Schumer forcing procedural vote on compromise infrastructure plan, putting bipartisan bill at risk
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is forcing a procedural vote on the yet-to-be-completed bipartisan infrastructure bill Wednesday afternoon, potentially risking a setback in negotiations if Republicans follow through on their threats to vote against a bill “that doesn’t exist yet.”
Biden Names Tech Foe Jonathan Kanter as DOJ Antitrust Chief
President Joe Biden plans to nominate Jonathan Kanter as head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division, the White House said Tuesday, the latest sign that the administration is preparing a broad crackdown on large technology companies. Kanter, 47, who left one of the…
Milwaukee Bucks Win NBA Title, End 50-Year Drought
Giannis Antetokounmpo had the Larry O’Brien Trophy in one arm, the NBA Finals MVP trophy in the other, and there was a cigar on the table in front of him. All the work it took to lift the Milwaukee Bucks…
Germans Question Handling of Floods as Hopes of Finding Survivors Fade
A relief official said on Wednesday rescue crews were unlikely to find any more survivors in the rubble of villages devastated by floods in western Germany, and a new poll showed many Germans felt…
Australia’s Brisbane Named Host of 2032 Summer Olympic Games
The Australian city of Brisbane will host the 2032 summer Olympics, after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved the recommendation of its executive board…
Conservative PAC supporting female candidates endorses Hartzler in Missouri Senate GOP primary
Maggie’s List, a leading outside group that’s dedicated to electing conservative women, has endorsed Rep. Vicky Hartzler in the 2022 Republican Senate primary in Missouri in the race to succeed retiring GOP Sen. Roy Blunt.
Milwaukee Bucks Win NBA Title, End 50-Year Drought
Giannis Antetokounmpo had the Larry O’Brien Trophy in one arm, the NBA Finals MVP trophy in the other, and there was a cigar on the table in front of him. All the work it took to lift the Milwaukee Bucks…
Texas Democrats in DC is a ‘super-spreader,’ doctor says Psaki ‘refusing to acknowledge a medical reality’
They came to fight a Republican-backed voting bill. Now the group of renegade Texas Democrats is fighting COVID-19.
Free Britney Spears movement hits Congress with new legislation to end abusive conservatorships
The “Free Britney” movement has reached the halls of Congress with a bipartisan pair of lawmakers introducing new legislation this week to protect the rights of the roughly 1.3 million Americans under conservatorship, including pop star Britney Spears.
Russia unveils new ‘Checkmate’ stealth fighter jet at air show
Russian President Vladimir Putin inspected the country’s newly unveiled “Checkmate” warplane on Tuesday.