Politics
Does the Inflation Reduction Act violate Biden’s $400,000 tax pledge? Expect ‘a different answer depending on who you ask,’ says analyst
Jim Watson | Afp | Getty Images Senate Democrats’ package of climate change, health-care, drug pricing and tax measures unveiled last week has proponents and opponents debating whether the legislation violates a pledge President Joe Biden has made since his presidential campaign, to not raise taxes on households with incomes below $400,000 a year. The answer isn’t […]
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Sunrun could surge 45% if lawmakers approve climate spending boost, Barclays says
Shares of residential solar installer company Sunrun could surge about 45% from here should an ambitious spending package pass, according to Barclays. Solar stocks got a boost last week following an announcement that Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.V., reached a deal on the “Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.” The […]
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Trump-backed Arizona GOP governor hopeful Kari Lake wins primary, NBC projects
Republican candidate for governor Kari Lake speaks at a ‘Save America’ rally by former President Donald Trump in support of Arizona GOP candidates on July 22, 2022 in Prescott Valley, Arizona. Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty Images Former local news anchor Kari Lake will win Arizona’s Republican gubernatorial primary, NBC News projects, […]
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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema signs off on Democrats’ big agenda bill, paving the way for Senate passage
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., leaves her office to walk to the Senate Chambers in the U.S. Capitol Building on August 2, 2022. Lawmakers worked to come to a deal on sweeping Democratic legislation ahead of the August recess. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images News | Getty Images Sen. Kyrsten Sinema signed off on sweeping Democratic legislation Thursday […]
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Biden will keep aircraft carrier group in the South China Sea but postpone missile test
The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) aircraft carrier is seen during a port visit in Hong Kong on October 2, 2017. Anthony Wallace | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will keep an American naval aircraft carrier strike group in the South China Sea longer than originally planned in response to Chinese missile […]
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney rips ‘coward’ Trump in election ad for daughter Liz
Former Vice President Dick Cheney looks on as his daughter Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., takes the oath of office on the House floor on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Former Vice President Dick Cheney assailed ex-President Donald Trump as a “coward” and a prime threat to the […]
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CDC estimates 1.7 million gay and bisexual men face highest risk from monkeypox
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates about 1.7 million men who have sex with men face the biggest threat from monkeypox right now. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky told reporters on a call Thursday that gay and bisexual men who are HIV positive or who are taking medicines, called PREP, to reduce their chance […]
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Trump likely to be criminally charged in DOJ election probe along with other former White House officials, Obama AG Holder says
Former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Paul Morigi | WireImage | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump “probably” will be indicted on criminal charges along with officials in his White House as part of a Justice Department investigation of efforts to reverse the 2020 election results nationally, ex-Attorney General Eric Holder said in an interview […]
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Biden administration will declare monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency in the U.S.
People protest during a rally calling for more government action to combat the spread of monkeypox at Foley Square on July 21, 2022 in New York City. Jeenah Moon | Getty Images The Biden administration will declare monkeypox a public health emergency as the U.S. outbreak has grown into the largest in the world, the […]
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WNBA star Brittney Griner sentenced to nine years in prison by Russian court
US’ Women’s National Basketball Association (NBA) basketball player Brittney Griner, who was detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport and later charged with illegal possession of cannabis, waits for the verdict inside a defendants’ cage before a court hearing in Khimki outside Moscow, on August 4, 2022. Evgenia Novozhenina | AFP | Getty Images WASHINGTON – A Russian […]
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