Congress passes 886 billion defense policy bill Biden to sign into law Reuters

U.S. authorities scrambled jet fighters to pursue a light aircraft that violated airspace in the Washington D.C. area and later crashed into mountainous terrain in southwest Virginia, U.S. officials said.

Democrats would have to win 19 of the remaining uncalled races to take a House majority and maintain a toehold on power in Washington.

Russia calls pilot killed in Spain after defecting to Ukraine a "moral corpse" - Reuters