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Voters in two congressional districts in Florida head to the polls on Tuesday, as Republicans aim to keep control of both solidly red seats and give themselves slightly more breathing room in the House, where they hold a razor-thin majority.However, the Democratic Party candidates in the two special elections have vastly outraised the Republican nominees – thanks to an energized base eager to resist President Donald Trump and his sweeping and controversial agenda. The races, in Florida’s 1st and 6th Congressional Districts, which Trump carried by 37 and 30 points in last year’s presidential election, are being viewed as early referendums…

Senator Cory Booker gave a marathon all-night speech on the Senate floor that stretched into early Tuesday, in an effort to put a spotlight on what he called the Trump administration’s “recklessness.”Mr. Booker, the New Jersey Democrat, began speaking on Monday evening and said he planned to continue for as long as he was “physically able.” He was still going as of 5 a.m. Eastern.The speech focused in part on what Mr. Booker said were President Trump’s plans to cut funding for Medicaid, among other programs. The White House has denied that it plans to cut Medicaid benefits, but the…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Moncton woman is joining the growing chorus demanding answers about rising NB Power bills. Susan Martin says there’s no reasonable explanation for her bills showing massive spikes in energy consumption.She has been paying the utilities on her investment properties for 15 years and has never seen her bills like the ones she’s receiving now.One bill showed consumption doubling on a house with a single occupant who doesn’t even spend a lot of time there.The bill was more than $800 for one month of power on what is an 800-square-foot home. Get…

Justin Longmuir believes he has uncovered a talent in Isaiah Dudley following his stunning derby debut as the newest Docker hopes to continue to impress ahead of a looming selection squeeze.Dudley was a surprise name on the Fremantle team sheet last week, having signed with the club just weeks out from the season.But he quickly showed his fourth, kicking two goals in his first quarter in the big time.The 21-year-old — who is the cousin of Fremantle trade target Kysaiah Pickett — finished with 10 touches and six score involvements, with Longmuir full of praise for his debut performance.“He is…

MOSCOW: China is ready to play a “constructive role” in ending the conflict in Ukraine but will back Russia to defend its “interests”, top diplomat Wang Yi told Russian state media in an interview published on Tuesday (Apr 1). Moscow and Beijing have deepened political, military and economic cooperation since Russia ordered its full-scale military offensive on Ukraine in February 2022. Wang is in Moscow and met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for talks on Tuesday. He will also meet President Vladimir Putin during the visit, the Kremlin has said. “China is ready, taking into account the aspirations of the…

US President Donald Trump threatens to bomb Iran, while Tehran says it would respond.Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned of a forceful response if the United States or its allies bomb his country. That follows a threat made by US President Donald Trump if there is no deal on Tehran’s nuclear programme. How dangerous is this standoff – and can a solution be found? Presenter: Adrian Finighan Guests: Hassan Ahmadian – assistant professor, University of Tehran Ali Vaez- Iran project director, International Crisis Group Ellie Geranmayeh – deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa Programme, European…

“I really believe that we all do contain multitudes,” Andrew Scott said on a Friday morning in March. Scott may contain more than most. An actor of unusual sensitivity and verve, he is starring, solo, in an Off Broadway production of Chekhov’s melancholy comedy “Uncle Vanya.” The title, like the cast list, has also been condensed, to just “Vanya.”The New York transfer of this London production had opened a few nights before. In this version, the playwright Simon Stephens has relocated the action from 19th-century Russia to rural Ireland in more or less the present day. Scott plays the central…

Mel Gibson’s “The Passion of the Christ” sequel will begin production this summer in Rome, Italy – more than 21 years after the mega-hit biblical drama premiered in theaters.Filming of the long-awaited sequel, titled “The Resurrection of the Christ,” is set to start in August at Rome’s Cinecittà Studios, Variety reported on Friday, citing comments that CEO Manuela Cacciamani made during an interview with the Italian financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore.Most of “The Passion of the Christ” was filmed at Cinecittà Studios and the sequel will also share another shooting location with the 2004 movie – the ancient city…

LightSource cofounders: CTO Idan Mintz and CEO Spencer PennCourtesy: LightSourceWith President Donald Trump set to impose sweeping tariffs on a wide swath of U.S. trading partners this week, corporate America is awash in uncertainty. LightSource, a San Francisco startup whose software helps companies manage their procurement process, costs and vendor relationships, didn’t know what the president’s tariffs plan would look like before raising its first funding round. But the timing didn’t hurt. LightSource has just closed a $33 million financing, led by Bain Capital Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, with participation from J2 Ventures.”Tariffs and trade winds are shifting so…

In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a law — the High-Speed Ground Transportation Act — that seemed to pave the way for a national high-speed rail system in the United States. “An astronaut can orbit the earth faster than a man on the ground can get from New York to Washington,” he lamented at the time. Sixty years later, it still takes about three hours to travel between the two cities — a period about twice as long as a single orbit of the International Space Station.High-speed rail in the United States is still years away. But projects across…