#Richard Branson says Virgin Galactic ‘should’ have ‘sufficient funds’ without his investment

#Richard Branson says Virgin Galactic ‘should’ have ‘sufficient funds’ without his investment

Billionaire Richard Branson said his space travel company Virgin Galactic “should” have “sufficient funds” without his investment Saturday. “We don’t have the deepest pockets after Covid, and Virgin Galactic has got $1bn, or nearly. It should, I believe, have sufficient funds to do its job on its own,” Branson told the Financial Times. Branson has…

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#Santos’s name removed from former office

#Santos’s name removed from former office

Former Rep. George Santos’s (R-N.Y.) name plaque was removed from his former office on Friday, hours after he was expelled from Congress. Surrounded by reporters, a House employee unscrewed the plaque from the wall and removed Santos’s name at about 3:30 p.m. It was replaced by a temporary sign stating “Office of the Third Congressional…

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#DC diner unveils ‘Adios Santos’ cocktail after expulsion vote

#DC diner unveils ‘Adios Santos’ cocktail after expulsion vote

A Washington restaurant is toasting now-former Rep. George Santos’s expulsion from Congress by hawking a new cocktail marking the New York Republican’s ouster. Sticky Fingers Diner, in the District’s H Street Corridor, says it’s selling “Adios Santos” grapefruit margaritas beginning Friday. “Diners can toast to Congress agreeing on something for a change,” Doron Petersan, a…

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#Trump widens lead over DeSantis in new national poll

#Trump widens lead over DeSantis in new national poll

Former President Trump has widened his lead over Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) in a new national poll of the 2024 GOP primary field.  The Messenger/Harris poll released Thursday shows Trump leading the Republican primary field with 68 percent support, followed by DeSantis at just 9 percent. Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley received 7 percent…

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#UAW announces push to organize nonunion plants after strike wins

#UAW announces push to organize nonunion plants after strike wins

After ratifying new contracts with automakers following its weeks-long strike, United Auto Workers (UAW) announced plans Wednesday to try to organize workers at more than a dozen factories not currently part of the union. The newest push for workplace improvement will organize more than 150,000 autoworkers across 13 different automakers: BMW, Honda, Hyundai, Lucid, Mazda,…

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#Saving generation Delta: How solutions to the global climate crisis are still within reach 

#Saving generation Delta: How solutions to the global climate crisis are still within reach 

As the world braces for the upcoming 2023 United Nations (U.N.) Climate Change Conference (COP 28) in Dubai, U.S. policymakers at all levels of government have a chance to prioritize, once more, the urgency to act on climate.   The U.N.’s highly-anticipated “Global Stocktake” report — detailing global progress to combat temperature changes before the Earth…

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#Santos says he’ll stand for expulsion vote

#Santos says he’ll stand for expulsion vote

Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) on Monday said he will stand for a likely third vote on his expulsion from Congress in the wake of a scathing House ethics report detailing alleged violations of federal crimes. “Setting the record straight, My conversation with the speaker was positive and I told him id be standing for the…

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#Adams plays down talk of a Cuomo mayoral run

#Adams plays down talk of a Cuomo mayoral run

New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) downplayed the recent talks of the possibility of former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) launching a bid for the city’s mayoral seat.  Adams’s response on the matter came during a Monday appearance on La Mega 97.9, a New York City-based Spanish radio station.  “We talk often,” Adams…

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