Republican leaders are buying time as they search for ways to secure support for President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, but the endgame wasn’t immediatley in sight early Tuesday morning.
It’s a pivotal moment for the Republicans, who have control of Congress and are racing to wrap up work with just days to go before Trump’s holiday deadline Friday.
A federal judge on Monday rebuffed Apple’s request to throw out a U.S. government lawsuit alleging the technology trendsetter has built a maze of illegal barriers to protect the iPhone from competition and fatten its profit margins.
Paige Bueckers will play in her first WNBA All-Star Game while Nneka Ogwumike has earned her 10th selection, the league announced Monday as it named the All-Star starters.
Republicans say the tax-cut bill represents historic savings for taxpayers and supports production of traditional fossil-fuel energy sources such as oil, natural gas and coal, as well as nuclear power, increasing reliability.
The acquisitions arrive as booming sales from the pandemic fade and Home Depot intensifies its focus on professional builders.
All three new teams announced Monday have NBA ownership groups that paid a $250 million expansion fee, which is about five times as much as Golden State dished out for a team a few years ago.
An all-night session to consider an endless stream of proposed amendments to the package was abruptly postponed, and it’s now scheduled to launch as soon as the Senate gavels open Monday.
The digital services tax was set to go into effect Monday and was due to hit companies including Amazon, Google, Meta, Uber and Airbnb.
The largest tranche is going to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, which will receive 9.4 million shares of Berkshire Hathaway.
The pair will draft their fellow starters from a group that will be revealed on Monday. After the starters are announced, the league’s head coaches will choose the 13 reserves.
Republicans are using their majorities in Congress to push aside Democratic opposition, but they ran into a series of political and policy setbacks.
Consumer sentiment has also fallen sharply this year in the wake of the sometimes-chaotic rollout of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
The justices, by a 6-3 vote, reversed an appeals court ruling that had struck down as unconstitutional the Universal Service Fund, the charge that has been added to phone bills for nearly 30 years.
The unemployment rate for degree holders ages 22 to 27 has reached its highest level in a dozen years, excluding the pandemic. Joblessness among that group is higher than the overall unemployment rate, and the gap is larger than it’s been in more than three decades.
The shift comes as the Indianapolis-based organization grapples with the growth of legalized gambling across the United States.
Wall Street’s worries about Trump’s tariffs have receded since the president stunned the world in April with stiff proposed levies, but they have not disappeared.
Economists expect growth to bounce back to 3% in the second quarter, according to a survey of forecasters.
In all, production of more than 15 models of front load washers will shift to the company’s sprawling Louisville production complex—known as Appliance Park.
While Medicaid law allows people to choose their own provider, it doesn’t make that a right enforceable in court, the justices found.
