Gaetz's war against McCarthy could leave Dems playing kingmaker
With the clock ticking down toward a government shutdown, Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz approached a Democratic lawmaker on the House floor this week with a surprising pitch.
2023-09-30 20:26
Dollar Baby: Why Stephen King Sells the Rights to His Work to Up-and-Coming Filmmakers for Just $1
The Dollar Baby contract is Stephen King’s way of helping film students adapt his stories without financial barriers.
2023-09-30 20:23
Biden aides are sure Republicans will be blamed for a possible government shutdown
As Speaker Kevin McCarthy tries to placate his House Republican conference in the fight over spending, the White House is holding out hope that a bipartisan deal brokered days ago in the Senate can eventually overcome the standoff.
2023-09-30 20:16
Ukraine Recap: Russia Launches Major Drone Attack From Crimea
Russia launched a large drone attack from Crimea overnight, sending about 40 loitering munitions, Ukraine’s air defence forces
2023-09-30 20:15
The Flying Scotsman locomotive collided with another train in Scotland. Several people were injured
Several people have been injured after the Flying Scotsman historic steam locomotive was involved in a low-speed crash with another heritage train in the Scottish Highlands
2023-09-30 19:57
Key lawmakers in the government spending fight as a shutdown nears
With the possibility of a government shutdown just hours away, lawmakers in Congress are scrambling to try to find a way to extend government funding past Saturday's critical midnight deadline.
2023-09-30 19:15
Borrowers are reassessing their budgets as student loan payments resume after pandemic pause
Millions of Americans must start repaying their federal student loans again in October, with monthly payments averaging hundreds of dollars a month
2023-09-30 18:54
The man charged in Tupac Shakur's 1996 shooting death has long put himself at the crime scene. Here's what we know about him
As far back as 1998, Duane Keith Davis was telling a cable channel that he was a front-seat passenger in a car from which a fellow passenger fired the shots that killed Tupac Shakur.
2023-09-30 18:46
Nagorno-Karabakh: Armenia says 100,000 refugees flee region
Almost the entire ethnic Armenian population has fled the region since Azerbaijan seized it last week.
2023-09-30 18:22
Government on brink of shutdown ahead of midnight deadline
Federal agencies are making final preparations with the government on the brink of a shutdown and congressional lawmakers racing against Saturday's critical midnight deadline.
2023-09-30 18:21
California's Newsom promoting Biden in '24 - and perhaps himself in '28
By Joseph Ax Shortly after Wednesday's second Republican presidential debate concluded, California Governor Gavin Newsom was holding court
2023-09-30 18:19
Israeli conscripts banned as guards after allegations of sex with Palestinian inmate
The interior minister said no female soldiers would serve in prisons holding Palestinian "terrorirsts".
2023-09-30 16:46