President Biden held a phone call with the top four congressional leaders on Sunday and stressed the “urgent need” for the House to pass the national security supplemental, as Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) faces mounting pressure to bring the Senate-passed foreign aid package to the floor for a vote. The White House released a statement
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — President Joe Biden will visit Central New York next week to formally announce the $6.1 billion award of CHIPS funding to Micron, sources familiar with the White Ho
The Innovate UK Fund has announced six winners to be awarded grant funding from the government totalling £1 million to jumpstart ‘AI in the music industry.’ Competition assessors agreed that AudioStrip would benefit and strengthen the UK music industry by saying “this is well planned, resourced, and researched innovation that can impact the business, market, […]
Startup funding in the penultimate week of April 2024 declined by nearly 27.9% from the same period a year ago, totalling $74 million across 14 deals. However, deal density in the latest week improved to $5.3 million per deal, as per Tracxn data. From April 6 to April 12, 2023, startups had raised about $2.4 million per deal. Funding was down sequentially as well, from $103 million across 15 funding rounds in the previous week. Of the total corpus raised this week, fundraises of...
The leader of the pro-independence Scottish National Party on Thursday ended a coalition deal with the Greens, leaving him facing fresh pressure as the head of a minority government in Edinburgh. The announcement by First Minister Humza Yousaf came a week after the devolved government abandoned an ambitious climate pledge,
James Marape says the US president had a "blurry moment" when describing
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Buying a car is already complicated and stressful enough. Now, in 2024, tax rules are changing once again regarding electric vehicles, and new tailpipe emission regulations may make it even more difficult to purchase a gas-powered car. The new changes, implemented through the dubiously named Inflation Reduction Act, will not make life easier for businesses […]
Far from being voices for peace, we are seeing some national governments across the world exposed as being complicit in, and even backers of, state aggression, while the silence of others has been deafening. Across the world conflicts continue to rage and while billions can be found to fund state-of-the art weaponry and help nations tool up and kill, it seems there is little funding and less appetite for addressing looming famines in Gaza, Sudan, Yemen, Somalia and elsewhere. The charity Oxfam...
In a sizzling announcement sure to excite fast-food enthusiasts, Wendy’s® is gearing up to make every Friday a FRYday to remember. Starting April 19, the renowned fast-food chain is offering free any size Hot & Crispy Fries with ANY purchase, exclusively through the Wendy’s app. This irresistible deal is set to continue every Friday until […]
State lawmakers reached a “conceptual” agreement on the 2025 budget on Monday, according to Gov. Kathy Hochul, who hosted a celebratory press conference touting the deal. Since the bills have not been printed yet, details remain scarce. However, according to the governor, the $237 billion budget, now over two weeks late, includes “landmark” policies to [] The post Hochul announces budget agreement, with ‘landmark’ housing deal first appeared on 6sqft.
Community leaders in Jackson joined Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel on Monday at Andy's Place, the state's first of several permanent supportive recovery housing projects, as she looked to learn more about the organization's work as recovery housing.