for impeachment proceedings against Attorney General Ken Paxton

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Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017, in Washington. Kissinger marks his 100th birthday on Saturday, May 27, 2023, outlasting many of his political contemporaries who guided the United States through one of its most tumultuous periods including the presidency of Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Former U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger celebrates 100th birthday, still active in global affairs

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South Sudanese sit under the shade of a makeshift bus stop in Renk, South Sudan Wednesday, May 17, 2023. Tens of thousands of South Sudanese are flocking home from neighboring Sudan, which erupted in violence last month. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Thousands of exhausted South Sudanese head home, fleeing brutal conflict

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Addison Beer, 17, center, prepares for summer campers arriving next week at the Virginia G. Piper branch of the Boys & Girls Club where she works, Thursday, May, 25, 2023 in Scottsdale, Ariz. With the job market the tightest in half a century, younger workers are playing a critical role in kicking off the summer tourism season this Memorial Day weekend. (AP Photo/Alina Hartounian)

Teen workers are in high demand for summer and commanding better pay

By Steve LeBlanc - Associated Press

The pack pedals during the 15th stage of the Giro D'Italia, tour of Italy cycling race from Seregno to Bergamo, Italy, Sunday, May 21, 2023. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP)

British Cycling bans male-born transgender cyclists from elite female races

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Two boys confronting each other in school yard. File photo credit: Alex Linch via Shutterstock

Loudoun County middle school students holding fight clubs; principal warns parents

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks with reporters during a visit to the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation incubator at the Center for Innovative Technology campus in Herndon, Va., Oct. 21, 2022. For all of the concern over just when the government might run short of money to pay its bills, it turns out that no one, not even the U.S. treasury secretary, can be absolutely sure exactly when the country faces a potential default — the dreaded X-date. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) **FILE**

Breathing room: Yellen moves default deadline to June 5

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times