Congress pushed the funding debate to December. It has a lot of work to do before the end of the year
WASHINGTON — An agreement Wednesday to fund the government through December capped off the workweek for members of Congress, and most have returned to their home states for an extended election season recess.
What we know about Kamala Harris’ economic plans on taxes, housing, manufacturing
(Reuters) — U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has announced a basket of economic proposals aimed at lowering living costs for middle- and lower-class Americans and boosting the economy overall by using tax incentives and other tax shifts. Some of her ideas build on unfinished business in President Joe Biden’s economic agenda but expand their scope and size.
Hurricane Helene may hit Florida as a ‘catastrophic’ Category 4 storm
Hurricane Helene is forecast to rapidly strengthen and could hit Florida on Thursday as a Category 4 storm, producing “catastrophic” winds of up to 156 miles per hour (251 km per hour), forecasters said.
Putin issues nuclear warning to the West over strikes on Russia from Ukraine
President Vladimir Putin warned the West on Wednesday that Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles, and that Moscow would consider any assault on it supported by a nuclear power to be a joint attack.
Hezbollah’s tunnels and flexible command weather Israel’s deadly blows
Hezbollah’s flexible chain of command, together with its extensive tunnel network and a vast arsenal of missiles and weapons it has bolstered over the past year, is helping it weather unprecedented Israeli strikes, three sources familiar with the Lebanese militant group’s operations said. Israel’s assault on Hezbollah over the past week, including the targeting of senior commanders and the detonation of booby-trapped pagers and walkie-talkies, has left the powerful Lebanese Shiite militant group and political party reeling.
House passes short-term spending bill to avert a shutdown
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday passed a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown just before the November elections, pushing a bigger funding fight to the end of the year.
Mark Robinson’s top staff in the lieutenant governor’s office plan to resign
Senior staff members in the office of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson of North Carolina have said they will resign Oct. 1, becoming the latest people to abandon Robinson, the state’s Republican nominee for governor, in the wake of a CNN report that linked him to disturbing comments on a porn site.
New affordable housing project slated for Waikoloa Village
A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday for Na Hale Makoa, a new affordable workforce rental housing development in Waikoloa Village.
‘Cat ladies’ vs. ‘weird’: Vance, Walz to square off in sole VP debate
One vice presidential candidate is a best-selling author who coined the term “childless cat ladies” to disparage Democrats and latched onto a made-up story about immigrants eating pets.
US accuses Visa of monopoly in debit cards
The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa on Tuesday, accusing the financial giant of unfairly stifling competition in debit cards, the latest in a string of cases aimed at deterring monopolistic behavior by big companies.
Rap star Macklemore dumped by Las Vegas festival after anti-American chant
On Saturday, rap star Macklemore called out “(Expletive) America!” at a pro-Palestine show in Seattle.
Zelenskyy addresses the Security Council, calling for attention to stay on Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that “Russia can only be forced into peace” and urged that the Russia-Ukraine war not be overlooked as the world turned its attention to wars in the Gaza Strip, Sudan and Myanmar.
Cuba, Florida brace for impact as Tropical Storm Helene barrels north
(Reuters) — Tropical Storm Helene is expected to unleash mudslides and flooding in Cuba before reaching major hurricane strength on Thursday as it hits Florida with life-threatening ocean surge, the U.S. National Weather Service said.
US House committee recommends contempt charge for Blinken
A Republican-led U.S. congressional committee recommended on Tuesday that Secretary of State Antony Blinken be held in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a subpoena seeking information about the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
U.S. charges suspected Trump gunman with attempted assassination
The man accused of staking out Donald Trump’s Florida golf course with a rifle was indicted on Tuesday on a charge of attempted assassination of a political candidate, federal prosecutors said.
Missouri man executed after long fight for exoneration
The state of Missouri executed Marcellus Williams on Tuesday evening by lethal injection over the objections of the local prosecutor whose office obtained Williams’ murder conviction in 2003.
Harris to more fully detail economic plans
Vice President Kamala Harris is set to ramp up her economic message this week, with a speech reframing her policy vision and a lengthy new document describing her approach in more detail.
Judge rejects Trump’s last-minute bid to delay assessment of Jan. 6 case
A federal judge on Tuesday rejected an effort by former President Donald Trump’s lawyers to push off until after November an assessment of whether the indictment accusing Trump of plotting to overturn the 2020 election can survive the Supreme Court’s ruling granting him broad immunity from prosecution.
Amid Israel-Hezbollah strikes, Lebanon says only US can stop fighting
An Israeli airstrike on Beirut killed a senior Hezbollah commander on Tuesday as cross-border rocket attacks by both sides increased fears of a full-fledged war in the Middle East and Lebanon said only Washington could help end the fighting.
Trump pledges to take jobs and factories from allies, China
Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would seek to “take” manufacturing jobs from foreign countries, including U.S. allies, if he wins the Nov. 5 election, by offering incentives to encourage companies to relocate to the United States.
