Anti-Gun Billionaire Michael Bloomberg Funding Paul Ryan ‘Clone’ Roger Roth in Wisconsin
Former Wisconsin Sen. Roger Ross (R-Wis.), whom former President Donald Trump called a “clone” of former House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), is backed by anti-Second Amendment activist and left-wing billionaire Michael Bloomberg. Breitbart News reported how Ross worked to defeat Tony Weed, a Trump-backed candidate, in the Republican primary for the U.S. House of Representatives. […]
Tax system goes digital after IRS funding boost
The initial $80 billion funding boost to the IRS, passed as part of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA), will move much of the U.S.’s vast tax system online and digitize much of the IRS’s internal operations. The latest update to the IRS’ Increased Funding Plan indicates that while the tax system remains as […]
Labour defends Great British Energy plan amid concern over funding – UK politics live | Politics
House Republicans pass bill cutting EPA funding by 20 percent
House Republicans on Wednesday passed what is expected to be the final government funding bill before the August recess, proposing deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget for fiscal year 2025. Department of the Interior and EPA annual budget bills passed The bill, which passed late Wednesday, was approved by a vote of 210 […]
House leaving early amid GOP funding woes
Business and Economics Full text Tesla shares fall amid poor performance Tesla shares fell 12% on Wednesday after the electric car maker reported second-quarter profit that fell short of expectations. Full text President Trump says he had no plans to nominate Jamie Dimon for Treasury Secretary Former President Trump said Tuesday he had […]
Republican funding plans crumbling as House eyes early exit
House Republicans’ ambitious hopes of passing an annual government funding bill by next week are quickly crumbling as a tight timeline and intraparty rifts threaten approval of the 2025 spending plan. Republicans had previously aimed to pass all 12 annual appropriations bills before the August recess, but that timeline has slipped after leaders delayed planned […]
Timeline slipping for House GOP funding plans
The House Republican leadership’s ambitious fundraising timeline has been delayed as they juggle intraparty spending disputes and a tight schedule before the August recess. Republicans had been considering voting on the four funding bills this week as part of a larger effort to pass all 12 of the year’s spending bills by the end of […]
Britain behind Europe in arts funding and education, ‘crisis’ report shows | Arts funding
A major arts report due to be published on Monday night says the UK’s cultural sector is in crisis, with levels of investment and development far lower than in many other European countries. The analysis results are as follows: Observer The UK has cut its culture budget by 6% since 2010, while Germany, France and […]
Phoenix To Use Federal Funding for Universal Basic Income Pilot
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes One thousand lucky Phoenix families will get $1,000 in taxpayer funding a month in 2022. The Phoenix City Council has approved $12 million for a “Financial Assistance for Phoenix Families Program,” a lottery-based form of universal basic income that will begin in January 2022 if not sooner. The program, which […]
Leftist UK Gov’t Restores Funding to Hamas-Tied UNRWA Agency
Britain’s recently elected left-wing Labour government has announced it will end its aid suspension to the Hamas-linked United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in the Gaza Strip. In January, the UK and other Western allies cut off aid to UN agencies following reports that a number of […]