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☆ I was fired by a client for using AI. I'm not going to stop because it's doubled my output, but I'm more clear about how I use it.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Tina Sendin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Tina Sendin used the AI writing tool Jasper.ai to write articles for a project on a tight deadline. Since I couldn't clone myself, I tried what I thought would be the next best thing: I used AI. I was using AI to clone myself as a writerI essentially used Jasper.ai as an extension of myself. I draft the article first, then use an AI tool to enhance it and ensure I've maintained the client's tone of voice. I'll learn about AI, so I'll know how to use it to improve my workflow and optimize my everyday work.

Persons: Tina Sendin, Sendin, I'd, Jasper, I've, Ryan Reynolds, ChatGPT, it's Organizations: Morning, Google, Facebook Locations: ChatGPT, Jasper

☆ Photos of the Titan sub's wreckage support the theory that the carbon-fiber hull failed first, expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Glimpses of the wrecked Titan submersible wreckage were seen as its remains were brought ashore. Though it's difficult to know for sure, the carbon fiber hull likely failed first, an expert told Insider. The titanium structural rings are intactAn annotated picture of the titanium structural rings pulled from the wreckage of the Titan submersible. OceanGate Expeditions' controversial Titan submersible is thought to have imploded within hours of its descent towards the Titanic wreckage on June 18. These were encased in a metal cage that would have been bound to the carbon fiber hull.

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☆ CIA director called Kremlin to assure US had no role in aborted mutiny, US media reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, June 30 (Reuters) - CIA Director William Burns called Russian spy chief Sergei Naryshkin after last week's aborted mutiny in Russia to assure the Kremlin that the United States had no role in it, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Burns' phone call with Naryshkin, the head of Russia's SVR foreign intelligence service, took place this week and was the highest-level contact between the two governments since the attempted mutiny, the Wall Street Journal said. The boss of Russia's Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, shocked the world by leading last week's armed revolt, only to abruptly call it off as his fighters approached Moscow. President Joe Biden said on Monday the brief uprising by Russian mercenaries against the Kremlin was part of a struggle within the Russian system and that the United States and its allies were not involved in it. Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; editing by Jasper WardOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: William Burns, Sergei Naryshkin, Burns, Russia's Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Joe Biden, Kanishka Singh, Jasper Ward Organizations: CIA, New York Times, Wall Street, Wall Street Journal, Kremlin, Thomson Locations: Russia, United States, Moscow, Russian, Washington

☆ Armed man killed in gunfire exchange near US consulate in Saudi Arabia
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, June 28 (Reuters) - Two people were killed when an armed man exchanged fire with Saudi Arabian security authorities near the U.S. consulate building in Jeddah, leading to the deaths of the gunman and a security guard, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday. No Americans were harmed in the incident, a State Department spokesperson said in a statement. "The U.S. Embassy and Consulate remain in contact with Saudi authorities as they investigate the incident," the State Department spokesperson said. In 2016, a suicide bomber was killed and two people were wounded in a blast near the compound. And in 2004, five people stormed the U.S. consulate with bombs and guns, killing four Saudi security personnel outside and five local staff within.

Persons: Al Saud, Yomna Ehab, Simon Lewis, Jasper Ward, Sharon Bernstein, Grant McCool, Don Durfee, Leslie Adler, Lincoln Organizations: Saudi, U.S . State Department, State Department, American Consulate, Makkah Region, Investigations, U.S . Embassy, Consulate, U.S, Thomson Locations: JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, U.S, Jeddah, American, Jeddah Governorate, Makkah, al Qaeda

☆ US says it is a new thing to see Putin's leadership directly challenged
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-26 | by ( Simon Lewis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"It is a certainly a new thing to see President Putin's leadership directly challenged. Prigozhin's Wagner has fought the bloodiest battles of the 16-month war in Ukraine. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File PhotoThe United States had communications with the Russian government on Saturday, both through U.S. Tracy told Russian officials that the United States expects Russia to uphold its obligations to protect embassy and diplomatic personnel. It was founded in 2014 after Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula and started supporting pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine's eastern Donbas region.

