House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer wants his chamber to take up the fiscal 2022 omnibus package appropriators are currently negotiating as soon as March 8, but top appropriators said Tuesday they’re worried about meeting the March 11 deadline.Confusion about how to count funding for Ukraine and a GOP push to move that aid separately…Continue Reading
The U.S. and 30 other oil-producing nations said they would release 60 million barrels of oil from their reserves to stabilize the global energy market following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.The U.S. would release 30 million barrels, Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm said, following a meeting Tuesday of representatives to the International Energy Agency.“This decision reflects…Continue Reading
On Tuesday evening, Rolling Loud unveiled its star-studded lineup.The hotly anticipated music festival, taking place July 22-24 at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, will boast headliners Ye, Future, and Kendrick Lamar, as well as rising stars Lil Baby, Baby Keem, Gunna, and Saweetie. But one name in particular is sure to make waves (and…Continue Reading
At the very end of his Watch What Happens Live broadcast Tuesday night, Andy Cohen declared Texas Governor Greg Abbott his “Jackhole of the Day” for persecuting the families of trans kids in his state.“You might have heard that the governor recently ordered that parents of transgender children who give their kids gender-affirming care should…Continue Reading
On Tuesday, President Joe Biden spoke candidly in his first State of the Union address about the concerns many Americans are feeling about the “punishing” coronavirus pandemic, rising consumer prices, and an unstable world.“I want you to know that we are going to be okay,” Biden told a weary nation. In a speech heavy on…Continue Reading
Yamal, Russia has been suspended from participation in the Arctic Winter Games.Team Yamal athletes in Hay River, N.W.T., for the 2018 Arctic Winter Games. Yamal, Russia, has been suspended by the International Arctic Winter Games Committee. (Philippe Morin/CBC)The International Arctic Winter Games Committee has suspended Yamal, Russia, from its biennial circumpolar sport and culture event, citing…Continue Reading
A Winnipeg man with Ukrainian family roots is calling on Ottawa to provide a lifeline to Ukrainians as Russian armed forces continue a devastating attack on the country.Winnipeggers Nick and Natalia Krawetz, from left, along with niece Anastasiia, Natalia’s sister Maryana and brother-in-law Valeriy in a family photo in Budapest, Hungary. (Submitted by Nick Krawetz)A Winnipeg man with Ukrainian…Continue Reading
Wearing riot gear and using pepper spray, New Zealand police on Wednesday moved in on the hundreds of protesters who have been camped outside the nation’s Parliament and blocking streets in the area for more than three weeks.Wearing riot gear and using pepper spray, New Zealand police on Wednesday moved in on the hundreds of…Continue Reading
Major League Baseball has cancelled opening day, with commissioner Rob Manfred announcing Tuesday the sport will lose regular-season games over a labour dispute for the first time in 27 years after acrimonious lockout talks collapsed in the hours before management’s deadline.Major League Baseball and its commissioner Rob Manfred, seen above in February, set a deadline…Continue Reading
Addressing a concerned nation and anxious world, U.S. President Joe Biden vowed in his first state of the union address Tuesday night to check Russian aggression in Ukraine, tame soaring U.S. inflation and deal with the fading but still dangerous coronavirus pandemic.’Putin was wrong,’ Biden says in state of the unionU.S. President Joe Biden denounced…Continue Reading
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