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How White House and GOP leaders are working to sell the budget deal

BY BRETT SAMUELS

After President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) signed off on a final budget agreement and a raise of the debt ceiling, the two sides moved onto a difficult task: selling the legislation to their respective parties to get it passed through Congress.

Conservative Republicans and progressive Democrats have been quick to voice concerns with certain aspects of the deal, with each side expressing worry that their leadership gained too little or conceded too much in negotiations.

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Debt deal text released as leaders corral votes 

BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL AND EMILY BROOKS

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) released text of the bill to raise the debt limit on Sunday evening as Democratic and Republican leaders work to corral support ahead of this week’s vote.

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Biden, McCarthy face potential revolt over debt ceiling deal

BY EMILY BROOKS AND ARIS FOLLEY

Neither the right flank of the Republican party nor some Democrats are happy with the deal that President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) struck to raise the nation’s debt limit alongside some policy reforms and spending clawbacks.

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5 takeaways: Biden, McCarthy strike deal to raise debt limit

BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL AND EMILY BROOKS

President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reached an agreement in principle to raise the debt limit Saturday night, capping off days of high-stakes negotiations between emissaries for the White House and GOP conference.

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Biden: ‘It wouldn’t have made any difference’ to start budget talks sooner

BY BRETT SAMUELS 

President Biden on Sunday urged Congress to pass a bipartisan budget agreement he brokered with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) as the bill text was finalized, and he downplayed any doubts about the final outcome or his negotiating strategy.

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McConnell endorses debt-limit deal, calls on Senate conservatives not to delay it

BY ALEXANDER BOLTON 

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is calling on Senate colleagues, including conservative members of his conference, not to drag out the consideration of the debt-limit deal, which could be delayed past the June 5 deadline if senators use every procedural tool available to slow it down. 

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Debt limit deal would approve West Virginia pipeline, curtail environmental law

BY RACHEL FRAZIN

The deal announced by President Biden and House Republican leaders this weekend would legislate the approval of a controversial West Virginia natural gas pipeline and shorten environmental reviews under one of the nation’s bedrock environmental laws. 

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The Memo: Trump and his primary rivals get set for fight over Ukraine

BY NIALL STANAGE 

The war in Ukraine is set to become one of the starkest dividing lines in the GOP presidential primary.

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Meet the ultra-longshot Republicans vying against Trump in 2024

BY JULIA SHAPERO

The burgeoning 2024 GOP primary field has attracted a number of extremely obscure Republicans looking to take on former President Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and other well-known candidates, despite low name recognition and a lack of traction in the national polls.

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Colorado River deal brings relief, but is it a short-term solution to a long-term crisis?

BY SHARON UDASIN 

The American West is breathing a collective sigh of relief after Colorado River basin states resolved months of tensions with a pivotal plan for water consumption cutbacks earlier this week.

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Border agents need the right tools for the job

BY MIKE TAMEZ

OPINION | Fentanyl, a highly dangerous and addictive synthetic opioid, continues to flood our nation at alarming rates. The urgency to address this crisis demands innovative solutions that can aid in the detection and interception of illicit drugs and their precursors. In addition to targeting the northbound flow of fentanyl, we must also focus on enhancing our capabilities to detect vehicles transporting cash and other necessary precursors southbound into Mexico.

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The left and right agree on one thing: We need more social media data

BY SASHA HAVLICEK

OPINION | We live in a moment where facts are drowning in an ocean of manipulation enabled by social media. Trust in information and institutions has plummeted everywhere.

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The Associated Press: Debt ceiling deal: What’s in, what’s out of the bill to avert US default

BY KEVIN FREKING, FARNOUSH AMIRI and STEPHEN GROVES

WASHINGTON (AP) — The details of the deal between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy were released Sunday in the form of a 99-page bill that would suspend the nation’s debt limit through 2025 to avoid a federal default while limiting government spending.

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The Wall Street Journal: How a Debt-Ceiling Deal That Neither Side Wanted Cracked the Logjam in Washington

BY LINDSAY WISE and ANNIE LINSKEY

WASHINGTON—The path to a tentative agreement to raise the debt limit started in January with the election of Kevin McCarthy as House speaker on the 15th ballot, after he made conservatives a host of promises to cut spending and gave them the ability to oust him if he wavered.

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The New York Times: Feinstein, Back in the Senate, Relies Heavily on Staff to Function

BY ANNIE KARNI

When Senator Dianne Feinstein entered a hearing room this month to reclaim her seat on the Senate Judiciary Committee after a monthslong absence, she was accompanied by a phalanx of aides.

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The Washington Post: Police agencies are desperate to hire. But they say few want the job.

BY ROBERT KLEMKO

The San Francisco Police Department is down more than 600 officers, almost 30 percent of its allotment. Phoenix needs about 500 more officers to be fully staffed. The D.C. police force is smaller than it has been in 50 years, despite troubling gun violence and carjackings, as officers leave faster than they can be replaced.

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