Biden, McCarthy to discuss debt limit in talks on Wednesday
The House speaker pledged that cuts to Social Security and Medicare would be off the table
Brown forces OT, Celtics snap skid by beating LA 125-121
LeBron James was fouled on his missed layup at the end of regulation
Guitarist Tom Verlaine, co-founder of Television, dies at 73
Though the band never found much commercial success, his jaggedly inventive playing as part of the group’s two-guitar assault influenced many musicians
Emails reveal tensions in Colorado River talks
Reclamation wanted the seven US states that rely on the river to decide how to cut 2 million to 4 million acre-feet of water on top of already anticipated reductions
Israeli-Palestinian cauldron tests US as Blinken visits
Officials say the main theme of Blinken’s conversations with Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas will be ‘de-escalation’
Classified docs probe pushes Biden think tank into spotlight
Congressional Republicans are asking questions about the center’s budget and hiring practices
Concerns over prayer breakfast lead Congress to take it over
The move was prompted in part by concerns in recent years that representatives did not know important details about the larger multiday gathering
Elections shine spotlight on Tunisia’s troubled democracy
Turnout was just 11% in the first round of voting last month, according to the electoral commission
UK leader fires party chairman over tax bill allegations
The prime minister acted after a standards probe found Nadhim Zahawi had breached the ministerial code of conduct
France must raise pension age to 64, prime minister says
The proposal is one part of a broad bill that is the flagship measure of President Emmanuel Macron’s second term
Israel prepares to demolish home of Palestinian gunman
The moves, along with escalating violence, further raised tensions as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken landed in the region
Iran says drone attack targets defense facility in Isfahan
The Iranian Defense Ministry offered no information on who it suspected carried out the attack
Novak Djokovic beats Stefanos Tsitsipas for 10th Australian Open title
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His 22 major championships – which include seven from Wimbledon, three from the US Open and two from the French Open – are tied with Rafael Nadal for the most by a man in the history of tennis
Pamela Anderson doesn’t need redemption: ‘It was my boobs that had a career, I was just part of the package’
In a new Netflix documentary, the ‘Baywatch’ actress looks back on her career, her fall from grace after the notorious sex tape, and how she managed to bounce back
The ‘North Koreanization’ of Ortega’s Nicaragua
New restrictions are being imposed on travelers with cameras and binoculars as the regime attempts to restrict reporting on the repression
Reconstructing the Baldwin case: How a bullet marked the career of one of Hollywood’s most famous actors
The New Mexico District Attorney’s Office has charged Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter for a gunshot that caused the death of Halyna Hutchins, a cinematographer on the set of ‘Rust’
How X-rated movies hijack sexuality: ‘I need to think about porn to have an orgasm’
Teenagers relate to experiences that make them sexually aroused much more quickly and clearly than adults
Trump says beating of Nichols ‘never should have happened’
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‘I thought it was terrible. He was in such trouble. He was just being pummeled,’ said the former president
Fatal beating of Tyre Nichols once again puts spotlight on US police brutality
The young Black man died in Memphis, three days after being beaten by five police officers – all of them African-American – with the violent arrest being caught on video. The ambulance took 22 minutes to arrive on the scene