Risky political vacuum by Aug 2019 decision cannot be filled airdropped leaders: Farooq

[ad_1] Srinagar, Apr 29 (GNS): National Conference President & MP from Srinagar Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Saturday cautioned people against the forces working to weaken J&K from within. This he said while addressing party functionaries here at the party headquarters Nawa-e-Subha, Srinagar. Cautioning the functionaries against the forces working against the interests of the people … Read more

Biden’s risky effort to take on coal

Biden’s risky effort to take on coal

[ad_1] Climate advocates say the gains from Biden’s gambit could be as big as the risks. The electric power sector is the nation’s second-largest source of greenhouse gases, so cleaning it up is essential to meeting Biden’s goal of having U.S. carbon pollution reach net zero by 2050. Environmentalists hope EPA will go bold by … Read more

House GOP plows ahead on risky immigration plan

House GOP plows ahead on risky immigration plan

[ad_1] The border bill and Mayorkas impeachment already faced heavy skepticism from a coalition of GOP centrists that’s showing no signs of fading. Centrists have raised fears that the immigration plan goes too far in limiting asylum claims, while also blanching at conservative demands to take the historic step of impeaching a Cabinet official. Though … Read more

Brace for debt-limit whiplash. The ‘when’ gets risky for a split Congress.

Brace for debt-limit whiplash. The ‘when’ gets risky for a split Congress.

[ad_1] After the U.S. technically reached the $31.4 trillion debt limit in late January, the Treasury Department started taking “extraordinary measures” to keep the country from defaulting. That wonky process, which involves accounting maneuvers that reduce certain types of government debt, gave the nation a borrowing cushion of about $800 billion at the beginning of … Read more