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House Democrats have 'a lot of incentives' to vote against short-term funding bill

NBC Senior National Political Reporter Sahil Kapur joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss Speaker Johnson's plan to fund the government as top Democrats urge the House to reject the short-term funding ...

NBC News - 1d

Senate Democrats leery of blocking GOP bill fear shutdown politics have changed

Senate Democrats are leery of blocking a House Republican-drafted six-month government funding bill, fearing that a government shutdown may backfire on them politically by giving Elon Musk and the ...

The Hill - 21h

Live updates: House sends funding bill to Senate; Ontario backs off power surcharge

Republicans in Congress are racing to pass a GOP stopgap funding bill by 11:59 p.m. Friday to avert a government shutdown. The House on Tuesday passed the measure 217-213, sending it to the Senate ...

The Hill - 9h

Patriots agree to deal with DT Milton Williams after initial reports had Panthers close

The Eagles are losing a key piece of their championship defense.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Lions agree to deal with free-agent CB D.J. Reed after coming up short in playoffs

The Lions are reshuffling the defense after a playoff loss.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Giants signing ex-Dolphins safety Jevon Holland to 3-year, $45.3M deal, including $30M guaranteed

The safety was one of the top defensive backs in free agency

CBS Sports - 18h

49ers' purge continues with release of DE Floyd

The 49ers released defensive end Leonard Floyd on Tuesday.

ESPN - 10h

Top budget Democrat: GOP spending bill hands ‘a blank check to Elon Musk’

Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the top Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, slammed the new House Republicans’ six-month stopgap funding bill, claiming it is a “blank check” for tech ...

The Hill - 3d

Vance gives House GOP closing pitch on Trump-backed funding bill ahead of vote

Vice President Vance delivered a closing pitch in favor of Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) government funding bill during the House GOP’s private conference meeting Tuesday, hours before the lower ...

The Hill - 15h

Apple and Nvidia led Monday’s $750 billion tech wreck. How to play the aftermath.

Trump’s policy moves are causing angst. But one analyst says the broader AI thesis is still intact, and he names Tesla and Microsoft among big potential winners.

MarketWatch - 1d

China's $41 billion plan to boost consumption is just a start as deflationary pressures deepen

Chinese policymakers have increasingly acknowledged the need to counter deflationary pressure at home.

CNBC - 1d

Trump vows to take ‘hundreds of billions’ in tariffs as Australia’s hopes of getting exemption fades

Australia unlikely to escape US president’s global steel and aluminium tariffs despite intense lobbying to be carved out. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our ...

The Guardian - 1d

From Maid to Mortgage Mogul: How Patty Arvielo Built a Billion-Dollar Lending Empire

Patty Arvielo built her company, New American Funding, to weather uncertainty and she still finds time to pay it forward.

Inc. - 20h

Maasai girls take up self-defense as protection from sexual abuse and early marriage

Maasai girls are taking up martial arts to protect themselves from sexual abuse and violence stemming from early marriage

ABC News - 4d

Jaycee Horn, Panthers agree to historic deal: CB becomes NFL's highest-paid defensive back with extension

Horn is getting a four-year extension worth up to $108 million

CBS Sports - 1d

C.J. Gardner-Johnson trade grades: Eagles betting on future upside, Texans add more physicality to defense

Which side got the better of the deal going into 2025?

CBS Sports - 14h

Vikings add Allen, Fries to strengthen both lines

The Vikings strengthened their defensive and offensive lines Tuesday, agreeing to deals with free agent defensive tackle Jonathan Allen and guard Will Fries.

ESPN - 10h

Prison labor, an invisible workforce of the U.S. economy

Incarcerated workers produce $2 billion in goods and $9 billion in services every year. But not all of the incarcerated are paid for their labor, which can benefit people inside and outside a ...

CBS News - 2d

Scammers Stole Their Retirement Savings. Then the Tax Bill Arrived.

The victims pulled money out of their retirement accounts. The withdrawals had inflated their taxable income, even though the funds quickly disappeared.

The New York Times - 3d

How to cut Britain’s rising welfare bill

Reforms rather than quick fixes will save more money in the long term

Financial Times - 2d

BBC hit by £1.3mn bill for Huw Edwards scandal

Broadcaster’s spending under scrutiny as it enters talks with the government over the future of the licence fee

Financial Times - 2d

Read: House Republicans' stopgap funding bill

House Republicans over the weekend rolled out a short-term government funding plan, kicking off a crucial stretch for GOP leadership to lock down support ahead of Friday's shutdown deadline. The ...

The Hill - 1d

Details on House GOP bill to avoid government shutdown

House Republicans are expected to vote on a stopgap measure to prevent a government shutdown this week. CBS News congressional correspondent Caitlin Huey-Burns reports.

CBS News - 1d

How the Tax Bill Could Impact Your Wallet

Brackets may change. The standard deduction could fall. And President Trump will probably not remove taxes on Social Security income.

The New York Times - 1d

How the Tax Bill Could Impact Your Wallet

Brackets may change. The standard deduction could fall. And President Trump will probably not remove taxes on Social Security income.

The New York Times - 1d

Mississippi Passes Bill Banning Lab-Grown Meat

Three states have now passed legislation making it illegal to manufacture, sell, or distribute cultivated meat.

Wired - 1d

Mack Hollins jumps from Bills to Patriots

The Patriots are spending, baby.

Yahoo Sports - 1d

Vought pushes for stopgap funding bill in GOP meeting

Politico - 1d

Alibaba’s new open source model QwQ-32B matches DeepSeek-R1 with way smaller compute requirements

While DeepSeek-R1 operates with 671 billion parameters, QwQ-32B achieves comparable performance with a much smaller footprint.

VentureBeat - 6d

Female founders in the U.S. VC ecosystem: the good and the bad | Pitchbook (updated)

Women founders and investors raised $38.8 billion in funding in the U.S. in 2024, up 27% from the year before, according to PitchBook.

VentureBeat - 6d

Trump Signs Order to Create a ‘Crypto Reserve’

The first-of-its-kind reserve will be anchored by a stash of Bitcoin the government already owns, estimated to be worth billions of dollars.

The New York Times - 2d

Potential $7.4B Purdue Pharma opioid settlement frustrates some victims

Opioid victims are not getting a "fair shake" in potential $7.4 billion settlement, a claimant in the Purdue Pharmacy bankruptcy case says.

CBS News - 2d

Cuts to Medicare, Medicaid Would Be ‘Catastrophic for Women’s Health,’ Says Chelsea Clinton

Republicans want to slash $880 billion from the agency overseeing Medicaid. There’s no way to do so without touching benefits.

Inc. - 1d

Social Security to increase overpayment withholdings to 100% from 10%

The clawback reversal would apply to new overpayments and will save $7 billion over 10 years.

MarketWatch - 1d

UN to rent Bangladesh property owned by former regime associate

Sobhan family under scrutiny amid efforts to claw back billions of dollars allegedly lost under Sheikh Hasina’s rule

Financial Times - 1d

Junior Bridgeman, NBA player-turned-billionaire businessman and Bucks minority owner, dies at 71

Bridgeman played more than a decade in the NBA before amassing a reported $1.4 billion in wealth

CBS Sports - 6h

Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf just challenged Anthropic CEO’s vision for AI’s future — and the $130 billion industry is taking notice

Hugging Face co-founder Thomas Wolf challenges Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's "compressed 21st century" vision, arguing AI systems are building "yes-men on servers" rather than the revolutionary ...

VentureBeat - 5d

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