Persons: Russia's Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Putin's, Matthew Miller, Prigozhin, Prigozhin's Wagner, Vladimir Putin, Maxim, Lynne Tracy, Tracy, Miller, Wagner, Simon Lewis, Humeyra Pamuk, Daphne Psaledakis, Jasper Ward, Chris Reese, Leslie Adler Organizations: U.S . State Department, Department, REUTERS, U.S, Central African, Russia, Thomson Locations: Russia, Moscow, Russian, Ukraine, States, United States, Libya, Syria, Central African Republic, Mali, Ukraine's Crimea, Donbas, Washington, Africa, Jasper

☆ White House says Biden spoke with leaders of France, Germany and UK amid developments in Russia
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Jasper Ward | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, June 24 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden spoke with the leaders of France, Germany and the United Kingdom on Saturday as mutinous Russian mercenaries barrelled towards Moscow after seizing a southern city overnight, the White House said. "The leaders discussed the situation in Russia. Biden was briefed about the unfolding situation in Russia by his national security team on Saturday morning, the White House said, adding that the president will continue to be briefed throughout the day. A spokesperson for German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that during the conversation, the four leaders had reaffirmed their commitment to continue supporting Ukraine for as long as necessary. The move by Wagner Group mercenaries presents Russian President Vladimir Putin with the first serious challenge to his grip on power in his 23-year rule.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Olaf Scholz, Rishi Sunak's, Antony Blinken, Vladimir Putin, Jasper Ward, Andreas Rinke, David Milliken, Daniel Wallis, Frances Kerry Organizations: Ukraine, British, Wagner Group, Jasper, Thomson Locations: France, Germany, United Kingdom, Moscow, Russia, Ukraine

☆ 10 Things in Tech: Amazon Prime's FTC lawsuit, Instagram's top execs, and the high-risk trips popular with the wealthy
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Nathan Rennolds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But the company had been warned of potential safety issues with the sub as long ago as 2018, a lawsuit says. Amazon Prime's FTC lawsuit. The Federal Trade Commission sued Amazon on Wednesday, accusing the company of luring customers into Prime subscriptions and creating a "labyrinthine" process to cancel them. After the FTC sued Amazon over its Prime membership signup and cancellation process, Insider compiled a list of the juiciest highlights from the lawsuit. Here's a look at other high-risk voyages popular with the wealthy, from Everest trips to $750,000 expeditions to the deepest point in the ocean.

Persons: Nathan Rennolds, David Lochridge, Tyler Le, Sylvia Duran Chen, Jasper, Tim Chen, Read, Ford, Tesla's Cybertruck, Jim Farley, Ford wasn't, Shopify, Here's, Hallam Bullock Organizations: Anadolu Agency, Getty, Amazon, FTC, Federal Trade Commission, Google, Gen, EV, Everest, Netflix Locations: London, Everest

☆ Exclusive: How this under-the-radar VC landed a $27 million third fund and bets in some of the buzziest startups like Jasper and Motherduck
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-21 | by ( Stephanie Palazzolo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Essence VC has raised its third fund of $27 million from LPs like Cendana and Sapphire Ventures. The fund has bet on buzzy startups like generative AI darling Jasper and a16z-backed Motherduck. And now, his firm Essence VC has just raised its $27 million third fund. The latest fund, backed by VC firms and funds of funds including Cendana Capital, Vintage Investment Partners, Sapphire Ventures, Level Ventures, and Crossover, follows a $7 million and $1 million fund. However, the "first-mover advantage" for startups also holds true in the land of VC, Chen says.

Persons: Jasper, Tim Chen, you've, Liz O'Sullivan, Vera, Chen, Scott Shi, —, Chi Zhang, Tim, Zhang, funder Chen, Christos Kozyrakis, Michael Huang, They're, it's, Ben Van Roo, Van Roo, Chen wasn't Organizations: Sapphire Ventures, Cendana, Vintage Investment Partners, Level Ventures, Founders, Stanford, Cloudera, Google Locations: a16z

☆ I used AI to double my income in one year. It wasn't hard to do and didn't cost me anything.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Kristen Walters | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

She used AI to help create faceless YouTube videos, affiliate content, and digital products like ebooks. So I thought I'd share some of the ways that I'm currently using AI to make money in 2023. But combined, they add up to a substantial monthly income from both YouTube Adsense and affiliate products. Digital productsI've been creating simple digital products like ebooks, workbooks, audiobooks for over a decade now.Man, I'm getting old. Of course, you don't have to use ConvertKit.I've also sold digital products using Teachable, Etsy, Gumroad, and my own website(s).

