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Friday

Student loan borrowers gather near The White House in May 2020. On Thursday, the Senate voted to repeal President Biden's plan to offer up to $20,000 in federal student loan debt relief. Paul Morigi/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Bharat Ramamurti, pictured at a White House briefing last August, spoke to Morning Edition after the House passed its debt ceiling bill. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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'This is a compromise': How the White House is defending the debt ceiling bill

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Thursday

President Joe Biden shakes hands with second gentleman Doug Emhoff during a celebration marking Jewish American Heritage Month last week. The administration has just released a comprehensive strategy for combating antisemitism. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Thursday

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Australian envoy suggests 'smelling salts' for worries over Biden's Quad cancellation

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Monday

Migrants try to stay warm as they wait in the rain after turning themselves over to U.S. Border Patrol agents after crossing over from Mexico in Fronton, Texas on May 12. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Immigration judge says trial workloads and resource constraints are 'a problem'

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Wednesday

Then-President Barack Obama speaks alongside then-Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew in June 2016. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Jack Lew had a front-row seat to debt ceiling fights under Obama. Here's his advice

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Thursday

States filed lawsuits against corporations involved in the opioid crisis. Now, about $50 billion in settlement funds have begun to flow to state governments. Advocates want to make sure it is used to treat addiction. ERIC BARADAT/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services building is shown in Washington, D.C. A proposed rule will expand government-funded health care access to DACA recipients. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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WNBA superstar Brittney Griner arrives to a hearing at the Khimki Court, outside Moscow on July 27, 2022. Griner was released in December 2022 after spending nearly 10 months in a Russian prison. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Wednesday

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and then-Vice President Biden talk prior to a meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21, 2016. President Biden spoke Sunday, with Netanyahu to "express concern" over his government's planned judicial overhaul that has sparked widespread protests across Israel and to encourage compromise. Michel Euler/AP hide caption

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Tuesday

President Joe Biden speaks alongside Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a Summit for Democracy virtual plenary from the White House campus on Wednesday. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption

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The Biden administration puts the state of global democracy back in the spotlight

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Wednesday

House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, leads his panel's first meeting in the new Republican majority — a hearing Wednesday titled, "The Biden Border Crisis — Part I." J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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In first GOP-led hearing about the border, witnesses paint sharply different pictures

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