The White House and congressional Republicans on Friday aim to put the final touches on a deal to raise the U.S. government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling for two years while capping spending on everything but military and veterans, according to a U.S. official.
- WorldRussian attack on Ukrainian clinic kills two and wounds 30, Kyiv says
A Russian missile hit a clinic in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Friday, killing two people and wounding 30 in an attack that President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called a crime against humanity.
- WorldAnalysis: NATO struggles in the shadows to find new leader
The race to be the next NATO boss is heating up. But it is a race run largely in the dark, with no sign of a winner yet.
- SportsBritish cycling federation bars transgender women from competing in female category
British Cycling became the latest sports governing body to ban transgender women from competing in the female category of competitive events on Friday, to "safeguard the fairness" of the sport.




