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11:20 PM ET, May 29, 2023

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New York Times:
New Details in Debt Limit Deal: Where $136 Billion in Cuts Will Come From  —  Two years of spending caps, additional work requirements for food stamps and cuts to I.R.S. funding are among the components in the deal.  —  Reporting from Washington  —  The full legislative text …
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Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
What's in the debt limit bill?  Key provisions in the Biden-McCarthy deal to avert default  —  Republicans and Democrats each won some concessions in the legislation.  —  WASHINGTON — The bipartisan deal struck by Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy extends …
Akayla Gardner / Bloomberg:
How Shalanda Young Helped Broker Biden's Toughest Deal Yet
Nancy A. Youssef / Wall Street Journal:
WSJ News Exclusive |  China Rebuffs Pentagon Chief, Blunting Push for Rapprochement  —  China has rebuffed a U.S. request for a meeting of U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and China's Defense Minister Li Shangfu at a security forum in Singapore this coming weekend, the Pentagon said …
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Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times:
China turns down US invitation for defence chiefs' meeting in Singapore  —  Pentagon had requested the encounter between Lloyd Austin and Li Shangfu, who is under sanctions, at forum in June  —  Beijing has declined the Pentagon's request for a meeting between US defence secretary Lloyd Austin …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
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The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on the Enactment of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act  —  The enactment of Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Act is a tragic violation of universal human rights—one that is not worthy of the Ugandan people, and one that jeopardizes the prospects of critical economic growth for the entire country.
Abdi Latif Dahir / New York Times:
New Anti-Gay Law in Uganda Includes Life in Prison as Penalty
Andrea Cavallier / Associated Press:
Graduates boo and turn their chairs away from former U.S Rep. Liz Cheney as she delivers commencement address at liberal Colorado College - despite her blasting Trump's election-denying attorney  — The former U.S. Rep. gave the commencement speech at her alma mater Colorado College, a liberal arts school she graduated from in 1988
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New York Times:
The bidding for Lot 17 started at $23 million.  —  In the packed room at Sotheby's in Manhattan, the price quickly climbed: $32 million, $42 million, $48 million.  Then a new prospective buyer, calling from China, made it a contest between just two people.  —  On the block that evening …
Katie S. Phang / MSNBC:
Trump's legal team is an epic disaster  —  This kind of havoc does not bode well for Trump's legal future.  —  The attorney-client relationship is historically one of the most sacred, cloaked with the (usually) impenetrable privilege of complete confidentiality and one that is imbued with explicit and implicit trust.
Politico:
China plans to land astronauts on moon before 2030  —  It also plans to expand its orbiting space station.  —  BEIJING — China's burgeoning space program plans to place astronauts on the moon before 2030 and expand the country's orbiting space station, officials said Monday.
Associated Press:
Impeachment trial of Texas' Ken Paxton to begin no later than August 28  —  A historic impeachment trial in Texas to determine whether Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton should be permanently removed from office will begin no later than August in the state Senate, where the jury …
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Historic gains: Low-income workers scored in the Covid economy  —  A POLITICO analysis shows that pandemic-era policies reversed the trend toward a widening income gap.  The move away from them threatens those gains.  Which way will Biden turn?  —  For the past three years …
Yuliya Talmazan / NBC News:
‘Nuclear weapons for everyone’ who joins Belarus and Russia, Putin ally promises  —  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's comment comes amid escalating nuclear rhetoric from Vladimir Putin, whose army is floundering in Ukraine.  —  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko …
Associated Press:
Russia issues arrest warrant for Lindsey Graham over Ukraine comments  —  Russia's Interior Ministry on Monday issued an arrest warrant for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham following his comments related to the fighting in Ukraine.  In an edited video of his meeting on Friday with Ukrainian President …
Jonathan Lemire / Politico:
Biden world confident in a Trump rematch but preps for a surprise  —  Democrats and campaign officials know their job may get tougher if Trump's name isn't on top of the GOP ticket.  —  President Joe Biden and his campaign team continue to believe that they will square off against Donald Trump …
 
 
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Stacy Mitchell / New York Times:
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Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
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Amwaj.media:
Amid Omani visit, Iran's messaging points to transactionalism with west
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NBC News:
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Biden's student debt plan hangs in balance as major Supreme Court rulings loom
Discussion: Slate and Insider
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge postpones showdown over 14th Amendment debt powers
Discussion: Raw Story and The Hill
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