By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEVIN FREKING, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is on track to run out of money to pay its bills as early as August without congressional action, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Friday.

He is calling on Congress to either raise or suspend the debt ceiling by mid-July.

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“A failure to suspend or increase the debt limit would wreak havoc on our financial system and diminish America’s security and global leadership position,” Bessent wrote in the letter to House Speaker Mike Johnson. “Prior episodes have shown that waiting until the last minute to suspend or increase the debt limit can have serious adverse consequences for financial markets, businesses and the federal government.”

Earlier this week, Bessent twice testified in front of congressional committees that the Treasury’s debt ceiling is “on the warning track.”

After the debt limit was reinstated in January, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen — in one of her last acts in the position — said the agency would institute “extraordinary measures” intended to prevent the U.S. from reaching the debt ceiling.

Since then, the Treasury Department has stopped paying into certain accounts, including a slew of federal worker pension and disability funds, to make up for the shortfall in money. Bessent has continued to notify Congress about the use of extraordinary measures in an effort to prevent a breach of the debt ceiling. In his latest letter, Bessent attributed the August deadline, known as the “X-date,” in part to receipts from the latest tax filing season.

A Bipartisan Policy Center analysis released in March estimated that the U.S. could run out of cash by mid-July if Congress did not raise or suspend the nation’s debt limit.

President Donald Trump had previously demanded that a provision raising or suspending the debt limit — something his own Republican Party routinely resists — be included in legislation to avert the last potential government shutdown under his Democratic predecessor, President joe Biden.

“Anything else is a betrayal of our country,” Trump said in a statement in December. That deal did not ultimately address the debt limit.

The letter to Johnson comes as Republicans consider a massive tax cut and border security package that includes an increase in the debt limit. Bessent’s request could give GOP lawmakers greater incentive to reach an agreement.

By HALLIE GOLDEN, Associated Press

Google will pay $1.4 billion to Texas to settle claims the company collected data on users without permission, the state’s attorney general announced Friday.

In 2022, Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Google, saying the search giant collected millions of biometric identifiers, including voiceprints and records of face geometry, through its products and services like Google Photos, Google Assistant, and Nest Hub Max.

“In Texas, Big Tech is not above the law. For years, Google secretly tracked people’s movements, private searches, and even their voiceprints and facial geometry through their products and services. I fought back and won,” Paxton said in a statement Friday.

Google did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.

The news comes a little less than a year after Meta agreed to a $1.4 billion settlement with Texas in a privacy lawsuit over allegations that the tech giant used biometric data of users without their permission.

Joe Ryan doesn’t know what he was stricken with this week. He just knows it was bad — really bad.

Ryan went to see the movie “Sinners” on the team’s Monday off day, but his movie-going experience was interrupted by non-stop shaking, which he described as “super violent.” When he returned home, he laid down for about a half hour before perching himself in front of the toilet for the next five hours. He estimated he threw up 20 to 30 times between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m.

“I’ve never thrown up that much in my life,” the Twins pitcher said.

At one point about halfway through, he started puking blood. After the intense bout of vomiting ended, Ryan dealt with night sweats that kept him up nearly all night on Monday. He also said he had a 102-degree fever at one point during the ordeal.

Days removed from this experience, Ryan is now set to take on the San Francisco Giants, his hometown team, on Saturday. He was originally supposed to start on Thursday but that was pushed back with Bailey Ober and Chris Paddack each being moved up a day.

“I’ve never had something like that,” he said.

Ryan also said he had been dealing with something for the last two weeks or so, feeling the sensation of needing to vomit when his heart rate rose, including in-game. It was something he mentioned after his previous start in Boston, too.

The starer came into the ballpark on Tuesday, received an IV, tried his best to stay away from his teammates and went back home to try to sleep it off. On Wednesday, he came to the ballpark played catch and did a couple other things. Thursday he lifted and threw a bullpen in preparation for his start.

“(My) stuff is fine,” Ryan said. “I just feel weak. That’s the biggest thing.”

Lewis gets off day

Royce Lewis was not in the starting lineup on Friday as the Twins build the third baseman back up.

Lewis returned to the Twins’ lineup on Tuesday after missing the early part of the season with a hamstring strain suffered in mid-March during spring training. He served as the team’s designated hitter on both Tuesday and Wednesday before seeing action at third base finally on Thursday.

“He’s going to have occasional off days as he continues to build up,” manager Rocco Baldelli said. “He’s had a rehab assignment, but I think still that there’s going to be a build-up process for him in one way or another, so this is just part of it. He’s going to have a few of these types of days.”

Lewis entered the day 0 for 9 on the season, still looking for his first hit this year. Dating back to last season, he entered Friday hitless in his last 30 at-bats.

Briefly

Austin Martin returned from the injured list at Triple-A St. Paul on Tuesday after missing more than three weeks with a strained right hamstring. In his very first inning back, he strained that same hamstring again, suffering the injury while stealing home. He is expected to be down for a few weeks before the Twins try to build him back up. … Infielder Jose Miranda, who strained his hand trying to catch a falling case of water at Target on an April 14 off day, was activated from the Triple-A IL on Friday.  … Saturday’s game will be nationally televised on FOX.

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By MUNIR AHMED, Associated Press

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — State-run Pakistan Television said Saturday that retaliatory attacks are underway after India fired missiles at 3 air bases inside Pakistan.

“Multiple locations in India are being targeted in the retaliatory attacks,” the state-run media reported.

It did not give details, and it was unclear which military locations in India were being targeted.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — India fired missiles at three air bases inside Pakistan but most of the missiles were intercepted, Pakistan’s army spokesman said Saturday. It’s the latest escalation in a conflict triggered by a gun massacre last month that India blames Pakistan for.

The Pakistani army spokesman, Lt. Gen. Ahmad Sharif, said in a televised address that the country’s air force assets were safe. He added that some of the Indian missiles also hit India’s eastern Punjab. There was no immediate comment from India.

“This is a provocation of the highest order,” Sharif said.

The missiles targeted Nur Khan air base in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, Murid air base in Chakwal city and Rafiqui air base in the Jhang district of eastern Punjab province, according to the spokesman. There was no immediate comment from India.

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Sharif said some of the Indian missiles also went into Afghanistan.

“I want to give you the shocking news that India fired six ballistic missiles from its city of Adampur,” said Sharif. One of the ballistic missiles hit Adampur, the remaining five missiles hit the Indian Punjab area of Amritsar.”

Tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals have soared since an attack at a popular tourist site in India-controlled Kashmir left 26 civilians dead, mostly Hindu Indian tourists, on April 22. New Delhi has blamed Pakistan for backing the assault, an accusation Islamabad rejects.