By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – When Charla Plaines saw the toll lead paint took on her granddaughter, she was able to get the hazardous substance scrubbed from her home thanks to a federally funded program that Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives want to cut. Black Americans, including Plaines, a 66-year-old grandmother in […]
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What are Egypt’s ceasefire proposals for Gaza?
Egypt has held talks between Hamas and its allied Islamic Jihad to try and broker a permanent ceasefire in Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip, which has killed tens of thousands, laid waste to the Hamas-governed territory, and displaced the majority of the 2.3 million Palestinian residents. Here are the various proposals Egypt is presenting: […]
Commander-in-Chief Zaluzhnyi responds to proposals to conscript Ukrainians living abroad
Valerii Zaluzhnyi, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, believes that the decision to draft men who have gone abroad should be made by the central executive authorities. He stated this during a briefing on Tuesday, December 26th. “The armed forces should fight and in no way encroach on the peaceful lives of our […]
Supreme Court unlikely to launch preemptive strike on wealth tax proposals
The court took the case in June amid intense scrutiny of some conservative justices’ relationships with billionaires who use their fortunes to advance political agendas focused on lowering taxes and reining in the role of the federal government. But on Tuesday, the justices repeatedly questioned the distinctions a lawyer for the taxpayers, Andrew Grossman, attempted […]
Mississippi’s Top Lawmakers Skip Initial Budget Proposals Because of Disagreement With Governor
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi legislators will begin their session next month without a broad outline from their leaders about how the state should spend money during the year that begins July 1. The Joint Legislative Budget Committee met Wednesday, and members were scheduled to adopt recommendations as a starting point for writing a spending […]