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Asia-focused private hospital group Ramsay Sime Darby Health Care plans to solicit takeover bids from a shortlist of five suitors next month that includes a TPG-led consortium and Macquarie Group, people familiar with the deal said.

Senate unanimously passes resolution to reinstate formal dress code after Sen. John Fetterman controversy  Fox News Senate unanimously passes vote to reinstate formal dress code  TODAY The Best and Worst Dressed Senators – WSJ  The Wall Street Journal Senate ends John Fetterman dress

The recommendation came Thursday in a report from a three-member majority of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Board, an independent agency within the executive branch.

From Sunday, workers at the main United States base in Antarctica will no longer be able to walk into a bar and order a beer, after the federal agency overseeing the research program decided to stop serving alcohol.

From Sunday, workers at the main United States base in Antarctica will no longer be able to walk into a bar and order a beer, after the federal agency overseeing the research program decided to stop serving alcohol.

White House Staff Told to Brace for Furloughs as Shutdown Nears  Bloomberg

A federal appeals court blocked the redrawing of Louisiana’s congressional map after a lower court found the redistricting plan likely violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting Black voters’ power. (Image credit: Gerald Herbert/AP)

US government shutdown: Kevin McCarthy scrambling for last-minute deal  BBC How a government shutdown could cause chaos at airports  CBS News U.S. government starts notifying federal employees a shutdown may be imminent  The Washington Post The DC establishment wants government shutdowns  The Hill Opinion

Fact check: Republicans make false, misleading claims at first Biden impeachment inquiry hearing  CNN Biden impeachment: Live updates as House Republicans hold first open hearing  Yahoo News Rep. Raskin Makes Motion to Subpoena Rudy Giuliani & Lev Parnas, Does Not Pass  C-SPAN Biden

Six female migrants trapped inside a refrigerated food truck were rescued by French police after one of the women made a distress call to a reporter, the BBC and French authorities said Thursday. The women — four Vietnamese and two