Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) on Wednesday known as on Congress to extend funding for high-speed rail within the infrastructure package deal. President Biden's $ 2.three trillion infrastructure proposal invests $ 80 billion in rail initiatives, however trade consultants say ...

The mayor of Poitiers has scrapped funding for a neighborhood airplane membership, saying children ought to now not “dream of flying”. Unsurprisingly, within the nation that gave the world Airbus and Louis Bleriot, this hasn't gone down nicely. ...

The US Home of Representatives has narrowly handed the huge $ 1.9 trillion coronavirus reduction invoice. The package deal is now headed to the Senate, the place the invoice is predicted to be stripped of its minimal wage hike provision. ...

The huge ‘Covid-19 reduction plus’ invoice handed by Congress is a slap within the face to People from politicians whose backhands by no means appear to tire. Is a single $ 600 fee the going value of a human soul lately? ...

WASHINGTON — Senior lawmakers reached a compromise over the Federal Reserve's emergency lending powers late Saturday night time, overcoming a significant hurdle that prevented Congress from finishing a $ 900 billion coronavirus reduction bundle earlier within the week, in line with a number of sources. A final-minute roadblock emerged ...

US unemployment claims for the week have soared to 885,000, considerably greater than economists’ predictions. The determine is only one of a number of dire statistics outlining a painful future for the lockdown-ravaged economic system. ...

A aid bundle being debated in Congress shields firms from legal responsibility, forcing advocates for small companies and employees to decide on between aiding the needy and holding Huge Enterprise accountable. ...

New York Metropolis residents could also be taking a look at paying a $ three surcharge for on-line bundle deliveries to assist the failing Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). In an op-ed for the Every day Information, John Samuelsen Worldwide President for the Transport Employees Union and Brooklyn Assemblyman Robert ...

Researchers have demonstrated a brand new endoscope that uniquely combines photoacoustic and fluorescent imaging in a tool concerning the thickness of a human hair. The gadget may at some point present new insights into the mind by enabling blood dynamics to be measured concurrently neuronal exercise.

President Donald Trump was focused by a package deal containing the lethal poison ricin, which was addressed and mailed to the White Home however was intercepted by regulation enforcement earlier this week, it’s been reported. ...