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June 2
Top Headlines
- New York Times, Senate passes debt ceiling bill, sending it to Biden to sign into law
New York Times, The Calm Man in the Capital: Biden Lets Others Spike the Ball but Notches a Win- New York Times, U.S. Job Growth Remains Strong: Live Updates
- Washington Post, Investigation: Georgia probe of Trump broadens to activities in other states, Amy Gardner and Josh Dawsey
- Politico, DOJ closes Pence classified documents probe
- New York Times, Arizona Limits Construction Around Phoenix as Its Water Supply Dwindles
- Washington Post, End of Title 42 changes calculus of migrants at U.S.-Mexico border
- Washington Post, By arming Ukraine, Biden shows growing appetite to cross Putin’s red lines
More On U.S. Courts, Crime, Immigration
- New York Times, Opinion: The Supreme Court Has Earned a Little Contempt, Josh Chafetz
- New York Times, Prosecutors Scrutinize Political Nonprofit Groups for Fund-Raising Fraud, David A. Fahrenthold, William K. Rashbaum and Tiff Fehr
- Associated Press, New details of Jeffrey Epstein’s death and the frantic aftermath revealed in records obtained by AP
- New York Times, 8-Year-Old Migrant Who Died in C.B.P. Custody Was Seen by Medical Staff 11 Times
- ew York Times, Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Murdering Letter Carrier
- New York Times, Hunter Biden’s Lawyers Cite Landmark Gun Ruling in Bid to Stave Off Charges
Washington Post, FBI director Chris Wray to face contempt of Congress vote, Comer says- New York Times, Florida Art Scammer Sentenced to Over 2 Years in Federal Prison
2024 U.S. Presidential Race
- New York Times, Denouncing ‘Elites’ in Kickoff Speech, DeSantis Vows to ‘Impose Our Will’
- New York Times, In Iowa, DeSantis Signals the Start of a Slugfest With Trump
- The Warning with Steve Schmidt, Why Ron DeSantis's aims of "destroying leftism" prove he is unfit to be president, Steve Schmidt
- Miami Herald, Watchdog group accuses DeSantis, political committee of breaking campaign-finance law
More On U.S. Economy, Default, Debt, Budget, Jobs, Banking, Crypto
New York Times, Opinion: The Case of the Disappearing Debt Disaster, Paul Krugman- New York Times, There is one big part of the debt ceiling deal that Congress isn’t talking about
Trump Probes, Pro-Trump Rioters, Election Deniers
- New York Times, Trump Was Taped Discussing Sensitive Document He Had Kept After Leaving Office, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan and Alan Feuer
- New York Times, Prosecutors Scrutinize Handling of Security Footage by Trump Aides in Documents Case, Alan Feuer, Maggie Haberman and Ben Protess
- New York Times, Mar-a-Lago Worker Provided Prosecutors New Details in Trump Documents Case
- New York Times, Trump White House Aides Subpoenaed in Firing of Election Security Expert
- New York Times, Two Oath Keepers Sentenced for Roles in Jan. 6 Seditious Conspiracy
- Politico, ‘Deranged leadership’: Oath Keeper who entered Capitol on Jan. 6 turns on Stewart Rhodes
Politico, Jan. 6 sentences are piling up. Here’s a look at some of the longest handed down- Washington Post, More Oath Keepers convicted with Rhodes for Jan. 6 attack are sentenced
- Meidas Touch Network, Commentary: Jack Smith’s SECRET WITNESS against Trump finally Revealed, Michael Popok
More On Ukraine War
New York Times, Ukraine Live Updates: Another Early Morning Strike on Kyiv Kills Three- New York Times, ‘We Have No Days Off’: The Nonstop Work of Ukrainian Air Defenses
More Global News, Views, Terrorism, Human Rights
New York Times, Investors have soured on China’s stocks, renewing fears about the country’s economic recovery
Washington Post, Iran plans to escalate attacks on U.S. troops in Syria, part of Russian-backed strategy, leaks show- Washington Post, A rare look inside the notorious Russian jail holding an American journalist
- Washington Post, Two journalists stand trial in Iran for stories that sparked protests
U.S. Politics, Elections, Governance
- New York Times, Opinion: A Peek Behind the MAGA Curtain, David French
- Washington Post, Former first lady Rosalynn Carter diagnosed with dementia
- New York Times, Bill Perkins, Defender of His Harlem Constituents, Dies at 74, Sam Roberts
- Washington Post, Report: Utah GOP Rep. Chris Stewart to resign from Congress
U.S. Abortion, Birth Control, #MeToo- New York Times, Oklahoma Supreme Court Rules New Abortion Bans Unconstitutional
- Washington Post, Bill Cosby is facing a new sexual assault lawsuit
Environment, Transportation, Energy, Space, Disasters, Climate
- New York Times, Arizona Limits Construction Around Phoenix as Its Water Supply Dwindles
