Multipronged $50 million campaign backed by labor aims to prioritize child and senior care
A new labor-backed campaign plans to spend at least $50 million ahead of the 2024 election to put child and senior care legislation back on the priority list, after it fell out of President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda during his administration. The “Care Can’t Wait” campaign is focused on resurrecting المزيد
GOP megadonor Thomas Peterffy donates another $1 million to Glenn Youngkin’s PAC
Billionaire Republican megadonor Thomas Peterffy wired $1 million to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s “Spirit of Virginia” PAC Thursday, his second million-dollar donation to the PAC supporting the governor’s political goals. Peterffy, founder of electronic broker firm “Interactive Brokers,” made his first seven-figure donation to the Youngkin-aligned PAC in April, around the time he told المزيد
Biden admin seeks to jumpstart carbon recycling with $100 million in grants
Carbon recycler Twelve makes a wide range of products using waste materials that would otherwise further warm Earth’s climate: Sunglasses, laundry detergent, car parts and even a sustainable aviation fuel it says reduces jet emissions by 90%. That kind of fuel isn’t cheap. A gallon of sustainable aviation fuel costs المزيد
U.S. announces $345 million military aid package for Taiwan
The U.S. on Friday announced $345 million in military aid for Taiwan, in what is the Biden administration’s first major package drawing on America’s own stockpiles to help Taiwan counter China. The White House’s announcement said the package would include defense, education and training for the Taiwanese. Washington will send man-portable المزيد
Catholic diocese agrees to pay $100 million settlement to hundreds of abuse victims
The Diocese of Syracuse, New York, has agreed to a $100 million settlement with parishioners who claimed they were preyed on by priests, the biggest payout by a Roman Catholic diocese in the U.S. since at least 2018. But, for now, not a dime of that money is coming from المزيد
Will the winner take it all? Mega Millions jackpot at $910 million ahead of Friday drawing
Lottery players will have another shot at a huge Mega Millions jackpot Friday night and a chance to break a stretch of more than three months without a big winner of the game. The estimated $910 million prize has been building since someone last matched all six numbers and won the jackpot المزيد
100 million people now under heat alerts as high temperatures expand into Midwest and Northeast
Sweltering heat that has dogged some parts of the U.S. for more than a month is beginning to hit the Midwest and Northeast, with more than 100 million people now under heat alerts that will remain through Friday. Southern California to southern Michigan and large portions of the Great Plains and المزيد
More than 40 million people in the U.S. live in urban heat islands, climate group finds
Climate Central researchers found that nine major cities — New York, Houston, Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, San Antonio, San Diego, Phoenix and Detroit — each housed at least 1 million people currently affected by the urban heat island effect. In New York City, the group reported that almost 80% of المزيد