An unoccupied boat was seen floating down the Big Sioux River after rising water led to mandatory evacuations in Sioux City, Iowa, on Monday, June 24. X user @MidwestMade9 posted video filmed from Riverside Park, facing across towards the Two River Golf Club over the state line in South Dakota. Sioux City officials said the […]
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Vance floats crypto plan
Sen. J.D. Vance, a top contender to be former President Donald Trump’s running mate, is gearing up to enter Capitol Hill’s cryptocurrency scramble. The Ohio Republican has started circulating draft legislation that would revamp how the U.S. regulates digital assets, according to five people granted anonymity to discuss private conversations with Vance’s staff. They said […]
California floats an idea to fight shoplifting that may even affect who controls Congress
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California initiative to once again make shoplifting a felony for repeat offenders is developing into a contest over whether the state’s Democrats are tough enough on crime to hang on to their seats in Congress. A broad coalition of law enforcement and retailers aims to crack down on retail theft […]
China Floats Perks for German Carmakers to Prevent EV Levies
(Bloomberg) — Beijing has suggested Germany’s luxury car manufacturers could benefit if Berlin convinces the European Union to drop tariffs on Chinese electric-vehicle exports. Most Read from Bloomberg China floated lowering its existing tariffs on large-engine cars in return for scrapping planned EV levies on imports from the Asian nation, according to people familiar with […]
Trump floats UFC-style migrant league amid border crisis
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday suggested that migrants coming to the U.S. should have their own fighting league, remarking that they’re “nasty, mean” and “tough people” who could beat the country’s top fighters. Speaking to a crowd of conservative Christians at a Faith & Freedom Coalition gathering in Washington, D.C., Trump said he shared […]
Trump floats green cards for noncitizen college graduates
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump suggested in a podcast released Thursday that noncitizens in the U.S. should “automatically” get green cards when they graduate from college. “What I want to do and what I will do is you graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically as part of your diploma, a […]
Exeter family searching for graduation gift after it floats away
EXETER, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A Luzerne County family is hoping to locate a graduation gift that floated away on graduation day. The family says the gift was going toward something special and included a personal message for the grad. The gift was gone with the wind. After Wyoming Area High School’s graduation Friday evening, […]
Trump floats plan to end taxes on tips, though experts raise doubts
A server delivers beverages at Dover Downs Casino on June 5, 2018 in Dover, Delaware. Former President Donald Trump said in a campaign rally in Las Vegas on June 9, 2024 he would seek to end taxes for tips if elected again in November. (Mark Makela | Getty Images) WASHINGTON — Economists across the ideological […]
Trump floats imprisoning his political opponents
Fresh off last week’s historic guilty verdict, former President Donald Trump had a warning for his political opponents on Tuesday. In an interview with the conservative outlet Newsmax, Trump seemed to float the possibility of imprisoning his political opponents if he becomes president again. “So, you know, it’s a terrible, terrible path that they’re leading […]
North Korea floats more excrement-filled balloons over South Korean border
North Korea is sending more balloons carrying trash and excrement across the heavily fortified border to South Korea, South Korea’s military has said. It comes just days after North Korea appeared to send at least 200 balloons carrying rubbish over the border in retaliation for propaganda leaflets sent from the south. South Korea’s defence minister […]
Farage has ‘no interest’ in Tory pact as Reform floats employer immigration tax
Nigel Farage has “absolutely no interest” in striking an election deal with the Tories, as Reform UK proposed a multi-billion pound tax on businesses for employing overseas workers. Mr Farage had suggested “we might have a conversation” about what the Conservatives could offer Reform, remarks later dismissed as “banter” by party leader Richard Tice. Challenged […]
Trump floats idea of three-term presidency at NRA convention
Donald Trump flirted with the idea of being president for three terms – a clear violation of the US constitution – during a bombastic speech for the National Rifle Association in which he vowed to reverse gun safety measures green-lighted during the Biden administration. “You know, FDR 16 years – almost 16 years – he […]