With a deadline as soon as June 1 drawing nearer, President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tapped their top representatives to work out a deal after a week of talks with a larger contingent stalled out.
Nation & World
National and world news from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Suspect in fatal stabbing of Cash App founder pleads not guilty
The suspect in the fatal stabbing of Cash App founder Bob Lee on the streets of San Francisco has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge
advertisement
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News, Politics
False claims of a stolen election thrive unchecked on Twitter even as Musk promises otherwise
It’s unclear whether Musk and his newly hired chief executive, plan to make changes to Twitter, cracking down on misinformation, which election experts and tech accountability advocates say erodes trust in democracy.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
Why a government default could be worse than a government shutdown
All the hand-wringing over a potential government default if Congress doesn’t increase the national debt limit has conjured up images of past government shutdowns
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News, Politics
Senator Chuck Schumer: Congress ‘must move quickly’ on artificial intelligence legislation
He expressed concerns about China’s efforts to regulate artificial intelligence, calling that ‘a wake-up call to the nation.’
Posted inNation & World, News
First full-size 3D scan of Titanic shows shipwreck in new light
Richard Parkinson, founder, and chief executive of deep-sea exploration firm Magellan estimated that the resulting data – including 715,000 images – is 10 times larger than any underwater 3D model ever attempted before.
Posted inNation & World, News, Politics
White House expected to withdraw federal appeals court nomination, in judicial defeat for Biden
Michael Delaney would be the first of Biden’s judicial nominees to fail due to a clear lack of support from the full Senate.
Posted inNation & World, News
8-year-old girl dies in Border Patrol custody as agency seeks to ease crowding
Anadith Tanay Reyes Alvarez and her family were being held at a Texas station, one of the busiest corridors for illegal crossings, officials said.
Posted inBusiness, Nation & World, News
Supreme Court rules for Google, Twitter over liability for content posted by users
The families of victims in both attacks asserted that the internet giants did not do enough to prevent their platforms from being used by extremist groups to radicalize and recruit people.
Posted inNation & World, News
Russia fires 30 missiles at targets; Ukraine says 29 shot down
Amid the intensified air assaults, China said its special envoy met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during talks in Kyiv earlier this week.