Biden, Manchin, Sinema dispute overhaul plan stalls progress
President Biden negotiates a $3.5 trillion budget plan with centrists Manchin and Sinema, seeking to trim spending and raise taxes while Republicans oppose. Pelosi and Schumer push for action as a funding and debt ceiling clash looms, with a rare bipartisan baseball game highlighting tense negotiations.
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Joe Biden
Biden
Chicago
Capitol Hill
House
Nancy Pelosi
Senate
Chuck Schumer
White House
Congress
Pelosi
Sens
Joe Manchin
West Virginia
Kyrsten Sinema
Arizona
Manchin
Sinema
U.S
Congressional Progressive Caucus
Pramila Jayapal
Washington State
Jen Psaki
Pentagon says Afghan collapse rooted in Taliban deal
Senior Pentagon officials testified that the Afghan government and security forces fell after the 2020 Doha agreement with the Taliban set a date for full U S troop withdrawal. General Frank McKenzie said reducing forces below 2 500 accelerated the unraveling and that the pact impaired Afghan morale and government resilience.
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Washington
U.S
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House Armed Services Committee
Joe Biden
Afghanistan
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Trump
Ecuador prison massacre leaves at least 116 dead
A gang battle at the Litoral penitentiary in Guayaquil killed at least 116 people and injured 80, with five reported beheadings. President Lasso declared a state of emergency to deploy police and soldiers to prisons amid cartel-linked violence.
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Ecuador
Quito
Guillermo Lasso
Litoral
Guayaquil
Lasso
City Commissioner Race Debates Utility Rates and Housing Aid
Incumbents Boley and Larsen stop short of a utility rate freeze while backing an aid program funded by added utility charges. Candidates Sellers Littlejohn and Jones push moratoriums on disconnections, weatherization, and living wages. Discussion covers police chief search, Catalyst program, affordable housing, and labor unions in Lawrence.
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Boley
Lisa Larsen
Amber Sellers
Sellers
Bart Littlejohn
Littlejohn
Ma’Ko’Quah Jones
Jones
City Commission
NAACP
Larsen
Milton Scott
Scott
Amber
Peaslee Tech
Pretzels Inc
Community Police Review Board
Lawrence
Ma’Ko'Quah Jones
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