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Belfast riots spread to second night as police deploy water cannons
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (412+ words) Police in Northern Ireland fired water cannons Wednesday on rioters hurling projectiles at officers in Newtownabbey, as anti-immigrant unrest fueled by a viral knife attack entered its second consecutive night near Belfast. Police said 16 people were arrested and two were…...
Senate bill extends CHIPS Act tax credits to space-based semiconductor factories
2+ hour, 53+ min ago (254+ words) A bipartisan duo is pushing a bill to clarify that tax credits include space-based semiconductor manufacturing. The Semiconductor Superiority Act would amend the Internal Revenue Code to clarify how the existing Advanced Manufacturing Investment Credit applies to semiconductor manufacturing facilities…...
House rejects 3-week extension of foreign surveillance law used to thwart terrorists
3+ hour, 15+ min ago (569+ words) The House rejected a three-week extension of a foreign surveillance law that expires Friday as Democrats protest President Trump's pick to temporarily lead the U. S. intelligence community. The failed 198-218 vote all but guarantees the key spy authority will go dark. Section…...
Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley wants prosecutions, Arctic Frost accountability
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (665+ words) Committee looks to call Jack Smith to testify, welcomes Judge Boasberg scrutiny Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley says his panel this year will call on former special counsel Jack Smith to testify about Arctic Frost, the code name for…...
Nevada GOP voters choose Trump-backed House candidate in one of state's high-profile races
19+ hour, 35+ min ago (569+ words) LAS VEGAS " Retired Air Force Lt. Col. David Flippo has won the Republican primary in Nevada's 2nd Congressional District after securing President Donald Trump's endorsement in the closing weeks of the campaign. The race, which was called Wednesday, put Trump opposite…...
$60 M and 7 federal agencies required to stage Trump's UFC fight at White House
19+ hour, 2+ min ago (593+ words) President Donald Trump's planned UFC fight on the White House's South Lawn has required a monumental effort from more than seven federal agencies, hundreds of staff working onsite daily and at least $60 million, according to a legal filing that offers…...
Lawsuit challenges Trump administration's land swap with Space X in Texas
19+ hour, 39+ min ago (423+ words) Mc ALLEN, Texas " Environmental groups on Wednesday sued attempting to stop the Trump administration from giving Space X more than 700 acres of wildlife refuge in Texas, claiming it would worsen ecological risks to a Gulf Coast region already transformed by…...
Trump has a new, surprising take on the higher cost of living: "I love the inflation
20+ hour, 23+ min ago (634+ words) WASHINGTON " President Donald Trump on Wednesday showed how he had learned to stop worrying about inflation and simply, in his own words, "love" it. Asked about the new report that the consumer price index in May had jumped 4. 2% over the…...
Judge to rule Thursday in misdemeanor arrest of congressional candidate Brad Lander
20+ hour, 49+ min ago (378+ words) NEW YORK " Congressional candidate Brad Lander on Wednesday got the day in court that he demanded after a misdemeanor charge was lodged against him last summer after he was arrested while protesting with other elected officials outside an immigration holding…...
Two House Republicans to meet with the leader of Taiwan's Beijing-friendly opposition party
20+ hour, 15+ min ago (400+ words) WASHINGTON " Two leading House Republicans are meeting with Taiwan's Beijing-friendly opposition leader this week as she travels to Washington at a time when China is scrutinizing the Trump administration's posture toward the self-ruled island it views as its own. House…...