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Senate Democrats will seek a 25% corporate tax rate despite Biden's call for 28%, report says
President Joe Biden has proposed a 28% corporate tax rate that he said would pay for his $2 trillion infrastructure plan.
AP Photo/Susan Walsh
Senate Democrats will likely seek a 25% corporate tax rate, Axios reported.
It's lower than the 28%...
Topics: Senate, Taxes, Joe Biden, Usa Photos
Trump's NSA general counsel Michael Ellis resigns, never having taken office
Michael Ellis, a former Republican operative tapped as general counsel at the National Security Agency in the final months of the Trump administration, resigned Friday after spending three months on administrative leave.
Former President Donald...
Topics: Donald Trump, NSA
New Name, Old Plane: Meet Iran’s Attempt to Modernize the F-5 Fighter
Sebastien Roblin
Iranian Air Force, Middle East
The F-5 is an aging warplane that cannot compete well in the modern world even with a new look and coat of paint.
Key point: Iran keeps reusing and upgraded old weapons in a way that is both...
Topics: Iran
Here We Go Again: Boris Johnson May Announce Bill on Countering 'Hostile States' Like Russia, China
The UK's new foreign policy review dubbed Russia the "most acute threat" to Britain's security in the Euro-Atlantic region. Russia has, in turn, repeatedly rejected allegations of meddling in the internal affairs of other countries, stressing that...
Topics: Russia, China, United Kingdom
VIDEO: Minnesota Police Shoot Armed Carjacking Suspect in Burnsville — Suspect Pointed Gun at...
Minnesota Police shot and killed a carjacking suspect in Burnsville on Sunday afternoon.
Police said the carjacking suspect is dead after he exchanged fire with police Sunday afternoon in Burnsville.
The Minnesota police are investigating the...
Topics: Usa Videos, Police
Boehner Blames Obama For Today's Racism In The GOP
Former House Speaker (R-OH) on Sunday suggested that former President Barack Obama shared the blame for racist elements in the Republican Party.
During an interview on NBC's Meet the Press, host Chuck Todd noted that "white supremacist" ideas are...
Topics: Barack Obama, White House
The Archegos meltdown caused huge messes at some of the world's largest banks - but it also proved...
A potential market catastrophe was shrugged off by the financial system at large thanks to post-2008 regulation.
Johannes Eisele/Getty Images
The billion-dollar losses faced by the firm Archegos didn't impact the volatility of the broader...
Topics: Banking
Minnesota Authorities Release Photos of SUV that Fired Shots at National Guard Members in MN After...
As reported earlier by Cassandra–
The Minnesota National Guard was fired at in a drive by shooting in north Minneapolis early Sunday morning — just hours after Rep. Maxine Waters told the Black Lives Matter extremists to be “more...
Topics: Usa Photos, Maxine Waters
A Major Change in the Minors: Baseball Moving the Mound Back
As M.L.B. looks to invigorate the game, it will try moving pitchers back by a foot in the independent Atlantic League. The sport has done this dance before.
US spent $2.261 Trillion on Afghanistan War, in which ~240,000 Have Died; We could have Greened...
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Costs of War Project at Brown University has just brought out a new report on Afghanistan.
The September 11, 2001 attacks were launched from Khost and Qandahar in Afghanistan by al-Qaeda, though it is not...
Topics: Afghanistan, Al-qaeda
Prince William and Prince Harry Reunite at Grandpa's Funeral & Share Touching Moment
It was relieving to see, really.
Meet The Crypto Billionaire That Wants To Make Stock Trading 24 Hours A Day
Meet The Crypto Billionaire That Wants To Make Stock Trading 24 Hours A Day
29 year old billionaire Sam Bankman-Fried was fed up with how crypto traded, so he did something about it: he started his own crypto exchange, FTX, which now...
Topics: Fed
Iran and North Korea: Missile Development Allies?
Caleb Larson
Missiles, Asia
Perhaps Tehran’s intentions are not so pure after all.
Here's What You Need to Know: Iran's close relationship with the DPRK extends to missile development.
Birds of a Feather
Iran and North Korea enjoy surprisingly...
Topics: Iran, North Korea, Tehran
Judge Repeatedly Said N-Word When Asking Black Colleague Why White People Can’t Use It: Court
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When will 'plus-up' stimulus check payments arrive? Catch-up COVID payments sent to 700,000...
The IRS sent out COVID-19 relief checks to nearly 2M more Americans, including over 700,000 'plus-up' payments for people eligible for more money.
Topics: IRS
Paraguay’s Endemic Corruption Will Not End Without U.S. Intervention
Emanuele Ottolenghi
Security, Americas
Asunción’s financial system is compromised: terror finance, cigarette contraband, the trade of counterfeited goods, smuggling, and tax evasion fuel fraud and draw organized crime like a magnet.
On April 8,...
Topics: Paraguay, Taxes
Suspect on the Run in Texas Fatal Shooting of 3
A manhunt was under way Sunday for a former sheriff's deputy wanted in the fatal shooting of three people in Austin, Texas. An official said it wasn't known if the suspect was still in the city.Interim Austin Police Chief Joseph Chacon said those...
Topics: Sheriffs, Police
Constellation Brands (STZ) Q4 2021 Earnings Call Transcript
Image source: The Motley Fool.Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ)Q4 2021 Earnings CallApr 08, 2021, 11:30 a.m. ETOperatorContinue reading
Topics: US Equity Markets
JPMorgan: Clients Are "Increasingly Nervous", Fear "A Market Pullback In May Or...
JPMorgan: Clients Are "Increasingly Nervous", Fear "A Market Pullback In May Or June"
Much to the delight of bulls everywhere, the past month has been a relentless meltup in stocks, commodities, cryptos, and - paradoxically over the...
Topics: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.
It’s No Nuke, But This Russian Artillery System Kills Like One
Sebastien Roblin
Russia, Artillery, Europe
Victims near the center of a TOS-1 blast radius are crushed to death.
Here's What You Need to Remember: A TOS-1 rocket barrage will wipe out everything within the two-hundred-by-three-hundred-meter blast...
Topics: Russia
It's OK Our Bodies Have Changed During the Pandemic
The coronavirus changed so much about our lives, including, for many of us, our bodies. It’s OK.
Boyfriend Bleeds Out After Punching Neighbor’s Window To Get At His Girlfriend
St. Paul police are investigating the death of a 26-year-old man who they believe may have bled out after injuring himself punching through a window.
Police were called shortly after midnight on Saturday in the city’s Frogtown Neighborhood on a...
Topics: Police
Paris Hilton Says She Has PTSD From Her Ex Leaking Their Sex Tape Without Her Consent
Paris Hilton says she’s still suffering from trauma as the result of her ex-boyfriend, Rick Salomon, leaking their sex tape together almost two decades ago.Read more...
Topics: France, Paris, Paris Hilton
Rays Continue Their Domination of Struggling Yankees
Tampa Bay’s latest victory dropped the Yankees to 5-8. Meanwhile the Mets had yet another game postponed.
Topics: New York Yankees