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12:30 PM ET, May 29, 2023

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Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
With this debt limit deal, Congress has beclowned itself  —  With apologies to Peggy Lee: Is that all there is?  —  Late Saturday night, the White House and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced broad outlines of a deal to resolve the debt limit standoff.
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Politico:
White House to Dems: The debt deal could have been a LOT worse  —  Complaints by progressives stem from details in the deal — and feeling left in the dark during debt talks.  —  The White House has a simple message to Democrats skeptical of the debt ceiling agreement the president cut …
Jim Tankersley / New York Times:
Why Spending Cuts Likely Won't Shake the Economy  —  With low unemployment and above-trend inflation, the economy is well positioned to absorb the modest budget cuts that President Biden and Republicans negotiated.  —  Reporting from Washington  —  The last time the United States came perilously close …
Discussion: Bloomberg and Semafor
Axios:
Inside Biden's relentless soft-sell on the debt ceiling bill  —  The White House is kicking its outreach to congressional Democrats into overdrive as it tries to sell lawmakers on President Biden's debt ceiling deal with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. … - After the deal was announced late Saturday …
Discussion: CNN, NPR, The Guardian, The Hill, Forbes and Breitbart
Dean Obeidallah / The Dean's Report:
The Debt ceiling deal was a big WIN for Biden—and a big LOSS for Trump and MAGA
Wall Street Journal:
How a Debt-Ceiling Deal That Neither Side Wanted Cracked the Logjam in Washington
Reuters:
McCarthy, Biden predict Congress will pass debt-ceiling deal
Lee Ying Shan / CNBC:
Turkey's lira sinks to fresh record low after Erdogan re-election  — The Turkish lira sank to a record low as incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan secured his victory in the 2023 presidential election, extending his rule into its third decade in power.  — Erdogan endorses the unconventional view …
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Associated Press:
Voters in Turkey return to polls to decide on opposing presidential visions
Reuters:
Turkey's Erdogan prevails in election test of his 20-year rule
Yuliya Talmazan / NBC News:
‘Nuclear weapons for everyone’ who joins Belarus and Russia, Putin ally promises  —  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's comment comes amid escalating nuclear rhetoric from Vladimir Putin, whose army is floundering in Ukraine.  —  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko …
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CBS News:
Russia issues arrest warrant for Sen. Lindsey Graham  —  Moscow — Russia's Interior Ministry on Monday issued an arrest warrant for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham following his comments related to the fighting in Ukraine.  —  In an edited video of his meeting on Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds seek to scuttle showdown over 14th Amendment debt powers  —  Citing the debt limit deal, the Justice Department says a union's lawsuit no longer requires urgent action.  —  The Justice Department is seeking to postpone action scheduled for this week in a lawsuit that a government workers' union filed …
Discussion: The Hill
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Data analyst explains why Ron DeSantis is in trouble with voters already  —  CNN's data analyst dived into some polling for Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) to closely examine why the GOP presidential candidate isn't connecting well with voters.  —  DeSantis spent over a month traveling …
Insider:
Sitcom heroes, sports analogies, and rap parodies: How sassy floor charts have spiced up Congress  — Members of Congress often use floor charts to aid with their speeches that contain charts, images, and text.  — Many times, the charts aren't the most visually appealing or intriguing.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Fox News poll finds 56% doubt Trump's ‘mental soundness’ to be president  —  A Fox News poll found that 56% of Americans do not believe former President Donald Trump has the “mental soundness” to be president.  —  A survey conducted by the conservative outlet gave Trump a 33-point lead over Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).
Discussion: Outside the Beltway, Slate and MSNBC
Nancy Armour / USA Today:
What ESPN's Sam Ponder calls ‘fairness’ is plain old bigotry  —  Don't be fooled by the people who screech about “fairness” to cloak their bigotry toward transgender girls and women, the transgender girls and women who have the audacity to want to play sports, in particular.
Discussion: Breitbart, IJR, Fox News and RedState
 
 
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Discussion: ABC7
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘Start the Kevin McCarthy death-clock’ after compromise with Biden: Rick Wilson
Discussion: IJR