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The Pens are looking to ride the momentum of two straight overtime wins into a matchup with one of the hottest teams in the NHL.

President Biden and his administration were largely absent from the onerous negotiations on government funding that gripped Capitol Hill this week. Instead, President-elect Trump and his allies were the ones wrestling with lawmakers over a continuing resolution as a government shutdown appeared increasingly inevitable. The White House on Friday blew off a host of questioning...

Republican lawmakers say Congress’s near brush with a government shutdown shows that House Republicans do not have a functional majority, giving them a bad feeling about how difficult it will be to pass President-elect Trump's agenda in 2025. While Republicans in both chambers broadly agree on the need to secure the border and extend Trump’s...

Actress Urmila Sharma, known for her roles in popular TV shows, discusses the benefits of meditation for health and well-being as the UN declares December 21st World Meditation Day. She shares her personal experience with meditation and encourages others to adopt the practice for a calmer, more positive life.

1. Should we all be getting just a little bit worried for Sir Keir Starmer?  The Telegraph
2. Starmer should not be the fall guy for Labour’s failures. This disaster was written by committee  The Guardian
3. Starmer’s honeymoon in office was short-lived – but how does it compare to past PMs?  PoliticsHome
4. Despite a shaky start, Keir Starmer believes time is on his side  The Times
5. Starmer’s bungled reset is fitting way to end 2024  POLITICO Europe

Blonde Bob Dylans, lookalike contests, and a tender reunion with Saoirse Ronan: Timothée Chalamet marches to the beat of his own drum, and we are listening.

There’s nothing worse than wearing a gorgeous pair of new shoes that is, sadly, way too tight. Here’s how to stretch shoes for a better fit.

From cluster rings to lab grown diamonds, step-cut diamonds to coloured stones, Vogue reveals the engagement ring trends of 2025.

How to be the brightest star in the room? Wear something that glitters.

With its stationary long-shots of domestic life, “Family Time” is like the “Paranormal Activity” of dysfunctional-holiday-gathering movies: There’s a sense of spying on people who don’t realize they’re under a microscope. Of course, Tia Kouvo’s debut feature is duly scripted, directed and professionally acted. But her approach is so effectively low-key, you might occasionally forget […]

It’s a weird time for religion in the United States. Christians are on track to become a religious minority in the country within a few decades but also, soon, to wield incredible power in a second Trump administration—thanks not least to a neo-Crusader defense secretary nominee, Christian nationalists likely leading the Office of Management and Budget as well as the House of Representatives, and an array of powerful Christian judges appointed in Trump’s first term whose numbers will only grow in his second. Читать дальше...

With the holidays here, people are searching for last-minute gifts or supplies. And if you are giving out a lot of presents, you might need more than one thing roll of wrapping paper. A Louisiana-based Walmart shopper criticizes the retail giant for the size of wrapping paper rolls in a video with 3.9 million views.

Smart undershirts and AI algorithms will keep astronauts healthy on NASA's planned Gateway moon-orbiting space station.

Kate Scott will be the lead presenter for the DAZN broadcast of Tyson Fury's rematch with Oleksandr Usyk, with the 43-year-old now a well-known face in the boxing world

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis plans to appeal a court ruling removing her office from prosecuting Donald Trump. But this case is likely over.

Donald Trump sent a shockwave through the polling industry by suing pollster Ann Selzer and the Des Moines Register for her Iowa poll before the 2024 election.

Elon Musk threw a carefully crafted spending bill into chaos, threatening a government shutdown and showing where the power now lies.

Oleksandr Usyk and Tyson Fury had an instant classic in their first meeting this past May. | Photo by Richard Pelham/Getty Images

The Oleksandr Usyk vs. Tyson Fury full fight video showcases the instant classic between Oleksander Usyk and Tyson Fury this past May.

As Starbucks workers across the country prepare to strike, one barista explains what brought the union to this point.

Her number one retirement tip? Don’t tell Alex Morgan she’s retired.

Alex Morgan doesn’t like the word retirement. “I’ve been saying ‘post-playing career,’” she said, “because retirement makes it sound like I’m old. It’s definitely more of a transition.”

The entrepreneur and investor has been a driving force in the push to get consumers and businesses alike interested in artificial intelligence.

The relationship at the heart of a new erotic thriller, starring Nicole Kidman, doesn't explode power struggles; it exists within them.

Xiao Gongqin thought that, in moments of flux, a strongman could build a bridge to democracy. Now he’s not so sure.

Jonathan Sutherland travels to Naples to speak to Scott McTominay and Billy Gilmour.