BRASILIA, May 21 (Reuters) – Brazil’s government is expected to announce on Friday an increase of spending blocks across ministries to stay within this year’s spending cap, Finance Minister Dario Durigan said on Thursday. The block currently stands at 1.6 billion reais ($320 million). The government has scheduled the presentation of its bimonthly revenue and …
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX got within a half-minute of launching its newest and biggest Starship on a test flight Thursday evening before a cascade of problems halted the countdown. The 407-foot (124-meter) rocket was poised to begin a space-skimming journey from Texas extending halfway around the world. But issues cropped up with the …
May 21 (Reuters) – The United States arrested Adys Lastres Morera, the sister of the executive president of GAESA, a sprawling conglomerate of military-run businesses, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Thursday. Morera, who entered the United States as a lawful permanent resident in 2023, is now in the custody of U.S. Immigration and …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Reigning NFL Most Valuable Player Matthew Stafford has agreed to a one-year contract extension through the 2027 season with the Los Angeles Rams. The Rams announced the deal Thursday without immediately revealing its value. ESPN reported the 2027 deal is worth $55 million with a potential to increase to $60 million, …
WASHINGTON, May 21 (Reuters) – Daylight saving time would stay in effect year-round under a U.S. House proposal that advanced on Thursday, reviving an idea that Americans weary of biannual clock switching have long supported but has repeatedly fizzled in Congress. The House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 48-1 in favor of the Sunshine Protection …
BEIJING, May 22 (Reuters) – China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi told visiting Moldovan Deputy Prime Minister Mihai Popsoi that Beijing “cherishes” ties with the Eastern European country and aims to deepen them, a statement on Friday said, despite differences over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Popsoi’s Thursday meeting with China’s top diplomat came on the heels …
TOKYO, May 22 (Reuters) – The U.S., Japan, Australia and India will hold a meeting of foreign ministers of the ‘Quad’ grouping in New Delhi on May 26, Japan’s foreign ministry said on Friday. Japan’s top diplomat Toshimitsu Motegi will visit India for three days from Monday to attend the meeting, the ministry added. U.S. …
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After Rep. Thomas Massie’s defeat in his Kentucky primary, another Republican politician whom President Trump targeted spoke out in his defense: former Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Greene joins “The Takeout” to unpack the effort to oust Massie and the GOP’s future.
Tennessee Republican Lamar Alexander served as a U.S. senator, governor, and secretary of education, and ran for president in 1996 and 2000. He chronicles his six decades in politics in his new book, “The Education of a Senator: From JFK to Trump.” Alexander joins to assess the state of the GOP under President Trump.