January 19

The debt ceiling currently stands at $31.4 trillion and has been modified more than 100 times since World War II. Once the debt limit is reached, the Treasury ...

[6-year-old allegedly shot his teacher](https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2023/01/18/parents-outraged-newport-news-virginia-school-board-meeting-todd-dnt-tsr-vpx.cnn) in Virginia. [ban coronavirus vaccine and face mask mandates](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/politics/desantis-covid-policy-florida/index.html) in his state. [issued hazard letters](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/tech/amazon-osha-citation/index.html) related to physical injury risks from workers lifting packages after inspecting warehouse facilities in Florida, Illinois and New York. This comes as medical experts have noted a [national decline in childhood vaccination numbers](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/health/vaccine-childhood-pediatrics-immunizations-measles-polio-health-wellness/index.html). [$2.5 billion military aid package for Ukraine](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/politics/us-ukraine-tanks/index.html) that includes a first shipment of Stryker combat vehicles, sources told CNN. School officials say they are responding to the incident by [installing metal detectors](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/13/us/newport-news-virginia-shooting-friday/index.html) at all elementary schools in the city. [British actor Julian Sands](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/entertainment/julian-sands-missing-hiker/index.html) has been missing after hiking in the Mt. [Her term will likely end by February 7](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/asia/new-zealand-jacinda-ardern-not-seeking-reelection-intl-hnk/index.html), when she expects a new Labour prime minister will be sworn in – though “depending on the process that could be earlier,” she said in a statement. Essentially, if the government is no longer able to borrow, it would not have [enough money to pay all its bills](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/19/politics/analysis-debt-ceiling-showdown-risks/index.html). Once the debt limit is reached, the Treasury Department will begin [implementing extraordinary measures](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/17/politics/debt-ceiling-extraordinary-measures/index.html) to delay a default in order to avoid a financial crisis. [reach its debt limit today](https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/18/politics/debt-ceiling-deadline-congress/index.html), according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, but lawmakers have a few months to negotiate until the government defaults. When Ardern became prime minister in 2017 at the age of 37, she was [New Zealand’s third female leader](https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/13/asia/jacinda-ardern-fast-facts/index.html) and one of the youngest leaders in the world.