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Democratic tensions rise as Biden narrows debt ceiling talks

May 18, 2023 - World

Syria's Assad sheds pariah status despite 12 years of brutality

Updated May 18, 2023 - Politics & Policy

Disney cancels new Florida campus development amid DeSantis feud

Disney CEO Bob Iger speaking in Anaheim, California, in 2019.
Updated May 18, 2023 - Politics & Policy

Inside Biden's plan to win back Latino voters

Photo illustration of Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Joe biden and downward-pointing arrows.

Internal skepticism emerges on Democrats’ debt ceiling tactic

Where AI evolves from here

Axios-Ipsos poll: Gun violence soars as public health concern

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes must start prison sentence May 30

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes walks back to her hotel following a hearing at the Robert E. Peckham U.S. Courthouse on March 17, 2023 in San Jose, California.
Updated May 17, 2023 - Politics & Policy

House votes down measure to expel George Santos

House Dems call for probe into DeSantis' use of Florida police force

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) speaking in Sioux Center, Iowa, on May 13.
Updated May 17, 2023 - Health

Federal appeals court seems skeptical of FDA's abortion pill approval

Updated May 17, 2023 - Economy

Bankruptcy blitz highlights the end of the easy-money era

May 17, 2023 - World

Biden admin pushing for Saudi-Israeli peace deal by end of year, officials say

Biden fist bumps Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Photo: Royal Court of Saudi Arabia /Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

World likely to see hottest year on record in next 5 years, UN warns

First look: 6 in 10 want employers to call out racism

McCarthy called Biden's bluff

AI leaders: Please regulate us

Photo of Sam Altman in suit and tie smiling, seated at testimony table, with a placard bearing his name

The fraught fight to stop the trans health care bans

Illustration of 5 syringes in the colors of the trans flag.

Biden shortening overseas trip ahead of debt ceiling deadline

Cherelle Parker wins Philly's Democratic mayoral primary

Cherelle Parker

Florida, Idaho governors answer Abbott's call to send officers to Texas border

May 16, 2023 - Health

North Carolina's 12-week abortion ban becomes law despite governor's veto

protesters holding signs in Raleigh, one reading "No Forced Birth"
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