On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” host Bill Maher said that with the amount of money the U.S. is spending on coronavirus relief, “it feels like we’re back in that headspace that we’ll never run out of cash as
Author: Nancy Ballou
Buttigieg: Mileage Tax to Fund Infrastructure 'Shows a Lot of Promise'
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Friday on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” that to fund President Joe Biden’s infrastructure bill, a tax on mileage traveled looks promising.
In England's forgotten 'rust belt', voters show little sign of Brexit regret…
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NYT Theater Critic Apologizes for Broadway Review Offending 'Transgender and Nonbinary Communities'
Ben Brantley, co-chief theater critic for the New York Times, has apologized for a portion of his review of the Broadway show Head Over Heels. According to Broadway World’s Alan Henry, Ben Brantley “purposefully misgenders a non-binary character, played by trans actress Peppermint (the first openly trans woman to play a principal role on Broadway) –…
Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie Takes Oath of Office
“I was amazed and stunned by the amount of time the president of the United States spent every week on the phone, in this office, and at dinner talking about their needs, asking about veterans, and showing me a commitment that I have not seen in my 23 years in and out of this business,”…
Egypt, UN Broker Hamas Ceasefire in Gaza
The ceasefire announced by Hamas at midnight appeared to be holding on Saturday morning, following a surge in violence after Palestinian snipers shot and killed an IDF soldier on the Gaza border on Friday, sparking widespread Israeli strikes on Hamas targets.