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"It's hard to overstate how bad it would be," one expert said. Everything from Social Security payments to your retirement fund could get hit.
Without a deal, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said the U.S. could be unable to pay its bills and might default on its debt as soon as June 1.
Rep. Eric Swalwell shared a screenshot of a direct message apparently sent by ex-49er and Jaguar Bruce Miller that read: "Almost time!!! Would you rather Guantanamo or just execution."
The Dodgers said that The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a nonprofit charity, activist and artist group, was no longer invited and would not receive a planned award.
In over a year, Texas has transported more than 19,000 migrants to Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia on over 400 buses.
Former Attorney General Bill Barr said he thinks special counsel Jack Smith will arrive at a charging decision in the Trump probes as early as this summer.
An independent candidate has defeated a longtime Republican office holder to become the first elected Black mayor in the Colorado Springs, Colorado's second largest city with a reputation for being a conservative stronghold.
The court split 7-2 in its decision, with Justice Elena Kagan and Chief Justice John Roberts in dissent.
The Secret Service's departure rate was 48% last year due in part to the job's high demands.
Gov. Doug Burgum has begun hiring political consultants as he nears a decision to launch a dark-horse bid for the presidency, CBS News first reports.
House Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Michael McCaul has threatened to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena over the cable.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to make his 2024 presidential bid official next week, but will hold a bigger launch event later.
Jayson Boebert appeared to have been drinking "a tall glass of beer, and cleaning a gun" before the process server knocked on the door, he wrote in an affidavit. Lauren Boebert disputed both of those claims on her Twitter Wednesday, calling her divorce "a private matter."
Here's what Republicans and Democrats are demanding regarding the debt ceiling, and the red lines they're drawing.
Biden administration officials have attributed the sharp drop to increased deportations, tighter asylum rules and efforts by other countries to stop U.S.-bound migrants.
