Biden, McCarthy have tentative US debt ceiling deal - sources  —  U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy have reached a tentative deal to raise the federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, ending a months-long stalemate, two sources familiar with the negotiations said on Saturday.

Texas AG Ken Paxton impeached, suspended from duties pending outcome of Senate trial  —  In a stunning and unprecedented rebuke, the Texas House impeached the state's top attorney.  The Republican has been mired in scandals and criminal investigations for most of his tenure.

Pastor at Christian college arrested for letting his ‘spiritual mentor’ sexually abuse young boys  —  Police in Waco, Texas, arrested the former pastor at Baylor University on charges that he allowed a sex offender he called his “spiritual mentor” to sexually abuse two young relatives, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported.

Ukraine war: Russian Ambassador Andrei Kelin issues warning of escalation in Ukraine  —  Russia has warned Western supplies of weapons to Ukraine risk escalating the war to levels not seen so far.  —  Andrei Kelin, Russia's ambassador to the UK, told the BBC his country had “enormous resources” and it was yet to “act very seriously”.

Leading sanitary products brand is accused of ‘erasing’ girls in a new guide to periods by referring to them as ‘bodies with female sex organs’  — Guidance from Always has faced charges it was attempting to ‘erase’ women  — Puberty pamphlets do not mention ‘boys’ or ‘girls’ but use ‘people’ or ‘person’

AOC calls to ‘eliminate the debt limit’ at chaos-filled town hall  —  AOC said the debt limit should be eliminated because of the ‘Constitutional reasons’  —  Democratic socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said during a town hall on Friday night that the debt limit should be eliminated because of the Constitution.

Cleveland 19 News receives bomb threat against 5 Targets as stores face LGBTQ+ controversy  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Cleveland 19 News received a bomb threat Friday afternoon against five Target stores in the area.  —  The threat, received at 12:26 p.m. via email, centered around Target's LGBTQ+ merchandise.