    LATROBE, Pennsylvania — Weeks before the election last year, Jason Zugai, the vice president of United Steelworkers Local 2227, pulled then-U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick aside at a Donald Trump rally here in Westmoreland County and asked him to meet with him and the local union regarding the then-proposed deal between...
Senate Republicans are racing to pass a budget bill that is pivotal to President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda ahead of a self-imposed 4 July deadline. Party leadership have been twisting arms for an initial vote on the “Big Beautiful Bill” by Saturday afternoon, following the release of its latest version – all 940 pages –...
This is too awful to check…but I had to after I saw it on a friend’s X feed when I fired up the ‘puter this morning. So split the vote between Cuomo and Adams and let the terrorist sympathizer WIN! WEEEE! — tree hugging s*ster 🎃 (@WelbornBeege) June 27, 2025 VURT DA FURK?! Not 48...
At the end of last month Mayor Lurie proposed a new budget for the city of San Francisco. It came in just under $16 billion dollars. That included a bunch of cuts to try to eliminate a projected deficit of $782 million. One way to cut those funds is to cut back on city jobs....
Ana Faguy BBC News, Washington DC Getty Images Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough may not be a household name, but the so-called referee of the Senate has found herself at the centre of a firestorm after she objected to several parts of US President Donald Trump’s mega-sized tax bill. The 1,000-page document, which he’s dubbed the...
Sippy Films Sholay featured an all-star cast led by Amitabh Bachchan (right) and Dharmendra (left) Fifty years after it first exploded on Indian screens, Sholay (Embers) – arguably the most iconic Hindi film ever made – is making a spectacular return. In a landmark event for film lovers, the fully restored, uncut version of Ramesh...
Elizabeth Butler goes from one supermarket to the next in her hometown of Martinsburg, West Virginia, to ensure she gets the best price on each item on her grocery list. Along with 42 million Americans, she pays for those groceries with federal food subsides. That cash doesn’t cover the whole bill for her family of...
Paul Kirby Europe digital editor JOHN THYS/AFP The US president (L) has been pushing for Nato allies to “equalise” their defence spending for some time Nato leaders are meeting in The Hague to decide on ramping up defence spending to 5% of their countries’ economic output, following months of pressure from US President Donald Trump....
Somerset’s seamers opened up superbly after Warwickshire resumed on the third morning on 158-1. Matt Henry bottled up his fellow Kiwi Latham with a sequence of maidens before, still to add to his overnight score, he drove at one that nipped away and edged to wicketkeeper James Rew. Five overs and just six runs later,...
There is nothing inherently irrational about opposing the airstrike on Iran. I think the people who do are wrong, and that many who are angry about Trump’s actions are only angry because it was Trump who took them. But there is an isolationist strain in American politics, and hence, there are some politicians whose opposition...
It’s good to be the queen, and when you are one who’s been appointed by a different king, you see things (D)ifferently. The Senate Parliamentarian is a lady and a lawyer named Elizabeth MacDonough. She’s been in the Parliamentarian’s office since 1999, so she has seen a lot of sturm und drang in her tenure....
Ben Duckett’s 50 off 68 balls helps England move to 105-1 in reply to India’s first innings score of 471 on day two of the first Test at Headingley. Read full article at source...
“Globalize the Intifada,” “decolonize,” and “defund the police” don’t really mean what you think they do, right? Well, neither does “Death to America.” It really is something of a love letter to America, at least according to MSNBC. MSNBC is now trying to convince their dwindling audience that just because Iranians chant “death to America”...
Eleanor Doyle & Riyah Collins BBC Newsbeat Louis Browne Stormzy says his first acting role was a challenge he was honoured to be part of Stormzy says playing a rapper in his first lead role made it hard to separate himself for the part. Big Mike stars as Tenzman in Big Man – the first...
Somerset, victors in each of their first five Blast games before Sunday, last won the competition in 2023, but have also been runners-up twice in the past four seasons. “It is always a difficult place because they’re always at the top or close to winning this competition, so for us to win [there] is a...