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Debt ceiling tests Speaker McCarthy as he rides breezily through high-wire act of his career 05/28/2023 09:09pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — One morning during the debt ceiling crisis, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy climbed onto his mountain bike and took a ride along the National Mall, marveling at the monuments. The next day he arrived for negotiations at the Capitol carting in tortilla chips and queso for the beleagu What's next on the debt ceiling: Selling the plan and making a deal into a law 05/28/2023 02:13pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — After weeks of negotiations, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have announced an “ agreement in principle ” to raise the nation’s debt ceiling and avoid a potentially catastrophic default. The agreement includes spending cuts demanded by Republicans, but Jonathan India homers twice as Cincinnati Reds beat Chicago Cubs 8-5 05/27/2023 11:24pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Jonathan India homered twice and drove in five runs, helping the Cincinnati Reds beat the struggling Chicago Cubs 8-5 on Saturday night. TJ Friedl and rookie Matt McLain each had two hits and scored two runs as Cincinnati won for the fourth time in six games. Tyler Stephenson also h Biden, GOP reach tentative deal to raise debt ceiling, avoid calamitous US default 05/27/2023 11:06pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an “agreement in principle” to raise the nation's legal debt ceiling late Saturday as they raced to strike a deal to limit federal spending and avert a potentially disastrous U.S. default. However, the agreement ri Biden says debt deal 'very close' with default deadline now set at June 5 05/26/2023 10:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said a deal to resolve the government's debt ceiling crisis seemed “very close” late Friday, even as the deadline for a potentially catastrophic default was pushed back to June 5 and seemed likely to drag negotiations between the White House and Republican Supercross, motocross collaboration allows SuperMotorcross to take off 05/26/2023 03:54pm • Justin Barcia landed hard off a jump during the supercross Nashville race, breaking two ribs, his collarbone and right shoulder. Any other year, his title aspirations would be shot. The crash ended his Supercross season with two races left and the recovery time from collarbone surgery meant he woul Pakistan to try 33 supporters of former Premier Imran Khan in military courts over recent violence 05/26/2023 03:02pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government said Friday that 17 more supporters of Imran Khan would be tried in military courts over recent anti-government violence, bringing the overall number of followers of the former prime minister facing military tribunals so far to 33. The development comes am Hyundai and LG announce $4.3 billion plant in Georgia to build batteries for electric vehicles 05/26/2023 11:58am • ATLANTA (AP) — Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution announced Thursday they will build a $4.3 billion electric battery plant as part of Hyundai's new electric vehicle assembly plant in southeast Georgia. The companies will split the investment, starting production as soon as late 2025. Hyun Maryland prison staffer, 14 others face charges tied to contraband smuggling in Hagerstown 05/26/2023 07:01am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced the indictment of more than a dozen people in connection with contraband smuggling opera Police in northern Peru port seize cocaine packets with Nazi flag printed on the outside 05/26/2023 12:08am • LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian anti-drug police seized 58 one-kilo packages of cocaine Thursday bearing a picture of a Nazi flag on the outside and the name Hitler printed in low relief. The discovery occurred in the port of Paita, on Peru's northern Pacific coast close to its border with Ecuador. Th 'NFL Sunday Ticket' will continue to be available to DirecTV for Business customers 05/25/2023 11:44pm • EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The NFL's “Sunday Ticket” package will continue to be available to restaurants, bars, hotels and other businesses that have DirecTV for Business. DirecTV reached a multiyear agreement with EverPass Media on Thursday to provide the package of out-of-market Sunday af Anniversary of George Floyd's killing: Changes were made, but short of 'reckoning' on racial justice 05/25/2023 10:16pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, and the fervent protests that erupted around the world, looked to many observers like the catalyst needed for a nationwide reckoning on racism in policing. For more than nine minutes, a white officer pressed his knee Debt ceiling talks teeter on the brink, as lawmakers leave town for weekend without a deal 05/25/2023 08:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans pushed debt ceiling talks to the brink Thursday, displaying risky political bravado in leaving town for the holiday weekend just days before the U.S. could face an unprecedented default hurling the global economy into chaos. At the Capitol, Speaker Kevin McCarth Profile Diet Plan: A Comprehensive Guide 05/25/2023 08:00pm • The Profile Plan -- previously known as Profile by Sanford -- is a diet and lifestyle change program that focuses on nutrition, activity and behavioral components to promote health and weight loss. It's best known for its one-on-one health coaching. Physicians and researchers at Sioux Falls, South D Icahn Enterprises continues to tumble following Hindenburg short report, Bill Ackman's responses 05/25/2023 04:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The business empire of corporate raider and activist investor Carl Icahn continues to tumble amid the fallout following a recent report from short-selling firm Hindenburg Research — and losses are accelerating as a longtime rival echoes the firm's allegations. In the report, pu