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WASHINGTON — Republican efforts to loosen regulations on gun silencers and short-barreled rifles and shotguns have been dealt a big setback with the Senate parliamentarian advising that the proposal would need to clear a 60-vote threshold if included in their big tax and immigration bill.Gun rights groups had been lobbying aggressively for the measure, which would essentially treat silencers and the short-barreled firearms like long guns. Gun-control groups celebrated the parliamentarian’s ruling, saying the items have been regulated for nearly 100 years for good reason — they are a threat to first responders and communities.The House version of the GOP’s…
Olivier Giroud is deciding to go in a different direction after one disappointing year with Los Angeles FC, the Major League Soccer club. The 38-year-old Giroud and LAFC announced the decision Friday on social media. His final match will be Sunday night at home against Vancouver.After scoring only five goals in 37 matches for LAFC, Giroud will become a free agent after his departure. He is widely expected to join Lille, which finished fifth in the French league last season, on a free transfer.”I want to thank all of the fans, my teammates and the staff at LAFC for making…
Laken Litman College Football & Soccer Analyst Alex Freeman has been asked about Antonio Freeman lately – including what’s the favorite highlight of his dad from the NFL days.The younger Freeman readily answers, saying it’s his dad’s famous game-winning catch in overtime on Monday Night Football from 2000 that even got play-by-play announcer Al Michaels to exclaim “He did what?!” in disbelief.”Very, very important for Packers fans,” Freeman said. But Alex is also making his own impression – it’s just on a different type of field.At age 20, Freeman is the youngest player on the U.S. men’s national team roster at…
Family members of the victims of American Airlines flight 5342 — which collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Washington, D.C., in January — are urging Congress to do more to address the nation’s aging air traffic control system.As the Senate aims to vote on President Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill ahead of the president’s July 4 deadline, some advocates — including relatives of people killed in the American Airlines crash — say the current funding in the mega-bill is just the beginning of what is needed to overhaul the antiquated airspace system. “We are very aware that [the funding]…
Meta Platforms is seeking to raise $29 billion from private capital firms to build artificial intelligence data centers in the U.S., the Financial Times reported on Friday.The Facebook-parent has advanced discussions with private credit investors including Apollo Global Management, KKR, Brookfield, Carlyle and Pimco, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.Meta is looking to raise $3 billion in equity and $26 billion in debt, the report said, adding that the company is debating how to structure the fundraising and may also seek to raise more capital.Such a fundraising comes at a time when Meta has doubled down its…
Caitlin Clark’s first matchup against Paige Bueckers will have to wait.The Indiana Fever star was ruled out of a second consecutive game with a left groin injury. The Dallas Wings, who drafted Bueckers No. 1 overall this year, were set to play the Fever at the home of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks on Friday night.It’s the first time the Wings have played a home game away from the arena on the campus of the University of Texas at Arlington.Clark missed the Fever’s 85-75 loss to the visiting Los Angeles Sparks on Thursday. The groin problem is the second injury to…
US President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on June 27, 2025, in Washington, DC. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | Afp | Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump said Friday he may not stick to the deadline in early July when massive U.S. tariffs are set to snap back into effect on a slew of countries.”No, we can do whatever we want,” Trump said at the White House when asked if his deadline was set in stone. “We could extend it. We could make it shorter.” The question had specifically been about July 9,…
It has been a painful week to watch.A U-turn in slow motion, culminating in a midnight climbdown as Number 10 agreed to concede to defiant MPs on Thursday night. The concessions are considerable. They mean, among other compromises, that existing claimants of personal independence payments (PIP) and the health aspect of Universal Credit will be protected from welfare reforms. Spreaker This content is provided by Spreaker, which may be using cookies and other technologies. To show you this content, we need your permission to use cookies. You can use the buttons below to amend your preferences to enable Spreaker cookies…
Published Fri, Jun 27, 2025 · 03:55 PM[TOKYO] Japan’s private-sector rice imports rocketed higher in May as the country grapples with supply shortages that have become a major headache for both consumers and policymakers.Some 10,600 metric tons of so-called staple rice – which is consumed at meals as opposed to rice used for feed or ingredients in other products – were imported by companies such as trading firms and wholesalers despite high levies.While that’s still a small amount compared to the roughly 7 million tons eaten by the Japanese each year, it represents a huge jump from the 3,004 tons…
Washington — Republicans’ goal of sending President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” to his desk within the next week appears to be on shaky ground as the legislation runs into obstacles in the Senate, with changes that risk bleeding GOP support in the House. A day after Mr. Trump hosted an event at the White House to pressure lawmakers to pass the bill that includes tax cuts and funding for his border and national security priorities, the president signaled he’s open to Republicans’ self-imposed deadline slipping past July 4.”It’s important, it’s not the end-all,” Mr. Trump told reporters Friday about the deadline.…