Buchanan County residents waiting for help to begin flood recovery: Good news may not be on the way
Six weeks have passed since dozens of homes in Buchanan County were damaged or destroyed after a summer storm dumped six inches of rain.
Six weeks have passed since dozens of homes in Buchanan County were damaged or destroyed after a summer storm dumped six inches of rain.

Senate Democrats finally got something meaningful done, voting 51-50 on Sunday, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the tie-breaking vote, to pass a $750 billion healthcare, clean energy and tax bill.

The U.S. Senate voted 86-11 on Tuesday to pass legislation that will expand health coverage for 3.5 million former soldiers who were exposed to toxic burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan that had been blocked by Republicans last week.

The United States celebrates 57 years of Medicaid and Medicare this year amid rising inflation and an economy struggling to avoid a recession.
The U.S. House voted in favor Thursday of getting the United States back into the semiconductor game and back into the global technology competition.
CHIPS for America will establish investments and incentives to support the manufacture of semiconductors in the United States, as well as research, development and supply chain security.

United Arab Emirates authorities sentenced Ghafoor to prison on unsubstantiated charges after he was reportedly tried in absentia and detained without notice of conviction.

Creating Helping Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act, originally introduced by Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas in June 2020, would establish investments and incentives to support the manufacture of semiconductors in the United States, as well as research, development and supply chain security.

Asim Ghafoor, the former lawyer for slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, has been sentenced to prison on unsubstantiated charges in the United Arab Emirates, and U.S. leaders are being pressed to challenge his detention with the Emirati government.

After months of bipartisan negotiations led by U.S. Senators Susan Collins (R-ME) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), two proposals were introduced which include legislation to reform and modernize the outdated Electoral Count Act of 1887.
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