cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. we have some breaking news for you. i m jake tapper. moments ago, we learned there is a settlement a settlement in the high stakes trial between dominion voting systems and fox dominion was suing fox for $1.6 billion, saying that the network showed complete and utter disregard for truth and facts and accuracy. when they allowed guests and hosts to push false conspiracy theories that the 2020 election had been stolen from donald trump. cnn s oliver darcy is outside the courthouse in delaware. oliver. what do we know about the settlement? we know right now. the judge just announced actually moments ago, jake that this case has been settled out of court. we don t know any details about what happened. but there was this unexplained two hour delay in court proceedings. this settlement really comes right before the clock struck struck midnight jake opening statements were set to begin at 1 30. they did not as scheduled, and there was an unexp
republicans are playing a dangerous game of chicken with the economy. this week, by just two votes, speaker mccarthy squeak through a bill to raise the debt ceiling so that the united states can continue to pay its bills. but there are conditions. the so-called limit save grow act bill, whatever, we lift the federal barring limit by one point trillion dollars or through march 31st 2024, whichever comes first, but it would also cut federal discretionary spending, kill biden s student debt cancellation plan, add the work requirements for adult medicaid recipients, the list goes on. president biden says it is a nonstarter that he will veto anything but a clean debt ceiling bill, free from all spending cuts. besides, top of spending cuts should be part of regular budget negotiations. president biden issued his budget last month. where is your budget kevin? but i digress. it is not just democrats ringing the alarm about the need to raise the debt ceiling. according to the washingt
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Smartmatic says Newsmax has deleted evidence in the voting machine company's suit against the channel over false claims Smartmatic helped rig the 2020 election.