Senate Republicans on Wednesday defeated an amendment sponsored by Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) to create a reserve fund to reduce grocery costs and reverse the estimated $187 billion cut to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program enacted by last year’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Two vulnerable Republican senators – Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine)… Source…
A stock trader looks at his monitors in the trading room of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Worries about a new coronavirus mutation in southern Africa have dealt a major blow to the German stock market. Arne Dedert | Picture Alliance | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks are expected to open in negative territory on…
Apr 22, 2026, 06:25 AM ET We’re now about 36 hours out from the 2026 NFL draft … and things are going to get wild. As I put together my final mock draft of Round 1, my biggest takeaway is this year is particularly wide open. I take a lot of pride in being as…
The six candidates running for California governor faced off on the debate stage Wednesday, yet the forum may have generated more questions than answers for political observers, as Democrats struggled to unify around a candidate ahead of the June primary. The debate came just weeks after Representative Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who was seen as the…
Canada’s former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at CNBC’s CONVERGE LIVE in Singapore Thursday that international financial institutions were “spectacularly ill-adjusted” to respond to modern day issues. “You can look to different places around the world to realize that those institutions, whether it was the WTO or the IMF or what have you, aren’t necessarily…
Baxter HomesApr 22, 2026, 05:01 pm ET to close Baxter Holmes (@baxter) is a senior writer for ESPN digital and print, focusing on the NBA. He has covered the Lakers, Celtics and previously worked for the Boston Globe and Los Angeles Times. multiple authors Lawyers representing the NBA and LA Clippers Owner Steve Ballmer submitted…
Three Republican senators broke from the rest of the Senate GOP conference Wednesday night to vote in support of an amendment sponsored by Senator Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) to address insurance companies that delay or deny essential medical care. Vulnerable Senators Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) joined conservative Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) in voting……
A Kalshi advertisement at a bus stop in Washington, D.C., March 19, 2026. Daniel Heuer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Prediction market platform Kalshi said Wednesday it had suspended and fined three candidates for Congress — from Minnesota, Texas and Virginia — for “political insider trading” activity on their own campaigns. Kalshi said in a…
Apr 22, 2026, 05:46 pm ET Seattle– mariners starter logan gilbert Wednesday can thank their jerseys for preventing at least one earned run. With a runner on third in the Mariners’ first inning win 5-4 Above Exercise, carlos cortes The Seattle right-hander hit a line drive and the ball somehow got stuck in Gilbert’s jersey….
Senate Republicans on Wednesday voted against an amendment sponsored by Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer (NY) to make a point of order against any future budget reconciliation bill that does not reduce out-of-pocket health care costs for Americans. Schumer introduced a motion to waive the Budget Act in connection with his amendment so that… Source…