Persons: Kristen Walters, I've, it's, Jasper, ConvertKit.I've, people's, snoop, It's Organizations: YouTube, Adsense, Jasper, Management, PAS, Amazon Associates, AIDA, Publishing, KDP Locations: Jasper, Park

☆ Analysis: As the nation celebrates Juneteenth, it's time to get rid of these three myths about slavery
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

It marks the moment in June of 1865 when Union troops arrived in Texas to inform enslaved African Americans that they were free by executive decree. Though it commemorates a moment when enslaved African Americans were freed, the US is still held captive by several myths about slavery and people like Cummins. 1: African Americans were ‘freed’ after the Civil War endedThere is a popular conception that the formerly enslaved were freed after the Civil War ended. It is what historians call a “Slave Bible.” It is a copy of a Bible that was used by British missionaries to convert enslaved African Americans. Kin Cheung/APThe historical record shows that enslaved African Americans revitalized Christianity in other ways, historians say.

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☆ Top US congressional Democrats urge to let Trump indictment case 'proceed peacefully'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Kanishka Singh | Thomson Reuters | Kanishka Singh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Reuters In Washington Dc | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. prosecutors unsealed a 37-count indictment against Trump on Friday, accusing him of risking some of the country's most sensitive security secrets after leaving office in 2021. This indictment must now play out through the legal process, without any outside political or ideological interference," Schumer and Jeffries said in a joint statement. "We encourage Mr. Trump's supporters and critics alike to let this case proceed peacefully in court," their joint statement added. Biden and the top congressional Democrats, Schumer and Jeffries, did not take direct aims at Trump on Friday over the indictment related to the former president's handling of classified documents. Republicans have alleged, without evidence, that the investigation into Trump, who is running to unseat Biden from the White House in 2024, is politically motivated.

Persons: Chuck Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Donald Trump, Schumer, Jeffries, Trump's, Joe Biden, General Merrick Garland, Department's, Republican Trump, Biden, Kanishka Singh, Jasper Ward, Alistair Bell Organizations: Democratic U.S, Representatives Democratic, Trump, Republican, White House, Republicans, Justice Department, Thomson Locations: Washington

☆ Someone may get hurt by China military 'aggressiveness,' White House warns
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday that actions by China in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea reflect a "growing aggressiveness" by Beijing's military that raises the risk of an error where someone gets hurt. The U.S. Navy on Sunday released a video of what it called an "unsafe interaction" in the Taiwan Strait, in which a Chinese warship crossed in front of a U.S. destroyer. "It won't be long before somebody gets hurt," White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters, referring to what he called "unsafe" and "unprofessional" intercepts by China. Kirby said the United States would continue to stand up for the freedom of navigation in the air and sea. Reporting by Andrea Shalal; writing by Jasper Ward; editing by Tim Ahmann and Alistair BellOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: John Kirby, Kirby, Heck, it's, It's, Andrea Shalal, Jasper Ward, Tim Ahmann, Alistair Bell Organizations: U.S . Navy, Sunday, aircraft, Thomson Locations: China, Taiwan Strait, South China, U.S, United States, Beijing

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) - The White House said on Monday recent dangerous encounters between U.S. and Chinese forces in the Taiwan Strait and South China Sea reflect a growing aggressiveness by Beijing's military that raises the risk of an error in which "somebody gets hurt." It also follows a May 26 incident in which a Chinese fighter jet carried out what the United States called an "unnecessarily aggressive" maneuver near an American military plane over the South China Sea in international airspace. "Sadly, this is just part of, again, a growing aggressiveness by the PRC (People's Republic of China) that we're dealing with, and we're prepared to address it," White House spokesperson John Kirby told reporters amid deteriorating ties between Washington and Beijing. In Beijing, Wang Wenbin, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, said that "the measures taken by the Chinese military are completely reasonable, legitimate, and professional and safe." Kirby said the United States would continue to stand up for the freedom of navigation in the air and sea.

Persons: we're, John Kirby, Kirby, Wang Wenbin, Heck, it's, Vedant Patel, Joe Biden's, Biden, Patel, Chung, Hoon, Wang, Derek Grossman, Andrea Shalal, Daphne Psaledakis, Matt Spetalnick, Jasper Ward, Will Dunham Organizations: PRC, People's, American, U.S . State Department, Montreal, U.S . Navy, RAND Corporation, Thomson Locations: Taiwan Strait, South China, U.S, Taiwan, Ukraine, United States, American, South, People's Republic of China, Washington, Beijing, China, Canadian, Hainan, Jasper

☆ OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is privately reassuring developers using the company's tech that it won't compete with them beyond ChatGPT
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A blog post detailing Sam Altman's meeting with developers in London reveals some OpenAI secrets. Altman says OpenAI won't release any products beyond ChatGPT that would compete with developers. The original blog post has since been taken down, but that hasn't stopped people from passing around a copy on an internet archiving site. Among other things on the mind of Altman are the worrying lack of GPUs, the specialized computer chips that help power AI software, according to Habib's blog post. It makes a smart writing assistant, powered by OpenAI's large language model, which Jasper customers pay a monthly fee to use.

