New York Times gift articles

The suspension includes air defense interceptors, and it will directly affect Ukraine’s ability to fend off escalating Russian air assaults.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/24163724

President Trump’s visit to the migrant detention center in the Everglades was meant to highlight the issue that binds his party to him more than anything else — immigration.

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Ms. Noem told a story about a recent detainee. “The other day, I was talking to some marshals that have been partnering with ICE,” she said. “They said that they had detained a cannibal and put him on a plane to take him home, and while they had him in his seat, he started to eat himself and they had to get him off and get him medical attention.” (The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to questions seeking clarity about the episode Ms. Noem described on Tuesday).

Needless to say, the cannibalism thing is total fiction. Its worth calling your rep and asking them to stop HR 1.

The money, which was allocated by Congress, helps pay for after-school programs, support for students learning English and other services.

A revival of U.S. solar panel manufacturing that began during the first Trump administration could end with the phasing out of tax incentives for clean energy.

We managed to get the actual tax on solar removed from the bill in the Senate, so some level of change is in fact possible. The House is where it's at now, so Americans need to give your rep a call and tell them to reject this year's budget over this (or any of the other things in it)

The Grain Belt Express line, meant to carry electricity from wind farms across the Midwest, faces an inquiry from the Missouri attorney general.

Small improvements in taxes are overshadowed by cuts to health insurance and other federal aid, resulting in a package favoring the wealthy.

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome.

The federal website hosting five legislatively mandated reports stopped working Monday afternoon.

By ending tax credits for wind and solar power, Senate Republicans may have jeopardized billions in investments in their own districts.

The best thing to do to limit it right now is for Congress to reject the massive increase in funding for deportation that's tucked into the budget bill. If you're an American, give your senators and rep a call.

Even some of his supporters say Andrew M. Cuomo ran an aloof campaign for mayor that underestimated his chief rival, Zohran Mamdani.

Brent Efron’s “boring” Tinder date wanted to hear all about his work at the Environmental Protection Agency, so Mr. Efron talked. If only he’d seen the hidden camera.

Senate Republicans can afford to lose no more than three of their own votes on the bill, but two already are opposed and others remained undecided.

Best option for putting a stop to this is to give your Senators a call — the budget bill their voting on today would entrench the damage described in this article.

Anxiety over federal immigration detentions has gripped thousands of residents in the area and led many to limit the time they spend in public.

The key issue is that ICE isn't looking for criminals or recent arrivals; they're trying to sweep up anybody whose skin is too dark. Hence the need for citizens to carry passports at all times.

Firefighters were responding to a blaze in the panhandle of Idaho when the shooting happened, a sheriff said. The body of a suspect was recovered on Sunday evening.

I'll note that the Aryan Nations Nazi compound used to be in the area. They ultimately lost control of it after the SPLC sued them for shooting at people. The buildings were donated to local firefighters, who burned them as part of practice. The shooting happened on the anniversary of that burning.

The paper is here

If huge cuts for everybody in order to preserve tax breaks for the wealthy seems like a bad deal to you, let your Senators know