Republicans say medicaid cuts are off the table, but the Congressional Budget Office says the budget they’re proposing doesn’t work without them. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: House Republicans have to get their spending bill passed by Friday to avoid a government shutdown. They can likely afford to lose just one vote, and that’s the easy part. […]
The entire water and waste sector was privatised 34 years ago under the late Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government for £7.6bn. At the time, Mrs Thatcher wrote off the industry’s £5bn debt, leaving companies with a clean slate and gave them £1.5bn in public money. The government had wanted to privatise the industry in 1984 but […]
Amazon is deepening its relationship with President Trump. Amazon Prime Video announced on Monday that multiple seasons of “The Apprentice,” the 2000s reality series that helped raise Mr. Trump’s profile on a national stage, would soon be available on the streaming service. The show’s first season, which premiered in 2004, is available on Prime Video […]
Delta Air Lines on Monday cut its financial forecast for the first three months of the year, saying that growing economic concerns among businesses and consumers had lowered demand for domestic travel. The airline’s warning was the latest sign that the U.S. economy, or at least perceptions of it, have been weakening in part because […]
US stocks plunged on Monday as fears grew over an economic slowdown, after President Donald Trump did not rule out his tariffs triggering a recession. The Nasdaq sank by 4.0% at the close of trading, its largest single-day loss since 2022, and there were heavy losses on other markets with tech stocks seeing the largest […]
Holy See reports ‘improvements’ in recent days, indicating pontiff may soon be able to leave hospital. Pope Francis is responding well to hospital treatment for double pneumonia and his doctors no longer fear for his life, the Vatican says. The Vatican added on Monday that the 88-year-old pontiff’s condition was “stable” with doctors lifting their […]
Ruth Marcus, a columnist and editor for The Washington Post’s opinion section, said Monday she was leaving the newspaper after Will Lewis, the paper’s publisher, killed a column she wrote that was critical of the editorial pages’ new direction. Ms. Marcus announced her resignation in an email to her colleagues at The Post, saying she […]
As he prepares to introduce new tariffs on foreign metals this week, President Trump has vowed not to grant the types of exclusions and exemptions that were common during his first trade war. But he has already undercut that tough position on other tariffs. After lobbying from automakers, farmers and other industries, Mr. Trump quickly […]
For a decade, Eric Schmidt ran Google as chief executive and as the “adult” in the room, mentoring the internet company’s young founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin. In 2011, Mr. Schmidt handed control of Google back to Mr. Page. He has not taken another C.E.O. job since. But on Monday, Mr. Schmidt told employees […]
Humans have sailed the oceans for centuries. But, as a spectator sport, sailing has barely made a dent in the public consciousness, outside of the Olympics at least. There’s no denying that it can often be difficult to make sense of what’s going on way out there on the water, for a start. But the […]