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Sen. Patrick J. Leahy discharged from hospital - Roll Call

Vermont Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, was discharged from a Washington-area hospital Friday after spending a night for "tests and observation."

Roll Call

Liz Truss U-turns on corporation tax after Kwasi Kwarteng sacked

Liz Truss tore up the mini budget with an £18 billion corporation tax U-turn after sacking Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor on Friday. The reversal came as the prime minister held a press conference after a tumultuous day where she sacked Mr Kwarteng, one of her closest allies, and appointed Jeremy…

Evening Standard

The Morning After…the Bears’ frustrating loss vs. Commanders in Week 6

Our Bears Wire staff is sharing their thoughts about Thursday night's gut-wrenching loss to the Commanders.

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Scottish Lib Dems call for general election as Kwarteng sacked as Chancellor

Mr Kwarteng returned early from an overseas trip to Washington to learn his fate.

The Independent UK

India will come out of current global turmoil, move on path of sustained growth: Finance minister

WASHINGTON: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has exuded confidence that India will come out of the current global turmoil and move on the path of sustained recovery on the back of rapid digitisation and steps taken by the government.

The Times of India

The Standard View: Now the Prime Minister must show she can turn things around

Yesterday, Kwasi Kwarteng declared he was “not going anywhere”. Except, it seems, to the airport, for an early return home from Washington for some difficult conversations.

Evening Standard

Prime Minister Liz Truss to hold press conference today amid mini-budget crisis

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng cut short a visit to Washington and arrived in London on Friday morning, though it is not known if he will be at the press conference

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Kwasi Kwarteng no longer Chancellor after mini-budget fiasco

Mr Kwarteng flew back from Washington early today and was driven straight to 10 Downing Street to meet with Liz Truss

Wales Online

India's 5G is indigenous; can provide to other countries as well: Nirmala Sitharaman

WASHINGTON: India has launched its indigenously developed 5G infrastructure and is ready to share it with other countries as well, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Thursday.

The Times of India

India briefs G20 finance ministers and central bank governors on its 2023 agenda

WASHINGTON: India on Thursday briefed the finance ministers and central bank governors of G-20 countries about its agenda for the next year when it assumes the rotating annual presidency of the grouping.

The Times of India

How Democrats' big plans for Big Tech shrank to tiny steps

After nearly two years of controlling the Washington agenda, Democrats have enacted only a sliver of their agenda.

Axios

Mac Engel: Dan Snyder’s threats to reveal dirt on Jerry Jones won't amount to much

With its Smithsonian museums, Capitol building and White House, Washington, D.C., offers loads of memorable sights, none more so than watching Dan Snyder walk to his motorcade to leave a Washington football game.

Tribune News Service

UK's Truss sacrifices finance minister, scraps tax plan in fight to survive

British Prime Minister Liz Truss fired her finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng and scrapped parts of their unpopular economic package on Friday in a desperate bid for political survival less than 40 days into her premiership.

Reuters

North Korea Fires Missile, Flies Fighter Jets near Border

North Korea on Friday fired a short-range ballistic missile, conducted an artillery barrage, and flew fighter jets close to the South's border in another show of force that the US has warned could culminate in a nuclear test. Pyongyang has dramatically ramped up missile launches and military exercises in recent…

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US Pushes Allies to Assemble Patchwork Air Defenses for Ukraine

The United States is pressing allies to hastily build for Ukraine a patchwork air defense network using NATO-compatible equipment -- some ultra-modern, others older -- to protect strategic targets from Russian strikes. The effort was given added urgency after Moscow pummeled Ukraine with missiles this week, damaging energy facilities nationwide…

Daily Mirror

Kwasi Kwarteng cuts short US trip as Liz Truss faces crisis with tax U-turn expected

Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng is cutting short a trip to Washington, to fly home and tackle the financial chaos caused from his mini-budget with pressure growing on him and Prime Minister Liz Truss

Tribune News Service

Leahy hospitalized, expected to remain overnight

WASHINGTON — Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, the Senate president pro tempore and Appropriations chairman, was hospitalized after not feeling well Thursday night, according to his office.

Los Angeles Times

Saudis angrily say US oil accusations are political, unfounded

BEIRUT — The spat between the United States and Saudi Arabia and its fellow OPEC members over the management of petroleum supplies intensified Thursday when Riyadh accused Washington of “politicizing oil” and declared it would not submit to “dictates” from supposedly friendly countries.

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WATCH: Commanders DT Jonathan Allen picks up first career interception

Jonathan Allen records his first career interception. Unfortunately, he was unable to return it for a touchdown.

The Guardian - UK

Kwasi Kwarteng dashes home early from US amid tax U-turn chaos

Chancellor cuts short International Monetary Fund meetings after insisting his job is safe, as Liz Truss appears to take reins on corporation tax cut

Tribune News Service

Uncertainty swirls around earmarks for departed lawmakers

WASHINGTON — When former Rep. Antonio Delgado resigned his seat in May, he was lucky in one respect: The central New York Democrat had been tapped to become his home state’s lieutenant governor.

Tribune News Service

Veteran LB Bruce Irvin 'here for whatever' the Seahawks need him to do

RENTON, Wash. — As the NFL calendar turned from the offseason into training camp and then into the regular season, Bruce Irvin kept looking at his phone and seeing nothing.

Los Angeles Times

Jan. 6 committee votes to subpoena Trump: ‘He is required to answer for his actions’

WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 select committee unanimously voted Thursday to issue a subpoena to former President Donald Trump, capping off what could be its final hearing by laying out the case that Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election were premeditated.

Tribune News Service

Effort dismissed to strip Ted Cruz’s law license over Trump 2020 election fight

WASHINGTON – The State Bar of Texas has dismissed a complaint aimed at stripping Sen. Ted Cruz’s law license over his role in former President Donald Trump’s bid to overturn his 2020 defeat, without addressing the substance of allegations that he had aided an “anti-democratic” plot.

Los Angeles Times

A Trump subpoena, never-before-seen footage and new evidence: Takeaways from Thursday’s Jan. 6 committee hearing

WASHINGTON — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol returned after a nearly three-month break to summarize and bolster the case it made against President Donald Trump over the summer.

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