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Failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake this week promoted a conspiracy theory about former President Donald Trump having won the state of California in the 2020 presidential election -- and even some of her fellow conservatives are saying enough is enough.

Posting on Twitter early on Friday morning, Lake composed a message that simply said, "Read this thread," and then linked to a series of Twitter posts filled with false claims about voting in California during the election.

Mike Pence will not be charged for being in possession of classified documents, found in his Indiana home, the U.S. Dept. of Justice reportedly has told the former Trump vice president in a letter. Some legal experts believe DOJ is wrapping up its investigations into classified documents found in Pence’s and President Joe Biden’s homes to clear the decks for a decision to seek charges against ex-president Donald Trump over his unlawful removal of hundreds of classified documents from the White House, and subsequent refusal to return them even after being served with a subpoena.

“The decision comes ahead of Pence’s planned announcement next week that he will run for president in 2024,” CNN reports, noting it has obtained and verified a copy of the DOJ letter. “It allows Pence to offer an additional contrast between himself and former President Donald Trump, his political rival who’s under serious investigation by the Justice Department and others.”

On Thursday night, June 1, economists all over the world breathed a huge sigh of relief when the U.S. Senate, in a 63-36 vote, passed a bill raising the country's debt ceiling. The bill, which had passed 314-117 in the U.S. House of Representatives on May 31, has been sent to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had been sounding the alarm and warning that the United States would begin to default on its debt obligations as soon as Monday, June 5 — a default that, Yellen emphasized, would set off an "economic and financial catastrophe." According to Yellen and countless economists, a default would have had dire economic consequences not only for the U.S., but for other countries as well.

Donald Trump congratulated his former Vice President Mike Pence for avoiding charges in his classified document case Friday – then whined that the ongoing investigation into his case is a "Witch hunt."

"Just announced that they are not going to bring charges against Mike Pence on the document hoax," he wrote on his Truth Social platform.

A preliminary analysis from the Congressional Budget Office released Thursday estimates that the $21.4 billion in IRS funding cuts that Republicans and the Biden White House agreed to enact as part of their debt ceiling agreement would result in $40.4 billion in lost tax revenue—adding to the federal budget deficit.

The CBO provided its estimate to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), who said in a statement that "after holding our entire economy hostage and threatening to trigger a global financial meltdown, Republicans protected wealthy tax cheats and creepy billionaires."

Former Vice President Mike Pence will not face any charges in regards to the classified documents found at this home, CNN reported.

The Department of Justice's closing of its investigation comes just before Pence's planned announcement next week that he's running for president in 2024.

Disgraced Trump-loving attorney Lin Wood is in hot water again — this time for defying a judge's protective order not to attack his former legal colleagues, reported The Daily Beast on Friday.

"Pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood was slapped with $5,000 of criminal contempt fines on Thursday for violating an order against insulting his former law partners... with the threat of $15,000 in civil contempt charges if Wood breaks the order in future," reported Dan Ladden-Hall.

The U.S. economy dodged a major bullet on Thursday night, June 1, when the U.S. Senate voted 63-36 to raise the country's debt ceiling. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen had been warning that if Congress didn't get some type of budget worked out soon, the U.S. economy would begin to default on its debt obligations on Monday, June 5 — setting off an "economic and financial catastrophe."

After the budget agreement that President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) worked out passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, 314-117, on Wednesday, May 31, it went to the U.S. Senate for consideration. Liberal Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-New York) and conservative Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) reached an agreement as well, and the debt ceiling bill is now headed to Biden's desk to be signed into law.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' probe of former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election results is reportedly no longer just a Peach State affair.

The Washington Post reports that Willis' probe of Trump and his allies' post-election activities has expanded to include "activities in Washington, D.C., and several other states," which the Post notes is "a fresh sign that prosecutors may be building a sprawling case under Georgia’s racketeering laws."