Investors push Glencore to scrap spin-off of heavily polluting coal division | Glencore
Glencore has backed away from plans to spin off its coal business after shareholders urged the company to keep the highly profitable but polluting division. The FTSE 100 company said shareholders overwhelmingly supported keeping the coal business alive rather than plans to list it as a separate company on the New York Stock Exchange. More […]
Labour MP calls two-child benefit cap ‘heinous’ in latest call to scrap policy | Child benefits
Chancellor Keir Starmer is under further pressure to remove the cap on second child benefit after another member of his House of Commons described the policy as “heinous”. Writing in the Sunday Times, Canterbury MP Rosie Duffield said the cap, introduced in 2017 under then-treasury minister George Osborne, was “sinister and blatantly sexist” and was […]
Scrap Metal Thieves Cause Fatal Crashes, Millions in Infrastructure Damage in U.S. Cities
Metal theft in cities has reached new levels since the pandemic, with thousands of feet of streetlight wiring, hundreds of fire hydrants and even mausoleum plaques being stolen and resold for small amounts of money in cases across the country. This “brazen” crime poses a serious safety risk to city residents, where copper wires are […]
Gotti family business ordered to clean up toxic chemicals, pay $210K fine over NYC scrap yard mess
It was an offer they couldn’t refuse. A family-owned business controlled by the Gotti family has agreed to pay at least $210,000 in fines and clean up toxic chemicals that spilled from a scrap yard in Queens. According to the settlement The announcement was made Tuesday by state Attorney General Letitia James. LSM Auto Parts […]
‘I Can’t See Home Plate’: Yankee Fans Nearly Scrap It Out Over Annoying Little Kid Standing In The Front Row
Ah, Yankees fans… they never change. During the Subway Series between the New York Yankees and New York Mets, fighting broke out on the field while skirmishes between fans broke out in the upper levels of Citi Field. During a recent game between the Yankees and Mets, a fan uploaded a TikTok video of two […]
Prosecutors Scrap Nearly 80 Arrests From Pro-Palestine University Protest
Texas prosecutors on Wednesday dismissed nearly 80 arrests on suspicion of trespassing at a pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Texas, according to the Associated Press. Travis County Democratic State’s Attorney General Delia Garza said 79 trespass cases stemming from the April 29 school protests were dismissed because her office failed to meet its legal […]
IRS asks Congress to scrap employee retention credit amid 'gold rush' of bogus claims
The IRS is plagued by false Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERC) claims and is asking Congress for help. IRS Commissioner Danny Wuerfel also said Thursday that the IRS has completed an internal review of the ERC claims process and will use that information to “reject billions of dollars in clearly unjustified claims.” “This program has […]
Republican senators praise Trump's plan to scrap taxes on tips
Republican senators on Capitol Hill met with top GOP candidates on Thursday and then brought up former President Trump’s proposal to repeal the tip tax, aimed at garnering support from voters who work in the service industry. “One of the other senators told him that this is really about a large segment of the workforce, […]
EXCLUSIVE: Ted Cruz Introduces Bill To Scrap ‘Natural Gas Tax’ Wedged Inside Biden’s Climate Legislation
Republican Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is introducing a Senate bill that would repeal a “natural gas tax” proposal enabled by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), President Joe Biden’s signature climate bill. The “Natural Gas Tax Repeal Act” would scrap IRA provisions that deputize the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to impose fines on energy companies that […]
Anti-Trump Lawmakers Push Bill to Scrap Trump-Era Win for Veterans’ Health Care
Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) and Rep. Matt Rosendale (R-MT) are on the brink of potentially undermining one of former President Donald Trump’s centerpiece Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reforms. He is promoting a certain health care bill. The VA is the nation’s largest health care system. However, its medical records system suffers from an aging […]