House OK’s Debt Ceiling Bill to Avoid Default, Sends B...

May 31, 2023 9:01 pm
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Veering away from a default crisis, the House approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package late Wednesday, as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy assembled a bipartisan coalition of centrist Democrats and Republicans. The hard-fought deal pleased few, but lawmakers assessed it was better than the alternative — a devastating economic upheaval if Congress failed to act. Tensions ran high throughout ...
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A 64-year-old wrecker driver is in the ICU after state troopers said an OSBI employee driving a marked work vehicle hit him on the side of the Turn...

OKLAHOMA CITY - The Sooners beat the Stanford Cardinal Thursday putting them a step closer for a three-peat at the Women's College World Series ...

Ponca City Public Schools will be participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to the children without charge for ages 1...

TULSA, Okla. - The FBI has filed new court documents accusing a former Tulsa Public Schools administrator and his family members of misusing h...

MAYSVILLE, Okla. - An 81-year-old man credited good Samaritans for saving him after he was stung more than 200 times by a swarm of so-called "kill...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that two state laws banning abortion are unconstitutional, but the procedure rema...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Veering away from a default crisis, the House approved a debt ceiling and budget cuts package late Wednesday, as President ...

WASHINGTON (TND) — Members of both parties debated the merits and drawbacks of a new debt and budget bill Wednesday afternoon before a final vote t...
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By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Haley Lee's grand slam helped put Oklahoma in the history books. The Sooners matched the ...
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Mica Estrada has been named the new head coach for the Lady Cat basketball program, pending approval from the Ponca City Board of Education. She has...