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On the 40th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster -- with a death toll of over 20,000 -- Senator Jeff Merkley, Representatives Pramila Jayapal and Rashida Tlaib introduced a resolution designating December 3 as National Chemical Disaster Awareness Day.

As negotiations with congressional Republicans over raising the debt ceiling drag on, at least five U.S. senators are circulating a letter that urges President Joe Biden to prepare to invoke the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.