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Social Security update: Direct payment worth $914 arrives in 21 days

Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries will receive their June payments, worth $914 for individual filers, in exactly three weeks.

Stimulus check update: Direct payment worth $500 for more than 300 families to be sent in six days

In six days, a program sending $500 monthly payments to 305 families in Sonoma County, California, will send its next payment.

Inflation fell to 2.3% in April, producer price index shows in encouraging sign

Inflation fell four-tenths of a percentage point to a 2.3% annual rate in April, as measured by the producer price index.

Biden draws first red line in debt ceiling negotiations with one law as untouchable

President Joe Biden is drawing a line in the sand that he will not cross as debt ceiling negotiations continue, indicating to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and other Republican leaders that changes to the Inflation Reduction Act are off the table.

Manchin stokes rumors he could challenge Biden in 2024 with Iowa gathering

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) stoked rumors about a possible 2024 presidential challenge when he met with leaders from a key early state in Washington, D.C.

DeFlorida Blueprint: How DeSantis has pursued a Teddy Roosevelt conservationist image

DeFlorida Blueprint is a five-part series examining the legislative and policy record of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. As the Florida legislature wraps up its 2023 session, DeSantis is widely expected to declare he is running for the Republican presidential nomination, putting him on a collision course with former President Donald Trump. The previous installments of this series examined his record on education, healthcare, and economic policy. This part will look at his record on environmental issues.

New York verdict underscores lack of ‘viable alternatives’ to Trump, GOP strategists say

Former President Donald Trump being found liable for sexual abuse and defamation in his civil lawsuit against one-time Elle columnist E. Jean Carroll has become a dividing line in the 2024 Republican primary, albeit a very light one.

Senate leaders play debt ceiling blame game while aides negotiate behind the scenes

Aides for top congressional leaders resumed talks on raising the nation’s debt limit behind closed doors, even as top Senate leaders continue to wage a messaging war one day after meeting with President Joe Biden.

How the Treasury is scrambling to stop default — or mitigate its fallout

The country is embroiled in its most risky debt ceiling standoff in more than a decade, and Treasury officials are working both publicly and behind the scenes to prepare.

EPA to propose major crackdown on coal and gas plant emissions

The Environmental Protection Agency will propose new regulations Thursday designed to cut carbon dioxide from the nation's coal- and natural-gas-fired power plants.
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