Congress faces a tight deadline to pass a short term spending bill and avoid a shutdown. Also Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell faces questions about his health following a second public episode.
Read more ...The man who fell ill is expected to arrive in Australia next week. Until then, he will be cared for in an icebreaker's specially equipped medical facility.
Read more ...Biden tests negative again for COVID after the first lady tests positive National News
The president tested negative again today for the virus the White House said, the day after the first lady tested positive. The White House says he'll wear a mask indoors when he's around others.
Read more ...Ernest Hemingway survived 2 plane crashes. His letter from it just sold for $237,055 National News
The novelist and his wife survived successive crashes in Uganda in 1954. In the letter, Hemingway also describes shooting his first lion in Kenya with an old gun "held together with tape."
Read more ...Turkey has failed to persuade Russia to rejoin the Ukraine grain deal National News
In talks in Sochi, Russia, President Vladimir Putin rejected efforts by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to revive a United Nations-backed deal to allow the safe passage of grain from Ukraine.
Read more ...A Gabon military coup leader is sworn in as interim president, promising elections National News
Gen. Brice Oligui Nguema, leader of a coup in Gabon last week, has been sworn in as interim president, while the deposed former president remains detained at his residence.
Read more ...Up First briefing: A Labor Day look at union fights, wins and close calls National News
It's Labor Day in the U.S. Striking writers and actors have brought Hollywood to a standstill. There's widespread support for unions, especially among Gen Z, yet membership is at an all-time low.
Read more ...More small airports are being cut off from the air travel network. This is why National News
The pilot shortage and changing economics are to blame for legacy airlines departing regional airports
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