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closing in, the special counsel appears to be wrapping up his investigation into donald trumps handling of classified documents as new details emerge about what was going on at mar-a-lago, just before the feds swept in. melissa murray and barbara mcqueen will explain the significance. and, all hail the queen of rock and roll, danielle smith is here to celebrate the life and legacy of tina turner. im jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. >> congress is on memorial day recess, bu...

you learned the house rules in elementary school, right? the senate rules in high school. this is such an exciting night for me. because we are going to cover once again the single most exciting thing, you can never see in the house of representatives. unfortunately its almost inexplicable and it is of course the procedure that the democrats are using right now to try to force a vote on a clean debt ceiling bill. the discharge position. the man who filed the discharge petition is joini...

tonight. can you believe it? i get to talk to someone, im, you know through a whole lifetime and never meet someone who files a discharge position, because its so rare. >> and the circumstances of the filing district petition were, like, the plot of a mission implausible. it is a cape, or if you will, lawrence, one that has yet to be resolved because we dont know how the drama is going to and, in the end. but it is certainly, he is the person of the hour as it concerns the financial st...

in just two days, 118 congress will be sworn in with republicans in the majority in the house and kevin mccarthy is vowing to fight to become house speaker until the very end. but the question remains. could a group of heart rate lawmakers keep them from reaching the magical number of 219 votes. also one of the most controversial members of the new congress, new york republican george santos said take his seat -- lying about everything for his family history to his finances. well talk ...

In our final X-Date, we note how Congress is already scheming to avoid restrictions on military spending.

An analysis that the debt limit deal would expand food stamp spending is solidifying opposition to the bill among some conservative Republicans.

Financial officers are concerned about the plan moving forward should the United States fail to reach a deal on the debt ceiling as the “X-date” approaches.

Earlier, Treasury Secretary Yellen pushed back the debt ceiling deadline to June 5, but warned there would be consequences for waiting until the last minute to avoid default.

The X-date occurs when the government no longer has enough of financial reserves to pay all its bills, having used up all of its extraordinary measures. As per Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, the US could default by 5 June if theres no deal to raise legal borrowing limit to support bill paying

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