Biden and McCarthy tasked a handful of representatives to try and close out a final deal, with negotiations beginning late Tuesday.
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DeSantis signs bills targeting drag shows, pronouns, bathroom use and transgender children
Florida is banning gender affirming care for minors among a series of anti-LGBTQ+ bills signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Supreme Court won’t put Illinois gun law on hold while court challenge continues
The case before the court involves a state law enacted in January that bans the sale of a series of guns including the AR-15 and AK-47.
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The likelihood that Earth briefly hits key warming threshold grows bigger and closer, UN forecasts
The United Nations’ weather agency says there’s a two-out-of-three chance that the world will reach the internationally accepted global temperature threshold for limiting the worst effects of climate change sometime in the next five years.
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Prince Harry, Meghan make getaway in taxi while pursued by photographers
The couple’s office says they were pursued in their car first, and called the incident ‘near catastrophic,’ and said it ‘resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two NYPD officers.’
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Ecuadorian president puts end to impeachment proceedings against him by dissolving National Assembly
Lasso was elected in 2021 and has clashed from the start with a strong opposition in the 137-member National Assembly.
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Job cuts, no Social Security checks: How consumers could be pinched by a U.S. government default
The economy could nosedive into a recession due to a default.
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Abortion after 12 weeks banned in North Carolina after lawmakers override governor’s veto
The votes came as abortion rights in the U.S. faced another tectonic shift with lawmakers in South Carolina and Nebraska also considering new abortion limits.
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Authorities say New Mexico gunman who killed 3 was local high school student; still seek motive
Authorities say Beau Wilson, 18, was was indiscriminately shooting at vehicles but that some rounds struck homes.
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YouTube’s recommendations send violent and graphic gun videos to 9-year-olds, study finds
The site has been criticized in the past for hosting, and in some cases promoting, videos that encourage gun violence, eating disorders and self-harm.