New York Times, Climate Shocks Are Making Parts of America Uninsurable. It Just Got Worse
Pandemics, Public Health, Privacy
- Washington Post, Medicare to expand coverage for new class of Alzheimer’s drugs pending FDA approval
- New York Times, Covid Is Coming Back in China; Lockdowns Are Not
More On U.S. Media, Education, Arts, Sports, Culture
- Washington Post, Project Veritas sues founder James O’Keefe over his messy departure
Top Stories
New York Times, Senate passes debt ceiling bill, sending it to Biden to sign into law, Rachel Siegel, Marianne LeVine, John Wagner and Leigh Ann Caldwell, June 2, 2023 (print ed.). The deal cleared the House on Wednesday night and is now on track take effect by Monday’s deadline for a government default.The Senate late Thursday night passed a bipartisan bill to suspend the debt ceiling and curb federal spending, sending the legislation to President Biden to sign into law in time to avert an unprecedented U.S. government default.
The deal cleared the House on Wednesday night and is now on track to take effect by Monday, when the government would no longer be able to pay all of its bills without borrowing more money. Senators scrambled to vote before the weekend, even as a handful of frustrated lawmakers pushed for votes on amendments that risked slowing the process.
None of the amendments were adopted. But in an effort to alleviate concerns from defense hawks that the debt ceiling bill would restrict Pentagon spending too much, Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) issued a joint statement saying the “debt ceiling deal does nothing to limit the Senate’s ability to appropriate emergency supplemental funds to ensure our military capabilities are sufficient to deter China, Russia, and our other adversaries.”
The Senate vote of 63-36 capped off weeks of talks that moved in fits and starts — and at times dissolved altogether. As the June 5 default deadline ticked closer, negotiators from the White House and the House GOP clashed over government spending, work requirements for federal programs and a slew of other policy differences. The final 99-page bill lost some support from far-right lawmakers and some progressive Democrats. But its final passage marked an end to months of partisan squabbles over raising the debt ceiling — and averted economic catastrophe.
“Our work is far from finished, but this agreement is a critical step forward, and a reminder of what’s possible when we act in the best interests of our country,” President Biden said in a statement after the vote. “I look forward to signing this bill into law as soon as possible and addressing the American people directly tomorrow.”
In the Senate, four Democrats and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) voted no, while 44 Democrats and Angus King (I-Maine), who caucuses with them, and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) voted yes. On the GOP side, 17 Republicans voted yes, and 31 voted no. The bill needed 60 votes to pass.
New York Times, The Calm Man in the Capital: Biden Lets Others Spike the Ball but Notches a Win, Peter Baker, June 2, 2023 (print ed.). President Biden brokered a debt limit deal by following instincts developed through long, hard and sometimes painful experience in Washington.In the days since he struck a deal to avoid a national default, President Biden has steadfastly refused to boast about what he got as part of the agreement.
“Why would Biden say what a good deal it is before the vote?” he asked reporters at one point, referring to himself in the third person. “You think that’s going to help me get it passed? No. That’s why you guys don’t bargain very well.”
The president calculated that the more he bragged that the deal was a good one for his side, the more he would inflame Republicans on the other side, jeopardizing the chances of pushing the agreement through the narrowly divided House. His reticence stood in striking contrast to his negotiating partner, Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has been running all over the Capitol in recent days asserting that the deal was a “historic” victory for fiscal conservatives.
While Mr. Biden knew that would aggravate progressives in his own party, he gambled that he could keep enough of them in line without public chest-beating and figured that it was more important to let Mr. McCarthy claim the win to minimize a revolt on the hard right that could put his speakership in danger. Indeed, in private briefing calls following the agreement, White House officials told Democratic allies that they believed they got a good deal, but urged their surrogates not to say that publicly lest it upset the delicate balance.
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