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voted to impeach attorney general ken paxton. hes accused of bribery and abuse of public trust. they said the impeachment was illegal and being called what he called corrupt politicians. well have more in just a moment. in the meantime, in washington, it is deal or no deal. two sources tell cnn president biden and house speaker kevin mccarthy are expected to speak this hour. it comes at a critical moment in the debt ceiling talks and a source says it is now down to one final sticking p...

hello. im lukwesa burak. within the past couple of hours, president biden and the republican house speaker, kevin mccarthy, have reached an agreement in principle on a new government debt limit, ending weeks of wrangling. mr mccarthy said there would be historic reductions in spending, and no new taxes or government programmes. democrats and republicans have untiljune 05 to reach agreement to prevent the us government running out of money. this is how mr mccarthy announced the breakthr...

this to the republican party. especially the ultra conservative members, who have been making a lot of noise about it. his political reputation is potentially on the line, he needs to show he can make a deal but also satisfy the members of his party who are unsure about the deal. inaudible question. lots of lawmakers on the hill have — lots of lawmakers on the hill have used this as an opportunity to give their opinions about which way they think— opinions about which way they thin...

former president acknowledging he held on to a pentagon document about a potential attack on iran. also the vote that almost did not happen, just hours after it squeaked onto the house floor. and rattling russia. a closer look at the shadowy effort thats getting high-profile results, bringing the war in ukraine onto russian soil. prosecutors investigating the former presidents handling of classified material have in their possession a recording from the summer of 2021, in which t...

any deal will needs to be approved by a divided congress, with a vote expected on wednesday. mccarthy spoke in the past hour. ijust got out i just got out of over the president. i spoke to him twice today. after weeks of negotiations we have come to an agreement in principle. we still have a lot of work to do. but i believe this is an agreement in principle that is worthy of the american people. it has historic reductions in spending, consequential reforms that will lift people out of ...

counter—offensive. the comments come after attacks on dnipro and the wagner group claiming it fully captured the city of bakhmut. the battle there for control has been the longest of the war. the head of russias wagner mercenary group has announced that its forces have started withdrawing from the ukrainian city. ukraine denies this. now, one of the countrys most senior security officials says ukraine is ready to launch its long—expected counter—offensive against russian forces. ...

the gloves are truly off tonight in the republican race for president. john king in for anderson tonight. thank you for your time. even if youre just paying a little attention to the republican race, it is hard to notice ron desantis and the former president openly throwing haymakers. never mind the old 11d commandment. donald trump, of course, has never bought into that, and now it seems his fellow floridian doesnt either. over the last 48 hours, governor desantis has gone straight af...

a day after the six-week abortion ban went into effect, a judge has ordered the law to be put on hold. anyhow its up to the all-male justices of the state supreme court. plus were on standby for another member of the oath keepers to be sentenced for their role in the january 6th capitol insurrection, one defendant telling the judge she was "just another idiot running around the hallway." then, 12 people are injured and the big question is, why did he do it? hello, everyone, and w...

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the time is ticking for congress to take action, because its congress that has an exit constitutional responsibility here. they swore an oath to -- and the 14th amendment of that constitution says, the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be question, which presumably means, you need to pay the debt. june 5th is only nine days from now. the house of representatives has adjourned for the long memorial day weekend. republican leadership said, they will provide 24 ho...