I'm Virginia Allen. I'm Samantha Sharis. And this is the day we see the top news for

Thursday, June 1st. Here are today's headlines.

Last night, after months of discussion, debate and compromise, the House passed a bill to raise

the debt ceiling and reduce federal spending. The bill would suspend the current debt limit

of 31.4 trillion until January 1st of 2025. That's about two months after the presidential election

on November 5th, 2024, meaning the current Congress won't have to deal with a debt limit fight

again. The bill does not include as many cuts to federal spending as Republicans wanted,

but it does rescind roughly 30 billion of unspent COVID-19 relief funds. It also completely

funds veterans medical care as promised in the president's budget for fiscal year 2024 and puts

an end to the pause in student loan repayments. Barters will have to start paying on their student

loans again in August. The bill passed with support from Democrats and Republicans,

but more Democrats ultimately backed it. There are currently 222 Republicans in the House 71 of those

Republicans voted against the bill. There are 212 Democrats in the House and just 46 voted against

the bill. Four members did not vote. Now the bill is headed to the Senate. The bill is expected

to face some opposition from both Republicans and Democrats, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer

says there is no margin for error. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says Congress has until Monday

to pass the spending bill or risk default on the debt. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell

says he will support the bill without delay. But if Senate leadership allow senators to introduce

amendments to the bill and those amendments pass, then the bill would have to head back to the House

for a vote. The Senate may hold a vote on the bill as soon as tonight. Stay tuned.

Today is June 1st, the first day of what has been dubbed gay pride month, but a professor at

Princeton is working to rebrand the month. Princeton professor Robert P. George has declared June

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