Crypto VC funding: Celestia, Infinex raise capital this week – crypto.news
This week's venture capital update saw more than $253 million flow into the crypto startup world, but the bulk of that money went to blockchain network Celestia Foundation. Crypto.news scoured social media to obtain the latest data. virtual currency donation More than a dozen companies were found to have raised capital between September 22nd and […]
BRYAN LEIB: The US Should Stop Funding The United Nations
Founded with a noble vision to promote peace, security and cooperation in the world, the United Nations has in recent decades become an organization far removed from its founding principles. Instead, it has transformed into a vast bureaucracy with rampant mismanagement, fiscal inefficiency, and a consistent track record of undermining America's core values and interests. […]
Putin lowers threshold of nuclear response as Biden admin pledges new funding to Ukraine
In a stern warning to the West, Russian President Vladimir Putin said a conventional attack on Russia by any country backed by a nuclear power would be considered a joint attack against Russia. Putin's announcement came at the same time the Biden administration announced $375 million in additional security assistance to Ukraine, including ground weapons, […]
Senate passes funding bill without SAVE Act, avoiding potential shutdown
The Senate passed a short-term spending bill on Wednesday, avoiding a partial government shutdown at the end of the month and allowing legislators up for re-election to head home early to campaign. By a vote of 78 to 18, senators approved a spending bill that will keep funding steady until Dec. 20, known as a […]
House GOP feels déjà vu as new funding fight ends with no wins
House Republicans are disheartened as they prepare to push back the government shutdown deadline for a second time without any major wins, an outcome some blame on dysfunction among their own party. Despite their majority in the House, Republicans will likely again have to rely on a few dozen Democrats to pass a three-month budget […]
Johnson to sidestep GOP rebels on government funding, seek Dem support to avoid shutdown
House Republican leaders are poised to fend off GOP opposition to a federal funding plan as they race against the clock to prepare for a partial government shutdown. “There are a lot of people out there who really think a government shutdown is a good idea, or at least don't want to take responsibility for […]
Issa rips State Department for spreading ‘knowingly false’ info on funding migrant counseling to enter US
Exclusive: Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, accused President Biden's State Department of misconduct over the use of taxpayer money to provide counseling to migrants on how to use the asylum process to enter the United States. “Your department is responsible for knowingly providing false information,” Issa told Julieta […]
Pelosi Gives Caveat To More Trump Secret Service Funding — But Quickly Demanded Extra Money For Capitol After J6
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., laid out conditions Wednesday on whether she would support additional funding for the Secret Service in the wake of two recent assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump, but quickly called for additional funding for the Capitol after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot. Pelosi Written On February 2, 2021, she told […]
House Democrat hits GOP funding fight
Courtesy of Lockheed Martin — The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee called the fight over the Republican stopgap budget “violence between fanatics” and criticized his colleagues for not being able to agree on two extreme views. {beacon} Defense andNational Security Defense andNational Security Full text Hawley optimistic about radiation compensation deal […]
Dem lawmakers push bill to restore funding to controversial UN agency
A group of Democratic lawmakers is calling for the United States to restore funding to a controversial United Nations agency that helps provide desperately needed humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees but whose staff members face accusations that they took part in the October 7 attack on Israel. At a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol […]