Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson, and this is five things you need to know Friday, the 26th of May, 2023.

Today, a major January 6th sentencing, plus the Supreme Court sides with a grandmother,

and we hear from flags in-day at Arlington National Cemetery.

Stuart Rhodes, founder of the right-wing militia group, The Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years

in prison yesterday. The sentence comes after he was convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection

with the January 6th attack. It's the first sentence passed down to a person found guilty of the rare

civil war era charge linked to the riot. Before the sentence, he addressed the court,

calling himself a political prisoner. Judge Amit Mehta, who oversaw the case, rebuked that

characterization, and said he and others took up arms to instigate a revolution.

In tear-filled victim impact statements earlier this week, law enforcement officers and

congressional staffers recounted trauma from that day. They say we'll stay with them forever.

White House and Republican negotiators are getting closer to a deal to raise

the debt ceiling by June 1st, according to a Democratic source familiar with the talks.

The source said the two sides made progress on annual spending caps,

one of the main sticking points, while working into the night yesterday.

Republicans have pushed for six years of annual limits on discretionary funding,

while the White House wants just two years. A report from Reuters said,

President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are now $70 billion

apart on discretionary spending. June 1st remains the date that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen

says is the earliest possible for a potential default.

The Supreme Court yesterday unanimously cited with a 94-year-old grandmother who lost her

home to foreclosure and then lost the equities she had in the property when the county sold it.

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