This morning's top headlines: Saturday, Jan. 14 Business AP UK to supply tanks to Ukraine as Russian missiles hit Kyiv Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says the U.K. will provide Challenger 2 tanks and other artillery systems to support Ukraine. Sunak’s Downing Street office said in a statement Saturday that he made the pledge after speaking to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Saturday. Ukraine has for months sought to be supplied with heavier tanks including the U.S.
National AP High court takes 8 new cases, 1 about a religious mailman The Supreme Court is adding eight new arguments to its calendar. One of them is about a religious former postal employee who resigned when he was forced to work Sundays. the justices will consider what accommodations employers must make for religious employees. The case comes when religious plaintiffs have generally fared well at the court, which is dominated 6-3 by conservative justices.
National News Yellen tells Congress US expected to hit debt limit Thursday Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen notified Congress on Friday that the U.S. is projected to reach its debt limit on Thursday and will then resort to"extraordinary measures" to avoid default.