Richard Ray Ramirez has pleaded not guilty during the arraignment process

Watch live as Hakim Jeffries, minority leader of the House of Representatives, and other Democrats hold a news conference ahead of a vote on the US debt ceiling on Wednesday evening (31 May). The House is due to vote on a bill to lift the government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, a critical step to avoid a destabilising default that could come early next week without congressional action. Republicans control the House by a narrow 222-213 majority, meaning the bipartisan deal - agreed days ago - will need support from both Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s Republicans and Joe Biden’s Democrats to pass. Mr McCarthy has predicted that the vote will succeed. “It’s going to become law,” he told reporters. Meanwhile, Mr Biden took to Twitter to outline what failure to pass the bill could mean for America. “Our bipartisan budget agreement prevents the worst possible crisis: a default for the first time in our nation’s history – an economic recession, retirement accounts devastated, and millions of jobs lost,” he wrote. Read More Biden and McCarthy’s debt ceiling deal expected to go to full House vote today – live Australian Parliament takes step toward holding a referendum on Indigenous Voice this year Why Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's impeachment fight isn't finished yet

Millions around the world will tune in this weekend to watch cricket's most epic contest.

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Former special counsel John Durham is scheduled to testify before a House committee next month about his recently completed report on the FBI’s investigation of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign

It happened after a "chemical experiment" at the state-owned explosives factory, an official said.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says elections to replace resigning U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart will take place in the fall

European leaders will gather at a summit in Spain in an attempt to fix their increasingly turbulent continent where war and political instability are starting to unhinge nations and institutions

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President Joe Biden is commending Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez for Spain’s recent commitment to collaborate with the United States to expand pathways for migrants fleeing from Latin America

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The U.S. Marine Corps said a feature meant to protect its pilot in case of an emergency could potentially explain how the $100 million F-35 advanced fighter jet may have been able to fly for 60 miles without anyone in the cockpit before crashing in a rural area in South Carolina