Budget Deal: Republican congressional leaders and President Obama have reached a tentative two-year budget agreement that would increase spending, trim some major social programs, and raise the federal borrowing limit. If it succeeds, it represents compromise and a break in …

World: Russian submarines and spy ships have been lurking near the undersea cables that carry world Internet traffic, making the US worry that Russia would attack fiber-optic lines in a time of outright conflict. The NY Times reports that the …