Who Are Johnsons Remaining Gop Holdouts on the Spending Bill

Weekly quiz: Who joined Kylie on the King's personal playlist?

How much attention did you pay to what has been going on in the world over the past seven days?

BBC News - 19h

Sofia Gubaidulina, Composer Who Provoked Soviet Censors, Dies at 93

Blacklisted at home but finding acclaim abroad, she sought to bridge East and West, the sacred and the secular, in vivid, colorful compositions.

The New York Times - 17h

After 18 holes at 2025 Players Championship, who's in danger of missing the cut?

The cut at the 2025 Players Championship will be the top 65 and ties.

Yahoo Sports - 12h

US influencer who snatched baby wombat has left Australia

Anger erupted after Jones posted a video of her taking a baby wombat from its distraught mother.

BBC News - 4h

American who snatched a baby wombat from its mother leaves Australia

An American influencer has left Australia after the government announced it was reviewing her visa over a video she posted of her snatching a baby wombat from its mother

ABC News - 3h

Influencer who snatched baby wombat leaves Australia - the row in 60 seconds

The baby wombat grabbed by an influencer in Australia row… in 60 seconds

BBC News - 4h

Parents of Babies Who Are Too Young for Measles Vaccine Worry About Outbreaks

Infants are at higher risk of complications from the measles but can’t be vaccinated right away.

The New York Times - 3h

The Silicon Valley Christians Who Want to Build ‘Heaven on Earth’

Is work religion, or is religion work? Both.

Wired - 2h

Man who stalked Cheryl Tweedy jailed for 16 weeks

A 50-year-old man is sentenced after admitting harassment and breaching a restraining order.

BBC News - 6m

Despite Rising Inflation, Restaurants Are Having a Big Winter

January and February are usually the doldrums for dining, but Americans have been eating out, and spending, with gusto.

The New York Times - 6d

No European defence without Germany

The rapid action by Friedrich Merz in the face of Donald Trump’s disruption highlights how the continent’s leaders need strategy as well as spending

Financial Times - 5d

America needs a serious opposition

Democrats should spend less time on gimmicks and more on communicating what they actually stand for

Financial Times - 4d

Keir Starmer defends planned welfare cuts to anxious Labour MPs

Prime minister wants to reform disability benefit payments to help fund greater spending on defence

Financial Times - 3d

2025 NFL free agency: Packers signing Nate Hobbs to four-year, $48 million deal, per report

Green Bay spends to strengthen its secondary for the second year in a row under defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley

CBS Sports - 3d

Free agent S Camryn Bynum to sign a 4-year, $60 million deal with the Colts

The Colts haven't been a team known to spend big on free agency in recent years, so this is a bit out of character for them.

Yahoo Sports - 3d

USDA cancels $1 billion in local meal funding for schools and food banks

The USDA said it is promoting wiser government spending, but schools say it will make it tougher to serve healthy meals.

CBS News - 2d

Nvidia’s stock has been ‘brutalized.’ Here’s the big disconnect.

Investors appear worried about the health of AI spending. But big AI customers don’t seem hesitant, an analyst notes.

MarketWatch - 2d

American travelers are booking fewer domestic flights in another warning sign for the economy

Americans’ spending worries and shortcomings are translating into turbulence for major airlines, and coming at a time where recession fears are growing.

MarketWatch - 1d

Brett Favre suggests Aaron Rodgers should sign with Vikings: 'They're loaded at pretty much every position'

Favre spent most of his career with the Packers before spending his final two seasons with the Vikings

CBS Sports - 1d

German Arms Maker Rheinmetall Has Record Sales in ‘Era of Rearmament’

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, the company moved quickly to meet Europe’s growing need for military spending.

The New York Times - 1d

UK social safety net among weakest in rich world, analysis finds

Think-tank report comes as Keir Starmer seeks to convince Labour MPs to back welfare spending cuts

Financial Times - 1d

Naples residents camp outdoors after overnight quake

Many people in and around the Italian city spend the night on the streets and in their cars, fearing aftershocks.

BBC News - 1d

With Medicaid cuts looming, misinformation about immigrants, especially Latinos, spreads

As Republican lawmakers move to cut Medicaid spending, misinformation about immigrants, especially about Latinos, is spreading on social media.

NBC News - 1d

Merz Challenges Germans to Make a Bold Strategic Shift. Will They Do It?

The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is closing fast.

The New York Times - 19h

Under G.O.P., Congress Cedes Power to Trump, Eroding Its Influence

On spending, oversight and other issues, Republican lawmakers have willingly ceded power traditionally reserved for Congress to the Trump White House.

The New York Times - 5h