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At least six people died, and dozens were injured as a dust storm caused visibility to plummet along a Midwestern U.S. highway, more than a month after a similar phenomenon caused havoc in Europe.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress on Monday that the U.S. could default on its debt as early as June 1, if legislators do not raise or suspend the nation’s borrowing authority before then and avert what could potentially become a global financial crisis.

Regulators seized troubled First Republic Bank early Monday and sold all of its deposits and most of its assets to JPMorgan Chase Bank in a bid to head off further banking turmoil in the U.S.

U.S. businesses might be able to secure bank deposit insurance for accounts holding more than $250,000 if Congress agrees with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.’s new proposal to ease the industry turmoil that has sparked three bank failures in the past two months.

The U.S. military is tracking a mysterious balloon that flew over American soil, but it’s not clear what it is or whom it belongs to, according to three U.S. officials.

Congress is readying a bevy of bills that would effectively kill any hope the Biden administration has of inking a revamped nuclear deal with Iran, according to sources briefed on the matter.

Legislative preparations are underway to establish a U.S. government-backed task force to create a digital identity for all Americans.

House Republicans narrowly passed legislation raising the debt limit on Wednesday. The move is gambit to force President Biden to begin negotiations in earnest on cutting spending in exchange for lifting the cap on how much the government can borrow to meet expenses.

Daniel Ellsberg, the man behind the largest and perhaps most consequential disclosure in U.S. history, said the latest intelligence leaks show that the war between Russia and Ukraine is at a “stalemate,” drawing similarities to the Vietnam War.

Republican legislators in Kansas have enacted a bill to prevent transgender people from using the restrooms associated with their gender identities, overriding a veto of the measure by the state’s Democrat governor.

The floor vote on House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s debt limit legislation could come as early as Wednesday, but as of midday, it was still unclear whether the leader of the GOP-controlled House had the votes.

Geraldine Tyler, now 94, lost her one-bedroom condo in Minneapolis over $2,300 in unpaid taxes, plus interest and penalties. Hennepin County sold the apartment for $40,000 and kept every penny.

The governor of Mississippi is bolstering the state’s pro-life and pro-family stance by signing into law eight bills that increase support for pregnancy resource centers and protect foster children.

The US Supreme Court on Friday night granted an emergency request by the Department of Justice to block lower court rulings that would have severely restricted availability of the abortion pill mifepristone while appeals in the case continue: mifepristone remains broadly available for now, Christian Today reports.

A massive outbreak of bird flu has led to the culling of more than 58 million chickens, turkeys and wild birds in the United States, Sky News reports. The worst the nation has ever seen, the outbreak has caused the government to begin testing four potential bird flu vaccines to protect US poultry against the killer disease.