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U.S. employers added 339,000 jobs in May and unemployment rose

For months, employers have churned out jobs at a rate that has baffled economists. And the labor market has propelled the economy through a barrage of forces that would normally weigh on jobs creation.

By Lauren Kaori Gurley11 minutes ago

Debt Ceiling

Senate passes debt ceiling bill, sending it to Biden to sign into law

The U.S. is on track to avert an unprecedented federal government default after the Senate passed a bipartisan bill to suspend the debt ceiling and curb federal spending.

By Rachel Siegel, Marianne LeVine, John Wagner and Leigh Ann Caldwell

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Here’s how your senators voted

By Kati Perry, Adrian Blanco, Hannah Dormido and Nick Mourtoupalas

The 7 morning briefing

7 things to know today: Debt ceiling; Trump investigation; water shortage; hurricanes; spelling bee; and more

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Ukrainian soldiers from the 1st Tank Brigade operate a Soviet-era T-64. (Heidi Levine for The Post)

To liberate territory, Ukraine must smash fortified Russian defenses

Ukrainian troops are removing some of their own land mines to create pathways into occupied territory where they will confront Russian fortifications.

By Adam Taylor, Anastacia Galouchka and Serhiy Morgunov

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Dev Shah of Florida wins Scripps National Spelling Bee

The country’s most-watched spelling challenge had two final master spellers: Charlotte Walsh from Virginia and Dev Shah from Florida.

By Lizzie Johnson

Dev Shah, 14, from Largo, Fla., spells his winning word. (AP)

Chthonic, psammophile: The best spelling bee words to add to your vocab

By Frances Vinall

Opinions

We didn’t default. The Republican Party is still a huge problem.

Opinion by Perry Bacon Jr.

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Trump’s travails: More legal hammers will drop

Opinion by Jennifer Rubin

Republicans find an antidote to the madness. Will they take it?

Opinion by Dana Milbank

Book bans are on the rise. Here’s how to respond.

Opinion by the Editorial Board

The United States can no longer assume that the rest of the world is on its side

Opinion by Fareed Zakaria

Two-thirds of new cars will be EVs in nine years? That will not happen.

Opinion by George F. Will

Cartoon

Are we there yet?

Opinion by Ellis Rosen

Readers critique The Post: Don’t call Black women ‘girls’

Letters to the Editor

Listen: The debt deal nobody likes

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Carolyn Hax: ‘Happily married’ and hounding ex from 25 years ago

Cook: Persian meat and potato patties are ideal summer picnic fare

(Jessica Tezak for The Post)

Georgia probe of Trump broadens to activities in other states

Among the Fulton County district attorney's latest areas of scrutiny is the Trump campaign’s expenditure on two firms to study whether electoral fraud occurred in the 2020 election.

By Amy Gardner and Josh Dawsey