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There is always more money for defense contractors — In 2023, Republicans and Democrats are deeply divided on nearly every significant policy issue. But there is an exception to the rule. Both parties can always agree on sending more money to defense contractors.
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Why McCarthy's gavel is safe — for now — Presented by With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross — DRIVING THE DAY — BIG DAYS AHEAD — House members return today from their Memorial Day recess to begin work on the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the 99-page bill that would curb federal spending and raise the debt ceiling until 2025.
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New Details in Debt Limit Deal: Where $136 Billion in Cuts Will Come From — Two years of spending caps, additional work requirements for food stamps and cuts to I.R.S. funding are among the components in the deal. — Reporting from Washington — The full legislative text …
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House Leaders Press for Support Ahead of Debt-Ceiling Vote
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What's in the debt limit bill? Key provisions in the Biden-McCarthy deal to avert default
What's in the debt limit bill? Key provisions in the Biden-McCarthy deal to avert default
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How Shalanda Young Helped Broker Biden's Toughest Deal Yet
How Shalanda Young Helped Broker Biden's Toughest Deal Yet
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Hollywood police respond to mass shooting on Broadwalk — MIAMI - Hollywood police have responded to reports of multiple people shot Monday afternoon. — CBS News Miami has learned 9 people were transported to area hospitals, 5 were taken into custody and 1 person is possibly still at large …
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Nine wounded in shooting on crowded Hollywood Broadwalk. Victims range from 65 years old to as young as 1. — HOLLYWOOD — A dispute between two groups ended in gunfire on the crowded Hollywood Broadwalk near the end of the Memorial Day weekend, leaving nine people shot, including a 1-year-old child, police say.
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Drones strike Moscow in first attack on Russian capital's residential areas since Ukraine war began — The strikes caused damage to some buildings and forced residents to evacuate homes, local officials said Tuesday, as Kyiv was hit by the latest deadly Russian bombardment.
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Trump lawyer said to have been waved off searching office for secret records — Exclusive: Evan Corcoran said he was steered away from Trump's office, where the FBI later found the most sensitive materials — Donald Trump's lawyer tasked with searching for classified documents at Mar …

Chris Christie Gets a Super PAC Ahead of His Likely 2024 Bid — The former governor of New Jersey, who has been at times both a confidant and a rival of Donald Trump, will have some outside help in his effort to win the Republican primary. — Allies of former Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey …
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WSJ News Exclusive | China Rebuffs Pentagon Chief, Blunting Push for Rapprochement — China has rebuffed a U.S. request for a meeting of U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu at a security forum in Singapore this coming weekend, the Pentagon said …
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China turns down US invitation for defence chiefs' meeting in Singapore
China turns down US invitation for defence chiefs' meeting in Singapore
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The Week Ahead — This is how I've spent most of my time since last Thursday, when my oral surgeon knocked me out so he could abscond with my wisdom teeth. It's a little bit humbling to be reduced to someone who surfaces for an hour, watches a couple of videos on Instagram, and falls back asleep.
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A British Reporter Had a Big #MeToo Scoop. Her Editor Killed It. — Seven women say that a star columnist groped them or made unwanted sexual advances. But Britain's news media has a complicated relationship with outing its own. — Inside the Financial Times newsroom this winter …

The revolt of the Christian home-schoolers — They were taught that public schools are evil. Then a Virginia couple defied their families and enrolled their kids. — Deep Reads features The Washington Post's best immersive reporting and narrative writing.

‘Numbers Nobody Has Ever Seen’: How the GOP Lost Wisconsin — Republicans in Wisconsin are grappling with how abortion halted their progress in the swing state. Democrats are planning for a resurgence. — Republicans' state Supreme Court loss in April — in a race that …
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China's Fading Recovery Reveals Deeper Economic Struggles — Ballooning debt, tepid consumption and worsening relations with the West to weigh on growth, economists say — China's era of rapid growth is over. Its recovery from zero-Covid is stalling. And now the country is facing deep, structural problems in its economy.

Ugandan president signs one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ bills into law — Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has signed some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ laws in the world, the speaker of parliament said, defying international pressure. — The bill includes the death penalty for …
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DeSantis' Disney fight blows up major Florida real estate projects: Wall Street Journal — Walt Disney's scrapping of a $900 million development in Florida has derailed other major real-estate projects that are already underway, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
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Tapping on glass ceilings and feting 2024 contenders: Behind Ernst's GOP surge — The Iowa senator took herself out of the running for vice president in 2016, now she's the highest ranked woman in her conference and hosting presidential candidates like Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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DeSantis dunks on debt deal: We're ‘careening towards bankruptcy’ — The Florida governor and 2024 Republican presidential candidate criticized a projected “massive amount of spending” over the next year and a half. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday slammed the bipartisan debt ceiling deal …
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Data analyst explains why Ron DeSantis is in trouble with voters already
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