Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100’s of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from the White House

After sailing though House on bipartisan vote, Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal now goes to Senate

After sailing through the House on a bipartisan vote, the debt ceiling and budget cuts package now goes to the Senate

The Independent UK

Debt ceiling deal advances pipeline and tweaks environmental rules. But more work remains.

Despite weeks of negotiations, the White House and House Republicans were unable to reach a comprehensive agreement to overhaul environmental regulations and streamline federal permitting as part of their budget deal

The Independent UK

Republicans get their IRS cuts; Democrats say they expect little near-term impact

While Republicans seek to make good on campaign promises to cut IRS funding through the proposed debt ceiling and budget cuts package now moving through Congress, Democrats are offering assurances that the spending cuts will have little impact on the federal tax collector

The Independent UK

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

House OKs debt ceiling bill to avoid default, sends Biden-McCarthy deal to Senate

The deal passed by a bipartisan coalition, despite pushback from conservatives and progressives, restricts spending for two years, suspends the debt ceiling until 2025 and imposes work rules for older people receiving food aid.

Chicago Sun-Times

House passes debt ceiling bill just days before deadline – as it happened

The bill has reached the crucial 218 threshold to pass – though some Republicans may attempt to derail the process

The Guardian - US

US House passes bipartisan bill to raise debt ceiling, avoid default

Lawmakers agreed on a bill that looks to avoid a catastrophic default of the United States. The text will now go to the Senate for approval.

France 24

Angry progressives and conservatives hit out as Democrats push through Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal

More Democrats vote to raise the debt limit than Republicans as the bill heads to the Senate

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

US House of Representatives votes ‘yes’ on debt-ceiling deal

Speaker Kevin McCarthy faced opposition in his own party to a deal hammered out with the White House to avoid default.

Al Jazeera

The debt ceiling deal bulldozes a controversial pipeline's path through the courts

The Mountain Valley Pipeline got an extraordinary boost in the debt ceiling deal. Court challenges have stalled the controversial natural gas pipeline stretching from West Virginia to North Carolina.

WEKU

Mike Pence to announce 2024 White House bid on 7 June

Former vice president Mike Pence will join his former boss, and president, Donald Trump in the 2024 race for the White House

The Independent UK

How Kayleigh McEnany went from Donald Trump’s biggest defender to a ‘milktoast’ rival

Why did the former president so dismissively insult one of his most loyal White House aides? Oliver O’Connell charts the pair’s path

The Independent UK

White House denies Biden accuser Tara Reade’s life was at risk before she ‘defected’ to Russia

Former Senate staffer has announced that she has moved to Russia and is seeking citizenship there

The Independent UK

White House announces new military aid package for Ukraine

The White House on Wednesday announced the latest in a series of aid packages for Ukraine that includes up to $300 million worth of air defense systems, ammunition and other defense equipment.

Reuters

House to vote on McCarthy-Biden compromise debt deal, a key test for speaker

Lawmakers are working against the clock to avert an unprecedented debt default. The Treasury Department has said the U.S. could run out of money to pay its bills as soon as June 5.

WEKU

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

The Guardian - UK

Frilly dresses and white supremacy: welcome to the weird, frightening world of ‘trad wives’

No longer a far-right subculture, the movement’s anti-feminist tenets are now inserting themselves into mainstream western politics, says journalist Sian Norris

Salon

Default averted, lesson left unlearned

If Democrats don't abolish this monstrous terrorist weapon the next time they get a trifecta, it'll be unforgivable

WEKU

Debt limit deal claws back unspent COVID relief money

As part of spending negotiations between the White House and House Republicans, pandemic-era aid is getting pulled back. A document circulated by the White House shows what would be cut.

Reason

Americans Fear 'Disaster' From Both Biden and Trump

Voters deserve much of the blame for this unnecessary mess.

Get all your
news in one place.

100’s of premium titles.
One news app.

Evening Standard

Is the AI apocalypse actually coming? What life could look like if robots take over

From job losses to mass extinction events, experts are warning that AI technology risks opening a Pandora’s Box of horrors if left unchecked — are they right to be sounding the klaxon? Katie Strick reports

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Debt ceiling deal clears first hurdle and advances for debate

The committee voted 7-6 to allow debate by the full chamber with expected vote on passage today. Plus, the downfall of Elizabeth Holmes

Roll Call

Debt bill dissatisfaction threatens deeper GOP rift - Roll Call

Ahead of debt limit bill action, opponents are warning the break in GOP unity could reverberate beyond the Wednesday night vote.

Roll Call

House and Senate wrangle over student loans

An agreement on the debt ceiling would not affect a Biden proposal to forgive up to $20,000 in student debt but would resume loan payments.

Salon

The wars we don't (care to) see

Few Americans have any sense of just how devastating (not to say unsuccessful) the war on terror has been

The Guardian - US

Donald Trump reiterates pledge to scrap birthright US citizenship

Ex-president promises executive order revoking right enshrined in 14th amendment during anti-immigrant tirade on social media

The Independent UK

Culture wars, parenting and tiptoeing around Trump: Five takeaways from Ron DeSantis’s 2024 launch

Florida governor rolls into first caucus state to launch 2024 bid against Trump

1 … 360 361 362 363

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

the House of Representatives

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.