House GOP aims to start setting budget targets for tax and other policies Saturday

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Keeping warm when budgets are squeezed

A cold snap across the UK comes just as energy prices have risen, so here are a few tips to help you keep warm.
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Forrester on cybersecurity budgeting: 2025 will be the year of CISO fiscal accountability

With 90% of cybersecurity and risk leaders predicting they'll see budget increases in 2025, many are facing a new era of accountability.
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How to watch Portland Pilots vs. Saint Mary's Gaels: Live stream, TV channel, start time for Saturday's NCAA Basketball game

How to watch Portland vs. Saint Mary's basketball game
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How to watch Central Michigan Chippewas vs. Ohio Bobcats: Live stream, TV channel, start time for Saturday's NCAA Basketball game

How to watch Central Michigan vs. Ohio basketball game
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Trump flexes power over House GOP in whirlwind Speaker race

President-elect Trump reasserted his power over the House GOP conference during Friday’s whirlwind Speaker vote, proving that, despite some recent doubts, he still has significant sway over ...
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Washington Post cartoonist quits after satire aimed at owner Bezos rejected

The newspaper decided not to run Ann Telnaes' cartoon of tycoons kneeling before Donald Trump.
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How to watch Eastern Michigan Eagles vs. N. Illinois Huskies: Live stream, TV channel, start time for Saturday's NCAA Basketball game

How to watch Eastern Michigan vs. Northern Illinois basketball game
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Johnson tells House GOP Trump wants one reconciliation package

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told House Republicans on Saturday that President-elect Trump wants to pass one reconciliation package, a strategy that runs counter to the two-bill effort several ...
The Hill - 1d
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Mike Johnson reelected as House speaker in dramatic vote; How a chef's unconventional career led him to culinary stardom
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How to watch UC Irvine Anteaters vs. UC Riverside Highlanders: Live stream, TV channel, start time for Saturday's NCAA Basketball game

How to watch UC Irvine vs. California Riverside basketball game
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How to watch USC Trojans vs. Michigan Wolverines: Live stream, TV channel, start time for Saturday's NCAA Basketball game

How to watch USC vs. Michigan basketball game
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Watch Auburn Tigers vs. Missouri Tigers: How to live stream, TV channel, start time for Saturday's NCAA Basketball game

How to watch Auburn vs. Missouri basketball game
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Watch Florida A&M Rattlers vs. Bethune-Cook. Wildcats: How to live stream, TV channel, start time for Saturday's NCAA Basketball game

How to watch Florida A&M vs. Bethune-Cookman basketball game
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How to watch Morgan State Bears vs. SC State Bulldogs: Live stream, TV channel, start time for Saturday's NCAA Basketball game

How to watch Morgan State vs. South Carolina State basketball game
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Watch Northwestern State Demons vs. Nicholls Colonels: How to live stream, TV channel, start time for Saturday's NCAA Basketball game

How to watch Northwestern State vs. Nicholls basketball game
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Mortgage rates inch up to start the year at a near six-month high. Will the housing market become more affordable in 2025?

The 30-year mortgage rate averaged at 6.91%, Freddie Mac said in its latest weekly survey on Thursday.
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Watch Alabama A&M Bulldogs vs. Arkansas Pine Bluff Golden Lions: How to live stream, TV channel, start time for Saturday's NCAA Basketball game

How to watch Alabama A&M vs. Arkansas-Pine Bluff basketball game
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Hideki Matsuyama sets the target at Kapalua and leads Collin Morikawa by 1

Hideki Matsuyama is leading The Sentry at the halfway point of the start to the new PGA Tour season
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Mike Johnson wins reelection for House speaker after GOP holdouts switch vote

It was a dramatic day in Congress, with House Speaker Mike Johnson temporarily frozen out of his job by several reluctant Republicans. But enough of those Republicans came around and Johnson was ...
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Massie only GOP vote against Johnson; 2 others flip

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) was the only House Republican to vote against Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) while two other GOP lawmakers ultimately flipped their votes after initially backing others, ...
The Hill - 2d
Trump blasts UK energy policy and ‘windmills’ after company blames windfall tax for less drilling

President-elect Trump is criticizing the United Kingdom’s energy policy and saying it should get rid of windmills after a company blamed the country’s windfall tax for its early exit from drilling ...
The Hill - 2d
119th Congress set to begin with a House speaker vote to re-elect Mike Johnson

With the 119th Congress is set to begin, Republicans will take full control of the House and Senate for the first time since 2019 and face an early test in re-electing House Speaker Johnson with a ...
NBC News - 2d
What to know about the House speaker battle as a new Congress is set to be sworn in

A new Congress is set to be sworn in on Friday and the House will vote for its speaker as one of its first orders of business. Current Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has worked to shore up ...
CBS News - 2d
Teenager Littler aims for Ally Pally immortality

Luke Littler was throwing darts while still in his nappy. On Friday, the teenager could take the final step of a journey that began almost as soon as he could walk.
BBC News - 3d
Cambridge study aims to find out if dogs and their owners are on same wavelength

Scientists to examine if humans’ and dogs’ brains synchronise when they interact in a way similar to parents and babies. Standing patiently on a small fluffy rug, Calisto the flat-coated retriever ...
The Guardian - 3d
Budget gyms aim to bulk up in smaller UK centres

PureGym and The Gym Group say plenty of opportunities remain as cost-conscious consumers try to keep fit
Financial Times - 3d
Online traders warned to check tax return status

Deadline looms as Airbnb, eBay and other platforms report individuals’ income
Financial Times - 3d
Texas GOP lawmaker looking for 'third option' to avoid 'status quo' in House as Speakership election nears

Rep. Michael Cloud (R-Texas) said Thursday that he is looking for a “third option” to avoid “the status quo” in the House as the Speakership election nears. “There are concerns that a delay in ...
The Hill - 3d
Ukraine aims to step up exports despite war

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Mikaela Shiffrin aiming to be back 'in the next week or so' following November crash

Mikaela Shiffrin is back in the gym and says she's aiming to be on snow “in the next week or so.”
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Mike Johnson fights for GOP votes to win House Speaker election

Even as President-elect Trump has said Speaker Mike Johnson has his “complete and total endorsement,” for re-election, Johnson is scrambling to lock down his own party's support, as he'll need ...
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Industrial policy must be practical not performative

New structures and pronouncements mean little unless business takes them seriously — there is no appetite for talking shops
Financial Times - 4d
My Two Best Friends Started Dating Each Other. I’m Livid!

Feeling slighted after a former flame paired up with an old friend she met through him, a middle-aged reader cut off contact with both. So why does he feel so bad?
The New York Times - 4d
Scientists aim for ‘Darwinian evolution’ with artificial life project

‘MiniLife’ research extends growing field of synthetic biology into new territory
Financial Times - 4d
Taiwan president vows to boost the island's defense budget as China threats rise

Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te has pledged to strengthen the island’s defenses in the face of escalating Chinese threats
ABC News - 5d
Sweden begins wolf hunt as it aims to halve endangered animal’s population

Five entire families can be killed, totalling 30 wolves, in move campaigners say is illegal under EU law. Sweden’s wolf hunt starts on Thursday, with the country aiming to halve the population of ...
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