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Terence Burlij and Shania Shelton, CNN (CNN) — In a sign pointing toward a possible Republican presidential bid, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is set to make an announcement June 7 in Fargo, a source familiar with the plans told CNN. Fargo, near Burgum’s small hometown of Arthur, North Dakota, is where the governor built

CNN By Tami Luhby, CNN (CNN) — If Congress does not address the debt ceiling by June 5, the US Treasury Department will not have enough funds to pay all of the nation’s obligations in full and on time, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday. “Based on the most recent available data, we now estimate

By Sydney Kashiwagi, CNN Washington (CNN) — Invoking the 14th Amendment to lift the borrowing cap on the US debt ceiling as a way to work around slow-moving negotiations is not an option, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told CNN Friday, the administration’s most definitive response yet to an unlikely option demanded by some progressives.

By Katie Lobosco, CNN Washington (CNN) — The US reached its $31 trillion debt limit, a borrowing cap set by Congress, in January – setting up a political battle between Democrats and Republicans over government spending. Now, more than four months later, lawmakers are running out of time to reach an agreement to lift the

By Clare Foran and Manu Raju, CNN (CNN) — A key House GOP negotiator warned Friday that efforts to lock down a debt limit deal could either quickly come together or fall apart entirely – a warning sign as lawmakers and the White House race the clock to try to secure an agreement to prevent

By Annie Grayer, Manu Raju and Melanie Zanona, CNN (CNN) — Rep. Susan Wild, one of the country’s most politically vulnerable Democrats, made her displeasure known over the White House’s handling of talks to raise the debt ceiling with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. In a closed-door meeting on Thursday, the Pennsylvania Democrat contended that the

By Steve Contorno and Kit Maher, CNN (CNN) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, now officially a candidate for president, is no longer tiptoeing around former President Donald Trump – nor is he being shy about his plans to flex the powers of the presidency like never before if he wins the White House. DeSantis –

By Jeremy Diamond and Allie Malloy, CNN (CNN) — Nearly five months before the US was projected to hit the debt ceiling, a small team inside the Treasury Department began alerting top officials to early effects already being felt in the US financial system. The cost of insuring US debt, as measured by the price

CNN By Jeremy Diamond and Allie Malloy, CNN (CNN) — Nearly five months before the US was projected to hit the debt ceiling, a small team inside the Treasury Department began alerting top officials to early effects already being felt in the US financial system. The cost of insuring US debt, as measured by the

By Kaanita Iyer, CNN (CNN) — Two employees of Donald Trump moved boxes of papers at Mar-a-Lago a day before the Justice Department visited the former president’s residence to collect classified documents , The Washington Post reported Thursday. The Post, citing people familiar with the matter, reported that investigators view the timing – just before

By Dan Berman and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Amit Mehta on Thursday handed down an 18-year prison sentence for the leader of the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes, for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election that ended with the violent attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Before announcing the sentence,

By Oren Liebermann, CNN (CNN) — Inadequate medical screening and uninformed medical staff contributed to the death of a Navy SEAL candidate hours after he had completed a brutal part of the training course known as “Hell Week,” a Navy investigation found. The investigation prompted an overhaul of how the Navy monitors one of the

By Donald Judd (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Thursday vetoed a Republican-led measure that would overturn police reforms enacted in Washington, DC, writing the legislation “would overturn commonsense police reforms,” such as chokehold bans, standards for use of force, rules around the use of body cameras and officer training programs. “I believe we have

By Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Polling Director (CNN) — President Joe Biden’s bid for a second term begins with a wide advantage over his declared opponents for the Democratic nomination, but he faces headwinds among the overall public from declining favorability and a widespread view that his reelection would be more negative than positive for the

By Hannah Rabinowitz and Katelyn Polantz, CNN (CNN) — Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Thursday for leading a far-reaching plot to keep then-President Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election. A second Oath Keepers member, Kelly Meggs, the leader