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The Treasury department is preparing for the possibility of a national default by deciding which bills to pay first if President Joe Biden fails to strike a deal with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on raising the debt limit. California, Arizona and Nevada are proposing new cutbacks to their use of the drought-stricken Colorado River to keep it from running dry. And, TikTok is suing the state of Montana to block a law that would put an outright ban on the popular video-sharing app.

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President Joe Biden spoke with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on his way back from Japan as they prepare to meet at the White House today to discuss the debt ceiling. Senator Tim Scott is announcing his bid for the Republican nomination for president in the 2024 race. And while gun regulations are being argued in court, the mayor of Columbus, Ohio is instating a curfew after a deadly month in the city.

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The Colorado River has more dams on it than any other river in the United States. They were built to harness water high in the mountains and across the arid desert so people could build cities, industries and farms. But the visionaries of the past didn't account for the kind of population growth the southwest has experienced, and they didn't make a plan for what to do if there wasn't enough water to go around. Now, as the region suffers through a second decade of a mega drought, residents are scrambling to find solutions that will preserve their way of life. Today on The Sunday Story from Up First, we head to Las Vegas, where water conservation has a new starring role. This episode comes from a new podcast from Colorado Public Radio and reporter Michael Elizabeth Sakas. It's called Parched.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrives in Hiroshima, Japan. Markets don't seem very concerned about political wrangling over the debt ceiling. Greek voters head to the polls Sunday for elections clouded by a deadly train crash.

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Ukraine's president is planning on attending the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan in an effort to convince world leaders to offer more support against Russia. After a 12-year ban for his brutal civil war in Syria, President Bashar Al Assad is being welcomed back to the Arab League meeting in Saudi Arabia. And, Disney is canceling a $1 billion investment plan in Florida amid an ongoing feud with Governor Ron DeSantis.

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New court filings show 21-year-old National Guard Airman Jack Teixeira, who leaked classified information on a game chat platform, was previously red flagged for improperly accessing top secret documents. Pakistani security forces have surrounded the home of the former prime minister Imran Khan, claiming he is sheltering rioters from recent protests. And, Montana has become the first state to push for a complete ban on TikTok.

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President Joe Biden is in Japan for the G7 summit but he's cutting his Asia trip short to settle the debt ceiling debate with lawmakers. The commonly used abortion pill, Mifepristone, could soon be removed from the U.S. market completely. And, Russian strikes on Kiyv damaged a U.S. Patriot missile defense system as the war in Ukraine intensifies.

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The CEO of the company behind ChatGPT will testify before Congress as lawmakers eye regulations on AI technology. New research from the Public Religion Research Institute finds that religion is declining in the lives of Americans. And, the mayoral race in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is putting a spotlight on major issues is many big cities in America.

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Turkey's presidential election appears to be headed for a runoff between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main opponent Kemal Kilicdaroglu. For the first time, the UN is holding a Nakba Day event to commemorate the displacement of Palestinians 75 years ago in Israel's founding war. And, the Republican supermajority in North Carolina vowed to override the governor's veto on a bill that would ban abortions after 12-weeks.

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Exactly one year ago, on May 14, 2022, a young white man walked into a Buffalo, New York grocery store and shot thirteen people. The ten who died were all black. The shooter acknowledged that he was specifically targeting black people that day, trying to kill as many as possible.

The shooting happened a few blocks from a gym, where members of a black competitive cheer team were practicing. Some of the girls at the gym lost family and friends in the shooting. Some did not. But all felt fear and grief and the weight of racism, many for the first time. Today on the Sunday Story, we bring you the first episode of "Buffalo Extreme" from NPR's Embedded podcast. In the series, the girls, their moms and coaches tell us their story of the past year and what it takes to try to recover from a brutal act of racial violence.

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