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Leadership dynamics explain why there’s still no debt limit deal - Roll Call

Political calculations and concerns about legislative precedent have brought the government to within a week of a potential debt default.

Roll Call

Ron DeSantis heads to early primary states after disastrous Twitter launch

Florida governor to tour Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina after online 2024 presidential campaign hit by technical glitches

The Guardian - US

Sports no sure respite from politics when title-winning athletes visit the White House

Politics and sports go together like baseball and apple pie

The Independent UK

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No longer a 'broken record,' White House throws a few elbows with debt messaging - Roll Call

After sounding like an admitted 'broken record' on the debt talks, the White House is sounding a sharper tone about House Republicans.

Roll Call

Debt default 'X-date' calculations aim to figure out when the US may run short of cash

For all the concern over when the government might run out of money to cover all its bills, it turns out that no one can be absolutely sure exactly when the country faces a potential default — the dreaded “X-date.”

The Independent UK

Parties moving closer on debt ceiling deal as talks drag on - Roll Call

Negotiators working to hash out a deal to raise the debt limit were getting closer to agreement late Thursday.

Roll Call

Joe Biden: On the brink of doom

I've never seen a president this bad at communicating his agenda. If he loses to Trump, it'll be his own damn fault

Salon

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DeSantis Announces Too-Online Campaign in Most Online Way Imaginable

Plus: A.I. helps a paralyzed man walk again, how Wall Street is preparing for a possible U.S. debt default, and more...

Reason

Democrats are dreading a potential debt ceiling deal

"Democrats know they will have to eat a turd sandwich," one House Democrat told Axios.

Axios

Stocks Climb Before the Open as Investors Await Key U.S. GDP Data, Nvidia Results Boost Sentiment

June S&P 500 futures (ESM23) are up +0.63%, and June Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQM23) are up +1.74% this morning after three major U.S. benchmark indices finished the regular session in the red as talks between the White House and Republican representatives on raising the U.S. debt ceiling ended without…

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First Thing: Tributes paid to ‘queen of rock and soul’ Tina Turner

Stars including Mick Jagger, Elton John and Diana Ross pay tribute to the singer who has died at 83. Plus, how the invasion of Ukraine ‘has fuelled funding boom for clean energy’

The Guardian - UK

Editorial: Trump’s mouth on trial: Donald is compelled to spout off and the courts won’t abide it

Like the scorpion in the fable that causes its own drowning, Donald Trump cannot stop himself from attacking and insulting and belittling. It’s been his nature for his nearly 77 years and helped propel him into the White House. A fitting word for his attitude is contemptuous. While his sneering…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: One answer to the migration crisis? Jobs

The Biden administration’s sensible new policy for asylum seekers — requiring them to submit applications in Latin American countries before arriving — seems to have preempted a wave of migration to the border, at least for now. But what about those the US has already legally admitted into the country,…

Tribune News Service

Editorial: He’s in, but Florida, state of extremism, pays the price for DeSantis’ 2024 run

We’ve known Gov. Ron DeSantis has been running — hard — for the White House for months, campaigning in all but name from Ohio and Michigan to Israel and Japan.

Tribune News Service

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The Independent UK

McCarthy's Republicans push debt ceiling talks to brink, lawmakers leaving town for weekend

House Republicans are pushing debt ceiling talks to the brink

The Independent UK

Look who's talking: Biden goes quiet in debt-limit talks, while McCarthy can't stop chatting

President Joe Biden has made a deliberate decision to go quiet as his team gets down to the wire in the debt-limit talks, according to White House officials

Tribune News Service

McCarthy faces pressure from conservatives vital to his job as debt talks resume

WASHINGTON — House conservatives ratcheted up pressure on Speaker Kevin McCarthy to hold firm in talks over raising the debt ceiling just days before a potentially catastrophic U.S. default.

Tribune News Service

DeSantis signs bill allowing him to run for president without resigning

TAMPA, Fla. — In another incremental step in his bid for the White House, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed a bill clarifying that Florida elected officials can remain in office while running for president.

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Reuters

Ron DeSantis joins White House race, tripped up by chaotic Twitter launch

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suffered a chaotic start to his 2024 presidential election race on Wednesday when glitches marred an online forum hosted by Twitter owner Elon Musk that was meant to showcase DeSantis' fitness for the job.

Fortune

Massive money manager Pimco likens passing a debt ceiling deal to passing a kidney stone: ‘We are in the painful period right now’

“We know it will pass, it is just a question of how painful it will be,” Pimco’s Libby Cantrill wrote Wednesday.

Tribune News Service

GOP, Biden negotiators resume talks amid debt default impasse

WASHINGTON — Negotiators for the White House and House Republicans resumed talks on lifting the U.S. debt ceiling amid an impasse just days before a potentially catastrophic default, according to a person familiar with the matter.

The Hindu

Unnecessary brinkmanship: On the U.S.’s fiscal quagmire

Political brinkmanship in the United States brinkmanship could cause a painfully intractable economic crisis

The Guardian - US

US lawmakers blame each other for debt ceiling standoff: ‘They are not negotiating’

Democrats and Republicans continue to trade pointed remarks, underscoring that agreement is not in reach to avoid default

Roll Call

In play to GOP base, House votes to block student loan relief

The House approved a measure to block President Biden's plan to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt, which courts have already postponed.

Roll Call

Debt limit talks back on, this time with change of venue - Roll Call

House Republican and White House negotiators met midday Wednesday on President Joe Biden's home turf for a change.

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