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A suicide bomber detonated an explosive device in the heart of the Turkish capital, Ankara, on Sunday, while a second assailant was killed in a shootout with police, the interior minister said.

Defense minister’s office says he and Lloyd Austin will ‘discuss developing security challenges and opportunities in the Mideast,’ in their third face-to-face meeting

California regulators are likely to significantly restrict the number of power lines the company can bury in the coming years in favor of other ways to reduce fire risk.

Biden urges Republicans to keep their word on government funding and Ukraine aid  CNN Ukraine aid dropped from bill to avert government shutdown  CBS News Ukraine Aid Falls by Wayside as Congress Passes Spending Bill  Yahoo News Opinion | Spider Boots, Boxers, Hoverboards:

Trump floats plan to attend New York trial on business fraud  POLITICO ‘Fantasy world’: Donald Trump faces New York trial Monday for damages after judge finds fraud in real estate empire  USA TODAY Donald Trump fraud ruling could spell doom for his

Congress Narrowly Averts Shutdown and Passes Stopgap Bill  The New York Times Congress passes bill to avoid shutdown  Reuters House adopts ‘clean’ stopgap funding bill possibly averting shutdown  Fox News Why Republicans would have lost the government shutdown fight  The Hill In tying government

McCarthy says “I’ll survive” after Gaetz says effort is underway to oust him as speaker  CBS News Matt Gaetz says he will attempt to boot McCarthy from speakership  USA TODAY Matt Gaetz says he will seek to oust McCarthy as speaker this

Conflicting reports on whether couple will arrive later Sunday evening or Monday; anti-overhaul activists say they are ‘ready for any scenario’

House Democrats averted shutdown amid GOP’s ‘brinkmanship,’ Biden’s budget director says  ABC News Government shutdown averted with little time to spare as Biden signs funding before midnight  WHAS11 Biden comms director on possible shutdown: Another ‘manufactured crisis’ by ‘the MAGA wing’  The Hill

Kevin McCarthy shrugs off Matt Gaetz seeking to oust him as speaker  NBC News House GOP members seek to expel Gaetz amid renewed threat to vacate House Speaker McCarthy  Fox News Matt Gaetz says he will seek to oust McCarthy as speaker