The United States Congress has overwhelmingly passed a $US1.2 ($A1.8) trillion budget bill, keeping the government funded through a fiscal year that began six months ago and sending it to President Joe Biden to sign into law and avert a partial shutdown. The early Saturday vote on passage was 74-24. Key federal agencies including the […]
Congress’s new spending bill adopts a Trump-style approach to immigration spending, boosting funding for border enforcement and detention, but forgoes the big policy changes that Republicans said were needed to actually solve the migrant crisis.
For the Los Angeles Times' special section on "The Journey of Shohei Ohtani," we commissioned five artists to create portraits of the baseball megastar. All of the stories in the section can be found at latimes.com/ohtani. To buy the special print section, go to the L.A. Times store. Find more of Minami's work @noydesign_minami. Find more of Murray's work @dave__murray.Find more of Canseco's work @canseco.ltd.Find more of Yeh's work @bambambam.99.Find more of Tinoyan's work @alyceaill. Find more...
The US Senate wants a public hearing for the looming TikTok Ban bill and have it passed.
A number of once-loved Irish bars have vanished from Greater Manchester's streets in recent years
White House national security communications adviser John Kirby stated in a new interview that it wants the US Senate to "move swiftly" to vote for a bill that could ban TikTok in the US.
By Alli Rosenbloom, CNN (CNN) — “Saturday Night Live” alum Cecily Strong recently revealed that she’s engaged and it wasn’t exactly a surprise for her. Referring to herself as “kind of a detective,” the actor and comedian broke down how things played out when her partner – known only as “Jack” – was planning his
Amy Yzaguirre and her husband purchased a home in Oregon with a 2.5% interest via an assumable mortgage, which allows them to save $40,000 over 28 years.
The crack of Louisville Slugger ash bats connecting with rawhide baseballs laced in Costa Rica will soon echo throughout ballparks all over North America. A dulcet-toned announcer will lunge forward from his seat in the press box, perched three tiers above home plate. The announcer will squint, looking to see if the ball hooks just inside the foul pole several hundred feet away down the right field line. "Going! Going! Gone!" he’ll chirp as the ball hugs the pole, staying just fair. The ball...
This live blog is now closed. For more on the US’s vetoed UN resolution, you can read our latest reporting:US resolution on Gaza ceasefire vetoed at UN by Russia and ChinaExplainer – Why did Russia and China veto US’s Gaza ceasefire resolution?The Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that “hundreds of worshipers” were “blocked” from reaching the al-Aqsa mosque compound by Israeli forces on Friday.According to Wafa: “Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli forces significantly increased their military...
Looking at the most popular sneaker releases from over the past couple of months, you'd be forgiven for thinking there was a mass shortage of laces on the mark
"The housing affordability challenge is the worst I've ever seen in my career,” said Shaun Donovan, a former secretary of Housing and Urban Development.