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Biden's expected to tout the bill as a win for Americans, and proof of his ability to keep the nation on track, amid the backdrop of his 2024 reelection campaign. President Joe Biden will address the nation in a prime-time speech Friday after Congress averted an economically disastrous default by just days by passing legislation to raise the nation's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling . The president is scheduled to speak at 7 p.m. Eastern from behind the Resolute desk in what will be his first Oval Office address. Biden is expected to tout the deal he made with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as a win for American families, and proof of his ability to compromise to keep the nation on track, themes he's using in his 2024 reelection campaign. "Our work is far from finished, but this agreement is a critical step forward, and a reminder of what's possible when we act in the best interests of our country," Biden said after Senate passage of the measure late Thursday, ...

On Sunday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said mental health was to blame for the recent mall shooting in Allen. But what has been done to address mental health in the state? Just one day after the most recent mass shooting in the United States -- this time at an outdoor mall in Allen, Texas -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott blamed the incident on mental health issues as he's done with previous mass shootings in the state. Abbott, a Republican, said addressing mental health -- not tightening gun laws -- can prevent shootings such as the one on Saturday, in which eight people were killed and seven injured before the suspect was fatally shot by police, Abbott said in an interview on "Fox News Sunday." Law enforcement sources told ABC News the alleged gunman was in the U.S. Army in 2008 but was "removed due to mental health concerns." Investigators have found he also may have gravitated toward right-wing extremist ideology, including neo-Nazi sympathies, the sources told ABC News....