President Joe Biden talked up his bipartisan infrastructure package and additional plans for investing in families and education during a visit Saturday to a Michigan cherry farm. (July 3)
Days after walking back a puzzling statement from President Joe Biden on the infrastructure state of play, the White House is pressuring Congress to send both a bipartisan proposal and a sweeping reconciliation package, in tandem, to the Oval Office.
Senior White House officials are holding "informal discussions" with outside experts and congressional officials on how to split off a second, targeted bipartisan package from a larger reconciliation package expected to contain the remainder of President Joe Biden's infrastructure proposals, multiple individuals involved in the talks tell the Washington Examiner.
President Joe Biden stayed mum on policy during a Saturday trip to Michigan, focusing instead on cherries — and cherry pie and cherry ice cream — and voters who were mask-free as coronavirus restrictions have eased. Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer greeted Biden when he arrived midday in Traverse City, which is hosting the National Cherry Festival, an event that attracted Presidents Herbert Hoover and Gerald Ford in the past.
Much of central and eastern Texas has seen copious amounts of rain over the last several weeks. Rain is likely to fall farther west in the Lone Star State this week, but it may be too much of a good thing. A few downpours are likely to start the week on Monday in south-central Texas, South Texas and northern Mexico, due to very moist air to the south of a cold front. This front is expected to fall apart by Tuesday. However, that will not spell an end to the rain. In fact, it is likely to be just
Congressman André Carson of Indiana says he hopes Congress will hold "a series of hearings, and possibly a public hearing, in the very near future."
Mazepin, who has yet to score any championship points with backmarkers Haas, now has five penalty points from his nine races. If a driver accumulates 12 penalty points in a 12 month period he must serve a one-race ban. Williams driver Latifi now has six.
England is going back home — with something to play for. Harry Kane scored twice and England overwhelmed Ukraine 4-0 Saturday to reach the European Championship semifinals. It was the only match of Euro 2020 that England had to play away from Wembley Stadium and it was the team’s most dominant performance of the tournament.
Saka sat out the 4-0 win over Ukraine on Saturday.
The NFL knows the truth. The NFL continues to decline to provide it. The aftermath of Thursday’s news regarding the investigation into the Washington Football Team included a claim from Mark Maske of the Washington Post that WFT owner Daniel Snyder’s supposedly voluntary decision to step away from the day-to-day operations of the team can’t [more]
Shares were mixed Monday in Asia in quiet trading, with U.S. markets set to be closed for observance of Independence Day.
FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Three major European truck manufacturers - Daimler Trucks, AB Volvo and Traton - said on Monday they plan to form a joint venture (JV) to develop an electric battery-charging network for long-haul trucks and buses. Charging infrastructure expansion has been a central hurdle to the mass adoption of battery-powered vehicles, with the lack of expansion fuelling so-called range anxiety, the fear of not having enough charging spots to make the trip.
What grocery stores are open July Fourth 2021? Albertsons, Kroger, Walmart, Aldi, Publix, Whole Foods are open, but Costco Wholesale clubs are closed.
Amazon is posting huge growth across all of its businesses, but the company’s stock has been stuck in a rut for nearly a year.
Wimbledon's traditional Middle Sunday of rest will disappear in 2022, as will the Manic Monday that follows it. For one last time, the oldest Grand Slam tournament was quiet as Week 1 of this year's edition ended. "I think I will miss it, to be honest," 2018 champion Angelique Kerber said.
U.S. President Joe Biden weighed in on the suspension of sprinter Sha'Carri Richardson over marijuana use, saying Saturday "the rules are the rules." The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) confirmed Richardson's suspension on Friday after the sprinter known for brightly-colored hair and record-breaking speed tested positive for cannabis during her 100 meter U.S. trials in June. The women's 100 meter event at the Tokyo Olympics starts on July 30, two days after Richardson’s ban ends but the adverse finding means her Olympic qualifying results at the trials, which offer automatic places to the first three qualified athletes in each event, are annulled.
HONG KONG (Reuters) -Shares of Hong Kong beverage maker Vitasoy tumbled 12% on Monday after a worker sent around a memo offering condolences to the family of a colleague who stabbed a Hong Kong policeman, prompting social media users in China to call for a boycott of the company. Vitasoy said in a statement on social media platform Weibo on Saturday that a staff member had circulated an internal memo that was widely shared online, describing it as "extremely inappropriate" and without authorisation. The employee's memo offered condolences to the family of a 50-year-old Vitasoy worker who had stabbed a police officer, 28, and then killed himself on Thursday, the anniversary of the former British colony's return to Chinese rule.
Rescuers continue search for 121 people believed to be trapped under the fallen wing of the Champlain Towers South.
OTTAWA (Reuters) -Hong Kongers in Canada are banding together to help the latest wave of immigrants fleeing Beijing's tightening grip on their city. Networks across the country, some descended from groups set up after China's crackdown on Tiananmen Square protesters in 1989, are offering new arrivals everything from jobs and accommodation to legal and mental health services and even car rides to the grocery store. Ho runs a cooking school near Toronto, and said he hired a former aide to a Hong Kong democratic politician to promote his business online, and recently took on a new kitchen assistant who took part in the city's 2019 pro-democracy protests.
Months after his presidency ended, Trump has publicly entertained the idea of becoming House Speaker.
The rally in shares of Levi Strauss (NYSE: LEVI) will be tested in just a few days. Let's take a closer look at what investors are hoping to hear from Levi to confirm their brightening view of the stock. All indications are that Levi will announce some head-turning growth numbers this week, and not just when compared to the pandemic-depressed period a year ago.
