Hints and tips:
...Asked whether Scalise could win the vote on the floor, Montana Republican Ryan Zinke replied, “God willing.”...
...“We’ve now 86’d McConnell, McCarthy McDaniel....
...“President Xi . . . and I agreed that either one of us could pick up the phone, call directly, and we’d be heard immediately.” Xi was equally conciliatory in tone....
...I think it was Paul Ryan, McCarthy’s Republican predecessor, who started the trend of jettisoning the Washington apartment in favour of sleeping in his Capitol Hill office....
...advantage in batteries is not the result of one breakthrough, but the accumulation of a series of competitive strengths it has built up over two decades in access to resources, sustained investment in R&D...
...“It’d be one heck of a mess.”...
...[MUSIC PLAYING] Marc FilippinoThe UN secretary-general had some harsh words for Israel yesterday....
...Zhanna Leshchynska, charge d’affaires of Ukraine’s embassy in Beijing, ruled out a ceasefire that would freeze the conflict along the present front line....
...Kevin McCarthy’s demise last week was a symptom of a growing disenchantment with funding Ukraine — and rising Republican sympathy for Vladimir Putin....
...“The plateau is on the horizon,” Ryan Lance, chief executive of ConocoPhillips, told conference delegates....
...Elsewhere, it’s thin gruel for earnings news, as you’d expect in the run-up to a long weekend holiday....
...With House of Representatives speaker Kevin McCarthy heading to Taiwan soon, one might wonder if that island nation will be the next Cuba....
...Marc FilippinoDemocratic president Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are planning to meet this week to work out a deal....
...Norm, I'd like your thoughts on that, whether DeSantis has got the mojo....
...They’d just been awarded a $1.7bn payout as profits boomed at the Swiss-based commodities group during the energy crisis. But something disastrous was brewing in the background....
...Given the importance we thought we’d republish large parts of it below. When will Treasury exhaust all measures to avoid a technical default?...
...“France has always made it clear that it does not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, and this includes Côte d’Ivoire,” she said. The Elysée declined to comment on Mr Thiam....
...I never thought I’d say that,” said DUP voter Ryan Ferguson, 28, an unemployed man out walking his dog and shopping in Derriaghy near Belfast. “The DUP are stuffed.”...
...“For example we’d want to share discoveries about new Covid variants with our Russian counterparts, and we will continue to exchange meteorological data,” said Grimes....
...Her mother worked for a time as a secretary at the school as well as being a holistic practitioner. There was always music around. She learned piano and sang in the choir....
...Last month, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testified before the House Financial Services Committee about this....
...It even got too nasty for Paul Ryan....
...Needham and D. Hotson. Charlie Bean: Few downturns are exactly alike....
...“[If you’re Biden] you want to be an inclusive president,” said Mr D’Alessandro. “That’s probably a noble goal....
...On Friday, the civilian and military heads of the army, Secretary Ryan McCarthy and General James McConville, issued a joint statement that there was “no role for the US military in determining the outcome...
International Edition