Persons: Sam Altman's, Altman, OpenAI, Sam Altman, Raza Habib, hasn't, Fortune, Habib, Sam, Jasper Organizations: Morning, Software, Amazon, Services Locations: London, OpenAI

☆ Stock Market Chaotic New Normal Will Screw Over Wall Street Investors
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Linette Lopez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Wall Street desperately wants the stock market to go back to the good ol' days. In that environment, any idiot — or anyone on Wall Street — could buy almost any asset, sit back, and watch its value increase. In this scenario, the stock market gets choppy. It was a pull-in-case-of-emergency valve that we pulled for so long that now it feels normal to Wall Street. Despite this constant caterwauling from Wall Street, Americans are working, spending, and helping the economy defy doom-and-gloom forecasts.

Persons: Justin Simon, Jasper Capital, that's, hasn't, it'll, Richard Hayne, —, haven't, Joe Weisenthal, Richard Haynes, Torsten Slok, Simon, Linette Lopez Organizations: Street, San Francisco Fed, Fed, Urban Outfitters, Auto, Walmart, Bloomberg, Urban, NASDAQ, Federal, Apollo Global Management Locations: Jasper, Wall Street, American

☆ A step-by-step guide on how to create and monetize an e-book in as little as one weekend
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Corrie Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Alexander says that with the right tools you can create a book in as little as a weekend. Canva has a ton of free book cover templates that you can use as a springboard for your own design. To create your e-book, I would recommend one of two options:Canva: The first option is to create your e-book within Canva. However, there is still a lot of work you'll need to do to get the e-book ready. For instance, you'll need to manually add in your table of contents, page numbers, and any other visual elements.

Persons: Corrie Alexander, Alexander, —, caan, Jasper, Jasper Jumpstart, You'll, Grammarly, Speechify, Canva, Jasper Art, you've, It's, you'll Organizations: Service, Google, PayPal, YouTube Locations: Jasper, Canva

WASHINGTON, May 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Congressional Budget Office said on Tuesday its budget deficit projections would be reduced by about $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years if the debt ceiling bill now up for a vote in Congress were enacted in its present form. The projection comes following the debt ceiling deal struck last weekend between Democratic President Joe Biden and Republican House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The bill, if approved by Congress, will prevent the U.S. government from defaulting on its debt and comes after weeks of heated negotiations between Biden and House Republicans. McCarthy has predicted he would have the support of a majority of his fellow Republicans for the deal to lift the $31.4 trillion U.S. debt ceiling, and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said he expected Democratic support. Reporting by Kanishka Singh and Jasper Ward; Editing by Sonali Paul and Christopher CushingOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy, Biden, McCarthy, Hakeem Jeffries, Kanishka Singh, Jasper Ward, Sonali Paul, Christopher Cushing Organizations: U.S, Congressional, Democratic, Republican, Congress, Biden, House Republicans, Republicans, Thomson Locations: Jasper

WORCESTER, May 19 (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday ordered the Air National Guardsman accused of leaking military secrets to remain in jail as he awaits trial on charges he violated the Espionage Act. Magistrate Judge David Hennessy made the decision after lawyers for Jack Douglas Teixeira, 21, asked for him to be released to house arrest pending trial. Teixeira leaked classified documents to a group of gamers on the messaging app Discord, according to prosecutors. While a low-level airman, Teixeira had broad access to military secrets at the Massachusetts Air National Guard’s 102nd Intelligence Wing, according to U.S. Justice Department lawyers. “I have stuff for Israel, Palestine, Syria, Iran and China,” Teixeira said on social media, according to prosecutors.

☆ Jim Brown, legendary NFL running back, dead at 87
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Bill Trott | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

[1/2] Former NFL football player Jim Brown speaks after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, U.S., October 11, 2018. Brown led the NFL in rushing in eight of his nine seasons and was voted the league's most valuable player four times. "I didn't retire because I was broken down and slow," Brown told Sports Illustrated in 2015. "I was basically a proponent of economic development as a way to equality, social equality," Brown told the Cleveland Plain Dealer in 2013. The NFL this year honored Brown by renaming the league's rushing title the Jim Brown Award.

