Donald Trump has announced a temporary end to the government shutdown – but says he will impose a new one unless Democrats agree to fund his controversial US-Mexico wall. The president struck a deal with Democrats which would see US government reopen for three weeks until February 15. "I am very proud to announce today […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The federal special counsel’s indictment of Roger Stone, a longtime associate of U.S. President Donald Trump, in the Russia probe are unrelated to the president or the White House, Trump’s press secretary said on Friday. “The charges brought against Mr. Stone have nothing to do with the president, has nothing to do […]
SINGAPORE – The clouds gathering over the global economy will probably grow darker in the years to come, but the situation for Singapore is not bleak, Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said on Friday (Jan 25). He said in a Facebook post that Singapore can still do well by educating the young for a new […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A bipartisan amendment to temporarily reopen shuttered federal agencies will be unveiled in the U.S. Senate later on Thursday, Democratic Senator Chris Van Hollen said, as lawmakers scurried to end a 34-day interruption to many government services. “It will allow federal government employees … to get back to work,” Van Hollen said. […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Kevin McCarthy, the top Republican in the U.S. House of Representatives, said his party will allow the chamber to quickly approve a funding deal to reopen the government after being closed for more than a month. McCarthy, who helped scuttle an earlier version of a similar funding agreement that would have prevented […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Republican-led U.S. Senate planned votes for Thursday on competing proposals, one broadly backed by Democrats and the other by Republicans, to end the partial government shutdown, both of which seemed unlikely to resolve the month-long impasse. Republican President Donald Trump last month triggered the shutdown, now in its 34th day, by […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to make an announcement on the partial shutdown of the government and his request for funds for a border wall later on Friday, CNN reported. CNN said it was unclear what Trump might say. Source: Read Full Article
Premier Rachel Notley is taking aim at Opposition Leader Jason Kenney’s promise to rein in spending if he wins government, saying even a spending freeze would have profound and harmful consequences. “Holding spending at zero does actually require reckless cuts in [other] parts of the system,” Notley said in a campaign-style attack speech Thursday at […]
SkyTrain is the best transportation option when it comes to getting people to and from the University of British Columbia (UBC). That’s the conclusion of a new report presented to the mayor’s council Thursday morning. The report takes into account current and future ridership, which is expected to skyrocket over the next several years. Under […]
I thought I’d stumbled on the greatest capitalist irony of modern times. A book about Philip Green with a title containing the phrase “Death of the High Street”, on sale at Amazon at a reduced price of £12.35 and qualifying for next-day delivery. Meaning that buying the book about killing the high street with one […]