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US hiring jumped last month, but so did unemployment. So how healthy is the economy?

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Jun 2, 2023 12:47 PM - The nation's employers stepped up their hiring in May, adding a robust 339,000 jobs, well above expectations and evidence of enduring strength in an economy that the Federal Reserve is desperately trying to cool.
Fort Bragg to drop Confederate namesake for Fort Liberty, part of U.S. Army base rebranding

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
Jun 2, 2023 12:47 PM - Fort Bragg will shed its Confederate namesake to become Fort Liberty in a Friday ceremony that some veterans view as a small but important step in making the U.S. Army more welcoming to current and prospective Black service members.
State Supreme Court: Ohio abortion question will go forward as single issue

By JULIE CARR SMYTH
Jun 2, 2023 12:47 PM - In a blow to abortion opponents in Ohio, a fall ballot issue aimed at enshrining access to the procedure in state's constitution will not be split into two separate issues -- one about abortion, and one about all other reproductive care.
Justice Department says it won't charge Pence over handling of classified documents

By JILL COLVIN and ERIC TUCKER
Jun 2, 2023 12:47 PM - The Department of Justice has informed former Vice President Mike Pence 's legal team that it will not pursue criminal charges related to the discovery of classified documents at his Indiana home.
Deal approved, Biden will address budget, debt agreement from Oval Office Friday evening

By CHRIS MEGERIAN
Jun 2, 2023 12:47 PM - President Joe Biden planned to discuss the contentious, just-passed budget deal in a speech to the nation Friday night, ready to sign the agreement averting the country's first government default, which would have sent shock waves through the U.S. and global economies.
Blinken says no cease-fire until Ukraine gains upper hand in war

By SUSIE BLANN and MATTHEW LEE
Jun 2, 2023 12:46 PM - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday the United States won't support peace talks in the war in Ukraine until Kyiv holds the upper hand, possibly after a Ukrainian counteroffensive that appears to be taking shape.
White House wants to engage Russia on nuclear arms control in post-treaty world

By AAMER MADHANI
Jun 2, 2023 10:32 AM - The Biden administration is ready to talk to Russia without conditions about a future nuclear arms control framework even while taking countermeasures in response to the Kremlin's decision to suspend the last nuclear arms control treaty between the two countries, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Friday.
America's religious leaders sharply divided over abortion, a year after Roe v Wade's reversal

BY DAVID CRARY
Jun 2, 2023 9:10 AM - In the year since the Supreme Court struck down the nationwide right to abortion, America's religious leaders and denominations have responded in strikingly diverse ways -- some celebrating the state-level bans that have ensued, others angered that a conservative Christian cause has changed the law of the land in ways they consider oppressive.
How Biden and McCarthy struck a debt limit deal and staved off a catastrophe

By SEUNG MIN KIM, STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI
Jun 2, 2023 9:10 AM - It was advice that Mitch McConnell had offered to Joe Biden once already: To resolve the debt limit standoff, he needed to strike a deal with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy -- and McCarthy alone. But after the first meeting of the top four congressional leaders with the president in early May, the Senate minority leader felt the need to reemphasize his counsel.
Legislation to suspend the debt ceiling passes in Senate, staving off U.S. default

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES, FARNOUSH AMIRI and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Jun 1, 2023 10:57 PM - The Senate rushed Thursday night and voted to prevent a U.S. debt default by passing a debt ceiling and budget cuts package that will now be sent to President Joe Biden's desk to become law before the fast-approaching deadline.

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