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The vote comes as lawmakers race against the clock to beat a June 5 deadline for a potential federal default. (Image credit: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

House debates the Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling bill as default deadline looms  NPR The latest on the US debt ceiling deal: Live updates  CNN What word would MLK have used to describe Biden’s debt ceiling deal? ‘Demonic’  San Francisco Chronicle Debt ceiling deal’s biggest

When the pro-democracy ‘Safeguarding Our Home’ rallies are overwhelmed and undermined by adjacent, rival-allied ‘Free Palestine’ demonstrators

NY-born Chana Nachenberg, 53, had been in vegetative state since suicide bombing at pizzeria in Jerusalem 22 years ago; becomes 16th fatality of attack

Facebook and Instagram owner Meta threatens to cut off news in California  NPR Meta threatens to pull news posts from Facebook, Instagram if California bill becomes law  Sacramento Bee Meta threatens to block news in California over journalism bill  The Washington Post Meta

From Australia to Canada, Big Tech has resisted lawmakers’ efforts to force them to pay news publishers for carrying their articles. Now, that battle is playing out in California. (Image credit: LEON NEAL/AFP via Getty Images)

After decades of having no vaccines to fight respiratory syncytial respiratory (RSV), the U.S. now has two—both aimed at protecting older adults. On May 31, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the second RSV vaccine in the world.

A key policy adviser for Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R-AK) has resigned after the release of a series of inflammatory statements he made on a podcast praising Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and defending the right of husbands to rape their wives,

U.S. job openings rose unexpectedly in April a sign the American labor market remains surprisingly resilient as the Federal Reserve pushes interest rates higher to combat inflation.

The U.S. House is set to vote on the debt ceiling deal Wednesday night after Republicans got some help from Democrats to pass a crucial hurdle. The vote follows weeks of heated negotiations and criticism from the right and the