The last-minute deal to raise the debt limit averted a U.S. default, but risks making brinkmanship over federal borrowing a seasonal event as lawmakers wage fiscal war in Washington.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The ominous mass of seaweed looming in the Atlantic and creeping our way set size records earlier this spring — it was huge. But last month it actually shrank, according to scientists from the ...Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden hailed this week’s budget agreement as proof of his ability to secure hard-won bipartisan victories, telling the nation it saved the U.S. from an “economic crisis” brought on by a ...Read More

A Texas judge considering a challenge to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program did not immediately issue a decision on Friday, one day after hearing oral arguments in the high-stakes federal court case.

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LOS ANGELES — The testimony was alarming. For more than two weeks, jurors heard about deputy gangs, saw their tattoos and logos, learned about their inking parties and listened to witnesses talk about members’ alleged ...Read More

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden used the first Oval Office speech of his presidency to declare victory after a bipartisan deal to raise the debt ceiling passed both chambers of Congress, preventing a debt default and ...Read More