What is permitting reform? The critical energy provision buried in debt-ceiling negotiations
Energy permitting reform, which aims to cut down the time it takes for new projects to get approved, could be one of the few bipartisan measures to emerge from a debt limit deal.
2023-05-24 22:17
Sergei Bobrovsky has Florida one win from Stanley Cup Final
Sergei Bobrovsky has been unbeatable in net for the Florida Panthers and has them on the verge of a historic Stanley Cup Finals appearance."Won more." That's all it will take for the Florida Panthers to reach the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time since 1996, where they will lo...
2023-05-24 20:53
Tuam babies whistleblower 'optimistic for closure'
Catherine Corless speaks as the Irish government announces a director to oversee an excavation.
2023-05-24 20:50
Target removes some LGBTQ products after threats
The company says the move is to protect its employees amid "confrontational behaviour" in some stores.
2023-05-24 11:30
House Foreign Affairs chairman views dissent cable on Afghanistan withdrawal
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul on Tuesday viewed a dissent cable sent by US diplomats before the frenzied US withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 and spoke with Secretary of State Antony Blinken about the classified information afterward.
2023-05-24 08:22
South Africa load-shedding: The roots of Eskom's power problem
How corruption backed by a criminal network have led to South Africa's worst-ever power cuts.
2023-05-24 07:50
South Carolina Senate passes 6-week abortion ban
A controversial six-week abortion ban bill is headed to South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster's desk to be signed into law after the measure cleared the state Senate Tuesday.
2023-05-24 07:26
South Carolina lawmakers pass six-week abortion ban, send to governor
South Carolina lawmakers on Tuesday passed a ban on most abortions after fetal cardiac activity begins, around six
2023-05-24 06:59
'Huge backlash': Parties ramp up pressure on Biden and McCarthy to hold the line in debt talks
Last week, the Congressional Progressive Caucus posed a formal ask to its members: were there any proposals they could accept included in the list of GOP demands in exchange for raising the debt ceiling?
2023-05-24 05:51
U.S. asks court to dismiss ruling against travel mask directive
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Justice Department on Tuesday asked an appeals court panel to vacate an April 2021
2023-05-24 05:29
The debt ceiling is an awkward place to talk about spending
The debt ceiling snafu, which has the potential to wreck the US economy, is a civics lesson in the bizarrely inefficient way the American government spends your money.
2023-05-24 05:26
McCarthy tells Republicans he's 'nowhere near' a debt limit deal with Biden as deadline nears
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told Republicans during a closed-door meeting on Tuesday that he's not close to a bipartisan deal with President Joe Biden to avoid a first-ever default on the nation's debt.
2023-05-24 04:18