NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump’s promise of a big payout for Americans if Republicans win the midterms is getting a rocky reception on Capitol Hill.Several Republicans outright oppose the $5,000 check promise, while others offered tacit support in comments to Fox News Digital but hesitated on whether it could actually be delivered. It’s a sign that the GOP will have an uphill fight to get the “Trump dividend” approved by Congress with the president and lawmakers divided over whether it even needs the legislative branch’s green light.”I disagree with it. It’s pay-to-play,” Rep. Ralph…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! EXCLUSIVE: Senate Democratic nominee James Talarico, who has repeatedly accused his Republican opponent, Ken Paxton, of corruption, is now facing Republican accusations of “blatant corruption” over consulting work he performed for a progressive firm while serving on the Texas House’s influential Public Education Committee. Talarico’s campaign has denied the allegation as a “lie.”The Lone Star State’s Senate race is entering its final stretch, with Talarico leading Paxton in recent polling. A Republican loss could damage the GOP’s chances of retaining its Senate majority.Paxton has projected confidence that, after emerging from a particularly…
Hello, this is Mared Gwyn holding the newsletter pen in Brussels. This morning: Eurozone finance ministers gather amid mounting economic pressures, and EU ambassadors make another push to break the Russia sanctions deadlock. Economic jitters: Finance ministers from eurozone countries gather in Dublin, Ireland, today, against a fraught backdrop of mounting energy costs, rising inflation and weak growth. Painful at the pump: Oil prices have surged rapidly in recent days, driven by a reduction in global supplies and exacerbated by recent attacks on Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline, which have been attributed to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels. European leaders are rushing…
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The body of a missing 26-year-old hiker in Washington state’s Olympic National Park was recovered nearly two weeks after he set out on a backcountry trek, following a crucial break in the search, officials said. Searchers located Neil Gehring on the northwest slope of Mount Appleton after receiving and analyzing additional cellphone location data, according to the National Park Service. Search-and-rescue teams recovered Gehring’s body Sunday evening. He was taken to the Clallam County Coroner’s Office at about 8 p.m. on Sept. 13. Officials did not release details about the cellphone data or the circumstances of Gehring’s death. Gehring left…
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COST-CUTTING MEASURESFaced with rising costs, the organisers have taken some unconventional steps to keep spending under control.”We decided not to build a new athletes’ village and to use a cruise ship as accommodation,” said Ohmura.“We created a (small) athletes’ village with mobile container homes. We built Mizuho stadium and Aichi Prefectural IG Arena, two new facilities. The rest are existing facilities,” he said.“In total, we cut costs by 100 billion yen.”He expects the economic benefits to be far greater.“The whole nation will benefit with an income of 3.7 trillion yen. Aichi alone will make 1.8 trillion yen,” he said.The Asian…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Americans may not feel it in their wallets, but two major measures of economic well-being improved in 2025, as the nation’s poverty rate fell to a historic low and inflation-adjusted median household income reached a record high, according to new Census Bureau data.In 2025, the poverty rate in the United States dropped to an all-time low of 10.2%, down roughly half a point from 2024, according to the Census Bureau. Even as the proportion of people living in undesirable conditions declines, however, the percentage of people who told Fox News pollsters that…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., was readying a long-shot attempt at regulating an industry that has, in recent weeks, spurred fears and anxiety about human annihilation.He planned to ram through his bill, which would require artificial intelligence (AI) companies to have a kill switch for rogue AI, on the Senate floor. But his attempt Wednesday night was blocked by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. Kennedy told Fox News Digital he feared there was little desire from Republicans to do anything to regulate AI.”There’s no appetite in my caucus to do anything that I can say,”…
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Berkeley is losing one of its most iconic beer institutions, with the city’s famed Triple Rock Brewery set to shut down after four decades. The brewpub, which opened in 1986, will close its doors by the end of 2026, ending a 40-year run that saw it become a fixture for generations of UC Berkeley students, alumni and locals. It is recognized as the oldest continuously operating brewpub in the US, according to the San Francisco Chroncile. Brothers John and Reid Martin founded Triple Rock after deciding Berkeley could use more beer. Sign up for the California Morning Report newsletter The…
