Politics A.M.: Senate passes debt ceiling bill, sending it to Biden to sign into law

Georgia probe of Trump broadens to activities in other states ; Trump, DeSantis in open warfare as they hit the trail in early states ; How House Dems went from angry at to rallying around the Biden White House; That's a debt drama wrap; Biden falls onstage at Air Force Academy graduation; Conservative Supreme Court hands down a rare pro-union decision; Senate approves debt ceiling deal. Here's how your senators voted.; The Freedom Caucus fizzles; Court rules for firm that sued striking workers over wasted concrete; Let Ron DeSantis identify however he wants; Biden nominates ex-congressman Sean Patrick Maloney as OECD ambassador; James Comer's bribery allegations are out on a very shaky limb; After harassment, Arizona county official won't run for reelection; Candidate charged with shooting at Democrats' homes after election loss ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Get unlimited access to The Post for $1 a week  Sign up for this newsletter Read online The most important politics stories today.     (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Senate passes debt ceiling bill, sending it to Biden to sign into law The 99-page debt ceiling legislation brokered by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and President Biden cleared the House on Wednesday. By Rachel Siegel, Marianne LeVine, John Wagner and Leigh Ann Caldwell ●  Read more »   Georgia probe of Trump broadens to activities in other states Among the Fulton County district attorney's latest areas of scrutiny is the Trump campaign's expenditure on two firms to study whether electoral fraud occurred in the 2020 election. By Amy Gardner and Josh Dawsey ●  Read more »   Trump, DeSantis in open warfare as they hit the trail in early states Now, as the candidates hit the trail in key early states at the start of a critical summer stretch, their pitches are increasingly about distinguishing themselves from one another. By Dylan Wells, Hannah Knowles and Colby Itkowitz ●  Read more »   ANALYSIS How House Dems went from angry at to rallying around the Biden White House Just a week earlier House Democrats were fuming mad over what they saw as a one-sided negotiation tilting toward Republicans. Then Wednesday night they embraced the compromise. By Paul Kane ●  Read more »   ANALYSIS That's a debt drama wrap Senate leaders needed to tend to the concerns of defense hawks before securing the needed support for passage. By Leigh Ann Caldwell, Theodoric Meyer and Tobi Raji ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Biden falls onstage at Air Force Academy graduation After delivering the commencement address and shaking hands with the last of 920 cadets, Biden started to move toward his left to return to his seat, tripped over a black sandbag and fell to his knees. By Mariana Alfaro and Cleve R. Wootson Jr. ●  Read more »   PERSPECTIVE Conservative Supreme Court hands down a rare pro-union decision The opinion, written by archconservative Justice Clarence Thomas, rebuffs the Ohio National Guard, which stopped voluntary payroll union dues collection. By Joe Davidson ●  Read more »   Senate approves debt ceiling deal. Here's how your senators voted. The Senate passed President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's deal to raise the debt ceiling. Here's how Republicans and Democrats voted. By Kati Perry, Adrian Blanco, Hannah Dormido and Nick Mourtoupalas ●  Read more »   ANALYSIS The Freedom Caucus fizzles In its first big clash with Speaker Kevin McCarthy, on the debt ceiling, the caucus emerged looking bruised, hapless and apparently without the leverage it thought it had. By Aaron Blake ●  Read more »   Court rules for firm that sued striking workers over wasted concrete Justice Amy Coney Barrett said the actions of striking truck drivers at Glacier Northwest concrete company weren't protected by the National Labor Relations Act. By Robert Barnes ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   ANALYSIS Let Ron DeSantis identify however he wants It is by no means unusual for people with last names rooted in foreign languages to adjust how those names are pronounced. By Philip Bump ●  Read more »   Biden nominates ex-congressman Sean Patrick Maloney as OECD ambassador Maloney's nomination to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development appears to narrow the number of Democrats considering running for New York's 17th Congressional District seat next year. By Azi Paybarah ●  Read more »   ANALYSIS James Comer's bribery allegations are out on a very shaky limb Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) isn't willing to follow Comer out there, even if Sean Hannity is. By Philip Bump ●  Read more »   After harassment, Arizona county official won't run for reelection Bill Gates's decision is part of an exodus of local election officers across the nation who have left their posts or have passed on reelection campaigns amid attacks. By Yvonne Wingett Sanchez ●  Read more »   Candidate charged with shooting at Democrats' homes after election loss Solomon Peña, a right-wing candidate defeated in a race for a New Mexico House seat, was indicted by a grand jury for allegedly shooting at the homes of election certifiers and state legislators. By Ben Brasch and Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff ●  Read more »     News whiz? Play our daily news quiz. Test your knowledge of current events with our new quotable game, On the Record. Play game   We think you'll like this newsletter Check out The Climate 202 for a daily guide to climate news and policy. Sign up »

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