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Text scams, crypto crackdown, and an economist to remember

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Customers arrive for the dinner service at Wool Growers, a 67-year-old Basque restaurant in House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's district. The Republican leader is facing opposition from within his own party, but back home, some constituents are praising his performance under tough circumstances. Joshua Yeager/KVPR hide caption

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Kevin McCarthy survived his first political battle. This is how his hometown reacted

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How ending affirmative action changed California

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Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Cankaya Palace after he was sworn in as President in Parliament in Ankara on June 3, 2023. Adem Altan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Freight drivers feel the flip-flop

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John B. Chambers is the former deputy head of the Sovereign Debt Ratings Group and former chairman of the Sovereign Debt Committee at Standard and Poor's. The ratings agency in 2011 made a major decision to strip away the country's AAA rating. Keren Carrión/NPR hide caption

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He took away the country's top AAA rating in 2011. He ended up fearing for his life

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Construction workers prepare steel for a crane at the site of JPMorgan Chase's new headquarters in New York City on May 18, 2023. Builders added jobs this month despite the headwinds from higher interest rates. It was another indication of the country's strong job market. Spencer Platt/Getty Images hide caption

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Amazingly, the U.S. job market continues to roar. Here are the 5 things to know

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A troubling cold spot in the hot jobs report

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A customer walks by a "Now Hiring" sign posted in front of a store in Novato, Calif., on April 7, 2023. The labor market remains red hot. That's great for workers, but it's bound to reinforce concerns about high inflation. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption

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The U.S. added 339,000 jobs in May. It's a stunningly strong number

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Climate activists hold placards as they demonstrate outside ExCeL, in London, during the multinational oil and gas company Shell Annual General Meeting (AGM), on May 23, 2023. Daniel Leal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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The OG of ESGs

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Deputy Director of the National Economic Council Bharat Ramamurti, pictured at a White House briefing last August, spoke to Morning Edition after the House passed its debt ceiling bill. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption

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'This is a compromise': How the White House is defending the debt ceiling bill

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Grimes used AI to clone her own voice. We cloned the voice of a host of Planet Money.

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Alexandra Prokopenko poses at a marathon event back in Russia. She used to run in Moscow's Meshchersky Park all the time: It was her favorite place in the city. But she's doubtful she will see it again, at least for the near future. Shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, she left her country, along with hundreds of thousands of her peers. Alexandra Prokopenko hide caption

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She had a dream job. Now, she's part of a massive brain drain hammering Russia

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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to members of the media at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on May 24, 2023. The House is set to vote on a debt deal on Wednesday. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

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This timed exposer shows the trail as the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the company's Crew Dragon spacecraft lifts off from pad 39A for the Crew-6 mission at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, early on March 2, 2023. Gregg Newton/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the sweeping anti-immigration bill, which is among the strictest in the country, on May 10. It will go into effect on July 1. Rebecca Blackwell/AP hide caption

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