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An “agreement in principle” between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy would raise the nation’s legal debt ceiling, but now Congress has only days to approve a package that includes spending cuts and would avert a potentially disastrous U.S. default.

Lawmakers in several states are embracing legislation to let children work in more hazardous occupations, longer hours on school nights and in expanded roles including serving alcohol in bars and restaurants as young as 14.The efforts to significantly roll back labor rules are largely led by Republican lawmakers to address worker shortages and in some cases run afoul of federal regulations.

A Republican bill seeks to cancel the Democratic Party with newly proposed legislation, SB 1248 Political Parties "The Ultimate Cancel Act" in the Florida Senate.

The two GOP candidates running for governor faced off in their second – and final – debate Wednesday before the Republican primary.Just hours before the…