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May 25: DeSantis makes presidential run official. Fitch puts US credit rating on watch.

J. Scott Wilson

Good morning! It’s Thursday May 25, 2023. Here’s a look at your news across the nation:

1️. DeSantis announces his 2024 presidential candidacy, though not without a hitch

FILE – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) Feb. 24, 2022, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

2. Fitch puts US credit rating on watch

The U.S. Capitol is seen on Saturday, May 20, 2023, in Washington. President Joe Biden’s administration is reaching for a deal with Republicans led by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as the nation faces a deadline as soon as June 1 to raise the country’s borrowing limit, now at $31 trillion, to keep paying the nation’s bills. Republicans are demanding steep spending cuts the Democrats oppose. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

3. Singer Tina Turner dead at 83

LOS ANGELES – Pictured is Tina Turner at the 27th annual Grammy Awards, February 26, 1985, Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles. (Photo by CBS via Getty Images)

4. Gabby Petito lawsuit: ‘Burn after reading’ letter can be evidence

A court ruled that the controversial “burn after reading” letter can be considered evidence in the civil trial between the parents of Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie. (Source: Suffolk County Police Department)

📱 [Trending] this morning

KOHBERGER’S PARENTS CALLED TO TESTIFY IN FRONT OF GRAND JURY

The case is related to Dana Smithers – a 45-year-old woman who went missing in May of 2022 in Monroe County, Pennsylvania.


FILE — Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students, leaves after an extradition hearing at the Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool, File)

📅 What we’re watching

🔴 Several members of the right wing Oath Keepers group will be sentenced for engaging in seditious conspiracy leading up to and during the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot.

🔴 The Bureau of Economic Analysis will publish revised gross domestic product data for the first quarter of 2023.

🔴 The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will issue its initial outlook for the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season.

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