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For weeks, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has been consistently telling lawmakers to act soon because the X-date, when the US could default, could occur as soon as June 1. Now, with June 1 days away, everyone is hoping for a reprieve and that the X-date will slip.

The app, which allowed players to "buy and sell" black characters, was launched last month.

Former President Donald Trump wants to "defund" the FBI and Department of Justice. Republicans, alleging the FBI and DOJ have been weaponized against them, have held hearings featuring disgruntled former agents and are also gaming out ways to restrict funding for the federal law enforcement agency.

The debt ceiling snafu, which has the potential to wreck the US economy, is a civics lesson in the bizarrely inefficient way the American government spends your money.

House Republicans are insisting on spending cuts before they will agree to raise the nation's debt ceiling past $31 trillion.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to make his presidential campaign official next week. Here's what CNN's Steve Contorno, who is based in Florida and covers DeSantis, has to say about what to expect from his campaign and what kind of candidate he could turn out to be.

Americans' commitment to freedom of speech is colliding with their dislike of the Chinese government and their addiction to social media.

The evolving patchwork of access to abortion care is going through big changes this week, with the entire Southeast on the brink of imposing new limits.

After a weekend mass shooting in his state, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, returned to his familiar post-shooting refrain that it's not gun laws that are needed, but a focus on mental health.

Off-year primary elections are like the deep tracks of American politics. Not a lot of people might be paying attention, but there are some interesting things going on for those who do.