As the countdown to a potentially disastrous government default continues, Republicans are demanding spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt limit. Representative Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) calls on House GOP members to sign onto a discharge petition to push forward a debt ceiling bill. Hollywood writers are on strike, demanding better pay and security in the age of streaming and artificial intelligence. The ACLU is suing the speaker of the Montana House after a transgender lawmaker was censured.