WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate leaders brokered a long-sought budget agreement Wednesday that would shower the Pentagon and domestic programs with an extra $300 billion over the next two years. But both Democratic liberals and GOP tea party forces swung against the plan, raising questions about its chances just a day before the latest government shutdown…

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1/40 Harvey Weinstein Harry Weinstein’s reputation as one of Hollywood’s leading executives was long cemented in stone. The acclaimed movie mogul, who produced Oscar-winning films Shakespeare in Love, The English Patient, and The Artist, clocked up box office successes and accolades aplenty. But this has quickly changed since a chorus of women have come forward…

It doesn’t look good (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)Official Brexit forecasts have leaked showing grim times ahead for much of the UK. Theresa May’s Brexit ‘war cabinet’ is set to meet again on Thursday against the backdrop of the leaks, which reveal the regions and sectors of the economy which face being hardest-hit by withdrawing from the…

The no-trade, the Cavs’ massive payroll, the idea of spending big on a four-month rental — yeah, good luck finding a deal.

Die böse Überraschung kam kurz vor den Winterferien: „Im Schuljahr 2018/19 schulen wir letztmalig Erstklässler ein“, heißt es in einem Brief, den die Eltern der angesehenen Zehlendorfer Pestalozzi-Schule von ihrer Rektorin bekamen. Bildungsverwaltung und Schulamt hätten entschieden, dass das Förderzentrum für Schüler mit Lernbehinderung sowie die Grundschule „auslaufen“ solle. Sie selbst werde nach den Ferien…

FA Cup: Tottenham 2-0 Newport County highlightsTottenham Hotspur cruised into the fifth round of the FA Cup with a comfortable 2-0 victory over League Two side Newport County at Wembley. Spurs needed a late Harry Kane goal to rescue a 1-1 draw in the first meeting, but never looked in danger in the replay once…

Updated February 08, 2018 12:40:07 Video: Malcolm Turnbull told the Parliament he wanted to « do justice » to survivors (ABC News) Related Story: Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, by the numbers Related Story: A compensation scheme for abuse victims was supposed to be running by now. Why isn’t it? Malcolm Turnbull will…

– Here we are today, Christine. Here’s the story. Josh McDaniels has been Bill Belichick’s right-hand man, his most trusted assistant, and the Colts were going to pry him away. And then yesterday Bob Kraft and the Patriots flipped him. Now, it’s interesting. It’s ironic. Maybe it’s coincidental. Today is the day in America– it’s…

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