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Millions of people are heading to the polls in a presidential runoff election that could cement President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s grip on power and his country’s influence in the war in Ukraine, the Middle East and NATO.

Debt-ceiling deal’s road to passage in Congress  Reuters.com Biden and McCarthy Reach Debt Ceiling Deal to Avert U.S. Default  The New York Times Biden, GOP agree to 2 year budget-debt ceiling deal  KTLA 5 What’s in and out of the debt ceiling deal  The

There was something revelatory about the way the HBO show Somebody Somewhere gently hold the spiritual identity of one of its characters. It wasn’t a punchline. (Image credit: Christopher Smith/Invision/AP)

To prevent flooding, communities often raise levees next to rivers higher and higher. Now, a new approach is about backing off, moving levees away from rivers to create floodplains. (Image credit: Lauren Sommer/NPR)

Jack Smith: Trump’s absurd attacks on the special prosecutor are a specific kind of tactic.  Slate

Louisiana high school grad still lost at sea after Coast Guard calls off search: report  Fox News Search suspended for Louisiana teen Cameron Robbins, who allegedly went overboard on dare in Bahamas  New York Post Bahamas suspends ‘active search efforts’ for missing

President Biden’s speech briefly paused after LSU women’s basketball star collapses during White House visit  Fox News LSU, UConn basketball teams celebrate titles at White House  USA TODAY Jill Biden and Angel Reese meet at White House ceremony for LSU champs  The Washington

White House releases first national strategy to fight antisemitism  NPR White House lays out first-ever national strategy to combat antisemitism  CNN White House plan to fight antisemitism takes on centuries of hatred in America  The Times of Israel

Ruby Wax says Donald Trump didn’t make a pass at her as she is ‘too clever’  The Guardian

Prosecutors say they have a recording of Trump and a witness in Manhattan DA case  NBC News