Opposition to debt ceiling deal grows ahead of crucial House vote

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May 31, 2023 View online 1/ Opposition to debt ceiling deal grows ahead of crucial House vote The bipartisan agreement to raise the $31.4trn US debt ceiling forged by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is set for a crucial vote in the House of Representatives on Wednesday night.   The bill, which will also implement new federal spending cuts, cleared an important hurdle on Tuesday when the House Rules Committee voted 7-6 to approve it, allowing debate by the full chamber.   However, a number of influential lawmakers from both parties, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Lauren Boebert and Matt Gaetz, have signalled their opposition to the spending cuts.   Mr Biden and Mr McCarthy have expressed confidence they will get enough votes to prevail. But should they fail, the Treasury might not be able to cover its payments, or be forced to prioritise which bills it pays, triggering economic chaos.   Follow The Independent's live coverage of Wednesday night's crucial vote.   2/ Missouri doctor found dead in lake days after proposing to his girlfriend John Forsyth's brother says he suspects foul play after body found in northwestern Arkansas 3/ Mike Pence to announce 2024 White House bid next week Former vice president will join his former boss Donald Trump in the race for the White House on 7 June, report says 4/ Bodycam shows Nikki Alvarez begging police to arrest her boyfriend Family say their three-week search for missing woman could have been avoided if feuding couple had been taken into custody 5/ Nasa holds urgent meeting about UFO sightings The space agency has convened a panel to examine unidentified aerial phenomena sightings ahead of a report later this year THE BIG QUESTION Why are thousands flocking to see the body of a nun who died in 2019? The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, had just finished digging up a body when they made a startling discovery.   Though removing a body from its final resting place is typically seen as taboo – even among the secular – the sisters of the Queen of Apostles had holy intentions. They wanted to move the remains of their founder, Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, who died in 2019, into their new monastery in Gower, Missouri. When they opened the sister's casket, they found something extraordinary. Lancaster showed few, if any, signs of decomposition. She had not been embalmed and was buried in a simple wooden casket. While perhaps strange in any context, the Catholic faithful consider such a discovery nothing less than an act of God. The church even has a term for it – incorruptible. 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