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May 26, 2023
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| Econ Expert on the GOP's Debt Ceiling Hand: 'We're Holding Four Aces' |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| When members of Congress started boarding their flights home Thursday, not one of them knew how long they'd be gone. The possibility of a shorter-than-usual Memorial Day recess looms large as negotiators desperately try to hammer out a deal on the debt ceiling before June 1. "Every hour matters," House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told ABC. "That's why the White House has to become very serious about this." To the average observer, it sounds ominous. But as Americans prep for the long weekend, plenty are wondering, how does any of this affect me? |
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| Biden Admin Rewards Group That Linked CBN to Neo-Nazis |
| by Ben Johnson |
| The Biden administration approved tens of thousands of dollars in grants to a program that once taught watching the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN) eased conservatives onto the path to become a neo-Nazi, a new report has found. |
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| House Progressives Vow 'Huge Backlash ... in the Streets' if Biden and GOP Reach Debt Ceiling Compromise |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| With less than a week to go until the June 1 deadline to raise the debt ceiling, negotiations between President Biden and House Republicans remain far from a resolution, and House progressives are shackling their party leader's maneuverability with their own demands. |
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| Maryland School District Bars Parents from Opting Children Out of LGBT Book Lessons, Prompting Lawsuit |
| by Dan Hart |
| On Tuesday, a group of six Christian and Muslim parents filed a federal lawsuit against the Montgomery County Board of Education over the Maryland school district's decision to revoke the right of parents to be able to opt their children out of lessons that include the use of books promoting gender ideology and other sexual themes. |
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