A trillion-dollar coin? How to end the debt-ceiling debate.

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<p>Senate Republicans blocked a bill that would suspend the debt ceiling, forcing Democrats to devise a new strategy. As the U.S. runs the risk of default, <a href="https://apple.news/AUlMbIwG1SmamjGSMu4KZ_w?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Vox</a> looks at unusual moves that could end the debt-limit debate forever.</p> <p><a href="https://apple.news/AhQAoz_OQSRGJjef9EAOQeg?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">CNN</a> previews Gen. Mark Milley&rsquo;s congressional testimony, which could be highly charged. Senators are expected to press him over his conduct during the Trump administration following revelations in Bob Woodward&rsquo;s new book.</p> <p>Following R. Kelly&rsquo;s guilty verdict, the <a href="https://apple.news/AZQqdd5VzS3uyeRptzhu7jQ?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">New Yorker</a> looks at questions about the singer&rsquo;s actions over the decades that remain unanswered.</p> <p>Bitcoin is going nuclear. The <a href="https://apple.news/AsGQoNiJBT0aXx_qJjopf1g?campaign_id=applenewstoday_shownotes">Wall Street Journal</a> explains why cryptocurrency miners are increasingly partnering up with nuclear-power plants.</p>