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Today's Headlines: Democrats proposed a plan to increase the debt ceiling without Republican spending cuts. Missouri delayed the attorney general's order restricting gender-affirming care for transgender people. The US Surgeon General declared loneliness a health epidemic, as it poses deadly risks similar to smoking cigarettes. Pornhub blocked users in Utah to protest against stricter age-verification measures for adult content.

• NBC News: Hollywood writers go on strike after contract negotiations fail
• Wall Street Journal: Treasury Chief Janet Yellen Says U.S. Risks Default as Soon as June 1 Without Debt Ceiling Increase
• Axios: Missouri gender-affirming care restrictions temporarily blocked by court
• AP News: Loneliness poses risks as deadly as smoking
• Axios: Pornhub blocks access in Utah in protest of new age verification law

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