Dems, GOP talk up deficit reduction, but don't act Liberals' loud objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a high priority on reducing the deficit, despite much talk to the contrary.... More
Where the Budget Cut Pain Is Really Being Felt "It's in areas like health care, education and job training," Packer said. "Programs are closing or are being cut, layoffs are happening. It's not just waiting in line a bit longer at the airport." More
Obama lovers are mad at him Wednesday morning, President Barack Obama became the first Democratic president ever to propose cutting Social Security. Democrats spend so much time defending the president, it is easy to forget that even the most beloved presidents make mistakes and missteps. His new budget, which proposes a new method of calculating inflation increases in Social Security payments, is a doozy. More
Obama unveils new budget plan and gets tepid Republican response President Barack Obama unveiled his proposed Fiscal Year 2014 budget plan Wednesday in the White House Rose Garden, offering a combination of new spending initiatives and tax increases aimed at creating jobs and reducing future budget deficits. In his remarks, Obama called his plan “a fiscally responsible blueprint for middle-class jobs and growth.” More
Ireland emerges from technical recession; UK house buyers hit by rise in mortgage payments – business live Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news ... 04/29/2024 - 12:35 am | View Link
College students, inmates and a nun: A unique book club meets at one of the nation’s largest jails A unique club inside one of the nation’s largest jails brings together students and inmates to explore not just stories inside books, but their own. Said one advocate: “It changes mentalities.” ... 04/28/2024 - 12:14 pm | View Link
State Police Issue Gold Alert for Missing Maryland Woman Delaware State Police Troop 5 has issued a Gold Alert for 85-year-old Joanna Kellogg of Severna Park, Maryland, after she left her residence on April 26, 2024, to go to […] The post State Police Issue ... 04/26/2024 - 5:32 pm | View Link
COMMENTARY: The fiscal cliff New economic projections warn that U.S. debt, $34.4 trillion, will reach 107 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product in five years. 04/26/2024 - 12:32 pm | View Link
Columbia strife ensnares Hochul, Adams The protests at Columbia University have been on the front page of The New York Times, The New York Post and even President Joe Biden has weighed in. But Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams may be ... 04/22/2024 - 9:03 am | View Link
“The presidential election may come down to a city in the Midwestern prairie that is home to Warren Buffett — a prospect that is raising hopes among some Democrats that the once-prolific political donor will come off the sidelines to try to power President Joe Biden to reelection,” Bloomberg reports.
“Back in 2016, the Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
“The U. S. is in talks with close partners to lead a group of allies that would give as much as $50 billion in aid to Ukraine, with the massive outlay being repaid with the windfall profits from sovereign Russian assets that have been frozen – and are accruing interest — mostly in Europe,” Bloomberg reports.
“Republicans have launched more than 30 investigations into the State Department since taking power in 2023, an unusually high number that is fueling partisan tensions,” Politico reports.
“Democratic lawmakers and State Department officials say this particular chapter of the growing partisan rancor on Capitol Hill is affecting U. S. foreign policy: It distracts U.
Nevada Independent: “The lawsuit alleges that the four-day period for mail ballots postmarked by Election Day to be received violates federal law because it does not conform to the Election Day deadline established by the federal government.”
Reproductive rights organizers in two states with near-total abortion bans, Missouri and South Dakota, submitted roughly double the signatures needed to allow ballot measures that would put abortion before voters.
In South Dakota, organizers have submitted 55,000 signatures in support of the ballot measure granting a limited right to abortion—far more than the 35,000 required.