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Biden says debt deal 'very close' with default deadline now set at June 5 05/26/2023 10:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden said a deal to resolve the government's debt ceiling crisis seemed ���very close��� late Friday, even as the deadline for a potentially catastrophic default was pushed back to June 5 and seemed likely to drag negotiations between the White House and Republican New Black Lives Matter tax documents show foundation is tightening its belt, has $30M in assets 05/26/2023 07:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A national Black Lives Matter nonprofit, whose philanthropic fortunes grew almost overnight during historic racial justice protests three years ago, raised just over $9 million in its last fiscal year, new IRS tax filings show. That���s significantly less than the $79 million in re It's complicated: 'X-date' calculations aim to zero in on when the US may run short of cash 05/26/2023 07:34pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� For all the concern over just when the government might run short of money to pay its bills, it turns out that no one can be absolutely sure exactly when the country will default ��� what officials are calling the ���X-date��� ��� if there's no deal to raise the debt limit. Calcu Oregon, awash in treatment funds after decriminalizing drugs, now must follow the money 05/26/2023 05:37pm • Funding for drug treatment centers in Oregon, financed by the state's pioneering drug decriminalization policy, stood at over a quarter-billion dollars Friday as officials called for closer monitoring of where the money goes. That need for oversight was demonstrated Wednesday when state officials te Debt ceiling explained: What to know about the showdown in Washington as default looms 05/26/2023 05:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� House Republicans still do not have a deal with President Joe Biden to raise the debt ceiling as the nation is a little more than a week away from a potentially catastrophic default. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said Friday that negotiators were working to ���finish th North Dakota Gov. Burgum expected to announce GOP campaign for president, Republican allies say 05/26/2023 04:55pm • North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is expected to announce his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, two GOP operatives told The Associated Press on Friday, putting him in an already crowded field dominated by ex-President Donald Trump. The Republicans, who had knowledge of Burgum's More than 30 abducted women released in Cameroon; some tortured in captivity 05/26/2023 01:05pm • YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) ��� More than 30 women abducted by separatist rebels for protesting illegal taxes imposed on them were released, the government said Friday. The women were taken earlier this month from Babanki, a farming village in the Northwest Region, along the border with Nigeria. ���We ha Hyundai and LG announce $4.3 billion plant in Georgia to build batteries for electric vehicles 05/26/2023 11:58am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution announced Thursday they will build a $4.3 billion electric battery plant as part of Hyundai's new electric vehicle assembly plant in southeast Georgia. The companies will split the investment, starting production as soon as late 2025. Hyun Credit Suisse owes millions to Georgia's billionaire ex-prime minister, court says 05/26/2023 10:54am • LONDON (AP) ��� Credit Suisse owes former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili hundreds of millions of dollars for failing to protect the billionaire's money in a trust pilfered by a manager, a Singapore court ruled Friday, the latest scandal for the Swiss bank whose yearslong problems forced Maine governor suggests making paid leave proposal easier on businesses 05/26/2023 09:53am • AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) ��� Maine Gov. Janet Mills is pumping the brakes on a paid family and medical leave proposal promoted by her fellow Democrats, seeking compromises to reduce the burden on businesses in an effort to win broader support. Deputy Chief of Staff Elise Baldacci said the governor recom As electric cars boom, locals fear Chinese battery plant will harm land in drought-stricken Hungary 05/26/2023 04:17am • DEBRECEN, Hungary (AP) ��� Just beyond the pastoral gardens and traditional homes of an eastern Hungarian village, a gigaproject of Chinese industry is taking shape. Bulldozers and excavators are already preparing the land for construction of a nearly 550-acre electric vehicle (EV) battery plant. Th US, Chinese trade officials express concern about each other's restrictions 05/26/2023 12:50am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and her Chinese counterpart, Wang Wentao, expressed concern Thursday about policies of each other���s governments following Chinese raids on consulting firms and U.S. curbs on exports of semiconductor technology, their governments said. The two Manfred: Vote on Athletics' Las Vegas move could take place at June meetings 05/25/2023 09:18pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) ��� Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred says a vote on the Oakland Athletics��� prospective move to Las Vegas could take place when owners meet from June 13-15 in New York. ���It���s possible that a relocation vote could happen as early as June,��� Manfred said Thursday at Milwaukee dur DeSantis pushes past embarrassing campaign start, raises $8.2M ahead of early state blitz 05/25/2023 09:01pm • CONCORD, N.H. (AP) ��� Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday sought to push past an embarrassing beginning to his presidential campaign, outlining an aggressive travel schedule as his allies insisted they remain well funded and well positioned for a long Republican primary fight ahead. While DeSa Debt ceiling talks teeter on the brink, as lawmakers leave town for weekend without a deal 05/25/2023 08:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� House Republicans pushed debt ceiling talks to the brink Thursday, displaying risky political bravado in leaving town for the holiday weekend just days before the U.S. could face an unprecedented default hurling the global economy into chaos. At the Capitol, Speaker Kevin McCarth