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Debt ceiling talks teeter on the brink, as lawmakers leave town for weekend without a deal

Lawmakers are not expected back in Washington until Tuesday, two days before Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen predicts the U.S. won’t have funds to pay its bills.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rougned Odor’s ninth-inning homer helps Padres take series from Nationals

WASHINGTON — Rougned Odor is evidently the hero the Padres have been waiting for.

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Hopeful tone pervades debt ceiling talks ahead of long weekend

WASHINGTON — Debt limit negotiations on Thursday morning had the feel of a deal starting to come together, with no in-person meetings scheduled but both sides working through various options in advance of the long holiday weekend.

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Analysis: No longer a ‘broken record,’ White House throws a few elbows with debt messaging

WASHINGTON — “Congress must act.”

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US accuses Wagner Group of supplying missiles to Sudan’s RSF

Washington warns that the Russian mercenary group is prolonging the conflict and causing ‘further chaos’ in Sudan.

Al Jazeera

Leadership dynamics explain why there’s still no debt limit deal

WASHINGTON — Political calculations and concerns about legislative precedent within Congress and the White House have brought the government within a week of potentially failing to pay all of its debt obligations.

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US Park Police investigate attack on Australian journalists

The U.S. Park Police says it has placed two officers on administrative leave after video showed Australian journalists being attacked during Monday's protest in Washington, D

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Supreme Court limits EPA protection for wetlands, ruling for property rights over clean water

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday limited federal protection for millions of acres of wetlands, ruling for property rights over clean water.

Los Angeles Times

Inspector general faults Park Police in 2020 protest response

WASHINGTON -- Two U.S. Park Police officers broke department protocol by striking and pushing a videographer and reporter together covering protests against police violence in the summer of 2020, a federal watchdog found.

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EU takes on artificial intelligence: Will Europe's regulation scare off OpenAI?

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says his company could "cease operating in Europe if the EU gets too tough". Altman is currently in Europe, visiting Paris after London. When he was called before Congress last week in Washington to talk about the same issue of regulating artificial intelligence, Altman made three…

France 24

Here are 10 photos of Donald Trump playing in pro-am at LIV Golf Washington

Trump played alongside Patrick Reed and his son, Eric.

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Threat of US credit downgrade looms over debt ceiling talks

With one of three major rating agencies warning that America’s AAA credit is at risk, the stakes are growing in the standoff in Washington over raising the nation’s debt limit

The Independent UK

Don’t be scared — Black history is your history, too

Many Americans say “No” to most history, but particularly Black History — an unfortunate impulse being cemented into law in states all over the country.

Chicago Sun-Times

Supreme Court limits EPA protection for wetlands

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Thursday limited federal protection for wetlands, ruling that marshy areas are usually not covered by the Clean Water Act or protected from development unless water flows directly from them into a waterway such as a river, lake or bay.

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Daily Mirror

Washington Commanders may have to change name AGAIN for third time in three years

The Washington DC football franchise might now have more than one reason to change their name as it would be the fourth different name in five years after three changes in the last three seasons

Los Angeles Times

A majority of Californians say Feinstein is no longer fit for office, a new poll finds

WASHINGTON — A substantial majority of Californians feel that Sen. Dianne Feinstein is no longer fit for the job because of her recent declining health, and more voters believe she should resign than support her staying in office, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored…

Sports Illustrated

Former WNBA MVP Punished by League for What She Said About Officials After Loss

The Washington star was not happy with how the officials treated her in the team’s Sunday loss.

The Conversation

Africa is getting renewed attention from Washington — and some African states are courting African Americans

Recent allegations by the U.S. ambassador to South Africa that the African nation gave ammunition and weapons to Russia in December 2022, amid Russia’s war on Ukraine, illustrate the complexity of U.S.-Africa relations.

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Minnesota is latest state to pass bill protecting gig workers

Minnesota's bill, which would guarantee a minimum wage for gig workers, follows similar efforts in California, Massachusetts, and Washington.

Daily Mirror

Adorable meerkat babies born at world famous zoo for first time in over 16 years

An adorable video of the little mammals looking around has been released by the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington DC which is celebrating the births

Golf Monthly

How to Bet on LIV Golf Washington DC

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Fortune

The U.S. crypto industry hangs in the balance: It’s time for Washington to wake up

The EU is fast becoming the go-to place for crypto developers. The U.S. needs to respond.

WEKU

Biden is counting on Shalanda Young to cut a spending deal Republicans can live with

Biden is leaning on Young's experience negotiating on Capitol Hill to help him find a way to cut through the raw politics of Washington and find an agreement to lift the debt ceiling.

Tribune News Service

Hill-favored projects called defense budget’s ‘black hole’

WASHINGTON -- Congress directed the Pentagon to spend $12.2 billion in the current fiscal year on nearly 1,000 different “program increases” in the Defense spending bill’s research account alone, projects pushed by lawmakers that the Defense Department did not publicly request, according to a previously unpublicized database.

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United Nations watchdogs raise concerns about Nooksack evictions, again

SEATTLE — More than 5,000 miles separate Deming in Whatcom County, Washington, where the Nooksack River rushes out of the North Cascades, and the Palais des Nations in Geneva, where the United Nations Human Rights Council is headquartered.

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