Johnson lays out two spending paths in House GOP meeting

Estonian government to meet as investigators probe interruption of undersea cable

Estonia’s prime minister says his government will hold an extraordinary meeting later as investigators try to find out what disrupted a Baltic Sea power cable bringing electricity from Finland

ABC News - 40m

Two women dead and two hurt in suspected stabbing at flat on Christmas Day

A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder and attempted murder after the incident, police say.

BBC News - 40m

Trump, GOP zero in on Liz Cheney as potential target

President-elect Trump’s fixation on former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is escalating as he suggests she should be prosecuted for her work on the now-disbanded House Jan. 6 committee. In the wake of a ...

The Hill - 2h

Meet the man who busks from inside a litter bin

"I could fit in there," thought Charles Cavey, and the rest is history.

BBC News - 10h

Biden to leave White House with little fanfare

Editor's note: President Biden commuted the sentences of 37 people on federal death row to life in prison. President Biden is readying to leave the White House with little fanfare. Democrats are ...

The Hill - 17h

Texans WR Diontae Johnson not expected to play vs. Ravens, his former team, on Wednesday

Diontae Johnson won't make his Texans debut on Christmas Day.

Yahoo Sports - 22h

Here's why business leaders are spending big on Trump’s inaugural committee

Top CEOs and their companies are pledging to donate millions of dollars to President-elect Donald Trump’s inaugural committee, as they seek to get on his good side and make inroads before he takes ...

NBC News - 1d

Here's why business leaders are spending big on Trump's inaugural committee

Donations to President-elect Donald Trump's inaugural committee offer a "unique opportunity" to curry favor with the White House, experts told CNBC.

CNBC - 1d

Warning signs for conservatives who want to draft Trump in their spending war

Hardliners openly admit they felt they lost every funding fight this year. They’re hoping the incoming president turns that around.

Politico - 2d

Meet the Cabinet: What to know about Chris Wright, Trump’s pick for secretary of energy

President-elect Donald Trump announced Chris Wright, chairman and CEO of Liberty Energy, as his choice to be his secretary of energy. NBC News campaign embed Alex Tabet takes a look into Wright’s ...

NBC News - 2d

Matt Petgrave, involved in play that led to Adam Johnson's death, asks for donations for legal costs

Hockey player Matt Petgrave has called the death of Adam Johnson “a tragic accident” in a public appeal for donations to his legal costs

ABC News - 2d

House passes government spending package after Trump, Musk fueled chaos

Politico - 5d

House Republicans float a debt limit, spending pact deal — with themselves

Politico - 5d

House GOP picks new funding plan that will need wide Democratic support

Politico - 5d

Senators continue to wait for House lawmakers to ‘sort it themselves’ on spending

Politico - 5d

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Two of You Are Sickening’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.

The New York Times - Dec. 11

‘She has two financially stable children’: Does it make sense for my wealthy mother, a recent widow, to take out a $100,000 life-insurance policy?

“It was generous of our mom to offer.”

MarketWatch - 21h

The rock houses of England's last cave people

Over centuries, caves in Kinver, Staffordshire, are turned into rock houses by families.

BBC News - 1d

Two reporters and a police officer killed in shooting at Haiti hospital reopening

Gunmen target press conference at Haiti’s largest public hospital after street gangs forced its closure earlier this year. Two reporters and a police officer were killed and others injured on ...

The Guardian - 1d

Two lorry drivers killed in crash

The collision happened on the A15 north of Caenby Corner, police say.

BBC News - 1d

The Evening: Signs of Trouble for Trump’s Spending Cuts

Plus, celebrating “Chrismukkah.”

The New York Times - 1d

The photo booth is turning 100 — meet the people keeping it alive

In 1925, Anatol Josepho invented the automated photo booth in New York City, originally calling it a photomaton.

NBC News - 1d

GOP lawmaker says House 'better off' without 'volatile' members

Republican Rep. Don Bacon (Neb.), who won a hotly contested general election race last month, said the House GOP will be “better off” without “volatile” lawmakers in the next Congress. Bacon did ...

The Hill - 1d

Texans claim veteran WR Johnson off waivers

The Texans claimed wide receiver Diontae Johnson off waivers Monday.

ESPN - 1d

Trump won last week's spending battle on points

Donald Trump's intervention in the funding fight led to the passage of a vastly scaled-back continuing resolution, demonstrating his power and ability to disrupt the status quo, while the ...

The Hill - 1d