☆ Democratic senators urge Biden to use 14th Amendment to avoid debt default
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - A group of U.S. Senate Democrats called on President Joe Biden to prepare to invoke the U.S. Constitution's 14th Amendment to avoid a debt default if negotiations with Republicans fail, according to a letter released on Thursday. Led by independent Bernie Sanders, who caucuses with the Democrats, the 11 lawmakers said while they appreciated Biden's efforts to find a bipartisan deal to lift the debt ceiling, Republicans in Congress were "not acting in good faith." "Using this authority would allow the United States to continue to pay its bills on-time, without delay, preventing a global catastrophe," they said. The periodic lifting of the federal government's borrowing limit allows the government to pay for spending Congress has already authorized. Reporting by Jasper Ward and Paul Grant; Editing by Doina ChiacuOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Florida Governor DeSantis to enter US presidential race next week
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( James Oliphant | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis will officially enter the 2024 U.S. presidential race next week, according to two sources familiar with the decision, immediately becoming Donald Trump's biggest rival for the Republican nomination and shaking up a contest that largely has been one-sided. DeSantis will likely file paperwork declaring his candidacy on May 25 to coincide with a donor meeting in Miami, with a more formal launch the week of May 29, according to a source. Those attacks have taken a toll on DeSantis’ standing in national polls. But DeSantis and his advisers hoped to use the legislature’s session as a springboard to a campaign announcement and have stayed true to their timetable. DeSantis, 44, was re-elected as governor just last year, trouncing his Democratic opponent by nearly 20 percentage points.

☆ Republicans reject White House tax loophole proposal in debt talks -WaPo
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The White House last week gave Republican lawmakers a list of proposals to reduce the deficit by closing tax loopholes as part of debt ceiling talks, and each item was rejected by Republican negotiators, the Washington Post reported on Monday, citing three sources. Senior White House officials floated the tax plans on a phone call with Republicans, the Post reported. They included a measure aimed at cryptocurrency transactions and another for large real estate investors, it reported. Reporting by Rami Ayyub and Jasper Ward; Editing by Tim AhmannOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary on Monday dismissed the idea of minting a platinum coin as a way to avoid a U.S. default, saying the only workable solution was for Congress to raise the federal debt ceiling. Asked in a National Public Radio interview about the possibility of minting a $1 trillion platinum coin to circumvent the debt ceiling, Adeyemo said "creative, inventive" ideas have been floated in the past but are not workable. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen also has rejected the idea of a platinum coin to skirt the debt ceiling and fund government expenses. The debt ceiling standoff was already having an impact on the U.S. economy, Adeyemo said, hurting the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment surveys "because the American people are starting to worry about whether the government is going to pay the bills." He repeated a Moody's Analytics estimate that a default would cost the U.S. around 8 million jobs and lead to recession.

☆ U.S. attorney general OKs transfer of forfeited funds from Russia oligarch for use in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON, May 10 (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland has authorized the first transfer of forfeited Russian assets for use in Ukraine, he said on Wednesday. The Justice Department last year charged Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev with violating sanctions imposed on Russia after its invasion of Ukraine, saying he provided financing for Russians promoting separatism in Crimea. In February, Garland said he authorized the transfer of that money for use in Ukraine. "While this represents the United States’ first transfer of forfeited Russian funds for the rebuilding of Ukraine," Garland said, "it will not be the last,” he said in a statement. Reporting By Paul Grant; editing by Jasper Ward and Doina ChiacuOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Dianne Feinstein returning to U.S. Senate after health-related absence
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Richard Cowan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Senator Dianne Feinstein, 89, will return to Washington on Tuesday after a months-long absence due to illness, her spokesman said, restoring Democrats' 51-49 majority to full strength. The trailblazing lawmaker had been sidelined since February as she recovered from a bout of shingles, which had led to calls from some fellow Democrats to step aside and allow someone else to take her place. “I’m glad that my friend Dianne is back in the Senate and ready to roll up her sleeves and get to work," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in a written statement. Democrats' worries were further heightened as lawmakers have been spending 2023 arguing over raising the nation's borrowing authority. Feinstein could provide crucial support for whatever debt limit bill comes before the Senate that would avert a first-ever default on U.S. debt.

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