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It was Representative Blake Moore’s turn to vote, and the Utah Republican was asleep.By the time the clerk called Mr. Moore’s name, at around 5 a.m. on Wednesday, the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, which is drafting the tax portion of what President Trump calls the “big, beautiful bill,” had been meeting for some 14 hours. The vote was on one of several amendments that Democrats were trying to make to the proposal.When the clerk was met with silence, he tried again. “Mr. Moore?” Attention — and a C-SPAN camera — shifted toward the congressman’s chair, where he could…

More people are riding Calgary Transit than before the COVID-19 pandemic, but the service is struggling to keep up with growth and is asking the city for more funding to get there. Officials from Calgary Transit were at city hall Wednesday to provide an update to the city’s Infrastructure and Planning Committee on RouteAhead, a 30-year plan to significantly expand transit service across the city.According to transit, ridership increased to over 101 million trips in 2024, an increase of 12 per cent over 2023 and on demand service was extended to 11 new neighbourhoods.Frequency on the Red and Blue Line…

Three vehicles have crashed on a highway in Mexico, leaving at least 21 people dead and several more injured.

Samuel Tan, the chief executive of Olive Tree Property Consultants, said demand for retail space in southern Johor Bahru has outpaced supply due to the impending RTS Link as well as the Johor-Singapore Special Economic Zone.  The former will improve connectivity with Singapore while the latter is expected to grow Johor’s economy. “These game-changer projects further boost the area’s commercial potential, prompting landlords to raise rents in anticipation of higher demand,” said Tan.  This is inevitable in a free economy, he added. “For legacy tenants like Salahuddin Bakery who may have been on older leases or paying under-market rents, the…

US President Donald Trump has announced he’s lifting years of sanctions on Syria.Syrians are describing it as a turning point – “The second joy since the fall of Bashar al-Assad.” United States President Donald Trump has announced he will lift all sanctions on Syria, as a way to help the country rebuild after years of civil war. The United Nations estimates half of the Syrian population is displaced, and nearly 75 percent needs humanitarian aid. It says that, at its current rate of growth, Syria will take at least half a century to achieve its pre-war economic level. President Ahmed…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a pause to the enrollment of more low-income immigrants without legal status for state-funded health care benefits in 2026 as the state faces economic uncertainty. Newsom outlined his nearly $332 billion state spending plan on Wednesday, revealing that California is facing a $12 billion budget deficit. “California is under assault,” Newsom said. “We have a president that’s been reckless in terms of assaulting those growth engines.”The Democratic governor noted that the freeze does not mean California is backing away from its support for immigrants.”No state has done more than the state of California, no state will…

A 14-year-old boy was arrested in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old girl in the Bronx.Officers responded to a report of a female shot near Home Street and Tinton Avenue in the Bronx around 5:05 p.m. Monday, according to a police spokesperson. The victim, Evette Jeffrey, was found “unconscious and unresponsive” with a gunshot wound to the head. She was later pronounced dead.TIMES SQUARE FOOD CART VENDOR SHOT AFTER DISPUTE WITH GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE Police arrested a 14-year-old boy in the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Evette Jeffrey. (WNYW)Jeffrey was visiting her boyfriend at a school near the site of the shooting,…

Canadian Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault said Wednesday Canada needs to maximize its use of existing pipelines before building more — a day after Prime Minister Mark Carney indicated an openness to new pipeline construction. Speaking to reporters ahead of the first meeting of Carney’s new cabinet, the former environment minister claimed less than half of the Trans Mountain pipeline’s capacity is being used.“So I think before we start talking about building an entire new pipeline, maybe we should maximize the use of existing infrastructure,” Guilbeault told reporters.“And, the Canadian Energy Regulator, as well as the International Energy Agency, are telling…

Oscar Piastri’s extraordinary 2025 surge from McLaren support act to Formula One’s leading man could take him into rarefied air this weekend at the storied Imola circuit in Italy.After three successive victories in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Miami, the next aim for the soaring Victorian is to make it four-in-a-row at the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix on Sunday, a run that only 15 of the sport’s greatest drivers, world champions all, have ever achieved or surpassed.And of that illustrious list, only one – the late, great Ayrton Senna – ever achieved the feat for the McLaren team that the 24-year-old Aussie…