The partnership between Hill and Ahmed, not out overnight on 29 and 26 respectively, was all the more admirable for the bowler-friendly conditions at the start of play after overnight rain and with heavy cloud cover. The two right-handers faced a real battle for the first hour, with Lancashire seamers Tom Bailey and George Balderson...
Sean Coughlan Royal correspondent Reuters The King is visiting Canada after President Trump said it should be part of the US “This is a big deal for the King to do this,” says Jeremy Kinsman, former Canadian high commissioner to the UK, as King Charles prepares for a historic visit showing support for Canada, which...
First, I have to say I was really surprised to see Fox’s senior congressional correspondent Chad Pergram tweeting a little after five o’clock in the morning, that the House was just voting on the budget bill. Surely, I thought, this is a holdover from last night. But no. At the time, it said the Xweet...
I think the “Big Beautiful Bill” is a disgrace. It’s not that there is nothing that is good in it–there is much that is. It’s just that it doesn’t address the most pressing issues. It is the legislative equivalent of only ever serving your kids candy and Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. They’ll be happy in...
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House Republicans have passed a sweeping multi-trillion dollar tax breaks package, a narrow victory for President Donald Trump and House Speaker Mike Johnson after weeks of negotiations with conservative hold-outs. Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” passed with a vote of 215 votes to 214, with two Republicans joining Democrats to oppose it and one voting present....
What’s been the biggest surprise since the start of the year? Speaker Mike Johnson’s winning streak in the House has to be near the top, if not at the very top. Despite having one of the narrowest majorities in congressional history and perhaps the most fractious caucus ever, Johnson keeps piling up wins. With the...
The brief videos posted by a group called Seniors 4 Better Care to YouTube look just like the political ads that take over the airwaves during campaign season. The voiceover in one breezy video claims without context that former President Joe Biden “broke” Medicare, the popular government insurance program for seniors, and that only President...
The CBO has estimated at least 15 million people would lose health care coverage due to the bill’s cuts to Medicaid. Republicans’ marquee reconciliation bill would redistribute wealth from the poorest to the richest Americans over the next decade, new estimates from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) show. An analysis of the bill, dubbed by...
I wrote about this topic last week based on a couple articles I’d read about how the use of AI by high school and college students has changed things. Students no longer have to work hard or even at all to complete major assignments in classes like English, History, etc. Anyone who has a computer...
Demand Progress on Monday led over 140 organizations “committed to protecting civil rights, promoting consumer protections, and fostering responsible innovation” in a letter opposing U.S. House Republicans’ inclusion of legislation that would ban state and local laws regulating artificial intelligence in a megabill advanced by the Budget Committee late Sunday. Section 43201(c) — added by...
Yet is it realistic to fight with Chelsea? There was a lot of talk about the Champions League but United’s path to the lucrative main draw is fraught with hazards for Skinner’s side. Firstly, they must come through a semi-final and final just to make it through the second qualifying round. Inter Milan and Roma...
Matthew Waite’s career best figures propelled Worcestershire to a rampant three-day victory over Essex in the County Championship The home side rallied to 134 all out at New Road, with Ethan Brookes’ valuable 38, the standout knock, setting Essex 336 to win the game. The visiting side were blown away as figures of 6-19 from...
Craig Overton played the starring role as Somerset moved into a strong position on the second day of the County Championship Division One match with Sussex at Taunton. Having extended their first innings score to 338 all out, with Archie Vaughan last man out for 80 and Nathan McAndrew claiming 4-71, the hosts skittled their...
A budget bill, long touted by Donald Trump as the “big, beautiful bill” hit a roadblock on Friday when lawmakers from the president’s own party voted against it in congress. Five Republicans joined all Democrats in delivering a stunning setback to President Trump’s domestic agenda, demanding deeper budget cuts. Trump, who has muscled through close...