Yellen updates US default date to June 5 as 'major issues remain' in debt ceiling talks
President Joe Biden 'hopeful' and 'optimistic' over a debt ceiling deal soon
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has updated the X Date of a US default to June 5. AP
A total lunar eclipse is seen behind a California State flag, in El Monte. AP
California permanently designates April as Arab-American Heritage Month

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Vegetable shopping at a supermarket in Washington. Reuters
Key measure of inflation rises as Fed considers interest rate pause

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Congregation Beth Israel Synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, the site of a hostage crisis last year. White House officials have described a growing 'epidemic of hate' against Jewish people in the US. EPA
Biden launches first US national strategy to combat anti-Semitism

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Oath Keepers militia founder Stewart Rhodes, a former Army paratrooper and a Yale-educated lawyer, was convicted in November of seditious conspiracy by a federal jury. Reuters
Founder of US extremist group given 18 years for insurrection

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to reporters about the debt limit negotiations, on Capitol Hill in Washington. AP Photo
US debt ceiling talks grind on as politicians edge towards deal

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President Joe Biden shakes hands with Gen Charles Brown, who has been nominated as the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. AP
US general who led anti-ISIS air war set to become Pentagon's top officer

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Aderrien Murry, 11, was shot by an Indianola police officer responding to a domestic disturbance call. AP
Mississippi family call for justice after officer shoots 11-year-old boy

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