Ministers to cap firms’ energy bills amid calls for longer-term support
Read More Jacob Rees-Mogg is expected to announce a cap on energy prices for businesses that would cut the rates they pay by up to half this winter. The business secretary will outline support on Wednesday for companies, charities and public sector organisations for six months from 1 October, after Liz Truss said they would […]
Katie Porter received royalties from books she required students to purchase during tenure as a law professor
Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! California Democratic Rep. Katie Porter — a former law professor who was paid more than $285,000 one year during her time at the University of California, Irvine — earned thousands of dollars in royalty fees from law school textbooks that she required her own students […]
Senate Intel Committee urges reform of intelligence agencies to counter threats from US adversaries
Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new Senate report warns that U.S. adversaries are becoming more sophisticated in their ability to steal secrets and says U.S. counterintelligence must enact robust reforms to better meet this challenge. The redacted report, from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, was released Tuesday after […]
Republican National Committee tops Democratic rival in August fundraising battle
Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! FIRST ON FOX: The Republican National Committee out raised the rival Democratic National Committee in August, as the two major party organizations raced to bring in campaign cash to spend during the final weeks of the 2022 midterm election cycle. The RNC brought in $17.2 […]
Pregnancy centers blast Liz Warren’s ‘naked politics’ for suggestion they work with ‘abortion bounty hunters’
Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic senators who say they are concerned about the privacy of people who visit crisis pregnancy centers are engaging in a “stunt designed to appease Big Abortion power brokers,” according to a major pro-life pregnancy help organization. Jor-El Godsey, president of Heartbeat International, said in […]
Belgian bishops propose prayers for same-sex couples but not marriage
Belgian bishops on Tuesday published a proposed text for a prayer liturgy for same-sex couples that includes prayers, Scriptural readings and expressions of commitment, despite a 2021 Vatican directive barring church blessings for gay couples. The Flemish-speaking bishops stressed that the “moment of prayer” was by no means akin to a sacramental marriage, which Catholic […]
US destroyer and Canadian frigate transit Taiwan Strait amid tensions with China
A United States Navy destroyer and a Canadian frigate sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday amid escalating tensions with China. The warships’ “routine” transit took them through a corridor that is beyond the territorial waters of any country, according to the US Navy. It’s the second time that US warships have passed through the […]
Mexicans feel anxiety after hit with third earthquake on a Sept. 19
As the parents of children killed when a school collapsed during Mexico’s 2017 earthquake celebrated a Mass in their memory, the ground began to shake again. “No, not again! My God, not again!” they shouted when a magnitude 7.6 earthquake rattled the capital Monday, killing two people in the Pacific coast state of Colima. Three […]
Four occupied Ukraine regions plan imminent ‘votes’ on joining Russia
Read More Four Russian-occupied regions in Ukraine have said they are planning to hold “referendums” on joining the Russian Federation in a series of coordinated announcements that could indicate the Kremlin has made a decision to formally annex the territories. Moscow may be betting that a formal annexation would help halt Russian territorial losses, after […]
Schumer, Manchin insist on energy permitting vote as opposition mounts
Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin on Tuesday insisted that language to speed up the approval of energy projects must be included in a bill to fund the federal government by the end of September, even as bipartisan opposition threatened to kill […]