#Wagner founder scores bloody political victory in Bakhmut 

#Wagner founder scores bloody political victory in Bakhmut 

The months-long siege of Bakhmut may have been a costly battlefield victory for the Wagner Group, but the private military company’s founder, Yevgeny Prigozhin, scored a major political win by capturing the city.  The Wagner Group is now responsible for Russia’s only two significant victories since last summer, having taken Bakhmut last weekend and the…

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#Debt deal text released as leaders corral votes 

#Debt deal text released as leaders corral votes 

Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) released text of the bill to raise the debt limit on Sunday evening as Democratic and Republican leaders work to corral support ahead of this week’s vote. The bill — which spans 99 pages — raises the debt limit for two years, strengthens work requirements on federal public assistance programs and rescinds…

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#Here’s what’s in the deal to raise the debt ceiling

#Here’s what’s in the deal to raise the debt ceiling

Negotiators for President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) struck an agreement late Saturday on government spending that will raise the debt ceiling and avert a looming default. The deal, which must still make its way through the House and Senate in the coming days, came together after days of intense negotiations to resolve disagreements…

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#DeSantis image suffers dent after rocky Twitter launch

#DeSantis image suffers dent after rocky Twitter launch

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s faulty 2024 launch has raised the question of whether he’s really the Republican best equipped to take on former President Trump in the primary. DeSantis announced his presidential campaign on Twitter Spaces on Wednesday alongside Elon Musk, but the event was disrupted by technical glitches and largely mocked by critics afterward….

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