Debt ceiling standoff, ISIS-K leader killed, Trump battery & defamation trial

Speaker McCarthy scrambles to lock down votes for the GOP's debt plan. But, President Biden says he is going to veto the bill if it manages to pass. Plus, the White House reports the ISIS-K leader behind the Kabul Airport bombing that killed 13 US service members has been killed by the Taliban. And, columnist E. Jean Carroll, who alleges Trump raped her in a Manhattan store dressing room in 1996, is expected to take the stand today in her battery and defamation lawsuit against him.

Also this morning: an ex-Fox news producer who is suing the network, speaks out about how Tucker Carlson made her life a “living hell”, the former Republican Governor of Arkansas Asa Hutchinson officially announces his 2024 Presidential run, Kim Kardashian says she is willing to step away from the cameras and become an attorney full-time, and, tributes pour in after actor, singer and activist Harry Belafonte dies at 96.

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