Did you know as we coordinated our outfits, I just thought that people should see that it was a very...

There was no actual memo, we just talked.

Don't tell them are secrets.

Dead ceiling negotiations are not done and the deadline for default is growing close.

The Treasury Department is prioritizing its bills in case the government fails to raise the debt limit.

So who gets paid first and who has to wait?

I'm Stephen Skieb with Michelle Martin and this is up first from NPR News.

Tens of millions of people across the Southwest rely on the Colorado River, which is drying up.

States that rely on order proposing new cut-bounds.

We know we are going to have to learn to live with a smaller river.

Can they do enough to save the river?

And TikTok is firing back at Montana.

The social media company is suing the state over a law that aims to ban the app.

How will this case affect the federal fight against TikTok?

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