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American households are carrying record amounts of debt as home and auto prices surge, Covid infections continue to fall and people get out their credit cards again. Source: CNN

The timetable for President Joe Biden’s social spending bill, known as Build Back Better, may have just hit a new snag. Source: CNN

High gas prices are quickly becoming a political liability for President Joe Biden — and like presidents before him, he has few options to bring them down. Source: CNN

One year out from the 2022 midterm elections, 58% of Americans say President Joe Biden hasn’t paid enough attention to the nation’s most important problems, as a majority disapproves of the way he’s handling his job as President, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. Source: CNN

Almost 15 years ago, Nancy Pelosi wrote her name in the history books as the first female speaker of the House. Source: CNN

John Avlon discusses the roller coaster of events in the past week that has left many Americans pessimistic on the Biden economy. Source: CNN

Marina Nemat was only 13 years old when the freedom that she had taken for granted — singing in public, wearing a swimsuit at the beach and holding her boyfriend’s hand — was suddenly taken away. Source: CNN

Following a crowd surge at a Houston concert that left at least eight people dead and dozens injured, authorities will examine key causes behind the surge and what could have been done to get attendees out of harm’s way, police said Saturday. Source: CNN

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Houston’s sold-out Astroworld Festival was packed Friday night with about 50,000 people in another sign of a nation anxious to escape the pandemic gloom and let loose. Source: CNN