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Debt ceiling tests McCarthy, as GOP speaker rides …

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during a news conference after President Joe Biden and McCarthy reached an "agreement in principle" to resolve the looming debt crisis on Saturday, May 27, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Rep. Garret Graves, R-La., left, listens. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

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Liz Cheney to give Colorado College graduation speech …

FILE - Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., talks with former Sen. Joe Lieberman in the East Room before President Joe Biden awards the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people at the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 7, 2022. Former congresswoman Cheney will give a graduation speech Sunday, May 28, 2023, at Colorado College, a Colorado liberal arts college that is her alma mater, amid questions about her political future and promise to prevent Donald Trump from becoming president again. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Biden celebrates LSU women’s and UConn men’s basketball …

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are presented with jerseys by LSU women's basketball team captains Angel Reese, right, and Emily Ward, left, during an event to honor the 2023 NCAA national championship team in the East Room of the White House, Friday, May 26, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

North Dakota Gov. Burgum expected to announce GOP campaign …

FILE - North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks at the state Capitol on April 10, 2020, in Bismarck, N.D. Burgum has signed a bill into law that allows public school teachers and state government employees to ignore the pronouns their transgender students and colleagues use, the governor's office announced Monday, May 8, 2023 (Mike McCleary/The Bismarck Tribune via AP, File)

2 more Oath Keepers sentenced to prison terms for Jan. …

FILE - This artist sketch depicts the trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and four others charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, in Washington, Oct. 6, 2022. Shown above are, witness John Zimmerman, who was part of the Oath Keepers' North Carolina Chapter, seated in the witness stand, defendant Thomas Caldwell, of Berryville, Va., seated front row left, Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, seated second left with an eye patch, defendant Jessica Watkins, of Woodstock, Ohio, seated third from right, Kelly Meggs, of Dunnellon, Fla., seated second from right, and defendant Kenneth Harrelson, of Titusville, Fla., seated at right. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathryn Rakoczy is shown in blue standing at right before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta. U.S. Army veterans Watkins and Harrelson are scheduled to be sentenced on Friday, May 26, 2023 (Dana Verkouteren via AP)

Jill Biden to promote women, youth on trip to Mideast, …

FILE - First lady Jill Biden waits with President Joe Biden to greet South Korea's first lady Kim Keon Hee and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol on the North Portico of the White House in Washington ahead of a State Dinner, April 26, 2023. Jill Biden will promote women and youth empowerment, and attend a Jordanian royal wedding, during an upcoming trip to the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. The first lady's office says she'll depart on a six-day trip that will take her to Jordan, Egypt, Morocco and Portugal. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Special counsel Durham to testify before Congress next …

FILE - Special counsel John Durham, the prosecutor appointed to investigate potential government wrongdoing in the early days of the Trump-Russia probe, leaves federal court in Washington, May 16, 2022. Durham ended his four-year investigation into possible FBI misconduct in its probe of ties between Russia and Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The report Monday, May 15, 2023, from Durham offers withering criticism of the bureau but a meager court record that fell far short of the former president’s prediction he would uncover the “crime of the century.” (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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GOP field in Pennsylvania Senate race still wide …

FILE - Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano speaks to supporters during an election night campaign event at the Penn Harris Hotel in Camp Hill, Pa., Nov. 8, 2022. Mastriano has said he will announce Thursday night, May 25, 2023, whether he will run for U.S. Senate, less than seven months after his landslide loss in last November’s general election for governor. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

DeSantis pushes past embarrassing campaign start, …

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a political roundtable, Friday, May 19, 2023, in Bedford, N.H. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Pentagon says allies will unite to train Ukrainians …

FILE - A U.S. Air Force F-16 refuels in mid-flight from a KC-135 Stratotanker during a Red Flag exercise over The Nevada Test and Training Range on Feb. 10, 2014. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin hopes that training for Ukrainian pilots on F-16s will begin in the coming weeks, a move that would strengthen Ukraine in the long term, but not necessarily be ready to be part of the nearer term counteroffensive. (John Locher/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP)

Air Force fighter pilot tapped by Biden to be next …

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, Col. CQ Brown, Jr., pilots an aircraft at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., in 2006. Brown served as Weapons School Commandant from July 2005 to May 2007 at Nellis Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force via AP)

Navy SEALs training plagued by pervasive problems, …

FILE - U.S. Navy SEAL candidates, participate in "surf immersion" during Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training at the Naval Special Warfare (NSW) Center in Coronado, Calif., on May 4, 2020. The training program for Navy SEALs is plagued by widespread medical failures, poor oversight and the use of performance enhancing drugs that have increased the risk of injury and death to candidates seeking to become an elite commando, according to a highly critical new investigation triggered by the death of SEAL candidate Kyle Mullen. (MC1 Anthony Walker/U.S. Navy via AP, File)

On 3rd anniversary of George Floyd’s death, Biden …

FILE - Washington Metropolitan Police investigate near the Supreme Court and U.S. Capitol in Washington, Oct. 19, 2022. President Joe Biden on Thursday - the third anniversary of George Floyd's murder - vetoed an effort led by congressional Republicans to overturn a new District of Columbia law on improving police accountability. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Republican Karrin Taylor Robson says she won’t run …

FILE - Karrin Taylor Robson, a Republican running for Arizona governor, speaks at a town hall event with former Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, July 29, 2022, in Tempe, Ariz. Robson, a wealthy Republican businessperson who was seen as the likeliest establishment candidate for a crucial Arizona Senate contest, said Thursday, May 25, 2023, that she won't run for the seat now held by independent Kyrsten Sinema. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

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