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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer reached a deal with Republicans for a short-term increase of the debt ceiling.

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The Senate votes for a short-term increase in the federal debt ceiling

8:41pm October 07, 2021

by Kelsey Snell

After a deal was reached with Republicans, Senate Democrats passed a bill to avoid the immediate threat of default by shifting the debt limit deadline to early December.

The "House on Fire" ruins is one of the ancient sites in the Bears Ears region near Blanding, Utah. The land holds significant cultural value to Native American tribes in the region.

Biden to restore protections for the Bears Ears monument after Trump downsized it

8:00pm October 07, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

President Biden will sign orders on Friday expanding the boundaries of Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Monuments, the administration announced.

Iraqis split on whether upcoming elections can bring meaningful change

4:59pm October 07, 2021

by Ruth Sherlock

The election in Iraq that anti-government protestors gave their lives calling for is this weekend — but it might not lead to the changes people want.

Then-President Donald Trump attends a rally in support of Georgia Republican senators in December 2020.

Senate report details Trump's efforts to use DOJ to overturn election results

3:38pm October 07, 2021

by Ryan Lucas

The report from the panel's Democratic majority documents the chaotic final weeks of Trump's presidency following his loss to Joe Biden.

The Longview Power Plant, a coal-fired plant, in Maidsville, W.Va. The state's Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin is a key negotiator on President Biden's domestic agenda and a skeptic of the central provision to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

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Cutting climate programs may be harder than other things as Biden trims his bill

3:32pm October 07, 2021

by Scott Detrow

President Biden is urging Democrats to embrace incremental progress as the party negotiates down a broad spending bill. He may not have that option when it comes to its major climate policies.

A patient shows her COVID-19 vaccine card at the Clínica Monseñor Oscar A. Romero in the Pico-Union district of Los Angeles on July 26.

Los Angeles will require proof of a COVID-19 vaccine for indoor establishments

1:46pm October 07, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Mayor Eric Garcetti approved the sweeping ordinance on Wednesday, adding Los Angeles to a list of other major cities requiring patrons to show proof of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Fiona Hill, the National Security Council's former senior director for Europe and Russia, arrives on Capitol Hill on Nov. 21, 2019.

Former White House Russia expert Fiona Hill warns the U.S. is on a path to autocracy

8:57am October 07, 2021

by Terry Gross

Fiona Hill was a key witness at Donald Trump's first impeachment hearing. Now she's warning about the threat to American democracy that comes from within. Her memoir is There Is Nothing for You Here.

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Senate leaders aim to finalize a deal to avoid the immediate threat of default

7:41am October 07, 2021

The leaders appear to have reached an agreement to raise the debt limit to December. But Democrats and Republicans aren't moving off their positions for how to achieve a long-term fix.

News brief: abortion law blocked, debt limit fix, caregivers' COVID deaths

6:31am October 07, 2021

Texas' abortion law is temporarily blocked. Congress appears closer to a deal that keeps the government paying its bills. A study estimates more than 140,00 children have lost a caregiver to COVID-19.

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Biden names ex-Delaware governor to oversee Afghan resettlement in the U.S.

5:55am October 07, 2021

The White House has put former Delaware Gov. Jack Markell in charge of helping oversee efforts to resettle Afghan refugees.